SHOW US YOUR PURCHASES 2020

Always, Freddy, I ran out of space years ago but still seem to buy plants and then try the impossible by finding somewhere to plant them

 

Well, we should be but then, when you think about all the enjoyment that our own gardens have given us, and still do, then maybe not
My garden is about 93' wide and just over a 100' in length, with a gentle slope away from the House where the bottom, and the Wildlife pond, is about 2' lower and I wouldn't swap it for anything as it has too many memories entwined in it.
But I hope your Brother in Law and family are gardeners and have many years making a new garden that will bring them lots of smiles and happiness whenever they're out there in it.

 

Rose "Remember Me"


Rose "Hot Chocolate"


Rose "Fragrant Delight"


Rose "Big Purple"

 

You're more than welcome, Mike

 

The last two, for this year, of the ordered Bearded Iris from France arrived today with a bonus free Bearded Iris

"Splashacata"


"Celestial Explosion"


and the free one "Futuriste"


I didn't, to be honest, expect another free rhizome and, while it's very welcome, the wooden tiered bench is only designed to take sixty eight 7.5litre pots so I'll have to think of some way to squeeze another pot on the bench.
Brexit might, next year, pose another problem if the EU requires more paperwork and up to an added 40% tax from the French plant growers which they will have to pass onto customers abroad. Which means they will not be happy with the EU about losing virtually all the UK business just for political reasons.

 

You're right, Freddy, we gardeners are passionate about some plants and not others. I'm more of a "flower man", myself than I am a "Foliage" man

So things like Heucharas really don't raise any interest in my gardening senses. It was only the fact that Noisette very kindly sent me a great number of her Bearded Iris rhizomes that, when they flowered, I was just amazed by the sheer size and beauty of them. They really only flower from May to July, a bit like Peonies, but I like the challenge of getting them to flower regularly and well in large pots. Other types of Iris don't, for some reason, really get me that interested as Bearded Iris do.