Starting my front garden!

Finally won the battle with an old hebe and a big bramble! A real 'you DARE defy man!?!' moment!


That was the last of the mature shrubs in the front garden that were there when I moved in. A nice clean slate! I hope to upload some photos soon!

The plot is about 20' wide and 8' deep, with 2 beds - front one about 6' deep, back one raised about 2'deep. It's east facing so gets sun from dawn til about midday, with the next door porch providing a shady corner. The soil appears reasonably good - everything that was in it was growing well.

I've planted a couple each of pseudopanax lessonii and euphobia in the corners of the front bed to provide a 'backdrop' and I also have put 2 small tree poenies alongside. I've filled the front with some bedding plants - busy lizzies, violas and stocks - and put some dahlias and tigridia in too.

My dearly beloved has donated 3 roses which I'm planning to put in the back bed and then plan around them. Maybe a small acer (be looking for suggestions later!) for the shady corner. Eventually a seat under my front window so I can sit and enjoy the view in my lovely garden whilst I eat my brekkie before work! (maybe not at 04:30 though!)

Then it's onto the back garden!!

 

Sounds great Sarah, look forward to seeing some pictures when you get chance!

 

Sounds cool Sarah Loving the pseudopanax/euphorbia combo

 

The pseudopanax is 'Cyril Watson' and that's my surname too so it had to be them!! :D :D :D

 

mmmmm! Sarah Cyril-Watson has quite a ring to it!!!!! :D :D

 

Well, hopefully there's a picture below! It's not of the garden, but of the view from my upstairs window, above the garden! The rhododendron in the bottom of the pic is all that prevents me seeing this from the garden - but it's in the garden opposite!

 

That seemed to work!!

Here's the garden after I'd cleared it...





Don't seem to have any from before!! Shows how much I liked those plants I suppose!!

 

And here it is now there are some plants in!





:D :D :D

 

Oh and only the Watson bit is my suname, Windy! Spect there's an uncle Cyril somewhere tho!

 

:D :D

I know that view!!! My last job was just up the road at the college

Your gardens coming on great guns, well done you! I started mine last Summer and it's just starting to look ok, it's a real sense of achievement isn't it??? :D

 

Yes - I'm really chuffed!! :D :D :D

Lots of careful waiting now! I had a couple of weeks to get it kick started as I had my wisdom teeth out so now it's back to fitting it in between shifts! No discernable loss of wisdom either!!

 

Roses in now! All looking well. :D

 

Come on, Sarah - where are the rose pics? Looking forward to this garden growing! You're working hard :D

 

Ok Dendy! :D

I've been sleeping off my nightshift, but 'specially for you, here are....

Orient Express


Fragrant Cloud


Simply the Best


...and this is how they sit...


Other half has some manure for them next!

Really getting into it now! (Gardening, not the manure!!) 6 weeks ago I couldn't spell garden - now I have one!!

 

And you can spell it! :D It's all looking great! What's next? Can hardly wait....... the next exciting instalment! Bet you're looking forward to seeing it all grow and bush out, not to mention getting some nice flowers and scents.... :D Gardening is definitely addictive - people really ought to warn us!