Welcome to my June Garden

Herewith my garden. The first part as ordered as any of my gardens are, overhung by my neighbours lovely copper beech. The second part, beyond the shed was a vegetable garden when I moved in, I made a wild flower meadow, that then evolved with a bit of encouragement to a woodland garden. I hope you like

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It's beautiful Fran, I can almost hear the birds singing in the trees.

 

Thank you Helen - and believe me they do, helped a little by the sunflower hearts and peanuts <gg>

Minor alarm this morning - whilst I was in the greenhouse, the jackdaws nesting in my chimney fledged. Silly thing landed on the fence opposite, so I thought I'd leave the greenhouse and let fly off in due time - wrong it panicked and flew into the open greenhouse - took my neighbour to get it out and safely on its way.

 

love your garden Fran just the place to enjoy writing or a spot of art. I have got most of the hard work done in mine now thanks to your help. now for the enjoyable bit planting

 

Good to hear Susie, and the best bit is the planting - but you better warn your bank manager - the best laid planting plans can go hang when you see a "gotta have" - here speaks a confirmed plantaholic

 

Nathan your "significant other" has the same tendancies I have

 

new member message for fran you'r garden is beautiful now i know the name of the tree i have wanted in my garden for so long (copper beech),
many thanks,

 

Your welcome - but be warned it grows into a big tree. My neighbours have already topped it once - but it is lovely. They also have a lovely purple malus, which just a tad smaller.

 

perhaps i'll just stick to the purple malus my birds in my avary won't appreciate not being able to see the distant mountains>

 

oh, do grow copper beech, it is a divine tree and can be pruned to size. We have just given ours its annual pruning, reducing the height by five feet, the width by four feet and lifting the crown by four feet too so I can get under it. It looks so wonderful no matter how you grow it,

 

hi Fran I know what you mean about the bank manager my husband goes a lovely shade of green when I go anywhere near a garden centre,I could spend all day there.and spend a fortune, well at least my money grows HOPEFULLY!!!

 

Hi wineandchoc i really am swaying to buying a copper beech tree, i pass a few on my way home, and my heart really aches for one it seems you can be quite vigorous with it? is this so.

 

yep, you can be very vigorous with the pruning. Ours was in the garden when we moved here seven years ago and had been left to go out of control for the space it occupied. It has always responded well to my pruning regime.