WHATS LOOKING GOOD IN MAY 2014

Dunno! All I can offer is that the clumps are circa 4 years old - they looked scrawny in the first year or two.

I'm actually more proud of my Delphiniums this year ... although I forgot to take a photo of the main clumps, if the sun comes back out (and the rain hasn't wrecked them!!) I'll take a photo.

 

they are so pretty. As the say on towie, omg im well jel..

 

Oops! Turns out I did take another Delphinium photo:



They must be 8' tall or more The white ones on the right are growing up through a Solanum laciniatum that is in flower already - normally the frost kills that and I have to plant a fresh seedling, and it is then August-ish before it flowers.

I have been a bit slap-happy with fertiliser this year - never done that before, and either that clearly shows, or the mild winter / moist Spring has helped significantly. I'm using a balanced Growmore, but it is strong (came from the local farmer - cheaper that way ). I reckon I use 2 or 3 buckets each time (I have a big garden, so don't know how that translates?? but a bucket would be about 10kg plus allow for the fact that Farmer's Stuff is probably 50% stronger than 10:10:10), and I must have done it 3 times this season - a "modest" handful around each plant.

 

After a night of torrential rain, which has continued on and off all day, I squelched round the garden with the camera, looking for a few shots to brighten up the gloom.

The rain did at least produce some good 'droplet effects' on some plants.

Delphiniums



Alchemilla



Heuchera



Bronze Fennel



Beetroot

 

Lovely to see you posting on this thread today @Kristen . It all looks so lush and yummy.
I would so love it if you would consider a GC Open Garden day sometime...
Jenny

 

how big is your garden... Blimey @Kristen

 

Maybe Sunday after Shiney's next year?

But if folk are passing let me know in case we aren't out in the Lear Jet for the day

 

Maybe Sunday after Shiney's next year?[/quote]
I would make sure I could do that Kristen,
Jenny
( suggest you start a new thread )

 

Six weeks notice not appropriate?

http://www.debretts.com/british-eti...e/invitations/private-invitations/sending-out

 

Star at the moment has to be my Laburnum








and Lonely onion from 3 years ago has two mates now remember this one @Jenny namaste



Alsromeria "Rockn Roll"

 

trust you to go all posh Kristen. So, W*ellies or Hunters a no-no then?
Invites on hammered vellum - now that's class,
Jenny

 

The laburnham must look stunning in sunlight Spruce. Was it a lonely little onion in a petunia patch? Or a lonely little petunia in an onion patch?
Jenny

 

Yes Jen all day Monday in wall to wall sunshine and blue skies , remember I told you

Lonely little onion in a huge glazed pot

from 2012

 

Only Smythson's best for you Jenny

 

That is *minimum* (and it isn't describing me )