My Garden in Nottingham

by Joan

Just a little of my garden through the year. I have taken over 700 different flowers over the year in my garden.

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lewisia 2
Most species are good in Alpine conditions. This one certainly loves it's...

anticipation camellia
Camellias have long been valued for their masses of showy flowers. This year...

day lily
Lilies are graceful, flamboyant plants. Attractive in summer borders....

Exochorda macrantha.'The Bride'
Arching dense shrub with an abundance of large white flowers. Blooms late spring

aricular
Really an alpine flower of the Primula species.

albertine rose
Vigorous climber rose. Highly scented. Abundant clusters of flowers in Summer.

honeysuckle and gloire de dijon rose.
Fragrance at it's best

canary bird spring 2007 007
Another climbing rose, bright yellow musky scent. Fern like leaves.

berberis 'Stapehill'
Evergreen shrub bears bright orange cup-shaped flowers in late...

clematis
Purple profusion

fox lily
Standing erect, beautiful white clusters. Bulbs bought in Holland. Ghent market.

gaillardia my garden 711
Tender orange and yellow

mahonia
Spring delight. Very fragrant and attractive to the bees as you can see.

Double Poppies
Ragged pink Poppies. Again set by the birds.

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A colourful corner of our garden

Double Anemone memorosa
Little double stars

Have now found the name. Erodium
Not sure of the name of this plant. It originated from Scotland when...

Campanula
Blue and White tall bells

Aconitum Vulparia
Little chickens in a row

Chrisanthamums
Autumn glory

Dandelion clock
One that managed to grow and seed

Campanula burghaltii
Long pendant funnels

impatiens repens
Little yellow heads in the rockery

Old mans beard and Poppies
Swathes of feather like plumes and a dash of red

wysteria spring 2007 020
This year the Wysteria has excelled, very long blooms and plenty of them

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article published 6/5/2007

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Your garden
Your garden is just lovely. The type of garden I long to have but here in Australia (especially in the north), this in very difficult. Heat and drought are against it.

I hope you get your trip down the NSW coast. I cant wait to get back over to where you live. I just love the UK. What a beautiful place, so different to Australia.

Cheers Jody
— Jody Taylor, August 16, 2007

Walking your garden from Wyoming USA
This is neat that I can look at your garden from thousands of miles away. Thank you for sharing your spectacular photographs with me. I thoroughly enjoyed them.
— EvaBuni, July 22, 2007

Beautiful
You certainly have green fingers as well as taking beautiful photographs. Thank you for showing me around your lovely garden.
— Tony Ethridge, July 4, 2007

Lovely photo's Joan :) our East Midlands gardens are looking good this year aren't they !
— emmabro, June 8, 2007