Recent flowers in our garden

by Joan

This garden article is for everyone who enjoys English gardens , especially Margaret Sherwood who I really did it for, but also ,Chris and Rich Handley, Tony Etheridge and Eleanor Robb. This year the weather has been just right for helping along those beautiful garden flowers. Here are a few from our garden at the moment.

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Looks like work........all need washing

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out comes the wheel barrow...ready for the onslaught of gardening...

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Flowers all ready to be set into baskets, pots, and window boxes

Clematis
Richard pennell...large flowers different shades of purple

Clematis
Lasurstern another early purple climber

Clematis
Nelly Moser...a popular hardy grower

Viburnum opulus sterile
Lace capped heads of white bunches of flowers, very large this year

Weigela florida
delicate little trumpets of pale pink and white deep pink on the...

Lilly -of-the -valley
Pretty little fragrent bells...afraid I have to pull a lot out each...

Lewisia
Evergreen rock plant, doesn't like the water getting into the middle of...

Wisteria
This was absolutely gorgeous this year, very long racemes,different shades of...

Anthemis
A pretty tall pink Daisy like flower

Anthemis
Pink daisies again

Papaver somniferum
Large cup shaped flowers, double. Set by the birds...

Meconopsis cambrica ( Welsh Poppy)
My husband brought one home from Cumbria years ago, now it spreads all...

Papaver orientale
Hairy leaved perennial bright scarlet poppy

Aquilegia( Columbine...Grannies Bonnet)
Spurred white flowers resembling a bonnet...grows like a weed in our garden

Aquilegia
Close up of an Aquilegia

Aquiligia
A pink one this time

Azalia
A mass of pretty pink flowers

Pansies
Little faces...

Erigeron Karvinskianus
The birds originally set this...now it grows like a weed everywhere...When it...

Osteospermum
Clump forming perennial, comes up each year, rather a hardy plant

Rockery Phlox
A profusion of Rose pink saucer shaped stars

Gazinia
Yellow stars with white spots at the centre has green/Grey leaves, comes out...

Allium Rosenbachianum
Star shaped purple flowers in a spherical umbel, smells of onions...

Rock Rose
Rockery flower, spreads in a large clump

Canary Rose
A vigorous climbing rose with a musky scent, takes over the trellis in late...

Canary bird
All yellow and glorious

Rose Yellow Peace
One of the most beautiful roses in our garden

Rose Golden Showers
As you will have gathered my favourite flower is the yellow rose, this has a...

Gloire de Dijon Rose
Another rampant climber with a super fragrance an old fashioned rose

Miniture Rose
This one I haven't a clue of the name, but is is small and lovely...

Handel Rose
Another climber....I just love this one it has flowers for months...

Tree Peony White wings
Nearly lost it this year ..but nurtured it back to health...Had to talk to...

Peony
This is Red when it comes out fading to pink as it dies

Duchess de Nemours Peony
Rain on this double white peony

Calendula
Strongly aromatic Daisy like flowers...spreads.....

Primula vialii
Primrose family, although it is out now....

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Don't know the name but it is the Thistle family

Verbascum
Pretty apricot coloured flowers, seeds all over the Garden

Veronica
Little blue eyes peeping up at you

Phygelius aequalis
Clusters of tubular pale red flowers with deeper throats , almost like a...

Antirrhinum ( snap dragon)
Erect and compact, all colours spikes of tubular two lipped flowers,...

Hypericum 'Hidcote'
Semi evergreen with an abundance of golden flowers attracting the bees.

Geranium Bedding plant
Aromatic and glorious

Trailing Geranium
Pink and lovely

Philadelphus 'Belle Etole'
Very fragrant white flowers each with a pale purple centre near the stamens

A view of our garden
Rather green at the moment

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Further down the garden

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Over the other side

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Fairies at the bottom of our garden....

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Is this what they get up too when I am not watching....

article published 06/08/2008

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Thanks, I now see where the article was stored (blush!). My grandmother was originally from Derbyshire and would have loved these flowers! I don't think I'll be able to replicate these here in the Los Angeles area where I live...haha. Thanks for sharing these beauties with us!
— Connie, June 10, 2008

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Our garden is in Nottingham England. The middle of the country, usually very mild weather quite sheltered. Would love to send seeds.......If only we were allowed.Trouble is Poppies spread everywhere...... they are pretty though. Thankyou all for your interest.
— Joan, June 10, 2008

Where exactly is this garden? It would be great to know what zone these beauties are growing in.
— Connie, June 9, 2008

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Send me the poppies when they go to seed. Beautiful! Love to sow some here.
— Charles Kormos, June 9, 2008

Beautiful
Joan, You take beautiful photos of your beautiful flowers.
— Kathryn Hunt, June 9, 2008

Just beautiful Joan. I am so jealous.
— Jody Taylor, June 9, 2008

Beautiful garden
Joan , I can smell the Lily of the Valley from here. What a joy your garden is and thank you for sharing it . Cheers .
— Margaret Sherwood, June 9, 2008

We enjoyed the tour of your lovely garden.it is amazing what one can grow with a little effort.
— Franz Krippner, June 8, 2008

We really enjoyed the tour of your beautiful garden. I showed the snap dragons snapping to my boys when they were young in Washington state in the U.S. Must be a world wide phenomenom!
— Chris and Rich Hanley, June 8, 2008

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