Then and Now

there is a table out for a cup of tea, half of the house behind has disappeared! fuchsias replaced polyanthus.
how many differences are there andrew?

great idea for a blog and the garden looks lovely ~ as always.

I love this idea of showing before and after pics. Looks fabulous but I can't spot Waldo in either one :)

Have you done something to the bricks round the pond. Replaced or cleaned them? The stone slabs on the ground look cleaner too.

Sticki - actually the polyanthus and fuchsias are always there, just they each flower at their own time. Never thought to count the differences myself but it will be interesting to see how many people find

Linda - the pond had to be relined a couple of years ago so all the top bricks had to be taken off and replaced. The patio gets cleaned from time to time as well

In pic 2 there is something new in the bottom right hand corner ... on the patio! ....... The white stone trough has moved closer . . . . .

the white creeper has blossomed enormously by august too.

Only spotted the "new" bricks around the pond . . . love the design of the pond, btw.

hostas have grown as have rudbeckia/mombretia???

Homebird - the 'grey' shrub behind the greenhouse is a variegated pittosporum - it has grown a lot and shrugged off the last two winters. The bottlebrush to its left really suffered and is now about a third the size it was before.
The zig-zag tree wasn't intentional, it just grew that way - it's a dwarf elm 'Jacqueline Hillier' and is resistant to Dutch Elm Disease. It's really a bit big for the position so I have to reduce it every so often but it does have character