Seaburngirl's Garden

Good leaf form and a super flower. another shady lady.

a lovely very dark almost black iris. it was bought for me 3 yrs ago [2016] and this is the best it has flowered.

Bought the seed from Kew so I suspect it is correctly labelled as A.mollis, though it looks a little like A.spin...

I have 'the pearl' a clean white flower.

love this highly poisonous genus. have 2 different ones.

one is a paleblue A.carmichaelii. Ice Blue [shed bo...

donated from divisions from big brother's garden, Slightly variegated leaf and deep blue flowers.

Bought from Burton Agnes walled garden several years ago. they have lots of it and it looks amazing. pleased tha...

a lovely rich bule that grows 5ft tall. excellent cut flower but very poisonous. ocassionally sets seed.

som...

A white form from Plant Smart Sunderland £6.99 22.4.13

a lovely dark leafed form with beautiful white flower spike. A gift from J Dolling for looking after her hand ba...

bought 9.4.17 primrose bank York.

A lovely bell shaped flower in the campanulacea group.
self sows too. A good doer. planted in the wall front bo...

bought at the HPS meeting from Janet Dolling. planted march 2015 beside the conservatory.

I have been growing these for decades. In recent years happily propagating from leaf cuttings.
When I find nice...

Bought to replace the ones I have lost in the winter. From Harrogate flower show. [3 for £10] from Steve Hickman.

bought spring 2011. to replace the Agapanthus I lost in the winter 2010-2011.
planted in a small pot then into ...

A mid sized agapanthus with a lovely deep blue flower. Bought from Beverley Market £6.99. In a large tub on the ...

Bought in September 2014 from 'Emily's Sunderland'. My brother also got one as they were £6.99 ea...

a replacement in 2011 for the ones that I lost in the harsh winter. In a pot within a pot. it will go into the g...

grown from seed 2007 and doing well 3 yrs on. Several dotted round the garden. bees love it.

excellent ground cover. i have multicolour, bronze beauty and tricolour.

good in semi shade, pretty foliage at any time but especially after the rain.
One planted into the old birch co...

in flower now 12th may. growing with A.aflatuense and A.cristophii. different heights and flowering times to ext...

planted about 5 years ago and still doing really well. slowly bulking up.

Flowering slightly later than purple sensation, but planted along side to continue the allium aspect.

also called the star of persia. have it in front of a dahlia and along side another two A. aflatuense and A ...

these flower just as a small white one is going over.
spread well but such a lovely sunny yellow

Given as a gift when visiting a beautiful garden near Sinnington North Yorks.
gently growing where the wendy ho...

planted with a range of other Alliums and is a lovely deep purple.

a small cluster that is in a woodlandy bit where the silver birch used to be. Smell is 'interesting' b...

a compact dark leafed form of Peruvian lily. June 2022
Planted in the shady border in front garden. We will see...

a shrubby tree for all seasons. i grow C.jackmanii through it too.

Have these planted in all areas of the garden. Prefer the blue ones of these.

A pretty pale lemon flower. a shady lady. Harlow Carr 28.4.13 £1.99

A weird green form of A. nemerosa.
planted at the back of the rockery.

This is from a hedge row that was going to be bulldozed the local farmer said i could help my self.

A wonderful yellow wood anenome to go under the lilac down by the conservatory. From Harrogate flower show 17.4....

9.4.17 Primrose bank York.
plan to plant under beech tree

A deep pink double flower form. Not as tall as some of the Jap anemones nor as vigorous. Grown it since 2007.

a semi double pale pink hybrid form. took 5yrs to establish and now it is 'too happy'. inclined to run...

Grown this for 15yrs and it took ages to establish. Now 2008 onwards it has to be kept in check as it runs a lit...

a pale lemon wood anemone. another shady lady. I have a lot of shade!

A lovely white form. to go in a semi shady area. £5.50 from Harrogate fair 28.4.13

bought Feb 2010, for the shady part of the side drive. Very small and I hope I dont weed it out by mistake as I ...

from Primrose bank 9.4.17 to be planted in the conservatory bed.

Bought to go in the revamped conifer bed. it has some height according to the information that came with it. £5....

have grown many over the years. I like the bronze leafed form 'silver lipstick'. I have loved these fr...

i have many shades of pink and blue, some fully double like crinolines from the deepest rose pink to the palest ...

This nice compact plant comes in a range of colours. planted in the revamped front wall border.

A small compact dwarf aquilegia that is flowering its socks off 5.4.11.

A tall beautiful yellow flower. the one I have grown from seed 2010 is shooting star.

A beautiful fern bought for £2 at HPS 2.2.17

Bought from Burton Agnes plant fair HPS stall 2019. hopefully it will survive.

2 tubers for £5. Victoria's choice from the Harrogate Fair 28.4.13

2 tubers for £5 from Harrogate plant fair 28.4.13
told fully hardy but the rhs books only gives it 2 stars. Vic...

A lovely GoYer sent me this and it has produced its first mouse today [well i first noticed it]. An opening to l...

May be a mistake as it will need winter protection, but I was seduced by its pretty flowers. Gardener's wor...

a small thrift, chosen by Victoria. Harlow Carr 28.4.13

A british native that grows wild in all shady bits of the garden.

A lovely dwarf variety of goats beard. the autumn colour is wonderful

New young plants bought july09 and put in the shed border as it is humus rich and surprisingly moist, despite th...

bought from Primrose Bank 9.4.17
a good shade ground cover plant.

Bought from primrose bank kexby 9.4.17.
for a shady place.

A heart shaped leaf that is similar to cyclamen. cost £4 at the rare plant fair.

Bought late 2009 from HPS stall. Not expensive but just leaves.
2012 there are flowers forming.

There are 3 in the garden:
A. scolopendrium 'Hart's Tongue Fern'.
A. scolopendrium angustfolia ...

another good genus represented by A.octengloren, A.laevis 'caliope', an unknown purple one from mum&#...

given as a 'cutting' form Barbara spring 2011. Doing well in its first season.

didn't know what this was but spotted it at an open garden and can now put a name to it.

originally from...

Bought from John and Gail Sommerfield's stall at the Harrogate plant fair. It is about 45cm and a mid pink ...

a dark stemmed plant with a lovely soft lilac flower. it is a good flower and tall at about 5ft tall.

A white form 'Astary white' planted at the damp corner of the shed in the shed border.

A lovely pale pink form planted in the raised bed next to the pond overflow.

Bought from the HPS stall at Burton Agnes.

I have several of these, most are the pale greenish one except for one red one called Star of Beauty.
Star of B...

a lovely red flower. bought 2009 as a casualty plant. tlc and a good mulch means that it is doing well [2011]

50p as they were half dead. now growing a bit happier in the ground in the shade of the beech tree.

an evergreen fern that will grow to 70" tall by 50" width apparently. one of the japanese painted fer...

common name is eared lady fern. it has good reddy brown croziers in spring and holds on to its fronds into late ...

A smaller flowered plant. on the left of the rockery as I face the outplace.

A large flower form. on the right of the rockery wall facing the outplace.

I hardy shrub with small velvety purple, almost black star flowers. The yellow spots give a lighter effect in th...

bought in 1996 for £1 each. in a large container and dont know variety names.

bought 9.4.17 Primrose bank
it will go in the front as it prefers a sunny spot.

The second plant Victoria bought me for Mother's day it will have bright yellow flowers on it soon. I will ...

This is a gorgeous shady lady. Sadly the slugs love it.

A tuberous begoni that starts to appear above ground in May. said to be tender but so far it has survived for 4 ...

given 5 free tubers of one called aromantics. 3 have groen and flowered. scent is citrusy and i love it. the col...

I have two types, this pale pink one in flower in March. may not be B. purpurascens.
A darker one that I know h...

Bought for £2.50 from the plant-man 29.3.15

An aster-like flower borne on very fine stems. Form Westshore nurseries for £3.50. Harrogate flower show 17.4.11

The blue form is planted next to a purple haze geranium.

a delicate looking white 'bluebell' but not a close relative to the bluebell.

planted next to a mon...

I have two, both in shady spots.
the normal species and the cultivar jack frost.
Jack Frost hasnt self sown bu...

Bought from Peter Beales nursery £3.60 [half price as it had finished flowering.] Day out to Norfolk with OH to ...

A lovely Brunnera expensive at 7.49 from colettas. 3.2.17.

primrose Bank Kexby 9.4.17
another brunnera to add to the 'collection'.

have only got two, a small [max 8'] variety called Bright Pink, yes its pink but a soft magenta pink. and a...

A lovely hardy yellow daisy. bees and pollen beetles love it. grows to a good clump 2ft tall but needs full sun.

Sowed several in 2013 and I had a lovely range of colours. Some set seed and others overwintered.