Seaburngirl's Garden

a pretty chrome yellow crocus. several pots planted in the hot bed.

one of the smaller ones pale yellow fading even paler.

Planted in hot bed.

very similar in appearance to Katherine Hodgkin.
Bulbs from Wilko's just before it went into receivership....

very similar in appearance to Katherine Hodgkin.
Bulbs from Wilko's just before it went into receivership....

in border by Annabell. Another Galanthus from Janet Dollingin 2022, settled and growing well

Bought from the HPS plant stall Feb 2023.

another gift from Janet Dolling 2023. In a terracotta pot on the pond wall at present. Once I have a space in th...

A lovely little double snowdrop in a terracotta pot on the pond wall.

a double snowdrop in side drive bed by the Daphne's. A gift from Janet Dolling in 2019.

a good looking tallish snowdrop. given to my by Janet Dolling late spring 2023.
Planted in rockery.

Bought bulbs at end of 2022 and potted on. Dry bulbs and new growth 2023/4 is weak but will go on to do well as ...

Bought 3/2/24 pot of 5 bulbs for £8. A tad expensive for me but Elizabeth said it was cheap if I liked it.

To...

Rich purple with white markings on the falls. Bought from Breezy Knees for £9.40. Split into 3.

another one from Breezy Knees and it is a lilac-y pink. split into 3.

another one split into 4, 3 to sell.
pinky lilac flowers. Bought from Breezy knees garden for £9.40

bought from Breezy Knees garden for 9.40. now split into 4 plants. 1 for me the rest to sell.

white standards...

bought for £1 in a pound shop a few years ago. It has finally started to flower well.

Bought from Beverley market 5 yrs ago. First flowers! June 2023

given to me by Lenore early spring 2022. Sadly Lenore died in March 22.

this lovely yellow Viola is flowering...

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

Caucasian lily, needs limey/semi shade so should do well for me in my garden. Flowered beautifully but at the ti...

Bought last year 2021 at an open garden. One stem then. This year there are 2 and the flowers have been glorious...

Bought these at our local HPS and they are lovely. in the rockery as only about 6-9" tall.

a deep maroon microphylla type. Planted in atrocity corner.

Also called the Horned Rampion. It is a British native but grows well in my small rockery.

a pacific coast Iris given to me by Janet Dolling when i was visiting her new garden in 2019.

A semi double yellow flowered form of geum. Flowers are on tall wiry stems.

a semi double red flowered form of Geum. flowers held up quite high from the foliage.

Greater Spearwort, a native marginal/pond plant. a tall 3ft buttercup that is happy in damp soil or in the pond ...

A pretty iris from Janet Dolling in 2019. Flowering for the first time June 2021

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

Given by a friend and it is doing really well in a pot next to the pond. Not sure where I am going to plant it yet.

collected a hip from Kenfig reserve in Wales in 2019. Grew the seeds and this year 2021 they have started to flo...

A very small hosta, leaves are about 3" maximum. A lovely yellowy green as the name suggests.

A British native aquatic plant. Found in the shallows so happy in the margins of the pond.

Cross between C elata and C flexuosa.
lovely acidy green foliage with deep blue flowers.

A shady lady with yellow flowers.
planted in the shady bit down the side drive.

Got for £1 from the plant sa...

A lovely British native that is usually happy in the border or rockery.

Picked this up from Beverley Market April 2021. A British native. Planted at the top of the rockery.

Good in semi shade. Easy from seed too.

Bought this from our local HPS plant table last year for only a few pounds. it has settled in well and has given...

a nice dark leafed form. synonym is Emperor.

mid pink flower. in shade down by the conservatory.

I. pumila is a compact, rhizomatous, bearded iris to 15cm tall with slightly glaucous, widely sword-shaped leave...

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

A nice short early flowering tulip. an unusual pink .

Bought from Kevock garden plants. should have blue flowers.

A small but intense blue bulb.

Planted several of these to replace the privet that died in the boundary hedge.

A nice small bulb and a good clear blue too. Perfect for the rockery.

A dwarf daffodil in group 12 ie miscellaneous group.

Spotty Dotty an gift from Peter Williams.
This is planted in the shed bed near the Mahonia.

Bought from Japan. likes acidic soil so I will have to keep mulching it.
planted in front of the Camellia in th...

A larger flowered iris that looked like a reticulate / histroides form. But only seems to be brought up as dutch...

bought for my birthday 2019. they look interesting. in a pot on the pond wall.

Another reticulated iris to add to the growing collection. This is very similar to Harmony.
plant in the rocker...

A really early flowerer, usually early February.

a new to me variety 2019/2020. A soft pale lemon. currently in a pot on the pond wall.

A 'sibling' of Katherine Hodgkin. I have them in a pot on the pond wall.

the flowers look pale yellow before they open.
there are 2 sets in the rockery, one on the top next to the rock...

Bought from Burton Agnes plant fair 2018. Grows really well in quite deep shade.

Bought several years ago and growing in a pot on the pond wall. produced lots of seed 3 yrs ago and all the litt...

Bought this several years ago as 2 tubers.
planted in the rockery they have duplicated and produce a flowering ...

a good red form of Phlox. planted in front bed under windows.

a pretty dwarf form. in the rockery. from Janet Dolling.

the cowslip clematis climbing in the yew hedge between no 2 & 3. flowers late summer early October.

Bought from Janet Dolling October 2019
A love soft apricot colour.

About 2014 I took possession of a German raised rose [Kordes breeder] via Spritzhenry. It has been a delight apa...

Bought for £1 from a 'casualty corner' in a garden centre. took 5 years for it to establish its self.

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

bought for our silver wedding in 2008. planted in front triangular bed. a good deep green glossy foliage and a n...

Bought from HPS stall at Burton Agnes plant fair 2015
does really well with very good hips. planted in the bed ...

Bought at Burton Agnes plant fair 2018. Delighted they have re-emerged the following year.

grown from seed 4 years ago [2015] and doing very well in the front garden.

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

A bulbous form that flowers strongly. a good strong blue.

Bought 2015. planted next to the pond overflow in the rockery raised bed.

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

Bulbaholic and Moongrower sent me a plant back in 2010. theis was pink and it is still doing well. I also have a...

Given to me by friend Peter Williams as a prize for working out the plants name from quiz clues. planted in the ...

Bought from HPS AGM 30.3.19. planted in the corner by the shed. moist and humus rich. hope the slugs leave it al...

A lovely white form of grape hyacinth. doesn't seem to be a thug either. planted in several places in the g...

this is a 2 tone blue Muscari. doesn't seem to a thug like the plain one.

a lovely woodlander.

Molly the witch. given by BJS a few years ago. she is doing very well in the front garden.

Bought this back in 2014 but didn't record it anywhere. It has taken me ages to identify it ready for sale ...

This is doing well by the climbing Iceberg and regularly flowers in late February.

Bought this in 2016 and it is flowering today Nov 18.
Had troble finding it's id.

I grew this from seed, gave the plant to a neighbour 8 yrs ago. 3 yrs ago he gave me it back.

self sown by the front gate. it needs a regular cutting back to allow the gate to fully open. bees love it.

I was sold this as a hardy tradescantia, with no species name. but with a bit of digging and asking John Grimsha...

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

a nice pale blue narrow leafed form. £4.99 from plant man Kieran, Beverley. May 2018 in vicarage drive bed.

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

A heritage variety doing well by the right front gate.

flourishing well at edge of the beech tree in the back garden next to an old skimmia.

bought for £4.99 from D Smith's nursery near Fangfoss [York] in 2017. now planted in revamped border along ...

Bought from Dave Smith's nursery near Fangfoss York for £4.99 2017. grown in a pot for one year and now in ...

bought several years ago as Braithwaite but now id'd as Aarehorst. Originally for sale in 1921.

in the c...

a lovely pink form of pineapple lily.

bought from Kieran for £6.99