Seaburngirl's Garden

again i have several good ones but know very few names. They are dotted about the shady places but like most peo...

a lovely large leafed hosta. needs to be in a bigger pot.

In the large snail pot.

Planted in the small snail shell pot

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

I have the british native as well as its larger spanish cousin. the british one has a delicate scent too.
found...

I love the fragrance of these. after the initial big flowers i prefer the less showy blooms of later years. i ha...

I have many in the ground and always have some in pots. I have some named ones.
white - carnegie
pale pink - f...

Reduced from £6 to £3 at the Range. It was languishing in their casualty corner. I cant see anything wrong with ...

A sad little plant in the 'dead /dying corner' of a garden centre in Sunderland. £1, so couldn't ...

this shrub was in the garden when we moved in. It is always a rich pink in the chalky soil.

planted in 1997 and growing steadily. lovely flowers and lovely autumn foliage too.

syn H. longiflora.
a creeping mat with fleshy heart shaped foliage, lilacy pink flowers.
planyed in the cactus...

a good evergreen leaf on this good groundcover / rockery plant. I have taken cuttings year on year as it can get...

An unusual leaf, grown mainly for its foliage. I think it has small yellow flowers.
At the moment not sure wher...

Planted a few pots up and then into the front bed 2011. flowering well.

a pretty pink flower form. From Westfield Nursery at the rare plant fair 10.4.16.

A collection of tall bearded iris were in the garden when we moved in. A lovely white and a lovely yellow one. s...

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

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

in the c...

An heritage Iris. Bought from Gardners World live June 2013

another reticulate type of iris. a pale sky blue flower. to go in the rockery on the raised bed. flowering march...

another reticulata type. bought autumn 2013, in flower in Feb 2014.

I just couldn't resist the dark colour.

a rich royal plummy purple. in the rockery.

small corms that flower year on year.
Black beauty has been growing for 12 yrs. regularly split the clmp.
Blue...

15.2.14 from Caerleon. Possible error as I will have to over-winter it in the greenhouse. The dark bud was so en...

I think this is the correct id for this plant. new to me. found in a gc outlet 3 pots of 3 for £1.

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

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

Bought September 2009. Potted in a large pot outside. They have survived the -12 this winter. Watching with bait...

a lovely early Iris but doesnt always reappear. well worth the expense to keep buying the corms though.

never noticed the flowers but i love the berries.

Bought for £1.20 from the 'plant man' March 2011.
planted in the side lounge border between the paeon...

£3.99 from plant man 5.4.14
A mid/dark blue flower going by the label.

a good strong mid sized rhizomed iris. a deep purple almost black flowered plant.

the photo actually matches the flower , surprisingly.

Pale blue flower on this iris. Plantman £3.99 28.3.14
planted in the front border.

£1.80 from 'the plant man'.
label shows a rich colour.
flowering today 4.5.11 and a good match to t...

bought 15.2.14 at Caerleon Alpine plant show. Not sure when it will go just yet, probably the rockery.

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

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

an almost pure white flower with the characteristic yellow markings.
bought 2014-15.

Similar in colour to Katherine Hodgkins, another I histrioides form of iris.
Bought from Broadleigh Bulbs 1.3.12

Bought late 2011 and showing growth Jan 2012. Hopefully fowers soon.

10 corms bought as a 50th birthday present. They just get better and better as each year passes.

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....

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

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

an original piece of rhizome from the leven canal, taken by my hubby when he was 10 yrs old or so. propagated an...

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

6 shallowly planted bulbs but I though a bargain at £1.45. I think they will end up in the rockery with lots of ...

Bought the bulbs from Blom's catalogue in the autumn. the flowers do not disappoint. Probably put them at t...

labelled as 'Blue' not sure if this should be its proper name or just ref to its colour.

A lightish blue iris bought 2011 expecting flowers in 2012. shoots are showing through the grit on the top of th...

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

planted under the cercis in the side drive bed.

I have at least 3 varieties of these, Harmony is one of these.
Katharine Hodgkin is an odd shade of green becom...

several places in the front side border. a lovely rich purple colour.

planted late 2011 and looking forward to fowers in 2012. Meant to be a richer blue than Harmony.

another iris to add to the collection.

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

A nice dark purple form with white markings on the falls. In pots and in the rockery.

£1.45 from the Range. 6 Strong plants that I hope will be as pretty as the label suggests.

A lovely little reticulated iris. Planted in a number of tubs and by the Daphne mezeurium.

a pale and mid blue flower form.

Bought with money given as a gift May 2010.
planted with leaf mould as it doesnt like chalk [risky]. front bord...

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

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

white standards...

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

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

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

bought 24th May Beverley market 5.95. its in a large pot and if i dare it will split into 2 nice plants too. not...

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

started as a small piece with one flower spike and has over the last 5 years grown rather well.

bought for 80p from Lidle in the spring 2011. Amazed that it is in flower already

Won these bulbs in a raffle. they are a beautiful flower.

purchased Nov 14 from Collettes for £7.99.
Flowering first week in Jan 15. described as a pale lilac scented fl...

Caerleon 15.2.14 couldn't resist it. also envious of spritz's plants.

I have had a few of these late spring early summer varieties. Black beauty is a favourite, a deep purple with a ...

a pretty little woodlander; from Primrose Bank nursery.
Bought 18th March 2016

this scrambles over the side drive fence and through a holly and hydrangea.

love the bright yellow of the flo...

a sweetly scented yellow flowered plant. forms blue black berries. has remained evergreen all winter.

bought from rhs Harlow Carr in May. planted in the shed border july 09.

a narrow conical shrub, soft blue-green leaves 8ft by 2ft. its more than 2ft in my garden. birds love nesting in...

planted in October 1997 and has performed well. winter of 2009-10 has left it looking very sorry for itself.

a useful shrub. old stems used as pea sticks or larger supports.

a new plant to me. put in the back of the shed border july 09. look forward to seeing what will happen.

Knautia macedonica 'Red Knight' a cherry red form. boght 27.2.11 from the 'plant man' for £1.60

I have a 3ft tall traditional red hot poker.
Also founs a 5ft yellow one too. as yet unidentified.

Bought from Harlow Carr Oct 2012. not planted out yet but still flowering in December.

bought from Eggleston Hall walled Garden [Teesdale]
A late flowering form.

Arrived hidden behind over trees from neighbouring trees. Seed pods are still present 4.5.11 but the flowers are...

I love L galedoblein 'hermann's pride. also called yellow archangel, it can be a thug but it is easy t...

Bought from Garden Express Dec11. In the catalogue it is listed as 'pink pewter'. Apparently the same ...

have grown these for years. one of the first seeds my dad gave me to grow. love the fragrance and will only grow...

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

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