A wander round my garden...
By fluff
18 comments
Hi everyone …after all the rain,wind,rain,hail,thunder,rain,gales,rain etc I managed to get out in my garden today for the first time in weeks. The lawn was squelchy underfoot but the washing was drying on the line & the cats were following me about.
Last night there was a beautiful red sky at which shepherds everywhere would’ve been delighted…
…so I was looking forward to a sunny Sunday & a bit of horticultural therapy.
It wasn’t too bad in the morning…cloudy but the sun was there somewhere! You know the old saying…there’s enough blue to make a sailor a pair of trousers…well definitely a pair of shorts today.
So I took a few pics to share with you of my weather beaten chums in the garden…first the cosmos which have gone haywire but still give great colour.
Then the little Greek urn on the wall which holds a mass of bright yellow flowers ( think they’re million bells) which is my profile pic…it doesn’t get any of the rain so ironically I’ve had to keep watering it!
You know I love recycling things so this is my old watering can & an old,wooden machine tools crate from a local factory!
The trough looks like a bomb’s hit it but some things are still shining thru’…
The osteospernum have never failed nor the surfinas…
And finally….the little million bells (looking a little slug eaten) in the bike basket & the honeysuckle berries.
….oh & then down came the rain & in came the Phlobs!!
2 Aug, 2009
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Thank you Donnah.
2 Aug, 2009
It does all look lovely as Donnah says. Love the million bells and Cosmos are one of my favourite flowers. What are the blue/purple flowers in the pic between the lobelia and osteospermum they are gorgeous (surely not Hostas?). No rain here today -so far!
2 Aug, 2009
Fluff....What a lovely garden......Thanks for showing us round.......
2 Aug, 2009
Thank you Milky...Well Lily...now you've caught me out cos I don't know what they are...I was hoping someone would mention their name & I could pretend I knew all along!! Def not hostas...
2 Aug, 2009
Well we're both ignorant together then Fluff. No doubt someone will tell us!
2 Aug, 2009
I've had it for years & it has leaves a bit like the solomon's seal but flowers like what I used to call vetch in the wild....is that good English? Sound like Vicki Pollard!!
2 Aug, 2009
Thanks for the tour, you have some lovely flowers Fluff.........
2 Aug, 2009
Thank you for the tour of your garden, it's lovely. The cosmos are beautiful.
3 Aug, 2009
Thanks for showing your lovely plants. You have a nice view from your door. I see the cats enjoy it aswell :o)
Oh - I like that metal trough, it's very nice.
3 Aug, 2009
Glad you liked it...despite the rain our gardens still give pleasure don't they? All the hard work is worth it....
3 Aug, 2009
Don't you know what that plant is Hywel?
3 Aug, 2009
I think it's a type of vetch but I don't know the exact one.
4 Aug, 2009
I've googled on vetch, does look like one and belongs to the pea family. Does that mean it climbs Fluff and is it well behaved? Don't want any hooligans in my garden lol
4 Aug, 2009
It doesn't climb Lily & I would say it's well behaved ...it lives in a long wooden planter but has stayed at one end...not tried to muscle in on other plants bit!
I've had it for years so I don't have a plant label going that far back!
4 Aug, 2009
Lovely blog, Fluff! Love the garden, & the summer house looks like a nice retreat!
9 Aug, 2009
Thanks Madperth...yes it's great to sit up there on rainy days & stick 2 fingers up to the weather!
9 Aug, 2009
Sound good to me!
9 Aug, 2009
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Hi Fluff Such lovely photos really enjoyed the tour It all looks lovely
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