Simbad's Garden

24-36inch silver to rose cushions of flowers surrounded by a ruff of bracts, drive border and pond border.
Anot...

Upright fern with silver fronds giving it a ghostly look hence the name, emerging fronds shimmering white colour...

Hybrid Japanese painted fern with grey green foliage with a lacy effect fiorked and crested on the tips, deciduo...

Lovely fern with silvery and purple coloured foliage.
Planted by pond under trees.

Painted fern with grey leaves, paler midribs and a red purple zone along the centre.
Planted to the left of tre...

Evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves spotted with cream.
Left hand side long border near greenhouse.

Tall bearded iris, aconite violet self.
Swap with Siris.
Sunny border surrounding house near white rose.

Given to me by mother-in-law years ago, have clumps of it everywhere, very fast increaser, don't know name.

Bought two years ago off e-bay, tuber was tiny so still hasn't flowered, maybe next year, peach flowers.

Love this iris just for leaves which are blue/grey and cream striped, blue scented flowers.
Border round house ...

Swapped this several years ago small variety only grows to around a foot tall, yellow flowers with brown flecks....

White flowered bearded iris, one of my favourites.
Bought off e-bay.
Long left hand border.

Another bought off e-bay two years ago very small tuber so hasn't flowered yet, should do next year has as ...

Small tuber potted up in greenhouse, sent to me by Siris.
Needs a shady sheltered site outside when bigger.

Grown from seed, growing in border outside lounge, 3ft tall flowers are supposed to be spotted but mine came up ...

Berberis with purple leaves like normal berberis but this one has silvery variegation on the leaves.
Border bes...

Vigorous shrub with spine-tipped dark green leaves, clusters of dark yellow/orange flowers April -May followed b...

Spring flowering with pink flowers,leaves lovely red autumn colour.Border near greenhouse and under rhus in long...

These were growing here when we built house, right were house was going to be so moved them into the wood also t...

Light green leaves with wide creamy margins, forget me not baby blue flowers mid to late spring.
Bought from Ha...

Lovely rounded green and silvery white leaves, forget me not blue flowers in spring. Pond border under trees.

Have several of these dotted around the garden, purple flowered one, prune hard in spring to stop getting to large.

Lovely spring flowering buddleja with globe shaped orange/yellow flowers.
Planted in right hand side long border.

Grown from cutting autumn 2008, grown to 6ft already and still flowering 4th december, lovely yellow flowers.
P...

Shrub with red bottlebrush flowers in summer.
Planted in sloping border near pond, near flowering cherry.

Lovely water/bog plant with yellow buttercup like flowers in spring.
Front and back pond.

White form of the normally yellow marsh marigold.
Growing in front pond edges.

3 huge bulbs bought from malvern 2010, haven't decided where to put them yet.

Bought this plant from gardeners world this year, absolutely gorgeous, grows to 2ft tall with white spidery bloo...

Grown from a packet of mixed campanula seeds from Plantworld several years ago, perennial with heart shaped leav...

Grown from mixed packet of plantworld campanula seeds only got 1 plant of this variety.
Very pretty rare dwarf ...

Lovely plant, lower growing version of my white 'Beautiful Trust' I bought from gardeners world, pink ...

Ground cover,low growing,with blue bell shaped flowers.
Growing in border round house near phormiums and border...

White bellflowers clustered at top of stems.
Bought from Hall Farm.
Long right hand border near blue rose.

Lovely pale lilac/pink bell shaped flowers.
Grown from seed.
Border round house.

2ft tall large blue bell shaped flowers, seeds around.
Border round house.

White form of bellflower, 2ft tall , seeds around.
Border round house.

Trailing plant with lovely blue star shaped flowers.
Growing in left hand long border near greenhouse and front...

Compact plant with large intense ruby blooms up to 2.5inch long , shear flowers to prolong flowering , spreads b...

Low growing grass with silvery green leaves, look especially lovely when covered in frost.
Grown from seed.
Bo...

Sent to me last year by Dawn, evergreen sedge grown for its variegated foliage, good ground cover for part shade...

Low growing stiff leaved grass leaves grow horizontally with brown flowers in summer.
Swapped on swapshop.
Gro...

Love this grass, stiff bronze leaves with curly ends.
Growing in left hand long border, and two in pots.

Low growing bronze coloured grass with hints of orange,lovely, seeds around here.

Butter yellow leaves neatly striped with green
midribs,chocolate brown flower spikes in June, full sun or part ...

Swapped on a swapshop, as tiny plant three years ago, flowered for first time this year.
Love this one has love...

Low growing yellow and green stripe leaves, bargain table at focus half price split into two one beside front po...

Looks great when planted by water , have several of these originally given to me by my Dad, seeds around profuse...

Lovely low growing grass in summer leaves are green but in autumn some change to orange.
Long right hand border.

Spreading succulent with large purple flowers, not hardy so growing in tall pot where it can trail over the side...

Shrub which has wonderful blue flowers in summer and aromatic foliage, prune in spring.
Planted in right hand s...

The same as heavenly blue but this one has very bright yellow green leaves in spring, do get darker as season pr...

2-3ft lilac papery flowers, border beside pond.
Grown from seed.

Same as lilac one but with white flowers with metallic purple centre, lovely.
Border outside lounge window and ...

Lovely semi-evergreen shrub covered with gorgeous pink (not the usual blue) flowers in summer.
Planted in borde...

Lovely evergreen tree, think this is my favourite tree in the garden, love the shape of it just hope it doesn&#x...

Lilac pink flowers in summer if cut back will flower again.
Have loads of this fast increaser, long right and l...

Grew from T+M seed, growing in long border left of kitchen, and anywhere else it likes, lol, seeds profusely.

White form of the normally red valerian, growing in both long borders and border round house, seeds profusely, g...

Another plant brought from Dads, huge perennial over 6ft with yellow scabious flowers, seeds around everywhere g...

Hill into wood .
3 for £5 Brigg GC.

Hill into wood.
3 for £5 Brigg GC.

Hill into wood.
3 for £5 Brigg GC.

Lovely shrub covered for weeks in spring with white highly scented flowers, deeply divided leaves.
Long right h...

Given to me by my Dad so name not known very reliable perennial with pink flowers late october november, 2ft tal...

Grown from seed 7 years ago supposed to be double flowers but all came up single like large daisies, flowers sum...

Love this plant 6ft tall with purple leaves and raecemes of heavily scented flowers late summer.
Planted in pon...

Lovely shrub with dark pink flowers, flowers look almost like silk open for a day then drop petals.
Border roun...

Evergreen with pale pink tissue like flowers, great for exposed sites, bought from Pot Belly nursery to replace ...

Large cream flowers in spring.
Growing on obelisk in long left hand border, supposed to like a bit of shade but...

Large blue double flowers spring and autumn/
Prune lightly.
Growing on side of smaller greenhouse, near forsyt...

Nodding white flowers with a purple grey tinge turn pure white as they age, tips of the four tepals recurve, 6ft...

Dark purple flowers May/August, group 3 pruning.
Nice little plant bought from The Range 5 for £10.

Deep red flowers June/September, group 3 pruning.
Bought from The Range 5 for £10, nice healthy plant potted on...

Dark blue nodding double flowers April/May with a second flush in summer, good for cold exposed areas, 6.5-10ft,...

Another one of my bargain clematis, just pay postage from T+M.
Late flowerer with white flowers and purple stam...

Lovely shrubby clematis with dark blue nodding flowers, kindly sent to me by Amy, love it.

Deciduous woody based non clinging perennial up to 60cm tall, pink nodding bell shaped flowers.
Bought from Har...

Vigourous clematis, white flowers, prune to size required after flowering.
Have 2, 1 growing over fence at top ...

Vigorous clematis, pink flowers dark leaves and reddy stems.
Prune to size after flowering.
Growing over end o...

Love the flowers on this one spotted it in a local nursery, just had to have it.
Growing on lounge wall with an...

Semi double deep pink flowers and bronze young foliage, moderately vigorous.
Bought from Harrogate Spring Show ...

Nodding yellow flowers followed by fluffy seedheads.
Prune hard to 3-4inches late Feb.
Grew these from seed am...

Not really like a clematis at all as doesn't twine or climb, large leaves and knodding bluebell flowers in ...

Vigorous climber with dusky purple flowers, distinctive and very double flowers, pruning group 3.
Bought from H...

Hill into wood.
3 for £5 Brigg GC.
Have two more of these one in border round house other bottom of garden.

Have two of these one given to me by my brother and other bought from Wilko's grown into quite a nice shape...

White highly sented flowers in spring.
Swapped on swapshop, starting to spread nicely, border near pond in fron...

Silver leaved evergreen shrub that forms a rounded shrub 2-3 foot tall by 3-5ft wide.
Rooted cutting sent to me...

Have two of these one in border round house and one outside kitchen, have grown really well, first couple of yea...

Growing in border outside kitchen, fleece this one in winter, not as hardy as green variety.
Bought from wilko&...

Swapped this as a young plant so not sure of variety, has yellow flowers and very divided foliage, 2ft tall grow...

Grows about a foot tall with large double yellow flowers, sometimes perennial, but tend to grow fresh each year ...

Light pink flowers with yellow centres , perennial for full sun, deadhead to prolong flowering , inclined to spr...

Two tone flowers with light pink edge and red eye, perennial, height 8-10inch, spread ,12-13 inch.
For new area...

Pink blooms June to October,drought tolerant,attractive to bees and butterflies, perennial,sun and well drained ...

Pumpkin orange flowers with a red eye , perennial, height and spread 15-18inches, good for butterflies and bees,...

Dogwood with variegated white and green leaves and red stems winter, for best stem colour prune hard in spring.
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Lovely spreading shrub/tree with variegated foliage , branches grow in tiers , £18.50 .
Wanted one of these for...

Shrub mainly grown for red winter stems, prune hard in spring for best winter stem colours.
Sloping border by p...