Simbad's Garden

30inch tall with bright pink flowers.
Bought from malvern.
Pot in greenhouse till I decide where to put it.

Perennial with amazing purple flowers, 3ft tall.
Swapped on swapshop, really love this plant.
Border round pond.

Dark red/purple leaved perennial with red flowers, needs moist soil.
Grown from seed.
Boggy border round pond ...

Grew this from seed three years ago and just gets better every year 6ft tall this year, tropical looking plant w...

Lovely perennial with amazing flourescent blue flowers, best renewed every couple of years as get a bit leggy 12...

6ft tall, (although doesn't seem to get that large here) yellow flowers serrated leaves.
Border round pond...

3ft tall large rounded green leaves with yellow daisy flowers summer, prefers moist soil.
Sloping border near p...

Spring flowering shrub with double yellow flowers.
Top of hill and border at side of drive.

Dark and pale pink mixed colours,late autumn flowerer, rapid increaser.
Grown from swapped seed.
Border outsid...

Red and yellow flowers.
Grown from mixed seed, all plants the same, red and yellow, just one has plain yellow f...

Can't remember variety but grows to around 3ft(when in flower) with orange flowers.
Border bottom of hill.

3ft tall, lilac/pink flowers on tall wiry stems, just the same as knautia macedonica just different colour flowe...

3ft tall, burgundy scabious flowers on tall wiry stems.
Grown from seed.
Border near pond and border at top of...

Very showy form with blue flowers and large lacy ruff 18-24 inch tall.
Grown from seed this year should flower ...

Lovely deciduous grass ,green leaves with cream stripes across the leaves.
Swapped on swapshop.
Border round h...

Insignificant muddy lilac flowers followed by bright orange berries.
Given to me by mother-in-law.
Planted bot...

Smaller flowers than other iris dark blue flowers, narrower leaves.
Planted by back pond near grey hosta.
Also...

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

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

Exactly the same as common yellow flag iris but this one has variegated leaves.
Back pond.

Yellow flowered common water iris.
Growing in back pond.

Another swapped one, absolutely love this one as don't have to remember to keep dividing, just spreads arou...

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

Love this iris, gorgeous deep burgundy flowers.
Swapped on swapshop.
Long left hand border.
Just behind eupho...

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

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

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

Swapped this lovely bearded iris couple of years ago,
Long left hand border at furthest end, fast increaser, st...

Perennial 12 -18inch tall spidery yellow daisy flowers.
Grown from seed.
Border top of hill and near front pond.

Giant perennial, up to 8ft, yellow daisy flowers encircled tall stems late summer.
Grown from seed.
Border top...

Low growing, spreading, shrublike plant, small grey leaves and covered in yellow flowers in summer.
Growing on ...

Much larger and darker flowers than lemon queen, taller growing too around 6ft.
Swapped on swapshop, border at ...

Have two of these lovely climbing hydrangeas, taken a while to settle but got going a bit now, white bracts and ...

Shrub with pink flowers, very slow growing, bought for us as moving in present still only couple of feet tall (b...

Swapped on swapshop variety not known, only small plant waiting to see how big it grows, plain green leaves.
Bo...

Dark purple leaves and white flowers summer.
Growing in border at bottom of hill near potentilla melton fire.

4ft tall perennial with pale lemon daisy flowers late summer.
Given to me by a friend, border at top of hill, b...

Green leaves deep pink flowers.
Swapped on swapshop, border outside lounge window.

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

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

Pale pink flowered geranium, variety not known, semi-evergreen.
Brought from dads house.
Right hand long borde...

Another I don't know name of but has lovely grey leaves, have two clumps growing in border by back pond.

Don't know variety, green with cream stripe,
Border bottom of garden, near giant scabious, must move next ...

Lovely dramatic hosta with green and cream( almost white leaves),
Bought from Hall Farm.
Near small front pond.

3ft tall, orange/brown flowers.
Bought from Malvern 2008.
Border top of hill near hellebore argutifolius.

3ft tall,unusual helenium, central cone surrounded by tiny yellow petals, seeds arround profusely here.
Grown f...

Mixed colours, daisy like flowers,3ft tall, late flowerer.
Grown from seed.
Long right and left hand borders.

Fast growing arching shrub , fragrant yellow pea like flowers, grey green foliage.
Original plant was uprooted ...

Architectural plant huge leaves, good for boggy areas.
Planted near back pond, only had for a couple of years s...

Airy plant often used by flower arrangers, tiny white flowers, perennial variety.
Front border round house near...

Pink pea like flowers, divided foliage, 4-5ft tall.
Grown from seed, didn't do to well this year, keep eye...

3ft tall perennial with white flowers on tall wiry stems.
Grown from seed.
Border round house and long left ha...

Lovely variety with pink flowers in spring.
Right hand long border near phormium purpureum.

Given to me by my dad many years ago, can't remember name, will come to me, grows to around three foot tall...

Don't know variety, spreads by rhizomes, lovely lilac pink flowers, very divided foliage.
Right hand long ...

White form of the meadow cranesbill, 2ft tall large white flowers, deeply divided foliage.
Grown from swapped s...

Breeder: Heemskirk 2006
Semi-evergreen
Height : 24inch
Flower size 6inch (reblooms)
Double flowers (not alwa...

Large purple/red kidney shaped leaves and yellow daisy flowers summer, good for boggy areas.
Growing by back po...

Very pretty semi-evergreen fern.
Growing in pond border under trees, kindly identified for me by Plug.

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

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

Love this shrub, flowers very early spring, pale yellow bell shaped flowers on bare stems, bright green leaves b...

Don't know variety, completely covered in early summer in red pea like flowers.
Planted on right hand side...

Don't know variety, shrub completely covered in early summer in pale yellow pea like flowers, quite a small...

Masses of white flowers held high above foliage, seeds around profusely.
Border outside kitchen window next to ...

Lovely geranium, seeds around profusely,masses of small pink flowers held above foliage.
Front pond, border out...

Lovely geranium covered with large blue flowers in spring.
Loads of clumps of this one.

Deeply divided foliage pale blue flowers, grown from seed and sent to me by a friend before it flowered, flowers...

Dark purple nodding flowers, seeds around.
Border in front on lounge window.

Vigorous spreading geranium, easily propogated, pink flowers held above foliage.
Border by pond decking, round ...

Vigorous spreading geranium with white flowers held above foliage, scented foliage,easily propogated.
Front top...

Spreading rhizomatus geranium, with patterned leaves and pale pink flowers with white centre, spreads quite quic...

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

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

Deciduous fern with lovely curly crimped leaves, growing by front pond.

Lovely architectural plant.
Planted in border at bottom of garden.
Brought from dads house after he died.

Dark purple leaves, plumes of pinky smoke like flowers in summer, prune hard late winter.
Front top border next...

Dark pink almost purple flowers.
Growing in border at wood entrance.

Pale pink semi-double flowers august, grows to around 3ft.
Growing in border outside kitchen window.

White single flowers.
Planted in semi-shaded woodland border.
Bought summer 2009 trent valley garden centre.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arching green leaves, like a phormium but stiffer, arching sprays of blue and yellow flowers spring followed by ...

Shrub with glossy evergreen leaves and crimson-rose tubular flowers june-sept.
Growing in border at side of drive.

Shrub with small glossy evergreen leaves and tubular white flowers in summer.
Planted in border at bottom of ga...

Lovely evergreen glossy leaved shrub, with white tinged pale pink tubular flowers summer.
Growing at back of lo...

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

Grown from seed two years ago flowered this year, but not as big as it should be yet.
Straplike leaves and tall...

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

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

Lovely succulent looks bit like a bonsai, covered in tiny pink flowers in summer, seeds around, sometimes evergr...

Sent to me by a friend in Isle of White spring 2009 and kindly identified by Owdboggy.
Rockery plant straplike ...

Low growing grass with blue leaves, cut back in spring for best leaf colour.
Given to me by my Dad years ago, g...

Grown from seed 2007.
Rosettes of leaves from which rise in summer 3ft tall stems with small white flowers with...

Bought from Hall Farm 2009.
Brown mottled heart shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
Planted in new woodland border.

Bought from Hall Farm 2009.
Clusters of yellow flowers in spring.
Planted in new woodland border.