WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

GARDENPICTURES

Today was a lovely Spring day, not too hot with a bit of a cold wind but ideal for working in the garden which I did. I took some pictures for you to see.

RED TULIP, I LOVE THE EYE IN THE MIDDLE, THEY TOOK ME BY SURPRISE AS THEY HADN’T BEEN BLOOMING FOR A FEW YEARS !

ARABIS, THEY HAVE BEEN BLOOMING FOR A WHILE NOW BUT THEY GO ON AND ON, ARABIS DOES NOT GO UNDERGROUND IN WINTER AND I ALWAYS FIND THAT A PLUS

MY EARLIEST BLOOMING DWARF RHODODENDRON, IT BLOOMS EVERY YEAR IN SPRING AND THEN AGAIN IN AUTUMN, NOT AS MUCH AS IN SPRING THOUGH

CALTHA PALUSTRIS IS A SWAMP PLANT, LIKES IT’S FEET IN THE WATER, IT STANDS IN THE SWAMP AREA OF OUR POOL

I COULDN’T RESIST BUYING THIS FUCHSIA WHEN I SAW IT IN A SHOP….

As you can see it was a lovely sunny day  and there are more to come !

Have a great weekend and enjoy your garden !

TODAYS GARDEN PICTURES

Today was a lovely sunny Sunday, ideal for gardening. There is soooo much to do in the garden !!! Cos of the good weather everything is growing fast, especially the weeds ! And since we haven’t had much rain for the past weeks I can’t keep up with watering the pots and all the new planted plants.

Ofcourse I took some pictures for you to see.

THE FIRST CLEMATIS IN BLOOM IN MY GARDEN, CLEMATIS MRS BATEMAN, LOOKS LIKE SHE USED PURPLE MASCARA FOR HER EYELASHES

HERE YOU HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT MRS BATEMAN

THIS IS ANOTHER DWARF RHODODENDRON, THE OTHER DWARF RHODO’S WERE EARLIER IN BLOOM THIS IS THE LAST OF THE DWARFS TO BLOOM

I HAVE ONE BIG RHODODENDRON IN MY GARDEN, HE BLOOMS A LOT LATER THAN THE DWARFS, I DIDN’T KNOW THAT AS I PLANTED THEM LAST SUMMER, I WILL TAKE A PICTURE WHEN HE IS IN FULL BLOOM

AND THIS IS ROSA SEAGULL, A WHITE RAMBLER WITH A LOVELY SMELL, YOU CAN SEE IT IS FULL OF PROMISING  BUDS

How about you, did you do some gardening on your Sunday ?

Have a great week all and thanks for stopping by !

 

EASTER GREETINGS

I want to wish you all some very happy Easter holidays ! May the weather be good so you can enjoy your garden.

Here are some pictures I took from my garden in the past 2 weeks. I know I haven’t posted as much as last year but we are in the middle of houserenovations…..

DWARF RHODODENDRON WITH IN THE BACK THE MARSH MARIGOLD AND TO THE RIGHT A POT WITH MOROCCAN MINT

A TINY FORGET-ME-NOT WHO ACCIDENTLY GREW IN A POT WITH SUCCULENTS

EUPHORBIA IN FULL BLOOM

ANOTHER DWARF RHODODENDRON WITH IN THE BACK GERANIUM MACRORHIZUM

THE GERANIUM MACRORHIZUM STARTED FLOWERING VERY EARLY THIS YEAR, THIS REALLY IS A VERY STRONG PLANT WHO GROWS EVERYWHERE !!!

 

I ALREADY HAVE FIGS ON MY TREE !!!

 

AREN’T THEY CUTE ?!

LOOK AT THE TULIP ON THE LEFT, IT’S THE SAME AS THE OTHER TWO ONLY THE LEFT ONE HAS A VIRUS AND THEREFORE IT HAS STRIPES

HAVE A GREAT EASTER !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

SPRING PICTURES

HERE ARE SOME SPRING PICTURES FROM MY GARDEN.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER I HAVE A ROSEMARY BUSH IN BLOOM

MY AMELANCHIER IN FULL BLOOM, THE BUZZING OF THE BEE’S IS AWESOME

HEDGE LAUREL IN FULL BLOOM

SKIMMIA WHITE KEW

THE BEE’S ARE IN LOVE WITH IT. THIS BUSH HAS BUDS FROM EARLY AUTUMN TILL SPRING WHEN IT FINALLY FLOWERS

THE SAME SKIMMIA WITH BUDS

ONE OF THE EARLY DWARF RHODODENDRONS, IT IS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD NOW AND IT PERFORMS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR

CALTHA PALUSTRIS (MARSH MARIGOLD) GROWS IN THE MARSH PART OF OUR POND, THE YELLOW OF THE FLOWERS IS SO BRIGHT YOU NEED SUNGLASSES TO LOOK AT IT !

WHITE FLOWERING PIERIS

There are more blooms in my garden at the moment but I’ll show them next time. Everything is growing  so fast, especially the weeds, so there is a lot of work to do in the garden at the moment, I don’t know where to start as all jobs are urgent ! That’s cos of the beautiful weather we have had and still have. It is such a joy to be able to eat on the terrace again with view on the garden, the warmth of the sun, the bee’s buzzing….

Guess what I am going to do today !?

I hope you’ll all have a great Sunday ! Enjoy your garden !