AN ORDINARY SUNDAY IN AUGUST

Posted on August 4, 2013 by gwenniesworld

I cannot believe it is August already ! Lately we have had quite a bit of hot weather so everything is growing like mad, however some plants suffer from the heath. The fuchsia flowers and the roses don’t stay fresh for long and I can’t keep up watering all the pots. But I am not complaining as I love being outside, sitting on the terrace and looking at the garden.

The birds and the bees and the butterflies apparently love my garden, they are everywhere but they are very hard to catch on camera. But I am happy to have them in my garden and I love to see they like it.

JUST A FEW DAHLIA’S

I GAVE MY FUCHSIA’S A SHADIER PLACE AS THEY REALLY DON’T LIKE THE HEATH

DURING THE DAY I GIVE THEM EXTRA SHADOW WITH AN UMBRELLA

MY FIG TREE, HERE YOU CAN SEE IT HAS A SMALL SPACE TO LIVE IN, APPARENTLY FIG TREE’S LIKE THAT

THE LACE CAP HYDRANGEA ONLY STARTED BLOOMING NOW

FLOWERING HERBS AND A BUTTERFLY

YELLOW MILLIONBELL’S

MY YUCCA

WHITE ECHINACEA, I WANT MORE OF THEM NEXT YEAR !

SOME SORT OF SEDUM

HONEYSUCKLE AGAINST THE GARAGE

A FLOWERLESS ANNUAL ON A WINDOWSILL, I LOVE THE GRAY COLOUR !

A STILL LIFE ON A TABLE

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA

A FEW LITTLE MIRRORS ON THE FENCE IN THE FORM OF A GEKKO

AND MY ALBIZZIA JULLIBRIZZIN FINALLY IN BLOOM

I LOVE IT’S FOLLIAGE

A FEW BEE’S ON THE VERONICA VIRGINICA

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend ! Enjoy your garden !

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY GARDEN AT THE MOMENT

Posted on June 11, 2013 by gwenniesworld

Winter was long, freezing and wet. We didn’t get Spring, we went from Winter into Summer so plants are way behind their normal blooming time. Normally June is the most beautiful time in my garden with lots of blooms but today my garden still looks pretty green.

I walked through my garden this morning and made some pictures for you.

BLOOMS OF CLIMBING HYDRANGEA OR SHOULD I SAY THE BEGINNING OF THE BLOOMS ?

ONE OF MY FUCHSIA’S, AREN’T THEY CUTE WITH THEIR BALLERINA FROCKS ?!!!

AND ANOTHER FUCHSIA, THIS ONE LIKES TO HAVE HIS FACE IN THE SUN

GERANIUM ANNE THOMSON STARTED BLOOMING AND WILL GO ON TILL THE FIRST FROSTS

PELARGONIUM

THE FIRST OF MY DAYLILLIES IN BLOOM

GERANIUM SANGUINEUM, A LOW GERANIUM WITH CUTE LITTLE LEAFS AND LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS, BLOOMS FOR A LONG TIME

ONE OF MY AQUILEGIA’S, THIS ONE IS STILL IN BLOOM AND IT LOOKS AS IT HAS STILL A LOT OF BUDS, THE WHITE ONE HAS NO MORE FLOWERS AT THE MOMENT

MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE VIOLETS, THEY HAVE BEEN BLOOMING SINCE LAST YEAR SEPTEMBER !!!

AND YET ANOTHER GERANIUM, I THINK THIS ONE IS ENDRESSII

SYRINGA PALIBIN A LOT SMALLER THAN SYRINGA VULGARIS

ARUNCUS OR GOATS BEARD

ALCHEMILLA MOLLIS OR LADIES MANTLE, ALWAYS HAPPY TO PERFORM

DIGITALIS, THE FIRST FLOWERSTALK IN MY GARDEN WHO IS BLOOMING, THEY HAVE SELFSEEDED ALL OVER THE GARDEN BUT I LET THEM BE AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT IN THE WAY, THE BEE’S LOVE THEM AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL !!!

I hope this lovely weather will continue for a long long time !!!!

Have a great week and enjoy your garden !

FUCHSIA’S AND MORE

Posted on May 2, 2013 by gwenniesworld

A while ago I ordered some fuchsia’s from a place called Fuchsia’s Katrien Michiels, they have over 3000 different fuchsia’s and over a 1000 different pelargoniums on top of that they have other Summerflowering flowers and a small range of cacti. I love to go there ! They have a beautiful site on internet with all the pictures of the fuchsia’s and pelargoniums they sell. Yesterday I went to collect what I had ordered and I took some pictures.

A LOOK AT THE PELARGONIUM HOUSE

THESE DARK FLOWERING PELARGONIUMS ARE VERY POPULAR OVER HERE AT THE MOMENT

THESE ARE SPECIAL LEAF PELARGONIUMS

And here are the fuchsia’s. They are not in bloom yet but most of them have buds.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE HUGE GREENHOUSES FILLED WITH FUCHSIA’s

EVERY FUCHSIA HAS A NUMBER AND A NAME AND SOME INFO : SUN OR SHADE, WINTERHARDY OR NOT, TRAILING OR STANDING, BIG FLOWER, DUBBLE FLOWER, SMALL FLOWER, COLOUR