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Post by andy on Apr 4, 2012 19:31:55 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 4, 2012 20:14:19 GMT
Beautiful - love the daffs and the last pic specially!
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Post by Tig on Apr 4, 2012 22:17:12 GMT
Blooming marvellous Andy, well done you! Hope you are getting plenty of visitors to enjoy all your efforts, and give some positive feedback on how it's all looking  As we came home from the hospital today there was a stunning magnolia stellata that had been 'pruned' as a tree with a flat top, looked oriental in shape and form, very attractive though x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 5, 2012 4:50:38 GMT
What great displays of Tulips you have there Andy. Thanks for posting the pics. |
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Post by Barbara on Apr 5, 2012 6:46:42 GMT
Lovely
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Post by carolann on Apr 5, 2012 6:59:09 GMT
Stunning Andy well done to all your team.
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Post by Auricula on Apr 5, 2012 7:36:36 GMT
All looking great Andy, love the tulips
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 15, 2012 10:08:23 GMT
I have finally got here Andy and I am really really impressed....
It isn't just the daffs and tulips, it is the overall picture...I can't wait to see the summer profile...well done Andy..
RF
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Post by Jilly on Apr 15, 2012 10:28:47 GMT
Don't know how I missed this first time round, it looks wonderful, you must be so pleased after the long wait for the pump to be fixed.
Jillyx
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Post by Amber on Apr 15, 2012 12:09:51 GMT
Wonderful spring displays.....a tribute to a lot of hard work ;D
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Post by andy on Apr 15, 2012 12:26:22 GMT
Well...the pump went on, and then went off again. Apparently, a few hundred people have emailed the powers that be and complained that we are running the waterfall from a large bore hosepipe during the ban. So...just to please the moronic minority, it's now switched off indefinately.  |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 15, 2012 14:27:16 GMT
Oh Andy , from someone who knows the moronic minority you have to put up with  Jillyx |
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Post by Tig on Apr 15, 2012 17:44:34 GMT
Is the water not recycled Andy? I wouldn't have thought it needed much topping up once it was running ... I'd be inclined to tell the moronic minority that it is self feeding and any additional water it requires comes from a rainwater butt - shall we start an online petition to get it switched back on again?
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Post by bobbiek on Apr 16, 2012 2:54:23 GMT
Ahhhhhh! What frustration! People just don't think about how things really work!
Your garden is so beautiful.
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Post by andy on May 13, 2012 17:00:07 GMT
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Post by Auricula on May 13, 2012 19:02:35 GMT
Great pics Andy, thank you |
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Post by Amber on May 13, 2012 19:16:47 GMT
Wow!!
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Post by bobbiek on May 14, 2012 2:38:05 GMT
Spectacular! Thank you!
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Post by Ladygardener on May 14, 2012 5:27:34 GMT
Great pics Andy, everything is coming on well. |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 14, 2012 5:35:21 GMT
Things are really coming along and the Gunnera will be incredible this year.....
I'd love to see the area where the hostas are planted in a month or so - I bet it will be really full and still the stones will be dominant.
The wild flower garden (think that was it) seems to be doing well and those tulips are great!!
RF
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Post by carolann on May 14, 2012 7:19:15 GMT
Wonderful Andy the last time I was in Brighton I was only about 7 or 8yrs old so I dont remember a lot wish I did.
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Post by andy on May 14, 2012 7:32:56 GMT
The next phase in the garden is to remove the Cercidyphyllum japonicum in pic 7 and the Chamaecyparis, obtusa nana gracilis in pic 8.
We just felt that that were far too big for their situation and when removed, we will replace with 2 trees of a better habbit somewhere in the garden.
The newly planted herbaceous bank in pic 11 will have around 3,000 tulips planted in the autumn to give some colour before the herbaceous comes up.
We've also applied for a large grant in order to get the pond cleaned out and revamped, the paths re-laid to give the garden better wheelchair and disabled access to the lower garden and the whole southern entrance completely cleared and replanted.
We're hoping to get the chalet done up too so we can have running mains water, a tool shed and i can have an office.
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Post by bobbiek on May 14, 2012 9:09:13 GMT
Andy,
So much work! I was worrying about the work of planting 50 bulbs in my garden this fall and you are talking 3000! Your back must ache at times with all that leaning and digging. It's easy to enjoy the lovely garden, and sometimes we don't think about the countless hours it takes to make it that way! Thank you for making the world more beautiful.
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Post by Jilly on May 14, 2012 11:12:48 GMT
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Post by andy on May 14, 2012 14:50:14 GMT
Yeah they are Jilly.....they've all done so well apart from the hollyhocks which have rust. The Chinese lanters have spread everywhere so if you want some !!!!! Grown a load more herbaceous this year which is up the nursery growing at the moment. That's only the tulips Bobbiek....ive ordered about 12,000 bulbs in all ranging from Daffs to Camassia to anemone to iris to allium. Last year we planted about 5,000 mixed bulbs and the year before we put in 25,000 bluebells !!!!!!!!  |
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Post by andy on May 28, 2012 16:59:03 GMT
Took the camera to work today as the garden is an absolute riot of colours. Unfortunately, the batteries ran out after 20 pics so this is part 1. Part 2 tomorrow folks i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/wink.gif For some reason, my camera...only 5 months old is not picking up some of the colours and they aren't showing the true tones. Anyway, enjoy. Lovely Kolkwitzia amabilis  My cottage garden...all grown from seed last spring in my conservatory  Verbascum from the above border  Poppy "dwarf allegro"  Poppy "coral reef"   Digitalis "candy mountain"....The flowers all point upwards !!!   Geranium "johnsons blue"  White alium of some description...could even be a wild garlic but it don't arf look good with the rock roses  Yellow Helianthemum  Red one  Pink one  Tangerine flavoured one  Orange mecanopsis poppy  Aqualegia "sunshine" again grown from seed  Finally, some dutch iris looking fab.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 28, 2012 18:22:13 GMT
Great pics Andy and I love that poppy - Coral dawn.....definitely a  . I love the Rock roses too - to be honest I have binned them in my gardens as they only seem to look fantastic when there are enormous clumps of them and I haven't got the room... Well done on the Cottage garden Andy - it's lovely and the Digitalis "candy mountain"is gorgeous....would love that in the garden. RF |
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Post by Jilly on May 28, 2012 20:28:30 GMT
Great pics Andy and I love that poppy - Coral dawn.....definitely a . I love the Rock roses too - to be honest I have binned them in my gardens as they only seem to look fantastic when there are enormous clumps of them and I haven't got the room... Well done on the Cottage garden Andy - it's lovely and the Digitalis "candy mountain"is gorgeous....would love that in the garden. RF  Beautiful Andy, I sowed this one last year, gave some away which are all flowering wonderfully, mine are all still tiny i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/rolleyes.gif Love the cottage garden, it's really filled out since last year. Jillyx |
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Post by Ladygardener on May 29, 2012 6:06:09 GMT
 For that lovely Poppy Andy. I'm in the same boat as Rf I don't have room for big shows of anything but enjoy looking.
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Post by JennyWrenn on May 29, 2012 7:32:08 GMT
We must all think alike as I was going to give this a POTM My camera takes superb pix Andy but like yours mine sometimes doenst pick up on the right colour - red is always a risk  |
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