I've put together some seasonal photos that highlight the garden in 2011. The photos were all taken in the past year.
Spring
Fritillaria Meleagris ( Snakes Head Fritillary) . We grow several different fritillaries. They are very delicate with their nodding heads and beautiful patterns. The white one provide a good contrast.
Clematis Alpina "Constance" This climber has grown at an incredible rate and gets covered in a profusion of flowers. We need to extend its support over the winter.
Summer
The Herb Garden in June.
Part of the herbaceous border. It's becoming a bit of a thicket...
We had a bumper crop of strawberries this year.We grow Elsanta, Cambridge Favourite and Honeoye.
And some of the other crops came through well. But the courgettes and sweetcorn were almost non-existant due to lack of sunshine.
Autumn
This photo was taken today. It's the last one in a series of photos taken from an upstairs window. It's all looking a bit sad but the trees, shrubs and wooden path give it structure. The Griselinia littoralis, Fatsia japonica, ceanothus and bamboo provide green throughout the year
Thanks to everyone for the reading Planticru Notes and leaving comments. I've enjoyed browsing through all your blogs and having a peek into your gardens.
Here's to the start of another gardening (and blogging) year....
Your garden is so beautiful. Love the pic of your 'thicket'. A nice look at your year in review. I'm beginning to become anxious for spring, although I'm afraid our winter hasn't really started yet!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing those photos. You have a beautiful garden. I love the way you have used the path crisscrossing the garden. You're a fellow no lawner as well. Why have grass when you can have more plants? That's what we think anyway. Wishing you a very Happy New Year and a great gardening year ahead.
ReplyDeleteThat was a lovely wander through your garden in 2011 with beautiful plants, veg and flowers, thanks for inviting us! Wishing you and your garden best wishes for 2012 !
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments. Lots of planning to do for next year. It's feeling colder here...so maybe we're due some wintery weather. We need it to kill of the aphids etc.
ReplyDeleteWelly woman another no lawner. All that scarifying, cutting edging etc etc. What a work!
Lets hope 2012 is a good year and not just in the garden...
I love your herbaceous border, packed full of all sorts of goodies and the verbena standing tall. Thank you for sharing your past year. It is a great time to look at blogs because we are all reposting our favourite photos of 2011. Happy gardening for 2012. Ronnie@hurtledto60
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic round up of 2011. I've really enjoyed looking at your photos. The winding path through your garden looks so inviting. I think it looks great in winter; a lot of structure, texture and colour. I look forward to seeing it develop in 2012.
ReplyDeleteWow! you have such a beautiful garden. Please don't let this blog get withered on the vine as I will then miss visiting it. I am new to gardening and thus learning a lot from you all.
ReplyDeleteFor the first time since I have been reading your blog I have actually been able to see all of it - most of the top part usually disappears. Your photo roundup is fab so nice to see more parts of your lovely garden. Love that clematis shot - wow!
ReplyDeleteThis was a great way to show us the overall size and shape of your garden. So many of us (myself included) love to take the macro shots and leave out full landscape images. Maybe it's because I don't want you to see the messy bits!
ReplyDeleteHere's to a year of new plants, good compost and lots of cups of tea with friends in our gardens!
I love the structure of your garden and how the path zigzags down the garden. Plus there is no lawn - a direction I might go in one day!
ReplyDeleteRonnie, thanks. I presume you have also posted about the past year. I'll be over to check it out...
ReplyDeleteLorna, It all looks a bit sad close up...hence the photo from upstairs window. It hides a multidtude of sins..
LK, thanks for stopping by. I too learn a lot from other bloggers (and pinch their gardening ideas)!
Elaine, I had to get rid of the drop down menus as folk using explorer couldn't read them. My Mac will no longer read internet explorer with the new operating system. Something had to give...
I think the clematis was confused as it's growing through a cornus and got cut back earlier by mistake!
Karen, there are lots of messy bits but I can live with them for a while. (at least until 2012)
Helen, if we did have a lawn it would be full of daisies and moss, none of your pristine bowling green here...
And so we prepare to start all over again. Can't wait even though I am enjoying semi-hibernation at the moment.
ReplyDeleteVery best wishes to you and yours for 2012.
Happy New Year!
Oh, I love your pink Clematis. What a beauty!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!