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Posted by thedogcody (U14659366) on Sunday, 1st April 2012
As the March one was such a success with some nice pictures of gardens and appreciative comments comments then he we go again.
Hopefully the worst of winter is over and we are truly into spring-if any one gets any snow this week perhaps they could post a picture and also identify their area.
So more pictures please of your own gardens, ones you have visited,wildlife visitors anything garden related at all-including the failures that you are particularly ashamed of.
If anyone wants to look back at March then that link is here
Thanks again for those who have contributed so far
If you need to know how to upload pictures than that advice is here
Shall I get it going then?
These are pictures taken in April of my garden and allotments over recent years;
Apologies for repeats but as I take pictures at various times in the month some stuff can be looking good at the time I take the picture so its picture gets taken again.
Great photos, no wonder you have surplus for your family.
It was a lovely sunny day and my yellow tulips looked fantastic but I forgot to take a photo! What am I like.
hi tee gee your photos are stunning you must be so happy id be happy the nice thing is you seem a nice and gentle person whos not showing off but just wants to share your view and share it with others Thanks tee gee keep them coming martymower.
Firstly, can anyone ID this for me?:
And here are some more photos taken at the weekend:
I would suggest an Aquilegia.
Great photos, do you get frosts?
Hi Kate,
I have a few aquilegias which I've grown from seed, but the leaves are much smaller. I bought one last year, with bigger leaves, but they're not exactly like the picture. Whatever it is, has self-seeded, because it's popping up all over the place!
We do get frosts, sometimes quite severe (-10ºc in February). At the moment we're getting regular very light frosts, due to the very warm dry weather we've been having over the last couple of weeks, which is all going to change this week apparently.
My aquilegias self seed like crazy, so it could have been promiscuous.
I have no flowers on my pelargoniums so I just wondered if they were in a greenhouse.
Oh yes, I bring the pelargoniums inside over winter. They'e in an unheated 'conservatory' which sometimes gets down to 0ºc in winter. As they're a few years old now, I'm thinking of taking leaf cuttings this year.
Hi Lorea,
Thats definately an Aquilegia. I have quite a few, and divided and redistributed in the big bed, at the weekend. Do you have any in your garden already? So it may have self seeded within yours, or maybe come from, someone elses garden?
Lovely piccys. Is that Philadelphus, like the very spindly, bare rooted one I bought last year, called 'Mock Orange'? I thought they only came in white. Hhmmm....I feel a purchase coming on!
Yvie
Hi Everyone,
Although these were 'technically' taken on 31/3/12, I'm sure Geoff would rather I helped keep the 'April' thread towards the top of the list, as a prompt for everyone.
Yvie
Thanks Yvie, and Kate - I'm really happy if it is an aquilegia!
Yvie, the pic of the mock orange is the one at the front with no flowers yet! (The pink one is some sort of ornamental cherry I think. Sorry to get your hopes up!)
The philadelphus flowers are white when they come out and very fragrant. Here's a photo from spring last year. I managed, after several failure to take a cutting last year, which I planted out in autumn, and is also starting to produce leaves now.
Lovely photos by the way! What a beautiful cottage you have!
My photos were also taken on the 31st March, but I thought the same as you.
My tulips are so behind everyone elses. I'll be giving them a good talking to!
My pieris eventually gave up the ghost on my alkaline soil, despite my attempts at mollycoddling it with acid-plant feed. Yours has so many flowers already!
WOW! Lorea, that is fantastic. Mine is ssssoooooo far off that, it's laughable! Think it'll take a few years to reach those heady heights. Something to look forward to.
Yve
Thanks Lorea, I am a very lucky bunny, here in Surrey. I have 4 Peiris but they are all at different stages. There was a good sized one here already, and I'd bought some small ones in recent years. They don't look much for most of the year do they, but when they put on their show, they're great little plants.
Yvie
I love mock orange. Mine never has many flowers so I bought another last year hoping for a better show.
These are a few photos I took this morning. I was amazed to see the day lily with a flower and a lot of buds. It doesn't usually flower 'til June.
Lovely pics Pam. Loving the Camellias, and your chooks look so shiny and healthy. Thats a lovely picture of them.
Yvie
I adore your chickens! If my garden was a bit bigger I would be so tempted.
I took this photo as I was leaving for work this morning.
This is a photo of a magnificent willow tree which grows near my office, also taken on my way to work this morning. My office is just behind it.
Thankyou for posting all these beautiful photos - love them all
Pam/LilyL x
Thank you Yvie, K.G and Pam for your comments.
Looking forward to the rain they say is coming this afternoon but no sign yet.
I won't feel so guilty about not gardening. I did take some cuttings of Bowles mauve wallflower this morning and planted some crocosmia in pots in the greenhouse. They were pound shop buys so quite small.
Took these pictures this afternoon for use in my pictorial diary;
Pam
-how can you trust the chickens in the garden -mine cause havoc and are a devil to round
KG
-that is one big willow
TG
-you never let us down-thanks-I like too see the progress reports
Took these pictures this afternoon for use in my pictorial diary;
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Relieved to see my toms & peppers at just about same stage. Will you be potting them on soon?
The chooks are only allowed in for short periods and don't do too much damage.
My dog loves to chase them out when it's time for them to leave.
Thanks for showing us your seedlings TG. My toms, peppers and marigolds are about the same size which is reasuring.
Took these this morning thinking it would be better in case we get snow.
Berghill great photos, can I ask what size garden do you have and how far north are you?
The garden is about 2/3 of an acre and we are in North Shropshire.
Oh, Berghill, what a fantastic garden you have! So many different areas of interest. Do you work, or are you retired? Your garden must be a full time job! We have 1/3 of an acre and that takes up all of my spare time (I work), but I now feel it's nowhere near as interesting, after seeing yours! Do you open your garden for the yellow books scheme? I would love to see more photos in the summertime please, when everything is is full flow. Thanks for sharing.
Yvie
What a difference a day makes;
Today;
View from back door;
View from Greenhouse;
Yesterday;
Today;
Yesterday;
Today;
Crikey-I know you have answered this before TG but where exactly are you?
Hi figrat;
Relieved to see my toms & peppers at just about same stage. Will you be potting them on soon?Ìý
This is one of the reasons I put pictures like this up on the boards as I feel it lets us compare and it is as much feedback to me as it is to others.
Regarding potting on;
They are pricked out now and will remain in these pots (3") until I put them into their final quarters which will be both in the greenhouse border and rings ( ring culture method)
My thanks to Geoff,Martymower & Zoomer for their comments. Tg
There are some advantages to being unemployable, Yvieh. We moved here 16 years ago and made the garden. and just to remind people of what it looked like then here is a link.
My health makes it impossible to open the garden for the Yellow book scheme. As there is no parking it would have to be by appointment.
Incredible Tee Gee!!!!
I hope you're lovely plants survive!
Berghill thanks for those photos, a massive difference, I will look forward to the summer ones
TG
What an amazing transformation Berghill! You really have put in some work. Well done you. Lovely to have a record of changes and your achievements. Sorry to hear that your health is not the best, but like you say, there are some advantages to being at home. Remember, more piccys in the Summer please.
Yvie
Tee Gee! Oh no, b.gg..r! Will all your plants that are just coming up, or in full bloom, survive this sudden turn?
Yvie
Photo taken this evening of my fritillarias.
I love these so much!
I live just out side "" The last of the SummerWine" country (Huddersfield) and I have experienced the shortest Daffodil season ever.
The hot weather over the last couple of weeks fried them a bit( they like cooler weather) the the snows just finished them off.
In a normal season I leave the tops on for around six weeks to replenish the bulbs for next year but with them being flattened with the snow I am not sure if they will be upto doing this task I would have rather seen them vertical.
Perhaps the might right themselves over the next few days
For the benefit of those who asked re-the state of my plants( thank you very much) apart from the Dafs every thing,although a bit battered, seems OK.
The tulips are starting to flower, the wallflower is budded and my perennials are starting to appear in the herbaceous border e.g Delphiniums,phlox,astilbes etc so all is not lost!
The seedlings in the greenhouse seem to be dragging their heels a bit, been a bit too warm for them I think,particularly the brassicas.
What I want is some bright cool weather, I am more used to keeping things warm rather than cool ! I like the temperature in my greenhouse to be around 40*-50* F rather than the 80's and 90's I have been getting this last couple of weeks.
I still feel winter is not over for me just yet I think we will still get a few hard frosts yet.
But not having a crystal ball I will just have to keep my eye on the weather and take the necessary steps to keep in tune with mother nature.
But as always I am optimistic that i will get a good return for my efforts!
Reply to message 6 - Lorea. They look like thalictrum to me. Several forms available and mine are the ones that get to 2m high.
Groundelder- I am envious I tried to grow them but nothing came up.
TG thanks for the update, it has been a topsy turvy spring, what next?
I planted my honeysuckle 5/6 years ago and it has done very little until this year it has gone a bit rampant and has thrown shoots up . It has also appears to have mutated.
Is this normal for a honeysuckle?
The aftermath;
Looks like the Daffodils won't resurrect themselves and their replacements have a long way to go .
Wishful thinking; ......Bring back the seasons, this climate change doesn't seem to be for the better, particularly for gardeners
Just to say thanks, dc, for setting up this thread, and to everyone, any time, who sends their lovely photos. I enjoy looking through the pics.
The chances of seeing any of my garden pics though are remote, I thought I`d just explain -
I haven`t a clue how to do "digital".
I still use an old camera with film that has to be developed!
As-If - I am so pleased I have gone digital - it saves me wasting an awful lot of film. I love taking pics of the flowers in our garden - with digital I can take as many as I like I am a bit of a computer numpty but have managed to download pics etc. - if I can do it anyone can
Pam x
I can well recall an edition of Gardeners World, from one of the RHS gardens, and the person in charge said that the two most useful tools in the garden are a pair of secateurs and a camera.
You can get compact digital cameras for around £40, possibly even cheaper.
There's certainly a mystique around making the breakthrough to digital. You really need to find a neighbour, or relative, who can show you what to do. It is terribly simple, once you know what to do.
There are lots of big advantages. You can take as many pictures as you want. You never run out of film. It doesn't cost you anything. And you can see the results, and put them on here, within minutes.
Thank you Pam. Learning diital one of those things I`m always "gonna do", but keep putting off!
Yes, I know, Gary, you`re right. I can see all the advantages of learning it, but I guess I give myself too many excuses to not go ahead and do it.
Tee Gee, what a shame! Hope you had tea and cake on standby as a pick me up!
Yvie
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