May is a lovely month in the garden.. My garden is looking so fresh and green as new growth emerges. I have been enjoying watching the changes as plants have come through and flowered. Now at the end of the month everything is so big and lush. We had a spell of lovely warm, sunny weather earlier in the month, but now at the end of the month it's cooler, but we did get some welcome rain.
In the back garden the raised beds are looking very colourful. The alliums were magnificent and are just starting to go over. The beds are looking very full and I wondered if I planted too many plants when we first did these beds nearly two years ago. But my intention was to create a cottage garden effect and that is what it is. When we sit on the seating area next to the raised beds we can hear the constant noise of bees buzzing away. They are obviously happy so we must be doing the right thing for the wildlife.
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Last month I wrote about our new crab apple tree bought with birthday money. This month I spent the rest of the money on an acer and a big pot to grow it in. It is in a corner of the patio with a few other shrubs in pots. The patio is becoming a favourite place to sit now that we have completed our new garden. The Gertrude Jekyll climbing rose which I planted in the autumn to grow up the arch has loads of flowers which smell wonderful, I'm really pleased with it.
There are others flowers which are looking good now. The foxgloves are out. I love these flowers.
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| Foxgloves |
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| Astrantia |
I bought this persicaria last summer, it was quite a big plant so I split it up into four smaller ones to plant along the border. I wasn't sure if they would survive being messed about, but they are doing really well now. This one looks good next to the pink Thalictrum at the back of the border.
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Our alliums are only just starting to flower. I love the blue, white and yellow combination
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sue. The colours seem to be working well together
DeleteYour raised border is looking wonderful it doesn't look relatively new. It must be a wonderful place to sit. Your front garden is lovely too. Our astrantria hasn't started flowering yet! Sarah x
ReplyDeleteThere are three astrantias in the garden, two are flowering and one isn't. The one which isn't flowering was new last year so I can't wait to see what colour it is:)
Delete"Making the borders bigger", yes, I keep doing the same thing. I don't think there is a garden big enough for me!
ReplyDeleteYour's is lovely and your hard work is making a difference.
Jeannie@GetMeTotheCountry
Pardon my poor grammar. "Yours" not your's".
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Thank you, Jeannie.I am always wanting to plant more.
DeleteSuch beauty! I'm having trouble growing hostas as the deer have been devouring them. Always fun to see someone else's plants doing well. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kirsten. We don't have deer near our garden, but here we have to watch out for the slugs which eat the hostas.
DeleteYour garden is looking lovely - beds that are "too full" is definitely a problem I wouldn't mind having, esp. as beds always look so sparse when they are first planted up, as is the case with my new border. There seems to be a common theme this year - widening borders to get more plants in. The bed that I'm creating along our property line started off being 6' wide, but in the past month over half of it has widened to over 9':)
ReplyDeleteMy problem is that early in the year when plants are first coming through I will often put more plants in forgetting that the existing ones will grow much bigger.
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