What does your garden look like ... Today?

[JBtheExplorer]

Lovely shots again JB. What is the plant in the last picture please?

Thanks! That's called Great Blue Lobelia. A great plant to have. Works well in sun and shade, but it likes moist or damp soil.

 

[Sheal]

It's a nice plant but probably wouldn't do well in my sandy soil.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Another 3 feet added to my main native garden. You can tell which section is a year old. It's flourishing! By this time next year I expect it to all blend in. It all looks squared off but will look nice when the plants fill in and give the borders a natural shape. The darker woodchips are the pathways. They're 4 feet wide to give some extra room for plants that tend to fall over. To the bottom right of the camera will be another 8' feet of garden dedicated to a few vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes, strawberries, and a blueberry bush. I might mix in a few natives in that one too just to blend it in.

 

[Sheal]

After a wet, windy and cold summer, early autumn has given us some fine weather on the island and my sulking flowers have had a wake up call.

Fuschia 'Hawkshead'

171 winter Pansies grown from seed, with a young Clematis cutting in a pot. I don't know what I'm going to do with them all!

My first ever Salvia 'Urica' in bloom but sadly the flower spike has snapped.

Sedum (Ice plant).......the bees love this but they were a little camera shy when I took the picture.

Calendula appeared after self seeding from last year.

Lavatera

Rose 'Iceberg'

Rose 'Lucky!'

The bed that many of the above plants are in. I've been disappointed with it this year as the front of the lower tier is pretty colourless, so I'll be having a re-shuffle with some of the plants in a couple of months.

 

[Becky]

What a spectacular display @Sheal! The sedum is looking beautiful, and I love the photo you took of the lavatera - it looks like it should be in a magazine!

 

[Sheal]

Thank you for the compliments @Becky. The Sedum's always put on a good display and the Lavatera shot was taken for a photo competition, I'm not totally happy with it though, the focusing isn't quite right.

 

[DeborahJane]

After a wet, windy and cold summer, early autumn has given us some fine weather on the island and my sulking flowers have had a wake up call.

Fuschia 'Hawkshead'
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171 winter Pansies grown from seed, with a young Clematis cutting in a pot. I don't know what I'm going to do with them all!
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My first ever Salvia 'Urica' in bloom but sadly the flower spike has snapped.
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Sedum (Ice plant).......the bees love this but they were a little camera shy when I took the picture.
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Calendula appeared after self seeding from last year.
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Lavatera
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Rose 'Iceberg'
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Rose 'Lucky!'
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The bed that many of the above plants are in. I've been disappointed with it this year as the front of the lower tier is pretty colourless, so I'll be having a re-shuffle with some of the plants in a couple of months.
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All lovely Sheal. I was in the hairdressers today and looking at gardening magazines and there was a new fuschia called Hawkshead which I made a mental note of.....so pretty.... and now I see it on this forum. Makes me know I'm in the right place. I like what you've done and I'm sure you don't miss that pole at all.

 

[Sheal]

Thank you DeborahJane. Hawkshead is reasonably hardy but will die back for winter. I also discovered it doesn't like being pruned, it didn't flower for a few months after I took the secateurs to it. I don't miss the pole but I miss the climbers in that bed so I hope to do something about that over the winter months when the bed has been cleared of annuals.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Here's my Gaillardia garden. This is a 4' by 4' area along my driveway that was paved around because when the driveway was put in long ago there was a tree there. When I moved in there was only remnants of the tree.

 

[DeborahJane]

Spectular JB. I've tried to grow these and MUST try again after seeing yours. I do have a red and yellow garden so it's imperative, don't you think?

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Spectular JB. I've tried to grow these and MUST try again after seeing yours.

I hope you do! Gaillardia is my favorite flower. It grows really well around here. I also love that it blooms the entire gardening season!

 

[Pat]

After a wet, windy and cold summer, early autumn has given us some fine weather on the island and my sulking flowers have had a wake up call.

Fuschia 'Hawkshead'
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171 winter Pansies grown from seed, with a young Clematis cutting in a pot. I don't know what I'm going to do with them all!
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My first ever Salvia 'Urica' in bloom but sadly the flower spike has snapped.
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Sedum (Ice plant).......the bees love this but they were a little camera shy when I took the picture.
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Calendula appeared after self seeding from last year.
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Lavatera
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Rose 'Iceberg'
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Rose 'Lucky!'
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The bed that many of the above plants are in. I've been disappointed with it this year as the front of the lower tier is pretty colourless, so I'll be having a re-shuffle with some of the plants in a couple of months.
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I love this look, I have a corner that would like fabulous like this.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I've been getting all my seeds ready for the winter planting in my native garden. That's still three months away, but this is the time of year to collect and prepare.

As you can see, I make my own seed packets. I like having it all nice and neat, and when you buy them from different stores, the packets are all different sizes, plus I collect some of the seeds from my own garden so I need a place to store them. On the backs of each one I put down all the info needed so if I ever forget, I have the info right there.

I can't wait to plant them and I really can't wait for it to pay off. I'll have a lot more color next year and everything else will bloom the following year.

As you might know, I encourage native gardening. It's very important that we plant species that are native to our area to help create mini habitats in places that used to be nothing but lush habitat. Once I planted one, I couldn't stop, and I feel that if others learn about native plants, what kind of species there are, and how important they are, maybe others will also become addicted to it!

 

[Becky]

Very impressive @JBtheExplorer! You'll be starting up your own seed business next

 

[Sheal]

I like your seed packets JB and agree with Becky about starting up your own business.