Primrose and Christmas Trees

My Primrose plants arrived from Thomson and Morgan they were so small so I might have to wait a good few weeks until I see any growth. There are 42 plug plants and I have put them on the right side of the garden.  I am looking forward to the lovely flowers; I will keep you updated.

I just love Free Cycle I thank my friend Sharon from Canada for telling me about this great email Group.  So far I have got 4 lovely trees, Holly, Cyprus, and these two Christmas Trees, Jae from Muswell Hill had them in pots and she said they really need to go in the ground and Jae emailed me asking if I wanted them I jumped at the chance to get more plants and the best part of them is they are free. Jae was the lady who gave me the two other trees.

Jim my brother said I have to be careful because these trees will suck up all the goodness in the soil and stop my flowers from budding, so I have decided I will leave them here for a while to they take and grow a bit then move them to the back of the garden.  I did try to plant the bigger one at the back but it look so lost sitting there all on its own it needed the company of the other plants I think.

The two trees together with the Primrose in the front.

I am so pleased with my new border and ever since I enriched the soil with the farm poo, he he, even my cuttings are at last taking.  I have tried so many times to get a cutting of my St Johns Wort and now I have three little cuttings coming up.  I also have Cuttings of the Bay tree and two Hydrangea cuttings.   

Garden Update October 2011 Fall

My St Johns Wort was horrid when I cut it down but now its sprung up again.

The Sweet Williams were cute when they went in but now!

They are spreading and filling up the space.

These Sedums have come on really good

You would not believe they are the same Plants!

The Ivy is coming on in leaps and bounds.

The Iris have rooted well and growing great!

I am very pleased with the way the Garden is growing and looking forward to Spring

New Side Border

I have been surfing the internet trying to get a nice border fence for my side border with funds low I decided to make my own.  I collected some stone that I already had in the garden and thought they would go well in the side because they match the top of the garden.  I took them out a few inches to make the border a bit wider.  I am quite pleased with the results.

I am trying a few cuttings that I have taken from various plants in the Garden as well as one from next doors Garden, lets see if I am lucky this time.

Now the pink stones go all the way up the garden to the border at the top I am pleased because it did not cost me any money.

The grass is starting to grow at the bottom of the garden.  Today I went over the grass with a fork lifting up the sunken bits and spiking it here and there to aerate it making it ready for the spring.  I am so exited for Spring to see the garden come alive with all the new plants I have put in this summer and crossing my fingers some of the cuttings have taken and the new Sweet Peas have survived the cold.

Some Success with Cuttings

This is the Mother plant one day I will find the name. Where I was digging the soil one day I found I had covered up a branch of this shrub and it was rooting in the middle of the branch and out of that I have got three new plants below.  The bigger of the three did not have any roots and its taken. I tried so many times to get a cutting that worked.

I have found the flower bed where I improved the soil is working well with my cuttings I am having some success for a change!

This one was under the ground and it just sprung up the other day that was a bonus.

This was the tip that was growing out the ground near the mother plant this had no roots.

This was also from the same plant. This was the part with roots and the stem is semi hard wood.

HOW THE REST IS COMING A LONG

Flowers are popping up over this plant I like the pink ones its strange how there are two colours pink and lilac buds.

I wonder if my brother will still ague the point that this is Rosemary?

I am loving this, its spreading up the wall well chuffed that this took!

here is the other one, that is producing flowers too!

 My sorry attempt at pruning hehe its growing more leafs I am glad about that.

I have made a bit of a boo boo with this I think I have planted my two new plants too near but I am reluctant to move it because it has long roots and I do not want to disturb it.  It took too long to establish itself

I am loving these Sweet Williams they are growing nicely and spreading a bit.  I am so tempted to get some more bedding flowers like these!

I have potted this again must be the third time the pot was too big and the buds was hidden in the pot now you can see them, its a shame this plant is just a annul.  I might try to bring it in doors see if I can save it.

Sweet peas coming along nicely I hope they hold out through the winter months would love to see it grow up the fence.

I got this spreader from a nice lady in my Garden Club she said it spreads like mad.

Flowers still turning green I guess it will not go any other colour this late in the year.

The Ivy is still growing I want it to grow faster

I remember this plant now was giving to me by one of my neighbours 8 years ago it started growing under the stones. Something has been feeding off it!

The Iris plants are coming a long nicely I have 12 all over the garden wonder how many will flower in the Spring?

SPOTTED LAUREL

More flowers coming up on the Phlox plant, strange, but not the same colour as the pink one, these ones are lilac.

I have moved the Holly Tree next to the Cypress Tree.  It was too tempting for Benji he has had his teeth round the bottom a few times ready to pull it up.  He has taken the bamboo sticks a couple of times,  I would be so upset if I came out in the garden and find it chewed to bits.

What have I done? "Oh my days" I started to prune this shrub but got carried away, before I knew it all but a few leafs were left below is how it was.  I will not do that again in a hurry.  I know it will grow back because a few years ago Benji decided to prune it with his teeth.  I am not sure who is worse me or him.

Treated myself to a few ever greens today and got this Holly Fern Thought it might look nice.  When it spreads, it will go over the stones.

I love this, I have been looking at getting one of these Spotted Laurels for ages and today, I though, I am going to treat myself to one.  There is one at my Gardening Class and its grown quite big.