Made A New Flower Bed April 2012

I decided to make a new flower Bed at the bottom of the Garden to transplant some crowded plants

The Bearded Iris are in bloom, pity about Benji's hole that is getting bigger and bigger I might just fill it in one day!

The garden is really coming along now don't you think?

Next door neighbours are laying down concrete so I got in Quick and claimed two plants

My two new addictions claimed from next doors garden a Rose Bush and a Hydrangea. 

SPRING GARDEN MARCH 2012

With the warm weather we have been getting my plants are coming along nicely. 

Pansy flowering nicely

After putting in these Promises last Autumn they are now coming into flower

I am really pleased with this cutting taken off next doors really old Rose tree, I did about six cuttings and this  is the only one that has taken but better one than none I think.

This Germanium was taken from the Secret Garden in Hackney the were going to throw it in the Compost heap I have three plants around the garden have no idea what colour the flowers will be just have to be surprised when they come out

Primroses

This is two cuttings from the St Johns Wort from the other side of the garden I am well please with these after many tries at taking cuttings.

Sweet Peas coming up again 

Treated myself to this ring support so the Sweet peas will look good once they have circled around

This is cuttings I took from the Hydrangea from the school across the road.  Never thought these would take after all the snow we had.

Cuttings from the many Bearded Iris plants in my garden

My Pink Hydrangea growing up again.

These ivy plants will take ages to cover that ugly wall!

My Fever few plants coming up

More Sad looking Sweet Peas

Hey this one has a flower ready to flourish. These come out with lovely Mauve Iris flowers.

My Phlox plants getting little lilac flowers

St Johns Wort

Look! more flowers ready to bloom

I like this Mexican Orange Blossom had to treat myself to these 

One of my Bargains a Rose bush cost me all of a £1 each I have six of them

Lavender

This is another one from the Secret Garden cost me all of £1, doing well aye?

£1 again this is a Forsythia's lovely yellow flowers in the Spring later on you will see a full size one in a pot

Sedums budding out all over the place

Another Bearded Iris waiting to bud

£1 plant the name escapes me at the moment.

This is the potted Forsythia 

This is my little pot garden Bulbs are sprouting and there are also Marigolds 

Sprouting Early

Due to the mild weather I have plants coming up in the garden early.

These are my Bluebells that come up every year

More Bluebells

 

I got these roots from the Community Garden never expected them to come up to the spring

Bluebells again

My new mini Greenhouse

Now these Primrose plants I made a mistake with I was suppose to pot them up when I got them in September they were small plug plants I had 40 of them and they have stayed small ever since.  Now they seem to be growing and this one has got flowers at long last.

This is a Sweet Pea that grows from next door hoping this one survives 

I cut the old growth of these Sedums and now new ones are growing up.

quite a few Sweet Peas growing here.

more Bluebells 

Chrysanthemum Weed

I posted these photo's on my email group this morning trying to find out what they are and I think they are Chrysanthemum Weed?  If anyone knows then please let me know.

I have a new addiction to my garden today, a nice little Bird house my Brother and sister in law gave me for my Birthday.  I had been looking at these so was chuffed to get one.

I am trying my luck with the propagation again but for some reason my cuttings die I do not know what I am doing wrong any advice would be appreciated?  The two cuttings I took off my brothers neighbours bushes seem to be OK that's the one on the left and the one just in front of the black pot, but my two Hydrangeas seem to be drying up.  I have turned off the heat and have put the propagator in front of the window see if that improves the cuttings.