have a little patience

Gardening is a waiting game

and boy have we waited this year.

The current plant that has me pacing

is the iris in the first picture.

This is my first foray into bearded iris's

The one pictured is supposed to be

Iris Germanica ~ pale blue

somehow I think I have something different.

Wanna sit it out with me?

ps.
My heart flutters when favourite gardeners say selfsown on television x
pps.
forgot to tell you that I have bought two new roses
a lilac climber called veilchenblau
and an old shrub rose called rosa mundi

*geranium ballerina
rosa souvenir du docteur jamain
aquilegia selfsown

the calm...

 So this was the calm before the storm.

My lupin was the best.

Needless to say it doesnt look like this anymore!

I dont have any after pictures,

lets just say things are a little wrecked.

Never mind the weather, nevermind the rain

Now we're all together, whoops she goes again*

*Jolly good company by Raymond Wallace 1931

friday flora

It's about time to reclaim Fridays for the garden.

Not sure if it should be Friday flora, flower Friday or floral Friday?

It's also this time of year when I realise I don't have enough spring flowers,

especially with bees already on the hunt for nectar.

Thank goodness for the crocus!

News Alert

Gardeners World starts again tonight!

BBC 2  8.30pm

Woo hoo go Monty!