Saturday 31 May 2014

End of the Month : May 2014




WELCOME to my garden.

Hope you enjoy wandering around.  The rain has been stealing the Aquilegia petals but there are still a few at the gate here and the roses are opening beautifully.










The plants are filling out in the 'new' front garden but I have got to tie up the sweetpeas tomorrow.  The honeysuckle has recovered from the drastic chop a few months ago so that need fastening round the front door frame too (but we are having new windows fitted in the porch next week so the honeysuckle will have to wait).  The poppies are adding a wonderful splash of colour - shame they only last a few days.


Here is the monthly record shot from the greenhouse door.  I like to compare these photos to see the differences from the same spot:


Its looking a bit washed out this week - I've started taking the Forget-me-nots out now they have gone over.  I scatter the seeds for next year as I pull them up.  I think the other plants sigh with relief at having a bit of room once they have gone!

Here's the view from the back gate.  The smell of honeysuckle and lupins surrounds you as you walk in.  There are Sweetpeas at the foot of this trellis ... some still in pots but some in the ground.  They don't seem to be growing very quickly this year or perhaps I'm just impatient!


This is the view from the kitchen door.  A couple of the lupins are now passed their best but if you could hear the bees in this border .... there are far too many to count and as for identifying them ... I gave up trying there were so many this afternoon.



















The rose arch is my pride and joy this week.  We bought it three years ago and the roses grown on either side are just about to meet now.

Well, thanks for visiting.  Pop over to the Patient Gardener's blog for more End of Month views.
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 June 2014 at 00:02

    Hi Patricia
    Thanks for joining in with the meme, you have a lovely cottagey garden. I didn't realise lupins had a scent, I haven't grown them for years as I don't like their foliage after the flowers have gone over. Yours look fabulous

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  2. Julie 1 June 2014 at 00:57

    I love your garden, it's so pretty.. wonderful photos :o)

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  3. Sue Garrett1 June 2014 at 01:29

    I love your style of planting/

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  4. Angie1 June 2014 at 10:19

    It's all looking wonderful Patricia - I can't believe you are saying you've lupins going over - they are only just coming out here!
    I love the view from the back gate - it's ever so inviting.

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  5. Janneke 2 June 2014 at 02:50

    This is really the type of garden I love, the free style of planting and you made lovely pictures. Your new frontgarden is already full of plants. I can imagine the rose arch is your pride and joy for the red roses look fantastic on it and look through with a view on the lupins, great.
    Thank you for showing us around your garden.

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    1. PatMason29 June 2014 at 12:56

      My pleasure ... I have been trying to thin the plants out a bit as it is too overcrowded in places but I don't like bare earth patches so the jumbled up look stays!

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  6. Anonymous28 June 2014 at 10:06

    I could live there. In that great brick house among all those flowers with just the right amount of grassy paths. Your sweet pea trellis is great. Those expanding bamboo ones are very nice, but they are usually up against a wall. You have many spaces, like garden rooms, a green sanctuary. I love it.

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    1. PatMason29 June 2014 at 12:53

      Thank you for dropping by and for your kind comments. We love living here - looked for other properties but never found one in our price range we would want to move to. The garden is still a work in progress with lots of improvements to make but much better than it was a couple of years ago!

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