Marked as 2a on the plan.
This garden is named after the plum tree with a wonky trunk that is planted right in the middle of it.
The border sits along the side of the northern fence of the garden, so it catches a lot of sun.
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Plantings
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White passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
Planting Out on 09 May 09 Just because it is so beautiful. I took the ...
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Pea
Pisum sativum
Sown on 05 Mar 09 I planted some peas along the fence where there...
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Fritillary, Fox's Grape
Fritillaria uva-vulpis
Transplanted on 14 Sep 08 I love Fritillaries, I love their shape and ele...
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Almost black sedum
Sedum
Purchased on 05 Jul 08 This is just beautiful, the colour of the leave...
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Unusual dark maroon Scabious
Scabiosa atropurpurea
Purchased on 05 Jul 08 Scabious, great for insects, flowers for ages, ...
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Yellow hot poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Purchased on 02 Jun 08 I was feeling a bit glum given my spectacular f...
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Dwarf Stock
Matthiola incana
Sown on 01 Jun 08 I love stock. Horrid name but a gorgeous scent....
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fragrant sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus
Sown on 30 May 08 A mixture of grandiflora types dating back to t...
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Mountain Cornflower
Centaurea montana
Sown on 14 Mar 08 It looks like a perennial cornflower to me, and...
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Primrose
Primula vulgaris
Sown on 14 Mar 08 The theme here is red and cream. The red are cu...
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Violet Wood Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
Sown in 2000 I'm nor sure what kind of Sorrel this is, thoug...
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Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Sown in 2000 This is not my photo. I am using it just as a p...
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Liatris 'Kobold'
Liatris spicata
Sown in 1999 I like tubers and bulbs, they seem to do well i...
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Spirea 'Bridal Wreath'
Spirea
Planting Out in 1999 These shrubs are meant to be big, but my garden...
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itty bitty Periwinkle
Vinca minor
Transplanted in 1999 This gets everywhere if you don't keep tabs on ...
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Nerine lilies
Nerine bowdenii
Sown in 1998 I think these are gorgeous. I planted them very...
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Wobbly trunked Prunus
Prunus blireiana
Transplanted in 1998 I fell in love with the blossom of this tree, t...
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Gothic black flowering bearded Iris
Iris germanica
Sown in 1998 I must have been going through a Gothic phase. ...
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rampant pink Jasmine
Jasminum stephanense
Transplanted in 1998 I wanted a jasmine, and I chose this one becaus...
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Columbine
Aquilegia
Sown in Sep 1997 Originally these plants started out as a packet...
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Grape Hyacinth
Muscari armeniacum
Well. That just about takes the biscuit. I've f...
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Glad thing
Gladioli
This has just shot up. It looks like it is a...
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White mallow like thing
Malva moschata
This one had seeded itself in an old clematis p...
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White nettle
Lamium album
I know this is considered to be a weed, but I q...
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Comments
mondomuse wrote:
This garden has such an old world charm to it. Lots of warm and fuzzy characters, with select fragrant soloists, all performing in concert together.
Posted on 15 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)