grainoftruth's Back garden

Garden Type: Cottage | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Clay

A pleasant place to while away the hours. It is South East facing, so get quite a bit of sun in the summer, but once Autumn sets in, the sun doesn’t rise high enough to clear the garden fence.

The garden is also on a slope – not much, but about 1 in 20. At the house end is a large crazy paving patio. a brick tiered bed is full of interesting plants like agapanthus and fire cracker. Lots of red plants (a beautiful dark red hukura)

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Plantings

lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Sown on 31 May 08 Summer lettuce seeded and in a propagator tray....
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Marrow

Cucurbita pepo var. fastigata

Planting Out on 30 May 08 Three small Marrow plants, bought in late May. ...
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Phormium

Phormium tenax

Transplanted on 29 May 08 Just transplanted this from a large pot at the ...
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Honey Bush

Melianthus major

Planting Out on 31 May 06 Wow! can this thing grow! Architectural foliage...
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Fire Cracker

Crossandra infundibuliformis

Transplanted in Apr 2005 Grows like mad every year. Spreads like a carpe...
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- Very Happy
Akeba

Akeba

Planting Out in May 2000 A rampant climber and it layers and runs too. S...
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- Very Happy
Mexican Orange Blossom

Choisya ternata

Planting Out in 1998 Love this shrub. Flowers twice a year with litt...
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- Happy
Camellia

Camellia japonica

Planting Out in 1997 Grown in a special bed in the garden with other...
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- Happy
Aliums

Allium cepa var. cepa

Bobble headed and looking great at this time of...
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Cape Daisy

Osteospermum

Has been in the garden for many years and never...
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Santolina

Santolina chamaecyparissus

A bit leggy this; aparently you're supposed to ...
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- Neutral

Comments

Happibun wrote:
I love the statue in the snow picture.

Posted on 10 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)
grainoftruth wrote:
Thanks! It’s like she’s wearing a little bonnet.

Posted on 10 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)