wendyswonderlandgarden

My passion in life is gardening and specifically growing flowers from seed

Category: blossom

May 22, 2024

Spring 2024 in my garden

I start once again with an apology for the radio silence. To be honest I’ve done very little proper gardening until this week due to my availability and weather not matching up well.

I did finally get my sweetpeas planted out this week and a few other things from the greenhouse. I’ve also done a lot of weeding and tidying. I didn’t know I had so many weeds til I started looking! I’ve also redone my hanging basket. I even managed to kill the ivy last season by lack of watering (I think). I have, however, taken lots of pictures of the garden so I’ll share a few here.

Newly planted hanging basket
Honeybell flower
Rose Summer Song just started flowering this week
Clematis
Aquilegia
Peony
Rhododendron
Wooden wheelbarrow
Lily of the valley – they definitely have a tendency to want to take-over
Pinkbells
Star of Bethlehem
New poppy – flowers have now fallen off
Bluebells also with a take over tendency
Wild poppy but I love any poppy anywhere so am encouraging them
Clematis
Apple tree blossom
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April 2, 2023

April 2023

I can’t believe it’s April already although I have to say I love the lighter evenings and driving home in the light even when I finish late and I love the sense of expectancy in the garden and seeing new things flowering every day. I have done a little weeding and some seed sowing but have lots more work to be done in the coming days. For now I leave you with pictures of what’s currently looking good in my garden

Magnolia
Tulip Pink Sound flowering earlier than most tulips
Muscari and hellebores
Chinodoxia
Camellia
Photinia Red Robin
Camellias and magnolia

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April 16, 2022

Cherry tree blossom

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April 14, 2022

Apple Blossom

I wish I could tell you it smells nice but my sense of smell has evaded me as I currently have COVID- I hope it returns soon as I love growing scented plants in the garden and I would like to smell them!

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April 4, 2022

April 2022 in my garden

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March 24, 2022

Magnolias

I’m cheating again slightly here as the second picture isn’t actually of a tree in my garden but is so pretty I could t resist including it here

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March 13, 2022

Blossom on the Almond tree (I think)

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April 2, 2021

Camellias in my garden 2021

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June 14, 2020

June 2020 in my garden

Lots of plants flowering at the moment, in fact properly something different starts each day. The soil seems dry again even after so much rain but at least the water butts are full! I went out weeding yesterday and was excited to find some more spaces in the garden which means o can buy more plants. Still only online for me! Anyway here’s some pictures of what’s currently flowering

Sweetpeas grown from seed I’ve collected over several years so therefore I have no idea what variety but they smell lovely
Mock orange, it has a scent but not one I like. However, I love the white flowers
Geranium grown from a cutting in case the original died which fortunately it didn’t. I gave the original a harsh pruning in the winter and then kept it in the greenhouse overwinter but it looks great for the treatment it’s endured!
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April 10, 2020

Cherry tree

I had a lot of trouble taking this picture, I wanted the cherry tree to be the centre of attention and avoid the compost heap, washing line, shed and too much of the big tree at the back. So here’s my best attempt, here’s hoping for more than 6 cherries this year and that we get them before the birds. We tried to cover it one year which meant the birds couldn’t get the cherries but neither could I and it didn’t look very nice!

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