wendyswonderlandgarden

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

Category: cottage gardening

First tulip of 2024

Tulip Timeless

March 2024

Apologies once again for the silence.

I’ve actually been able to get into the garden and do things the last few days. It’s been so wet here and damp. The grass is more moss than grass and rather sponge like to walk on.

I sowed my sweetpea seeds a couple of weeks back in the greenhouse and a few have appeared.

I have done yet more tidying up, it never seems to end and some grass edge cutting and weeding.

We have a few things flowering at the moment. Hellebores, forsythia, daffodils and Camellias. I’ve included crocus too which are so pretty. Pictures below

First camellia of 2024

It’s started a bit earlier than some years and hopefully won’t be put off by sudden cold spell

First Hellebore of 2024

Snowdrops already

It seems a little early but the first of my snowdrops are flowering in my garden today

Winter colour

My garden is very wet at the moment due to so much rain. I did manage to finish most of my tidying up jobs so the garden is ready for winter. I have a bit of a winter colour still so here are some pictures

Hydrangea
Forsythia

My hanging basket keeps on going

This is only my second ever hanging basket and I bought it pre-planted in October 2022. The viola has been flowering pretty much non-stop since last October, the ivy and grass were in it as were the sunflower seeds. I’ve added a few things and am really pleased with how it looks. I’ll need to change it a bit for winter when my tumbling Tom finishes

Wordless Wednesday- Phlox

Sidalcea Elsie Heugh

Another plant has never appeared on here before. I have a couple of them and they do pretty well in my cottage garden improved clay soil

RHS Tatton Park flower show 2023

It’s a few years since I’ve been to this flower show for several reasons including lockdowns. When I got up this morning it was raining so much I was regretting having got the tickets because I thought the rain would spoil it. Fortunately, however, by the time we set off it had really cleared up so although muddy we didn’t get very wet. There were lots of gardens to see, show gardens, school ones and various new exhibits such as the long borders and I liked the vast majority. Also the amazing floral marquee. I didn’t buy a single plant but did take a lot of pictures some of which are below