wendyswonderlandgarden

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

Tag: northwest england

Happy Christmas 2023

Apologies once again for the lack of posts. Those who’ve followed me for a while will probably know by now that I don’t garden in the cold weather because as much as there’s always something to do it doesn’t really agree with me and I take far too long to warm up. I do really miss being outside in the winter but it’s also been so wet here that the flower beds are slightly under water! I’m hoping everything survives and doesn’t get washed away. It’s happened before. Anyway just dropping in really to thank my followers for following me and to wish you a happy peaceful Christmas. Here is my little tree, not real sadly! We have some real ones in pots in the garden in various states of decay

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

Dahlia Cafe Au Lait

Sweetpeas 2023

They’ve taken a while to get going this year likely due to strange weather but finally they are flowering and smelling beautiful

Wordless Wednesday- roses

Peony

Another flower that hasn’t been posted about before. We have several Peonies and this is by far the best