What is looking good in your garden right now?
Would love to see pictures of what is flowering well in your garden now. Or something with stunning foliage maybe? Here’s the Solanum in my garden this morning. An absolute thug that we have to cut back hard after flowering, but so beautiful.
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Comments (6)I'd love to help answer this, but I'm in the USA and don't know what zone Ireland is in, what sort of soil you have, or how many hours of light on an average summer day various parts of your yard get. For a cottage garden look, you need some perennials and some annuals. You'll also want a rose trellis somewhere in the mix. While this may sound silly, what you might want to do is keep a camera or cell phone with you and take photos of local yards you admire during different seasons over the next year then have an experienced gardener help you identify the plants that you like in the photographs so you can get them in your yard. The reason to take photographs during different seasons is because different plants will be in bloom. The reason to take the photos locally is because you'll be better able to tell which plants grow well in your soil type and climate zone....See MoreGarden help pleas: how to make a maintenance free garden on a budget?
Comments (16)Put in a few French drains where you dig a ditch and fill it with crushed rock to help the water drain. In low spots put in some drains [http://www.homedepot.com/p/Tuf-Tite-16-in-2-Hole-Drain-Sump-with-Grate-and-Seals-2HDS-4/203463511] with pipe running to the French drain. You might also need to bring in 10 yards of top soil along with some sand to raise your yard a bit as you're probably right at the water table level. We've had to do all this as we live in the Pacific Northwest in a reclaimed marsh [a nice word for a swamp] where we hit the water table if we dig down 3". We had to put down about 10 yards of top soil along with some sand to raise our back yard. We also dug a French drain along the back to connect to the associations drainage pipes through the neighborhood. My husband has put in at least 3 of the drains in strategic locations around the yard to help drain off the excess water. Our yard isn't perfect, but it isn't the swamp it was the first couple of years we were here. We have to apply moss killer every spring or it takes over the yard. My husband also puts down lime to soften the soil, and help the water drain easier. He and a friend rent an aerator every summer and do both our yards to help with the drainage as well....See MoreGarden help
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Comments (37)It looks very good James. Even though as you say it was a clients design build, it works fine. Once the Island has stools it will fill it out better. Has that naked look at the moment. The position of the wine rack might cause issues but overall it looks like a really clean and fresh kitchen. Plenty of natural light and the colours compliment each other. The extractor is a nice feature too. Everyone has different opinions as I see on here but if the client is happy with it then job done. Looks really well fitted too.....well done :)...See More
rachelmidlands
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Juliet Docherty
4 years agoWhat a great thread, thank you forzatalia! We started our garden from scratch last year, so it feels like a bit of a task. However, this beauty is my favourite garden 'thug'. We planted 'him' last year as a tiny little shrimp and look how he has beefed up! Cynara Cardunculus.
E D
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4 years agoJuliet Docherty
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4 years agoAh, is it (like) this one?
I am literally sitting right next to it enjoying a bit bit of sunshine in my coffee break. :)Juliet Docherty
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Ribena Drinker
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Patrina
4 years agoAMB
4 years agoMy garden has been growing in cats!
I'm very envious of everyone lush gardens. I bought my house last year and I inherited an awful, weedy, concrete jungle with a huge ugly shed, a falling down wall, and broken fencing. It's a magnet for insects, bees and butterflies though and I have a pair of frogs!
I can't wait to landscape it but sadly it will have to wait a few years while we do the rest of the house.
Sonia
4 years ago
Sonia
4 years agoPatrina
4 years agoForzaitalia so this morning I was greeted by a Magpie sitting on my lawn eating a Marshmallow! don't know how good that was for him or where he got it :-) I was also surprised by all the colour especially my peonies grown the first time. Brings a smile to my face :-)
Patrina
4 years agoForzaitalia so this morning I was greeted by a Magpie sitting on my lawn eating a Marshmallow! don't know how good that was for him or where he got it :-) I was also surprised by all the colour especially my peonies grown the first time. Brings a smile to my face :-)
E D
4 years agoStarting to look good, because starting to flower.
Hosta (sadly started to get eaten by ) ...Potato vine (?) in the background
E D
4 years agoBut best of all, we’re looking forward to a lovely harvest of brambles (blackberries?)...
Ribena Drinker
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Gabby Wong
4 years agoWow all of your gardens are stunning!!! We turned ours into a bit of a wasteland last year... in preparation for our extension to be built this year...
the camellia came out as too close to the build.. the conifers along the back were removed due to concern about height and root interference.. and another monster of of a bush went to make way for a new patio.. so we have one “very nervous isolated looking rose” and some blackberries on the way... can’t wait for a year or 2s time and it to be looking like a real garden again! I’ll be coming to you all for suggestions!
Sonia
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoPatrina
4 years agoLillies are looking good at the moment, just managed to stop them being eaten. (no chemicals just lots of patience moving the little critters) also planted lots of stuff I have no clue what they are or can't remember their name. Forza the Wegelia was in full bloom when we looked round the house and that was what helped to make our mind up :-) oh and some lovely strawberries.
Sonia
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4 years agorachelmidlands
4 years agoLove the begonia bush @ED:) Here’s phase 1 of my little reclaimed brick raised bed (still building the other half). My boys sunflowers (dwarf variety) are just starting to flower...an exciting time because we’ve been growing these from seed since February!
Patrina
4 years agoLooking good Rachel :-) my sun flowers are late I think, not even getting buds yet. A few from my front bed I'm trying to create a low hedge so early in the process. My Hydreangea is starting to come out :-)
Gabby Wong
4 years agoMy lone rose is doing well
And with some time I should have a load of blackberries again...
Loving all the colour in your gardens! Can't wait to get some more in due course :)
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