tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post1573689443122151129..comments2023-04-09T11:46:58.887+01:00Comments on Graphicality-UK: My May flowers, ready or not!HELENEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-41244716272743492812013-05-25T23:10:55.648+01:002013-05-25T23:10:55.648+01:00I just watched this.. absolutely beautiful :)I just watched this.. absolutely beautiful :)rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-83319361156059813432013-05-21T01:27:07.209+01:002013-05-21T01:27:07.209+01:00Thanks Paula, I always say I stack my plants like ...Thanks Paula, I always say I stack my plants like sardines, sideways and on top of each other :-)<br /><br />My post about gardening when having mobility issues is coming soon, definitely this week!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-38827250584705627932013-05-21T01:24:01.601+01:002013-05-21T01:24:01.601+01:00Thanks, I hope we get a nice long summer too, we d...Thanks, I hope we get a nice long summer too, we didn't have one last summer, it just rained away, and the last 3-4 years before hasn't exactly been smashing summers either. We are long overdue a proper, nice long summer :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-7169447373513072142013-05-20T14:26:06.574+01:002013-05-20T14:26:06.574+01:00Helene, you pack so many wonderful plants into you...Helene, you pack so many wonderful plants into your garden (bit like me, squash as many in as you can, lol), I especially like the delicate little flowers on your Lamium. I have a couple in my garden, some flowered early, but I'm still waiting for others. Your Camelia is gorgeous too!<br /><br />What a terrible time you must have had, dislocating your hip like that. I think your proposed post on some of the tools you use to help you in the garden sounds really useful. My step-dad has knee problems and can no longer bend down to garden, I'm sure he'd find it interesting too :-)Paula @ Blooms 'n' Spadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008810455640357013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-81234535449409952862013-05-20T08:11:25.198+01:002013-05-20T08:11:25.198+01:00Late or not, I love your spring garden! I hope you...Late or not, I love your spring garden! I hope you guys in the UK get a nice long summer now to make up for the strange start to the year. Thanks for the tour, I love seeing your garden wake up for the season!Ruth @ Camellia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129384344777788376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-13178323608050768432013-05-20T00:43:30.000+01:002013-05-20T00:43:30.000+01:00Thanks Beth, the sea of alliums is slowly beginnin...Thanks Beth, the sea of alliums is slowly beginning to form, half of them are flowering now :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-86680138339609621762013-05-19T18:01:59.186+01:002013-05-19T18:01:59.186+01:00I enjoyed the tour of your beautiful garden, Elain...I enjoyed the tour of your beautiful garden, Elaine. I love the sea of alliums bed! Thanks for letting us know about the Green Plant Swap site. I'll be sure to visit there. All the best! :-)Bethany Benton Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960309921916644140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-32301464603170022052013-05-19T15:32:00.867+01:002013-05-19T15:32:00.867+01:00None of these plants are native to Britain so I ca...None of these plants are native to Britain so I can't see any reason why you can't get them in Canada. Do you buy plants online? Do a search and you might find much more than your local nursey stocks. Good luck!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-29119330109757744622013-05-19T15:28:21.784+01:002013-05-19T15:28:21.784+01:00I only have two small areas with Fosteriana tulips...I only have two small areas with Fosteriana tulips left in the beds, they come again and have been allowed to stay, from now on I will do only containers with tulips too, and like you, chuck them out as soon as they are finished. I usually put a pot with something flowering on top of the container for the rest of the summer, I always have lots of pots waiting in the wings :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-29931947135583266132013-05-19T15:26:02.495+01:002013-05-19T15:26:02.495+01:00So much to see in your garden Helene. I like the D...So much to see in your garden Helene. I like the Disporopsis pernyi and wonder if I can find it here. I have never seen Arisarum proboscideum or 'Mouse Plant' before. What interesting blooms! The red flowering bleeding hearts, camellia, Viburnum 'Eskimo' and are so pretty too.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116583212813729057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-40876031638386731602013-05-19T05:28:55.978+01:002013-05-19T05:28:55.978+01:00I think there's been weird weather all over th...I think there's been weird weather all over the world! I love the carpet of pink petals under your camellia. I think it's beautiful. :o) I have issues with succession planting, too. I can't stand all the dying foliage of bulbs and have to find ways of tucking it out of sight so the other plants can grow. Tulip foliage has killed my perennials in the past by covering them so they don't grow. I now grow all my tulips in pots and treat them as annuals. As soon as they're done blooming, I pull them out.Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-92031006386475216522013-05-18T23:40:10.730+01:002013-05-18T23:40:10.730+01:00Thanks, I have seen lots of different shades of pi...Thanks, I have seen lots of different shades of pink and purple dicentras but when I found the red one I just had to have it, it is just as gorgeous as in my photos!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-30659528383180067702013-05-18T23:37:58.946+01:002013-05-18T23:37:58.946+01:00I have heard that the Nemaslug isn't as effect...I have heard that the Nemaslug isn't as effective as for example Nematodes. As for greenflies, I use Pireco's repellent from Bakker, best thing ever and completely ecological, just fermented soy beans and herbs. Stinks like hell, don't mix it indoors, I did that the first time, it lingers for days! But it works for 4-5 weeks, great stuff. <br />http://www.bakker.co.uk/product/pireco-greenfly-whitefly-and-red-spider-mite-repellent-100-ml.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-1257813594160335682013-05-18T17:15:35.799+01:002013-05-18T17:15:35.799+01:00Back to find it's all a bit greener and bushie...Back to find it's all a bit greener and bushier, lots of things in bud but no new flowers. Annuals left outside on the patio still alive, thank goodness! Small army of greenfly at large. Signs that new Nemaslug system not working....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-9186651039065735592013-05-18T16:47:04.959+01:002013-05-18T16:47:04.959+01:00Helene - I thought that nothing could beat my blee...Helene - I thought that nothing could beat my bleeding hearts, but your red ones are the best. I really enjoyed your garden tour.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-32982836691751076142013-05-18T03:04:44.402+01:002013-05-18T03:04:44.402+01:00Hi Keity, if you are thinking of adding roses to y...Hi Keity, if you are thinking of adding roses to your balcony garden, I think you would do well with some of the smaller David Austin roses. They can grow in containers and many of them are beautifully scented. I grow 'Scepter'd Isle' in a container, it has a fantastic scent!<br /><br />Lemon thyme is a very versatile herb, as I wrote to you I use it in many types of dishes, but I think most people use it in pasta/noodle dishes, meat dishes and anything with eggs.<br />Have a good week-end you too!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-65308198676867231532013-05-18T01:34:31.695+01:002013-05-18T01:34:31.695+01:00Thank you for taking me to your garden, Hellen. Yo...Thank you for taking me to your garden, Hellen. Your garden is gorgeous!! You have a lot kinds of plants, and thinking of adding roses to the garden... I'm thrilled!!! Thank you for your comment on my blog. I'll get lemon thyme this year:) I've never used it in a dishes, but I'll try:)Have a good weekend! Keityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577129141806836878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-81406544562007140432013-05-17T23:56:09.108+01:002013-05-17T23:56:09.108+01:00I know you have had some weeks of great weather ov...I know you have had some weeks of great weather over there, made you catch up on the late spring-start we both had. Unfortunately we didn’t get a similar warm period over here, so we are still just very late, and there is no end in sight. A slight increase in temperature towards the end of next week, but not exactly summer temperature, only so I might ditch my heavy gardening cardigan when I am outside :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-42123777078130726452013-05-17T23:48:06.936+01:002013-05-17T23:48:06.936+01:00Don't worry Claire, no snow in London this wee...Don't worry Claire, no snow in London this week, phew! Just an all mighty local hail storm, but no damage in my garden at least. I think you will find not much has happened in your garden when you have been away, it has been very cold.<br /><br />Great you are joining the plant swap website, you will probably be the closest grower to me then!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-58623187002246466322013-05-17T23:12:37.175+01:002013-05-17T23:12:37.175+01:00It has been an odd year for weather, all-around, I...It has been an odd year for weather, all-around, I guess. Here in Portland, we had several weeks of 80°+ temps...summer weather in April! I was beginning to worry we'd never get rain again! Even with the cool spring, your garden looks lovely...and I feel your pain about dying bulb foliage...some years it doesn't bother me...and other years, it drives me crazy!scottweberpdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740930947767329183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-78438783045590758342013-05-17T22:30:59.549+01:002013-05-17T22:30:59.549+01:00Hi Helene, I actually enjoyed just admiring the va...Hi Helene, I actually enjoyed just admiring the variety of foliage you have. For some reason I like strap-leaved foliage and you have quite a bit, I just think it has a nice semi-structural look. Still in France until tomorrow and they also have the same unpredictable weather all over the country. There were tv pictures of some poor person with their tulips poking through some snow! Wondering what I will find when I get home tomorrow, my husband has been supervising things and has done his own slug patrol.<br /><br />Joined the plant swap website, it's a good idea as I do have some too much stuff and have been trying to foist some things off onto friends.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769705418477727909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-60673218479697543852013-05-17T19:12:33.681+01:002013-05-17T19:12:33.681+01:00Glad you enjoyed this month's GBBD report :-)Glad you enjoyed this month's GBBD report :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-79326958804477194882013-05-17T19:10:36.575+01:002013-05-17T19:10:36.575+01:00Hi again Alex,
Thanks for your kind words, and for...Hi again Alex,<br />Thanks for your kind words, and for looking up my condition, not many people have ever heard about it, it is a rare condition and I often meet doctors that don't know much about it at all. <br /><br />Have a great week-end, and my cat says thanks for the cuddle :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-80871479165454237412013-05-17T17:05:41.930+01:002013-05-17T17:05:41.930+01:00Hi Helene
I didn't know anything about Ehler-D...Hi Helene<br />I didn't know anything about Ehler-Danlos Syndrome and had first to Google it. My dear, there you really have a burden to carry. I'm even more stunned how you manage your lovely garden. And I can well understand that it helps to be in the middle of flowers and to grab with your hands in the dirt :o). The post you plan to write is important, I guess you will give hope to a lot of people. Carry on!<br />Take care<br />Alex xxx<br />and give your lovely cat a big cuddle :o)Alex aus dem Gwundergartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345838066384134549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-22953394757541327862013-05-17T12:18:21.723+01:002013-05-17T12:18:21.723+01:00Wow! this article was a treat to the eyes. I don&#...Wow! this article was a treat to the eyes. I don't know which I would say lovely or my favorite as I was mesmerized by all of them. Beautiful pictures and presentation. My garden is also full of lily of the valley and dicentra about which I posted in my blog. I will be looking forward to many such trips. KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.com