tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post3307367738011803970..comments2023-04-09T11:46:58.887+01:00Comments on Graphicality-UK: March flowers in LondonHELENEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-19788357001549448662014-03-21T03:24:37.808+00:002014-03-21T03:24:37.808+00:00Wow. What can I say?!! I am so impressed with al...Wow. What can I say?!! I am so impressed with all the blooms in your garden! You are way ahead of me this year. It all looks so lovely with all the spring blooms coming together. And your front garden is fabulous, too. That Amethyst Ice is just gorgeous! I'm worried for you, though - that squirrel looks like he has settled into your garden and is munching on everything to see what is his favorite out of the buffet! I hope you can figure out a way to get rid of him! HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-43491129009057301472014-03-20T19:57:46.524+00:002014-03-20T19:57:46.524+00:00I must admit I am surprised about the magnolia, I ...I must admit I am surprised about the magnolia, I have smelled magnolias at Kew Gardens and I know what they are supposed to smell! But I don’t know if it is the variety, or the young age of my magnolia – or something else, I have no experience here so I hoped someone would write a comment and tell me, so far no one has provided me with a good explanation. ‘Heaven Scent’ is supposed to be strongly scented, not just with some scent. Maybe I should write to the nursery and ask for some advice. But I do enjoy the look of the flowers, they are extraordinary in any way.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-33457392468435380282014-03-20T19:57:38.984+00:002014-03-20T19:57:38.984+00:00Thanks Pam, my garden is a testament to how greedy...Thanks Pam, my garden is a testament to how greedy I am in terms of plants and flowers – I want them all! And I still have a very long wish list with many more plants I inted to find a home for in my garden :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-77124848204179106722014-03-20T19:38:22.151+00:002014-03-20T19:38:22.151+00:00Compliments on a really impressive set of pictures...Compliments on a really impressive set of pictures Helene, I think I have said before I don't know how you do it in such a small garden. It is a great shame that you have been let down by your "scented" Magnolia as they are quite an expensive shrub to buy being slow to establish. The truth be told, even with the best of intentions, not everything in the horticultural world is always what it should be, I have experienced this too many times in the past. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-61391432668045270002014-03-20T10:52:19.353+00:002014-03-20T10:52:19.353+00:00Your garden never ceases to amaze me, Helene! It i...Your garden never ceases to amaze me, Helene! It is the best use of space I have ever seen. I cannot begin to pick out a favorite bloom. Happy first day of spring! P. xPam's English Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359787694149174369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-45112738745739630542014-03-19T12:10:13.131+00:002014-03-19T12:10:13.131+00:00Yes, I have got a few wrong cultivars over the yea...Yes, I have got a few wrong cultivars over the years too, like Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ which was meant to be a lace cap and turned out to be a pink mop head! I find many plants I ‘must’ have on other people’s blogs, I thought my garden was full a couple of years ago, turns out I was wrong, I have managed to squeeze in many, many plants since then!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-18153210702100224832014-03-19T12:10:05.159+00:002014-03-19T12:10:05.159+00:00I like watching the squirrels, but they do so much...I like watching the squirrels, but they do so much damage! It would have been better if they kept to the parks instead!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-12009932766945115322014-03-19T12:09:58.690+00:002014-03-19T12:09:58.690+00:00Thanks, it’s looking very Spring, isn’t it :-)Thanks, it’s looking very Spring, isn’t it :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-49320663678598552382014-03-19T12:09:51.557+00:002014-03-19T12:09:51.557+00:00Thanks Julie, I have lots of flowers all year roun...Thanks Julie, I have lots of flowers all year round in my tiny garden, over here in our climate it’s really just a matter of choosing the right plants and then squeeze in as many as possible :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-64100535317225618542014-03-18T03:00:14.387+00:002014-03-18T03:00:14.387+00:00The magnolia is gorgeous, though that is too bad a...The magnolia is gorgeous, though that is too bad about the smell. I've gotten the wrong cultivar a couple times (such as the time I bought yellow gladioli for the front of my red house only to have them come up screaming hot pink). Your garden is so lovely! I love the scilla and the hellebore - they are on my list to get at some point!Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14004102653896371835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-17361614584918846532014-03-17T08:41:20.744+00:002014-03-17T08:41:20.744+00:00Your garden is full of spring Helene, so much colo...Your garden is full of spring Helene, so much colour and new growth. I am touched by the grey squirrel, such a funny animals, but I know a nuisance in London. Your frontgarden boxes so lovely too, your Camellias and so on, everything is flourishing.Janneke https://www.blogger.com/profile/11056916431881916066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-73818395020128193042014-03-17T02:50:18.801+00:002014-03-17T02:50:18.801+00:00So many blooms! So much color! So much spring! I a...So many blooms! So much color! So much spring! I am so jelous!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08591367588731031323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-41818956516710336052014-03-17T01:23:43.430+00:002014-03-17T01:23:43.430+00:00Wow. Your blooms are amazing! The magnolia is stun...Wow. Your blooms are amazing! The magnolia is stunning, fragrant or not, and the anemones are adorable...what an intense blue. Seriously, I thought we had lots of blooms in SC, but you have us beat by far! Love the 'Apple Blossom' clematis, too--stunning. Happy Bloom Day to you! ~ Julie, Garden DelightsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09643317297830165273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-19380629213650787132014-03-17T00:31:59.163+00:002014-03-17T00:31:59.163+00:00Oh, I think I am over the magnolia scent thing, I ...Oh, I think I am over the magnolia scent thing, I love the flowers, can’t stop taking photos of them! The fuchsias are incredible, I can’t believe they are all covered in buds just about to flower – it’s March! I still have lots of fuchsia cuttings I need to find a home for, they will become big plants by July/August. <br />Your Trillium kurabayashi has similar flowers to my Trillium cuneatum but yours have greener leaves. When did you buy them and have they emerged before? I mean, not just when you bought them, but subsequent years after planting.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-85833485592735999582014-03-17T00:31:50.267+00:002014-03-17T00:31:50.267+00:00Thanks, I buy plants and bulbs every year but most...Thanks, I buy plants and bulbs every year but most of all I propagate and take cuttings so I get lots more plants every year.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-44744114958415303642014-03-17T00:31:43.146+00:002014-03-17T00:31:43.146+00:00Thanks Lee, it has been spring here for a good whi...Thanks Lee, it has been spring here for a good while, we got a gentle ease into winter and a gentle boot out of it too this year. A small consolation for having to endure all the rain and stormy weather we have had! Sorry to hear you still have winter, I assume spring will be short and swift when it finally arrives!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-46356054840758392102014-03-16T19:33:13.752+00:002014-03-16T19:33:13.752+00:00What incredible plants your Fuchsia have been Hele...What incredible plants your Fuchsia have been Helene - they have not let you down have they? It's hard not to love the Magnolia - I often can't smell plants that others describe as gorgeous. Maybe as you say, once the plant matures. I haven't a clue if that's how they work. Personally, I'd be over the moon with the flowers. Love your little double primrose - it very like Miss Indigo, isn't it.<br />I still check the ground daily on Trillium kurabayashi - still zilch!! Yours are gorgeous. <br />I'll bet the neighbours are very pleased to walk past and see your boxes - I know I would be.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682908724307784154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-31952543917434112332014-03-16T15:37:36.112+00:002014-03-16T15:37:36.112+00:00How fortunate you are to have so many blooms. I es...How fortunate you are to have so many blooms. I especially like that double primrose.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-32395046190263661882014-03-16T14:36:50.084+00:002014-03-16T14:36:50.084+00:00Wow! You have so much blooming in your lovely ga...Wow! You have so much blooming in your lovely gardens Helene! Your new Magnolia and camellia ‘Takanini’ are so beautiful and the Double Primrose are breathtaking. I am taking all this in in awe as I await some more signs of spring here in the northeast. It is always a pleasure visiting you!Lee@A Guide to Northeastern Gardeninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208392136967108192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-19623843417684701552014-03-16T14:31:17.091+00:002014-03-16T14:31:17.091+00:00Thanks Rose, those double primroses are just a tes...Thanks Rose, those double primroses are just a test, there will be more of them this autumn as I was too late to order the rest of them last year. I have my eye on some beautiful ones, Primula acaulis Parade series and hope to get them in time this year!<br />My garden is 62 m2 which I found online is supposed to be 667 square feet, that is including the seating area and the passage at my back door where I have my nursery shelf – basically the whole outside area at the back of my house. So now you know why I keep calling it my ‘postage stamp size garden’ :-) <br />My front garden is absolutely tiny, basically just a place to put the rubbish bins, only 4.5 m2, but I have managed to put some plants here too. HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-84809189267973843692014-03-16T14:31:00.161+00:002014-03-16T14:31:00.161+00:00Thanks, I have a kind of love/hate relationship wi...Thanks, I have a kind of love/hate relationship with the squirrel! I like seeing him playing around in the garden, but oh boy does he do a lot of damage. HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-50439754590611102912014-03-16T14:30:46.012+00:002014-03-16T14:30:46.012+00:00Thanks Alistair, it has taken 12 years to get the ...Thanks Alistair, it has taken 12 years to get the garden where it is today, but I could have done it much quicker if I had not done it on a shoestring budget. If you go to the post I wrote 7th March you’ll get the link to the nursery where I bought my magnolia. It is an online nursery, I just checked and they sell Magnolia soulangeana 'Heaven Scent', but not as a single stemmed tree. If you want that, you could send them an email and ask them to source one for you, as that was what they did for me last year. I look forward to seeing what you are going to do with your new back garden :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-23865632406162397052014-03-16T14:30:37.361+00:002014-03-16T14:30:37.361+00:00Thanks, I inherited the big camellia with the hous...Thanks, I inherited the big camellia with the house, it is at least 30 years old but could be as old as 50 or even 60. The magnolia and camellia will outlive all the other plants in the garden – long after I have gone.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-86160472710879293552014-03-16T14:30:29.886+00:002014-03-16T14:30:29.886+00:00Thanks Beth, when all my hellebores have produced ...Thanks Beth, when all my hellebores have produced babies and they have started flowering – in 4-5 years time – then I will have quite a collection! Hellebores are quite tough plants, they grow in Norway too, I don’t think you need to worry about them as long as they have a good snow cover, it is bare frost that kills plants. It will be nice to see how long the magnolia will flower, at the moment we have up to 20C during the day but down to 7-8C at night.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-83640619194120737242014-03-16T14:30:19.861+00:002014-03-16T14:30:19.861+00:00Thank you, I am very fond of ‘Christmas Cheer’ too...Thank you, I am very fond of ‘Christmas Cheer’ too since it flowers so much earlier than my other rhododendron – and the flowers are just beautiful. My cat is over 12 years old, perhaps he is too old to bother chasing squirrels anymore, besides, he can’t be out there all the time, he spends a lot of time indoors just sleeping. There are lots of other cats in the area but the squirrel seem to be waiting in the wings for the right moment every day!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.com