Your gardening photos

Chip Whitley · 07-05-2015 9:14pm

Bought 2 apple trees in Lidl in February and planted straight away. One didn't make it thanks to an overzealous puppy among other reasons but tree no. 2 has thrived and being a novice in the garden, these flowers were a nice surprise to me!

rje66 · 11-05-2015 9:42pm

Got my bee hotels made today
,," if you build it they will come"...... I hope😃😃😃

tmq · 12-05-2015 9:43pm

Not really sure what this is, but it looks great, and a nice surprise in our new garden!

Roselm · 12-05-2015 10:11pm

tmq wrote: »

Not really sure what this is, but it looks great, and a nice surprise in our new garden!

Looks a bit like a spirea

Chloris · 14-05-2015 5:52pm

This is my garden as of today. Germinating some tomato seeds there on the bottom right, got my lavender and mint in the pots on either side. There's parsley, cucumber and red pepper along the ledge. Then along the wall of the bed I've planted broccoli, which are just shoots at the moment. The tomato plant and passiflora are next to the wooden frame.

Just out of shot are my leek bed, spinach and lettuce leaves and carrots. I'm new to this gardening thing and I'm completely hooked!

jezko · 24-05-2015 9:28pm

Camellia Kramers Supreme.

Magnolia wilsonii, waiting 4 years for a flower only 2, but the fragrance is worth it.

Reckless Abandonment · 09-06-2015 11:45am

http://m.imgur.com/J4GXhDZ
.
Finaly getting a few projects sorted around the garden..still need to hide that bloody trampoline

Reckless Abandonment · 09-06-2015 11:46am

http://m.imgur.com/fibX0HA
looking for ideas for an orange colour flower for the middle of this planter

Roselm · 09-06-2015 7:44pm

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

http://m.imgur.com/fibX0HA
looking for ideas for an orange colour flower for the middle of this planter

I love Californian Poppies. They'd actually look gorgeous in your dark round planters to either side!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/California_poppy_(Eschscholzia_californica)_-_22.jpg

marask · 09-06-2015 7:56pm

Nasturtium would be nice, but might be late to start it now

pwurple · 16-06-2015 10:55am

So much looking great in the garden at the moment... love my alliums!

black_frosch · 18-06-2015 7:42pm

My very first black currant! Well it is still green

goose06 · 20-06-2015 11:51am

My little balcony garden

black_frosch · 23-06-2015 3:59pm

Blueberries

Shemale · 28-06-2015 11:44pm

San Marzanos have started to flower, touch wood have been very lucky, have been careful not to overwater and havent used any sprays. Cant wait to get stuck in!!

black_frosch · 11-07-2015 4:46pm

Blueberries

goose06 · 16-07-2015 8:55am

Sunflowers coming out now, smaller than last years but still lovely to look at.

black_frosch · 26-07-2015 1:42pm

Raspberry

Blackberry

Black Currant

Runner beans

DANNY2014 · 26-07-2015 3:02pm

Irish grown ginger hopefully

goose06 · 01-08-2015 7:11pm

Sunflowers very small this year compared to last year but still lovely to look at.

goose06 · 01-08-2015 10:34pm

some more

goose06 · 01-08-2015 10:35pm

and more

Pa ElGrande · 30-08-2015 4:57pm

marask wrote: »

Nasturtium would be nice, but might be late to start it now

Mine are self seeding but they decided to creep along the ground rather than upwards this year.

Here are some more from this Summer, this one is Tigridia pavonia or Tiger flower. In general it does not survive the winter in Ireland so dig it up later on and store indoors over winter or else treat it as an annual, which is what I tend to do. The flower only lasts from 8AM to 5PM, but each plant produces 3 flowers over the course of the following days.

The next on is Cichorium intybus or common chicory. The leaves look like dandelions during the spring and the plant will grow 5' to 6' high producing a mas of blue flowers over several weeks. I believe you can roast the root from this one and use it as a coffee substitute.

F.R. · 01-12-2015 12:47am

Thought I would post a sample of what came up from the Aldi/Lidl wildflower mix this year. Next year will be getting Irish wildflower seeds.

Poppy
Wild%252520Flowers%252520001.jpg

Scarlet flax
Wild%252520Flowers%252520002.jpg

Adonis sp.
Wild%252520Flowers%252520009.JPG

Cornflower
Wild%252520Flowers%252520011.jpg

Flax

F.R. · 01-12-2015 12:53am

Some more

Toadflax sp.
Wild%252520Flowers%252520019.jpg

Coreopsis basalis
Wild%252520Flowers%252520026.JPG

Mallow sp.
Wild%252520Flowers%2525200461.jpg

Calendula sp.
Wild%252520Flowers%252520061.JPG

F.R. · 01-12-2015 1:03am

Final lot I promise

Lobularia maritima/Sweet Allysun
Wild%252520Flowers%252520048.JPG

Corncockle
Wild%252520Flowers%252520054.jpg

Candytuft

Morning glory
Wild%252520Flowers%252520111.jpg

Stock

Cornflower
Wild%252520Flowers%252520094.jpg

F.R. · 23-01-2016 10:22pm

My Dwarf Irises are a bit early
Dwarf%252520Iris%252520018.JPG

Hotei · 18-02-2016 10:52pm

I recently installed a small pond (Blagdon Dragonfly 250 lt.) in one corner of my garden. Here's how it turned out:

Looking like a bomb has just hit:

After much head scratching and a lot of tweaking, I managed to get the edge looking like this:

Planting around the edge of the pond:

The planting finished and the water is in the pond (the water level looks fine):

Plants used around the edge of the pond include: Pachysandra, Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress', Choisya ternata 'Aztec Gold', Rhododendron micranthum, Helianthemum 'Wisley Pink', Campanula, Persicaria, Erodium 'Bishop's Form', Thymus coccineus and Erica x darleyensis 'Kramer's Red' (I'm not sure the Erica looks okay where it is and may move it elsewhere).
The small tree with Hotei sitting underneath is an Acer palmatum dissectum 'Viridis' which should look lovely by the pond when it's in leaf again.

Come the end of March or early April, I plan to put miniature Water Lilies in the pond and some nice marginals around the inner edge.

Hotei · 08-03-2016 9:31pm

Crocus sieberi 'Tricolor'

Sgt Pepper 64 · 09-03-2016 12:58pm

F.R. wrote: »

Final lot I promise

Try taking a picture of the area as that will show the impact more

mayo.mick · 10-03-2016 9:04pm

Some of my crocuses starting to flower

[IMG][/img]

Hotei · 21-03-2016 11:01pm

Chionodoxa

Wood Anemone

Convolvulus cneorum

Hotei · 09-04-2016 9:48pm

Sgt Pepper 64 · 11-04-2016 10:27am

Hotei wrote: »

for some reason, I always have trouble growing snakeheads

Hotei · 11-04-2016 10:34am

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

for some reason, I always have trouble growing snakeheads

I have them growing in a south facing garden in full sun, and they seem to be thriving.

KK4SAM · 24-04-2016 9:38pm

[IMG][/img]

seamusmacc · 26-04-2016 9:40am

spring

GrumpyMe · 08-06-2016 12:17pm

Lumen · 24-09-2017 9:05am

Autumn colours.

Loire · 25-09-2017 3:13pm

Lumen wrote: »

Autumn colours.

That's lovely. Would you mind telling me the name of the plant in the bottom left corner with the small flowers?
Thanks,
Loire.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 25-09-2017 4:07pm

Loire wrote: »

That's lovely. Would you mind telling me the name of the plant in the bottom left corner with the small flowers?
Thanks,
Loire.

Stag's Horn or Sumac.

To be honest it can be very invasive and put suckers up throughout a lawn.

Loire · 25-09-2017 4:39pm

Maxton Sparse Cheesecake wrote: »

Stag's Horn or Sumac.

To be honest it can be very invasive and put suckers up throughout a lawn.

It's actually the green flower/plant in the bottom right hand corner with the small pink flowers I was asking about. I Googled the Sumac and think that's the tree in the middle?

Thanks,
Loire

Dubl07 · 25-09-2017 4:54pm

Loire wrote: »

It's actually the green flower/plant in the bottom right hand corner with the small pink flowers I was asking about. I Googled the Sumac and think that's the tree in the middle?

Thanks,
Loire

That's Japanese Anemone, Loire. Also invasive as hell by root spread or even by seed. It'll keep you fit, pulling out. I love both it and the Stag's Horn Sumach but boy do they challenge you to keep them in check.

Loire · 25-09-2017 5:31pm

Dubl07 wrote: »

That's Japanese Anemone, Loire. Also invasive as hell by root spread or even by seed. It'll keep you fit, pulling out. I love both it and the Stag's Horn Sumach but boy do they challenge you to keep them in check.

Thanks! I actually bought some Anemone bulbs in Aldi yesterday too!

lottpaul · 25-09-2017 6:36pm

Loire wrote: »

Thanks! I actually bought some Anemone bulbs in Aldi yesterday too!

Anemone bulbs are not the same as Japanese anemone. "Normal" anemones are not as invasive, tough or thuggish as their Japanese namesakes

but the Japanese are great if you have a difficult or inaccessible area that wont grow much else. Plant a few and leave them to their devices, but as Dubl07 says if they get loose in a mixed bed etc you'll be pulling them forever!

fryup · 26-09-2017 6:18pm

Hotei wrote: »

I recently installed a small pond (Blagdon Dragonfly 250 lt.) in one corner of my garden. Here's how it turned out:

hi,

does that pond come with a pump and filter? do you have fish in it..if so what type?

NIMAN · 30-09-2017 3:29pm

First post in this thread, looks like the same tree from 2 different seasons.

I assume it's down to shelter being provided to the one of the left?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xl5i3ci24vl3noz/DSC_0028.JPG?dl=0

Hotei · 30-09-2017 4:44pm

fryup wrote: »

hi,

does that pond come with a pump and filter? do you have fish in it..if so what type?

Apologies for the late reply - I just saw it now!
No, I just bought the pre-formed pond on its own (I think it cost about E 100). You'll need to purchase a pump separately. I don't have fish in it, just oxygenating plants, marginals and dwarf Water Lilies.

fryup · 02-10-2017 5:39pm

^^^^^^^^

does it stink if you don't change the water?

RebelButtMunch · 11-10-2017 6:35pm

Got myself a nice cabbage

Your gardening photos

Comments