Friday, February 13, 2009

Landscaping around a garden pond picture




This Flower, Unique, Because Have The Heart Shape, And Fortunately I Have A Moment To Capture It :)



Orange lillies


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Lily of fire, also called Kafir Lily (Clivia miniata, Amaryllidaceae). At home, bought two years ago as our 17th year wedding anniversary flowers.

Lily of fire, also called Kafir Lily (Clivia miniata, Amaryllidaceae).  At home, bought two years ago as our 17th year wedding anniversary flowers.

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Pink tulips, Ottawa Tulip Festival

Exotic flower

Exotic flower



Crocus - the first flowers of spring 2008

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Lupine at Quail Hollow Ranch, CA USA


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Exotic flower


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Crocus - the first flowers of spring 2008

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Roraima mountain

Yellow  flowers

Yellow flowers




The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(

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DCF 1.0

DCF 1.0

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DCF 1.0

DCF 1.0

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It's always interesting to earwig on conversations at a flower show, you can't really help it when there are so many visitors, and everyone's got their own ideas as to what makes a great show garden or exhibit. One comment I hear time and time again is how inspiring the gardens are and how they're going to try to copy 'that' colour scheme or 'this' style of planting. The thing that I'm going to take away and copy from this years show is not plants but paths. thyme_path.jpgThe back to back gardens are very good for hard landscaping ideas and I spotted a brick edged path in-filled with pebbles stuck into concrete, much like a mosaic. Or, there's a stone path with grass instead of mortar and something more contemporary, a metal grid suspended over a bog garden - almost like a bridge. However, the one that I'm going to copy at home is the path in 'The Garden for Bees'. It's a gravel path planted with an informal drift of thyme, which smells as good as it looks. The good news for me is that I've already got a gravel path, all I have to do is add the 'thyme' and once the flower show is over, I'll have the 'time' to do it.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Apple sea anemones




Another yellow flower

Another yellow flower


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Like, flowers

Like, flowers

Crazy looking flower

Crazy looking flower


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Blue

Flower That Have a Circle Purple...



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Roraima mountain
Roraima mountain

Orange lillies


The sweet lotus nectar always attracts various insects and bees. Photo lotus ponds near Tonle Sap, Cambodia.
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Crocus - the first flowers of spring 2008
The back to back gardens are a unique feature of the flower show at Tatton Park and they are arranged in groups of four all over the showground, what I like about this is that as I walk around the show I stumble across a square of gardens and keep seeing ones I haven't seen before, also you can get a really good look at them because they're nicely spread out. Out of 27 back to back gardens at the show, five were awarded the coveted gold medal, best in show went to Reaseheath Alumni with '5 a day with hidden play' a garden dedicated to growing and eating plenty of fruit and veg. bees_300x150.jpg 'A garden for bees' (Gold) designed by Ness Botanic Gardens highlights the importance of our buzzy little friends. It's beautiful too and more than dispells the myth that wildlife gardening has to be wild and woolly. 'Butterfly Journey' (Silver-gilt) is another wildlife friendly garden at the show. butterfly_300x150.jpgIt's packed with the sort of plants we could all try to grow more of, to attract native butterfly species into our gardens. I noticed a fair amount of black in the back to back gardens, 'The back to basics garden' uses black to dramatic effect as a backdrop and in the planting with two stunning Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' and a generous sprinkling of Cosmos astrosanguineus, another garden which features this plant heavily is 'Urban retreat' (Silver) which also uses black as a backdrop but mixes acid greens through the dark flowers and foliage, a great combo. suburban_oasis_300x150.jpg 'Reflection' (Silver) uses colour but it's much more gentle here. The decking and fencing is stained a soft grey and is set off by touches of galvanised metal used as edging and in the form of poles used throughout the garden as a suggestion of a boundary. These double up as plant supports too, this is an idea I might well take away with me... scented_wall_300x150.jpg A garden that addresses a very common problem is 'The scented walled garden' (Silver) and it speaks volumes that I had a good long look at the garden, admired it, made notes, took a photograph and still had not realised that it had been designed with wheelchair users in mind, it proves the point that a garden when well designed can fit a specific brief and be gorgeous too.
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