New plants and great colour starting to show off for all the world to see.
2 new Salvia’s for my collection.
“salvia, s. jamensis ‘la siesta’ ” (pink)
“salvia, blue ribbon” (blue)
Moved ” salvia, blaze ” from River section to sit near the new pink above and the blue i’ve put in its place.
Kids Daffy pot,
“tete-a-tete daffodil”
“primrose, marie crousse”
“polyanthus, blue shades”
Indoor pot.
“Amaryllis Hippeastrum”
The odd one out.
“heliotropium, cherry pie”
Love the Pink “candy bells, fushcia” and Blue “veronica oxford blue”
“cineraria”
“Daphne”
——— Out the front ——–
Moved from the back had a few offshoots that needed rehoming.
“Sedum spectabile ‘Brilliant’ (syn. Hylotelephium spectabile)”
“Tulips”
Forgot I had some out there.
Sort of a “earlycheer daffodil” ?
“anemone” bunch.
August pre spring mass garden photos.
August 1, 2013, 6:52 pm
Filed under:
climber,
edible stuff,
flax section,
flowers,
iris,
kids area,
plants,
River Section,
trees,
whole garden The hype before the big bloom…..
Most of the garden from the backdoor.
Kids corner.
Looking into Kids side of garden (left of whole garden)
Pretty section..
From iris/flax section towards kids side of garden and pretty garden sections.
Flax and iris section.
Closeup of section.
Lemon tree and “Isabelle’s” section.
2/3 of lemon tree is growing back from its big hair cut.
Blue river section.
Vege and herb section.
Herbs have been cut back and carrots slowly growing.
Peas didn’t want to do much so far 
Looking towards rest of garden from Maple corner.
Maple corner.
Little pink to tease us about spring.
New plants planted and new pots filled.
“Hebe. wiri gem”
NZ native.
Planted behind the big silky Oak.
“regent, Hardenbergia violacea”
Planted behind the Manuka.
End of the river section of garden.
“Borago officinalis” boroge.
Is regrowing at the end of river.
I had pulled out the old plants from elsewhere from the garden and put here to hopefully self-seed which it did 
Lobelia, pansy and Polyanthus all planted and growing well.
Can’t wait to see them all in bloom.
Bonsai
“candy bells fuchsia” in its pot at last and wires are off.
The plaited trunk looks great so far.
Top mop bit.
whole tree.
Rosemary attempt 2.
(first one died)
Its amazing the different rates bulbs pop up.
and over top view.
Lantern tree in its new pot.
“abutilon megapotamicum, dwarf chinese lantern”
Baby Daphne in new pot.
“Eternal fragrance, Daphne transtlantica”
New plants!!!
I have this need to keep getting new plants and somehow fitting them into the garden later….
More Blue for the “river” section of garden.
Slowly putting more blue so it’ll look like this river with stepping stones.
” Lobelia, upright dark blue”
“regent, Hardenbergia violacea”
Love the way the flowers look like mini faces.
“Hebe. wiri gem”
NZ native.
“Iresine, ruby glow”
(kids choice and will go in their section of the garden)
“verbena, fire chief”
It had this label on it too.
“Fancy that, chrysanthemum”
The first Daphnne in full bloom in the garden.
Easter sales!!!
Most of of these were in the bargin/clearance area so excuse the tattyness of them.
grevillea aussie crawl
Bog sage
coreopsis, mango punch
bidens ferrurifolia, goldmound
gaillardia grandiflora, goblin
my 2nd orangeberry (raspberry) plant.
daphne odora, var. leucantha
soleirolia soleirolii, baby’s tears
scleranthus ‘biflorus’
vinca minor ‘alba’ dwarf periwinkle
primrose, eugenie
primrose, marie crousse
heliotropium, cherry pie
Looking along garden.
Testing how the new river/fountain section will look.
Iris/flax section.
Not sure which one this is came with no label from bargin easter sale section.
Libertia Tricolor???? possibly…
