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RE: My garden

Tuppence — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:45:58 GMT

Very pretty.

RE: My garden

Kath — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:04:25 GMT

Just beautiful Jim, thanks for sharing with us. How annoying that your broadband has been 'down', glad you're with us again now :)

RE: My garden

jimothy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:46:06 GMT

Hello all, and sorry for the long absence from the forum - my broadband's been out of action for the last month!

Just thought Kath might like to see this species gladiolus - [i]G. papilio[/i], which I think is very reminiscent of [i]Allium bulgaricum[/i], as shown on the previous page of this thread. The flowers are bigger (4-5cm), though, and held more upright, so are more easily appreciated than the Allium, which is really only special when you get up really close to it....

[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/ForKath.jpg[/IMG]

RE: My garden

Tuppence — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:19:59 GMT

The photos fit all right on my screen, too, with a little green margin left. :)

RE: My garden

jimothy — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:55:09 GMT

[quote][b]Kath (5/26/2008)[/b][hr]can you keep the photo size down to a maximum size of 500 pixels width please, otherwise it distorts the page, thank you :)[/quote]

Oh, ok will do - can't see any problem from here, but perhaps I'm running at a higher resolution than you, which might accomodate bigger pictures without distortion :unsure:

EDIT: actually, on this page (without pictures), the forum only actually occupies 3/5s of the screen, the rest being taken up by a wide green margin, so I'm guessing that's why I didn't notice the stretching caused by my photos - it still all fits comfortably on my screen :blush:

RE: My garden

Kath — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:43:29 GMT

You caught me out this time Don :)

Lovely effect at night Jim, can you keep the photo size down to a maximum size of 500 pixels width please, otherwise it distorts the page, thank you :)

RE: My garden

Tuppence — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:16:53 GMT

Very effective - pretty!

:)

RE: My garden

jimothy — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:29:34 GMT

Thanks Penny!

Here's a couple more shots, showing the garden at night with feature spotlighting...

[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/n.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/n4.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/n7.jpg[/IMG]

RE: My garden

Tuppence — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:19:15 GMT

Really enjoyed the photos. The garden is going to be lovely. :)

I'd be really proud if I'd planned something like it.

Penny

RE: My garden

Stymie — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:19:02 GMT

Ha ha Kath, that's the old Stenophylla, one of the Berberis family I think. It flowers faithfully every year. A rather unusual trunk eh?

RE: My garden

Kath — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:57:08 GMT

Love the pastel shades of the lace-cap Don. The bonsai, last photo, not sure, looking at the background of leaves of azaleas shrubs, is that a hint?, is it a yellow flowering azalea?, if so I've never seen one before. :)

RE: My garden

Stymie — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:30:23 GMT

A bit of colour

RE: My garden

christianne — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:36:33 GMT

Looks as a very pleasant place to be:).

RE: My garden

jimothy — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:32:02 GMT

[quote][b]Kath (5/21/2008)[/b][hr]

Love the 'Nectaroscordum Siculum subsp. bulgaricum - Allium family',

I had mine ina pot for two years to get established, and 'tight' potted to get it to flower, then put it in the garden, didn't flower last year, but now it's blooming again
[/quote]

Didn't know that was normally necessary, Kath. All mine came from J Parkers this year as dry bulbs, and they've all grown well and flowered first time round. Wish I could say the same of the other bulbs I got from them :angry:

great photo, by the way...

RE: My garden

Kath — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:01:45 GMT

Fantastic views Jim

You're a bit like me, we seem to be 'in fashion' this year with all the 'green', re Chelsea Flower Show :) thanks also for showing us the 'plan-of-the-garden'

Love the 'Nectaroscordum Siculum subsp. bulgaricum - Allium family',

I had mine in a pot for two years to get established, and 'tight' potted to get it to flower, then put it in the garden, didn't flower last year, but now it's blooming again

My garden

jimothy — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:41:20 GMT

Still a long way from "finished" (whatever that means, but here's some shots i took this morning, plus a "before photo and the plan I drew up before starting work...

Previously, the garden had been a rectangular patio running the full width of the house, and then very rough grass covering the rest.

The outline plan - transparent overlays then give details such as planting and building specifics:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/Plan.jpg[/IMG]

At the begining of work (last winter) - basic areas lined out with sand, and before you ask, nobody was killed - the person outline is to scale, and was just to check that the lawn was spacious enough to lie down on:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/before.jpg[/IMG]

The same view today, existing patio cut to form a circle segment, and edged to tie in with the other elements saved the expense of buying new slabs:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0011.jpg[/IMG]

Further out, the greenhouse houses several hundred carnivorous plants, many chillies, and the dahlias which i forgot to get out of the garage until last weekend, and which should, by rights, be occupying the empty bed between the path and lawn :Whistling: :
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0010.jpg[/IMG]

Some shots from eye-level:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0008.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0007.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0005.jpg[/IMG]

Close-up of the twin-barrel water feature (which was far harder to get right than it looks:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0025.jpg[/IMG]

Bonsai corner shelf:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0015.jpg[/IMG]

Gladiolus:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0016.jpg[/IMG]

[i]Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. bulgaricum[/i] (or [i]Alium bulgaricum[/i] to some):
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0017.jpg[/IMG]

Aliums with Ensete maurelli and Delphinium respectively:
[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0022.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg94/jimothy78/oakmeadow/0023.jpg[/IMG]