Tag Archives: hardy perennials

My Garden Journal – July

Posted on August 5, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

So it is already time to share my July entries in my garden journal. This year in the garden seems to be moving on so quickly. I began my July report by writing, “The arrival of July moves us into the … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, July, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, village gardens | Tagged begonias, berried shrubs, eryngiums, flowering shrubs, hardy perennials, herbaceous plants, linaria, lychnis, pelargoniums, salvias, scented pelargoniums, seed heads | Leave a comment

Another Yellow Book Garden: Windsor Cottage

Posted on April 24, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Looking back to a sunny summer’s day! Off down the A49 trunk road into Herefordshire for another visit to enjoy a fellow NGS, Yellow book garden. Windsor Cottage is near the village of Dilwyn and described as a wildlife friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, Herefordshire, irises, July, light, light quality, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, renovation, village gardens, water garden, water in the garden, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged cottage gardens, hardy perennials, herbaceous plants, Herefordshire, Herefordshire gardens, mixed borders, NGS, NGS gardens | 4 Comments

Simply Beautiful – 5 – purple and gold

Posted on January 24, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

We enjoy growing Hostas in all shapes, sizes and colours many in the garden and almost as many in pots. We simply love them! We often reach the time when we think we have room for no new ones. Until! … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, hardy perennials | Tagged autumn colours, bright colours, changing colours, colour combinations, colour contrasts, gold, hardy perennials, hostas, purple

Bressingham Gardens – 2 – Using Grasses.

Posted on December 18, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

In this second report of our visit to the gardens at Bressingham I am going to look at the use of grasses throughout the gardens. As the batch of shots below illustrate, grasses here are beautifully integrated into the mixed … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden designers, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, Norfolk, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs | Tagged Blooms, Blooms of Bressingham, Bressingham, Bressingham Gardens, Foggy Bottom, grasses, hardy perennials, herbaceous borders, herbaceous plants, island beds, island borders, mixed borders, ornamental grasses, perennials | 1 Comment

Bressingham Gardens – 1 – Colour Combinations and Conifers

Posted on December 15, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Jude and I have a book in which we write and keep our bucket list, or really bucket lists. We keep lists of places to visit, gardens to visit and activities to try out. We add to them throughout each … Continue reading →

Posted in colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, grasses, hardy perennials, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, trees | Tagged Blooms, Blooms of Bressingham, Bressingham, Bressingham Gardens, conifers, Crocosmia Lucifer, crocosmias, hardy perennials, hardy plants, herbaceous borders, herbaceous plants, island beds, island borders, mixed borders, Norfolk, ornamental grasses, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees | 3 Comments

Sussex Prairie Garden – a prairie garden in Sussex

Posted on November 1, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

This is a garden I have been reading about and admiring in photographs for several years and I have enjoyed watching it develop. Imagine our surprise when we were on a mid-week break in September and discovered that we were … Continue reading →

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Mynd Hardy Plants – return to a favourite nursery.

Posted on October 16, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Jude the Undergardener, aka Mrs Greenbench, and I are not fans of garden centres where things horticultural are disappearing under an avalanche of gifts, fancy foods, pet foods etc etc but we do love our independently run plant nurseries and … Continue reading →