Tag Archives: succulents

Succulents in Flower

Posted on August 17, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

We grow dozens of succulents especially aeoniums and echeverias. We love them because they give us wonderful variations in foliage, texture, colour, pattern and shape, but they all will throw up a flower spike on occasion. This week we suddenly … Continue reading →

Posted in garden design, garden photography, gardening, half-hardy perennials, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, succulents, village gardens, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged aeonium, Echeveria, flowering succulents, Sedum, succulents, summer garden | 1 Comment

Gardening in Lockdown – Aeoniums

Posted on August 9, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

Aeonium have been one of my plantaholic obsessions now for several years and I am still slowly adding to my collection. Recently I have managed to acquire a few cuttings of varieties previously unknown to me such as Aeonium ‘Kiwi’ … Continue reading →

Posted in garden photography, gardening, gardens, Uncategorized | Tagged aeonium, container gardening, succulents | 1 Comment

Gardening in lockdown – new Sempervivum

Posted on August 1, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

Each spring I try to buy some new House Leeks, Sempervivum. This year though we couldn’t go out and choose some from nurseries due to “lockdown” so it was a case of ordering online. But it was exciting opening the … Continue reading →

Posted in garden design, garden photography | Tagged containers, house leeks, planters, Sempervivum, succulents

My Garden Journal 2020 – June

Posted on July 8, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

Back to my garden journal for 2020 again and we are into the last month of the first half of the year, June, the month that sees the longest day and shortest night. I began by sharing some of our … Continue reading →

Posted in climbing plants, colours, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, South Shropshire | Tagged acers., aeonium, bark patterns, birch bark, clematis, climbers, climbing plants, climbing roses, damselflies, garden wildlife, ichneumon wasp, roses, snake bark maples, snakebark maple., succulents, textured bark, wasps | 1 Comment

Gardening in lockdown – Succulents in Containers

Posted on June 12, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

Once it is warm enough day and especially night time for plants to be hardened off out of the greenhouse I always enjoy smartening up my succulent containers and perhaps create a few new ones. Even within lock down I … Continue reading →

Posted in garden design, garden photography, gardening, succulents | Tagged aeomiums, container gardening, echeverias, succulents

Gardening in lockdown – Jude’s micro-nursery plants sort out

Posted on May 28, 2020 by greenbenchramblings

We sell lots of plants mostly perennials and shrubs when we open our garden and when we give talks to clubs and societies. I take the shrub cuttings and Jude deals with seed sowing and looking after plant divisions and … Continue reading →

Posted in garden photography, gardening, hardy perennials, spring, spring gardening, succulents | Tagged hardy perennials, herbaceous plants, potting on, seedlings, succulents | 4 Comments

My Garden Journal 2019 – July

Posted on August 20, 2019 by greenbenchramblings

We move into the second half of the year with this visit to my 2019 garden journal, where we shall see what the garden has to offer and take a look at some of our gardening tasks for the month. … Continue reading →

Posted in garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, July, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, village gardens, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged achilleas, Asiatic Lilies, clematis, climbing plants, digitalis, eryngiums, foxgloves, garden jobs, garden tasks, hardy perennials, Sea Hollies, succulents | 2 Comments

My Garden Journal 2017 – November

Posted on December 7, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

The penultimate visit to my garden journal for 2017 is here – hope you enjoy it. I began by referring back to a development we started in the garden back in September which we finished off in November. We are … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn colours, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, half-hardy perennials, hardy perennials, irises, light, light quality, log piles, logs, natural pest control, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, South Shropshire, spring bulbs, succulents, trees | Tagged autumn, autumn colours, clematis, climbing plants, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, NGS, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees, roses, salvias, shrubs, spring bulbs, succulents, trees, wildlife | 2 Comments

Westgate Villa, a Japanese garden in Shropshire

Posted on August 19, 2017 by greenbenchramblings

Jude and I have a soft spot for gardens with a Japanese feel to them, and we are lucky to have an excellent example in our home county of Shropshire and just a short drive away. We had heard of … Continue reading →

Posted in garden buildings, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, National Garden Scheme, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, Shropshire, town gardens, Yellow Book Gardens | Tagged acers., bamboo, cloud pruning, ferns, foliage, foliage plants, formal gardening, formal planting, front gardens, Japanese Garden, Japanese maples, maples, pruned box, raked gravel, succulents, tea house | 2 Comments

John’s Garden – Ashwood Nurseries.

Posted on July 25, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

We have wanted to visit John’s Garden for a long time but have never been able to attend on any of his open days, so when we noticed that a private visit was planned for the Shropshire Group of the … Continue reading →