Tag Archives: 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 →

Posted in canals, garden design, garden furniture, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, Hardy Plant Society, HPS, nurseries, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, trees, water garden, water in the garden, wildlife | Tagged Ashwood Nurseries, cloud pruning, garden sculpture, John's Garden, ornamental trees, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, stumpery, succulents, trees and shrubs | 2 Comments

My Garden Journal in May

Posted on July 10, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

Just as I completed my journal for June I realised that I had not yet posted “My Garden Journal for May”, so here it is now for you to enjoy! The June journal report won’t be far behind! Summer creeping … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, house martins, light, light quality, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, spring bulbs, spring gardening, succulents, swallows, water in the garden, wildlife | Tagged acers., aeomiums, bog garden, bog plants, clematis, climbers, climbing plants, Echeveria, echeverias, gardens in May, hostas, May, ornamental grasses, roses, succulents, the garden in May, white flowers, white in the harden | 1 Comment

Special Succulents

Posted on June 27, 2016 by greenbenchramblings

I have a special interest in succulents and have grown a good selection over the last few years. My interest in them has been a recent one and began with the purchase of an Aeonium arboreum Schwarzkopf which we nurtured … Continue reading →

Posted in garden photography, gardening, succulents | Tagged aeomiums, aeonium, cacti, Crassula, Echeveria, echeverias, glasshouses, succulents, Winterbourne House Gardens | 2 Comments

Succulents in Pots

Posted on July 21, 2015 by greenbenchramblings

It is always good to have little projects to get on with in the garden. My latest little project was to create a pair of succulent pots. We already have pots of succulents dotted or hopefully arranged around our Rill … Continue reading →