Just to keep Linda quiet, I am posting some photos !
This is some nicotiana and 4 o'clock plants that seeded themselves from last year.
Heather
Photos of my garden.
Ginger bud that I am patiently waiting to bloom for the first time.
One of my brugs
Birdbath in tropical bed.
This is our patio at the back of the house. It was sad looking concrete and I decided to "stamp" it with a tile pattern. It looks good from a distance !
My long bed in the back yard which is full of tropical style plants (and a few other orphans !) This is the one bed which have to be dug up in the fall.
Please excuse the grass, when we were in Scotland in June, my son was staying at our house and let his female puppy piddle on the grass !
One of my pink brugs in tropical bed.
My cannas are doing really well this year.
This was my first brug that I grew from seed some four years ago, B. Sauveolens (sp.?) It is tall but not particularly graceful, but it holds a special place in my heart !
That's all for now,
Heather
Well done Heather, very impressive. Must have taken a lot of work.
Steve
Very beautiful. Thank you so much for giving us a peak. --Ginny
Just lovely, Heather. A wonderful place to retreat after a full day at work.
Nice job!
Don Ü
Thanks Steve, I don't post very much but I have been following your posts with interest as I came to Victoria, B.C. from Glasgow 30 years ago. I was a little easier back then to make the move, and I have never regretted it !
Heather
We are planning a holiday (sorry vacation) for October next year and tour your area to get a 'feel' for the place and check out a few things
Steve
If you manage to make it to Victoria, let me know !
Heather
echoes
Aug 23, 2006
Lovely pics, Heather
Heather you garden is as lovely in the photos as real life. Tis not bragging at all, but sharing some beauty for us that don't have the gardens we'd hoped for this year. Thanks for getting the photos up. :)
Linda (mouth zippered!)
Heatherbelle, your gardens are just beautiful.
Healther
Super! Thank you for sharing. I bet your back yard has a super scent.
I recognize the Gazebo - isn't that where some New Zealand grass was shared from?
Ann
Awesome garden Heather and what a treat it will be to see that Ginger bloom!
Glad everyone enjoyed the pictures ! Yes, annabell52, that is where the New Zealand flax was chopped up ! And as it was for the compost bin, It is a nice thought that pieces of it are now in other parts of Canada!
Heather
Wow, Heather, thanks for posting your little slice of heaven there. Just lovely.
Sandy
I love the clever stamping idea on the patio.........E
Awesome pictures, Heather! Great job on the stamping!
:) Donna
From 6 lupine plants that seeded themselves, I now have a wonderful collection of color combinations, that cover my ugly slope, and hides the very rocky soil. I now have a slope that I'm very proud of
Oh now, that is just lovely! Great job, oltmanns.
Don
Heather,
Finally had time to look at all your pix again - longer. Totally lovely. Have you put in some other thread instructions for your patio 'stamping'?
Snoopy must find out how to do this
PS. Oltmanns, your lupins and TBs are so pretty. Yu need to start yur own thread and show us the rest of your garden. BC weather ----- we work very hard here in Manitoba to keep lupins on the go.
Inanda
Inanda,
I haven't put the instructions anywhere - I think there is lots of "how-to's" out there. My husband thought I was crazy to try this but he decided to help by starting to lay out grids and masking tape etc. It was taking too long so I just got an 8" sponge, dipped it in a mix of two colours and eye-balled it ! I am not sure how it will stand up but time will tell.
Heather
Hi Heather
your gardens are beautiful.
Bea