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Category: Gardening 2008 | Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:17 pm

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After the recent spate of destruction in the veg plot and, more latterly, in one of the flower beds, due to my oversight of leaving the gate ajar and letting in hens, it's nice to have a couple of pictures worth adding to this blog, even if, in this first picture, there are visible gaps where some black Poppy seedlings and the Painted Fern have been nibbled...



I'm counting my blessings though: the fowl didn't have a chance to start on the Dahlias or Lilies, the Fern should grow back and the Poppies, truth to tell, did need some thinning out...so..."Thank You" hens!

Mostly, I was glad that the current queen of my border survived intact and I feel very privileged to introduce 'Alba'...



From a distance and in this picture, I'd be the first to admit, she doesn't look very spectacular. The closer however, that you get...



...the more spectacular, I think...



...she looks.

She's an unusual variety of Foxglove, not just because she's white in colour but because she doesn't bear the 'pawprints' that give Foxgloves their name. Unique!

The other border / bed has fared slightly better in the destruction stakes.





There are a lot of young plants coming on but of those that have already started coming into flower, these autumn-sown Sweet Peas were the first.





I never really considered myself a fan of pastel colours, especially pink but as they and also this Aquilegia have come through, I'm staring to consider myself a bit of a convert!





Nothing much else of interest occurring here in this bed yet but as I say, there are other plants coming through, so hopefully some of them will be salvagable enough to include as the season unfolds further...

Meanwhile, in the boat, I haven't done anything much this year although to be fair, I haven't had to. These Sweet Williams have been in place since June last year and this is their first year of flowering.





I didn't recall what colour flowers the seed would be producing, so I was looking forward to seeing them come out but I really didn't expect this show and best of all, now that they're established, they should keep coming for a few years yet; so, Thank You plants!






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glendann wrote on Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:04 pm:

Wow ,Sharon those foxgloves or wonderful so are all your blooms.I'm sorry you had such trouble but looks like they are coming on great.

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Sjoerd wrote on Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:57 pm:

Well, your flower pics are beautiful, aren't they. That pure white digitalis is supurb. I've never seen one of those.
I very much like those sweetpeas as well...especially since I planted some of those myself.
I planted them late, I jusdt hope that they do well for me too.
The Sweet Williams and Aquilegias are topping on the cake, really.
Sorry to hear about your hen damage...that along with rabbits could put some people off gardening.--but not you, eh?

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eileen wrote on Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:21 am:

I'm so glad the hens didn't destry that beautiful foxglove Sharon. I love your plants but the sweet williams are just spectacular - especially the ones with the white trimmed petals.

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CritterPainter wrote on Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:58 am:

wow...I could stare for hours!!!

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Droopy wrote on Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:47 am:

Mmm, that foxglove is really something else, lovely! That boat of yours is so good-looking, and the aquilegia is just sweet. Wish I could smell your sweet peas. Ours are just starting to grow now.

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gardengater wrote on Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:04 pm:

I'm partial to Sweet William too. you have a great display there.I have pink, if you would like to trade some seed. Good luck with the hens, they have their own goodies to offer, right?

Gardengater

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