The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  some autumn pics from my garden today Goto page 1, 2  Next          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Grow Your Own Author Message kittoch Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 171 Location: glasgow Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:25 pm    Post subject: some autumn pics from my garden today got loan of the camera again...........so piccy daft again!! ....took these this evening when i got home from work..............still some nice flowers about, and some good autumn colour. my blueberry plants.....good colour as well as fruit!!! Back to top Dixie Chicks Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Posts: 311 Location: South West Cumbria Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:33 pm    Post subject: We've just planted a Cercidiphyllum - can't wait until it's a big as your's! Our Amelanchier, Fothergilla and Euonymous alatus are all looking gorgeous at the moment as well - but I think the strong winds forecast this weekend will put pay to that. Nics pics! Back to top kittoch Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 171 Location: glasgow Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:37 pm    Post subject: pics got a HUGE cercidophyllum at my work, and at this time of year when the leaves are dropping, the smell of burnt sugar fills the air!!...........funny to see the visitors trying to work out where the smell is coming from!! fothergilla is great for autumn colour.........will try to take more pics over weekend weather permitting!!! Back to top debcat Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 8815 Location: Isle of Lewis Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:43 pm    Post subject: those are great pics what are the pink flowers? Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 16116 Location: Hampshire Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:54 pm    Post subject: They look like Nerine. Beautiful pics! Back to top kittoch Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 171 Location: glasgow Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:55 pm    Post subject: pics they are nerine bowdenii........common name Guernsey lilys. they are actually a south african bulb, but are totally hardy here............and I'm 500ft up in a bad frost pocket.........i just put some bracken fronds over them when they finish flowering.............they are a plant that gets better every year, and flower best when the clumps are congested............prefer full sun, and a fairly well drained soil ideally (mine are in a heavy clay, but i tried to add as much compost as i could to open it up a bit)...........flower from sept through till november and bit later depending on the winter, and are great cut flower too. Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7370 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:38 am    Post subject: wow ,what a lovely garden , Back to top rubychik Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 1380 Location: MID WALES/SHROPS BORDER Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:50 am    Post subject: wow. love the bark on that tree and the pagoda is fab, did you make it yourself? Back to top kittoch Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 171 Location: glasgow Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:13 am    Post subject: pics tree is prunus serrula or tibetan cherry..........bark is magnificent on it.................did make the pagoda...................but from a kit!!...................my d.i.y skills dont stretch too far!! Back to top Itsybitsy Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 1443 Location: Leicestershire Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:59 pm    Post subject: Lovely garden . . . and colours Itsybitsy Back to top rubychik Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 1380 Location: MID WALES/SHROPS BORDER Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:43 pm    Post subject: Re: pics kittoch wrote: tree is prunus serrula or tibetan cherry..........bark is magnificent on it.................did make the pagoda...................but from a kit!!...................my d.i.y skills dont stretch too far!! can i ask where the kit was from? Back to top kittoch Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 171 Location: glasgow Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:26 pm    Post subject: pics was from a firm in england about 2 years ago.........will have a rake about and see if ive still got the address. Back to top kittoch Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 171 Location: glasgow Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:22 pm    Post subject: pics few more took today............ this blueberry seemed to be on fire the way the sun was hitting it!! gunneras went mad this year!!! photinia red robins a bit mixed up with its new spring foliage..........which will no doubt be frazzled when the frost appears another of the tibetan cherry (prunus serrula) and begonias are still going strong....well named non-stop begonias!!! fothergilla my "multiple occupancies"!!! Back to top debcat Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 8815 Location: Isle of Lewis Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:24 pm    Post subject: that gunnera is amazing How bigs your garden? Back to top kittoch Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 171 Location: glasgow Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:31 pm    Post subject: pics the gunnera is one of 8 i have planted..........was inspired by the jungle of them i seen at logan botanics .............think may have been a tad silly!!! ive an acre in total.............sometimes too much, at other times not enough!!! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Grow Your Own All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group