My garden in Winter

13 Aug '07 9:29 am

Living in old, dark,cold cottages for all my life,I specially longed for a sunny home when we retired.So here we are.These pictures are from my back door,going down the garden path towards the steps that lead down to the bottom lawn and fairy garden.IT is mid-winter,so everything is dormant.At the end of the path,in the circular border, I have light blue pentstemon,begonias with Mary Rose roses and Sharif Asma rose,and hydrangeas which I have just trimmed.The lovely tree is a pepper tree-it will grow more foliage in summer.
Dixie.

13 Aug '07 11:03 pm

So happy, you realized your dream, Dixie!! Your garden will start looking colourful very soon....Beautiful Winter captures!

14 Aug '07 3:35 am

Dear Dixie, thanks for sharing your winter garden photos with us. I think winter is one of the most exciting times for a gardener because we are looking forward to a fresh start and checking each day for any signs of new growth. There is so much promise in the garden then. Forgotten are the disappointments and trials of the past season. Your plans sound lovely.

20 Aug '07 4:53 am

Hi dear Dixie! Love your new avatar - so sensuous! Love your winter garden pictures too! Like how you've structured your garden sections, beautifully shaped and raised like terraces! The whites are just perfect to brighten the surroundings! Lovely! Thanks for sharing! Very Happy

20 Aug '07 7:46 am

Thank you for your encouragement-the structures and paths were already here,created by the first owner of our home.I like stone paths so I think I am lucky.
These photos were taken yesterday..The flash goes on so the photos have a washed look,so I do not know how to deal with that ,yet.

20 Aug '07 5:21 pm

I don't know why I keep coming in late on so many posts but I am glad to have found this one. That begonia looks great. I have one like it with equally large follige but no where near so tall a plant named "Fat Freddy". Your garden looks very tidy and ready for the next growing season. I wonder if your roses lose their leaves naturally in the cold or if, like me, you have to prune and pull them off for their own good. I like all your shade plants from the Fairy garden and grow most of them as well. I know where you are in the season from your description of the hellebores looking good and the blue bells being due soon. That is when the garden seems to me to begin to 'wax' again, after steadily 'waning' up until then. I think you must have a pretty benign winter like me. Do you ever get snow?

Bye for now,

Mark

15 Sep '07 7:10 pm

Last Summer a little NZ child was tragically killed when a heavy garden ornament toppled from its stand in a garden.
I have been concerned for some time about my bird bath in the centre of the circular path.We always lift the top off if children come,but I decided to move it into the middle of a garden,so a child could not knock against it.We did it today and i am pleased with how it looks-the birds are a bit confused I think,but they will get to figure it out soon.
Dixie.

15 Sep '07 9:55 pm

Dear Dixie,, your garden is softly awakening for its Springtime enchantment; but with your decorative taste and love, we have started having already such adorable results!

And your precaution by moving the bird bath is all for the better, and the little birds will soon find their way again! By the way, the birthbath is SO lovely!

16 Sep '07 5:31 am

I like where you've put the bird bath. That is a very nice scene - the one showing the bird bath. Your Yellow Wave phormiums look great and those reddish shrubs are filling out nicely and are going contrast with the phormium really well. What are those shrubs? Some kind of Berberry? That bed looks like it will really fill out this year. The other photo shows your old avatar subject - the wishing well. Isn't that the where the fairy garden is located too?

Now that my year and a half old niece is running around pretty good I'll have to look the garden over with safety in mind. The new pond is something to look out for but I'll have to look for things that can be pulled down or knocked over.

Looking good Dixie.

16 Sep '07 10:01 am

Dixie, that's actually a lovely place to position the birdbath anyway. And what a dreadful accident to remember. I'm sure your birds will get organised!

I have a wobbly old birdbath which a friend was throwing out, and sure enough I'vbe placed it right by a walkway. I've never seen a bird in it yet - my birds all hang out by the hen house, and help themselves to the daily grain!

Your pots will take off in no time!

My garden in Winter

My garden in Winter

A dream come true!

Winter gardens

yesterday's photos

Hi Dixie,

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An awakening beautiful garden!

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