Seaburngirl's Garden

There are a few of these in the garden.
notably 'Apledorn' a rich red and 'Golden Apledorn'...

A really early flowerer, usually early February.

Bought very late in January. Grown and flowering so put into the rockery as it is only about 6" tall.

Planted Nov 2010 and a delightful plant it is too. A rich deep red. Planted in the side drive border.

A pretty frilled flower.

A lovely deep red double tulip.

Planted through out the border in front of dining room.

Not sure about this when I was given them for my birthday. But I really like them. They are going to go in the n...

a variegated leaf form with a green and white flower. reduced to 50p a pot. Plant Smart Sunderland.

A species tulip that is a delicate shade of lilac. In pots now but will go into the garden when they have finish...

A bicolour early flowering short tulip. Packs given to me in the autumn. will put these into the hot border in t...

Bought these at our local HPS and they are lovely. in the rockery as only about 6-9" tall.

a pretty little tulip that has 3 red tepals and 3 inner yellow tepals.

a pretty pale pink flower.

a mothers day gift many years ago . down to 3 bulbs and first time in 3 years that they have flowered.

A nice short early flowering tulip. an unusual pink .

A birthday present 3 yrs ago. Still doing well and flowering again.

first proper species tulip that I have attempted to grow. I have been delighted with it.

A shady lady with yellow flowers.
planted in the shady bit down the side drive.

Got for £1 from the plant sa...

A evergreen ground cover plant that has a flower similar to an epimedium.
Bought for £4 from a stall at the Har...

A greyish leaf form that should be a lovely contrast to the blue flowers. from the rare plant fair 10.4.16 for £4.

grown from seed in 2000. have never sown any since but i am never without it. often transplant to places where i...

a less well known and grown verbena. smaller than V bonariensis but the same shade of purple. grown together. th...

growing well in the only fully sunny bit of the garden.

originally I bought this for my brothers birthday a couple of years ago. As is his wont, he is revamping the gar...

Bought 1.6.11 in Sunderland for £2.89 from homebase. Hopefully will thrive in the front border.

bought 1.6.11 from homebase for 2.89. planted in front border.

these pink shades were grown from seed. and flowered in their second year.

alpine in the rockery £1.50 Beverley market.

originally given a piece from an elderly neighbour as a welcome to the village 1986. it has moved house with us ...

A happy shrub except for the little caterpillars that are eating the leaves, hence the many holes in the foliage.

A large shrub now with 'shothole'. It will be heavily pruned this year and if it survives good if not ...

A bicoloured vinca. a gift from Spritzhenry august 2013.

can be a bit of a thug but it is good ground cover.

I have an all green blue flowered one and the variegated white flowered one. both in moderate shade doing a gran...

A gift from Sprit in 2012 and doing well under the yew tree in the side drive bed.

There are many that have been bought or grown from seed, but many are allowed to self seed and i get some lovely...

Viola 'Miracle Pink' a pretty little violet. Bought from Reighton 14.4.10 50p a pot. 2 have gone in th...

at 50p a pot [Reighton again] I couldnt resist. these will go in to shady beds and I'll let them mingle wit...

I have a very soft spot for this pretty little flower. I lost 'her' a few years ago and was delighted ...

scented but not very strongly. Loved the mauve keel to this otherwise white flower. Intend to plant them around ...

given to me by Lenore early spring 2022. Sadly Lenore died in March 22.

this lovely yellow Viola is flowering...

this was in the garden when we moved in. i like the delicate pink of this one. it is in the shed border next to ...

Bought on an impulse as I loved the colour and form. Dec 2012. Coming into flower May 2013.

given a layered cutting off a flowering plant. never flowered. thought it had died in 2006 but re-emerged 2009.

a hardy evergreen fern with an ultimate size of 5-6ft by 3-4ft wide. back of Shed border to the side of V.tinus....

Bought from Kevock garden plants. should have blue flowers.

known as night phlox. it opens in the evening and the scent is heavenly. reminds me of the smell of lemon sherbe...

Bought for its beautiful orange tubular flowers. classed as a subshrub, so it will be interesting to see if it s...