Our Garden - July 2016
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astrantia

These lovely astrantia come up without fail every year and look lovely with the sunshine on them.

There are also plenty of other flowers round the garden that are purple / white colours.

astro
acanthus
erigeron

lavender

The lavender seems to be thriving in its new home, albeit that many of the plants are still in their pots.

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lily

Only one of the two pots of lilies has flowered this year. No idea why - just one of those things perhaps.

yellow flowers
kerria
clematis

food

The food beds are thriving and we are enjoying the fruits of my labour with lots of fresh veg for lunch etc.

veg

The new hydrangeas are doing well in their pots. The pelargonium on the right is one of a new batch of flowers to replace the nicotiana that were devoured by the slugs - nasty, slimy pests.
hydra
hydra
pelargonium
poppy

poppy

I love poppies. Some of the poppies in the garden are the usual field poppies and some more fancy.

pigs

The pigs are apparently a good place to sit.

squirrel

pigeon

Some birds prefer the warm stone of the patio.

lambs

This lovely fluffy plant is still in the "wrong" bed because I haven't moved it! It should be in the bed on the right really.

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I'm not saying our friendly vixen is relaxed with me or anything but ....
fox
fox

fox

The magpies have worked out Fox + Shirley = food.

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hebe

The purple hebe is doing well this year.

hebe

The white hebe isn't in full flower yet but there are a lot of flowers to come.

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silver birch

petunia

We've finally given in and netted the pond to try and stop the heron attacking our fish. The sections can be lifted off if we have human visitors! The gaps at the curves are to make sure the frogs can still get in and out.

pond

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daisy

These little daisy flowers pop up year after year as well.

heuchera

The heuchera bed is full of colour

rose
The roses are still in full flower and providing lots of colour around the garden.
rose
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geranium

These pretty little things are all around the garden.

yellow flowers

Another plant that flowers year on year, as does the Lady's Mantle on the right.

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rose
rose
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greenhouse

The tomato plants are growing well - no tomatoes yet though.

calendula

These lovely calendula are doing really well. There are several different types of heads but this is one of my favourites.

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gazania

The gazanias are in the same beds as the calendula. I've bought some tagetes to fill in some of the gaps created by the slugs eating the marigolds!

That's it for this month,

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