A photo of my front garden from the window. The flowers on the foreground are from our window box. #FlowersOnFriday 🌼🌷🌺

Yes, I know I've been posting about this fab Clematis 'Emerald Green' for the past few weeks, but it's literally - blooming amazing. #ClematisThursday 🌺

A magical mix for #MagentaMonday 😊

I don't know what it was about the light during the sudden hail storm we had this evening, but our Acer 'Deshojo' looked incredible. Photo does not do it justice.

I've given the front garden an upgrade. I've replaced an old, woody, and overgrown Lavender 'Munstead' hedge with the less invasive 'Hidcote' variety. I've underplanted this with Geums, grasses, Potentilla, Polemonium, Osteospurmums, and more geraniums than you can shake a stick at! #FlowersOnFriday

Epic doesn't do this justice. I knew this was going to be spectacular when I bought it. Clematis 'Emerald Green' now in full flower 🤩🥳🎉 #ClematisThursday

I'm giving the front border a planting makeover. I've removed the old, very woody lavender hedge. There's a smaller hedge on the way, but while it's growing, I've added some intermediary plants for an immediate wow factor.

Lots of lovely leaf textures for this week's #SixOnSaturday 🍁🌿🍂🍃😊

🎵 Red and yellow And pink and green Orange and purple And blue 🎶 #FlowersOnFriday 🌺

I'm so glad I made this impulse buy. Clematis 'Emerald Green' now becoming a carpet of flowers (if you can call it a carpet when they're having vertically on your green wall). #ClematisThursday 💚

Happy #RoseWednesday 🌹 Thought I'd share a few rose photos from last year 😊

Something has been in the works for a while. A completely rebuilt website. New structure, new content, new design. To get it right I went to the other side of the world and worked with Studio1 Design in Melbourne, Australia. Launching in a week or two. More soon.

The flowers are popping. Still early days yet for this wonderful ground-cover Clematis but it's looking good already. It's adorning my green walls and cascading down in a swathe of flowers. It will be spectacular in a week or two 🤞

Continuing red theme for #SixOnSaturday. I'm rather loving the deep reds and burgundies in the garden 🌺🌹❤️

I'm a bit late to #FlowersOnFriday this week. I thought I'd do a monoculture special as this fabulous Erysimum 'Blood Red' is to die for! 🤩🌺

Happy #ClematisThursday 😊 Things are still mostly in the buds of potential phase, but I am seeing signs of life from these wonderful Clematis 'Emerald Dream' flowers now adorning my green wall. It's a low growing specimen normally used as ground cover.

The front garden coming into its own 🌷 #TulipTuesday

King Crimson! My fabulous Camelia 'Doctor King' is flowering again 🥳 It didn't flower last year or the year before, and even now, it's only managed 4 buds But what is flowering is magnificent!

A colourful mix for #SevenOnSunday (with some glorious green Heuchera leaves for contrast).

I have a confession to make. For the past three years, I've hardly done any gardening 😱 The reasons: 1. Getting my business off the ground. 2. Caring for Mum & Dad in their final years and then coping with their loss. But this year, the garden spark is back, and I'm in my element gardening again 👍😊

The tulips are really coming into their own now🌹

Got to admit, the Spring window boxes are looking pretty good this year 😊 #FlowersOnFriday

It was a bit of an impulse buy this morning, but I couldn't resist. This is a fabulous trailing Clematis called 'Emerald Dream'. Should really be used as ground cover, but I'm going to add them to my green walls. #ClematisThursday

Buds of potential - there may be flowers next week! #ClematisThursday

First tulip of the year, and annoyingly one day too late for #TulipTuesday 🤷‍♂️😂

"Spring is sprung, The sun is ris', I wonder where the birdies is?" Happy #FirstDayOfSpring 😊

Not long now, until this beauty is back. The fabulous Rose 'Lady Penelope' 🌹 #RoseWednesday

Morning all 👋 It looks like it's going to be another OK day today. Cloudy with a hint of sunshine, but at least no incessant rain. This lovely beauty is Rosa 'New Dawn' 🌹 #RoseWednesday

I replanted the window boxes and the planter in the front garden. A mix of primroses, Bellis daisies, pansies (not flowering yet), plus Ranunculus bulbs. Central to each bed is a specimen of Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' to add structure and interest 🌺🌸🌷🌼🌻

Today is the first day of Meteorological Spring (true spring - the equinox isn't until March 20th). To celebrate, here's a shot of one of my lovely Scilla siberica bulbs in flower. As they say... "I've got Squills, they're multiplyin'" I'll get my coat 🤣

I've been shopping 😊 Got some smashing Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' specimens, plus a nice set of Ranunculus bulbs. Young Tilly, on the other hand, didn't seem too impressed 🐈‍⬛️🤣

This is me attempting to photograph the garden in the very heavy rain with the flash on. It's absolutely bucketing it down here 💦🌧

A beautiful rose was taken from a visit to David Austin Roses last year. Slightly unsure of the variety but hedging a guess at "Princess Alexandra of Kent". #RoseWednesday

'Double Ellen Red', an absolute stonker of a Hellebore, now flowering in the garden 🌺😊 #FlowersOnFriday

It's been quite a while since I've posted on this platform. Here's a beautiful rose I photographed at the David Austin Rose's nursery: The Poet's Wife. Happy #RoseWednesday 🌹

I haven't posted for a bit. Here's a blast from the past. The beautiful 'Golden Wedding' when it last flowered at my late Mum and Dad's house. #RoseWednesday 🌹

Isn't she the cutest? Also, the most mischievous. Little Tuppence decided she'd help daddy in the garden by climbing up his Acer 🐈‍⬛️😂 #CatsOfBluesky

Hi everyone 👋 I haven't posted for a wee while. Very busy on the work front. Also it been too wet to garden. Doing a bit of Autumnal tidying up today with the "help" of my two feline companions Tilly (R) and Tuppence (L) 😊

I thought I'd share another shot from my trip to David Austin Roses last week for #RoseWednesday. It's a fabulous place, well worth the visit 😊🌹

What. A. Day. 🌹 Never have I enjoyed walking in the wet more. Superb visit to David Austin Roses. It was VIP treatment all the way. Tours of the selection and breeding beds, the precision sorting and packing process, plus a guided walk around the awesome rose garden. Wowzers! 🥳 #RoseWednesday

The King's Rose. Looking beautiful in bloom at David Austin Roses. #RoseWednesday

Tomorrow's #RoseWednesday from me might be a bit special 🌹 I'm off to visit David Austin Roses - a day organised by the Society of Garden and Landscape Designers. We even get to visit the late David Austin snr's private rose garden. Expect the odd post or two 😊

How fab is this photo from @citymousegarden.bsky.social? One for #ClematisThursday 😊

Mugging up for next year 😊 This is quite a brilliant little book. One from my late Dad's collection. I think it's out of print now, but full of useful tidbits. A *very* belated #ClematisThursday @joyf.bsky.social

Well, lookee here! Popped out in perfect timing for #ClematisThursday. @joyf.bsky.social 👋

Well, well, well! I wasn't expecting this. A gorgeous late season bloom from Clematis 'Mme Julia Correvon' 😍 @joyf.bsky.social

Oh boy! First proper clip from Spinal Tap 2 A "proper" version of Stonehenge (with Elton John on piano). It's actually a really fabulous tune www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WWT... Brilliant stuff @mdarlo.bsky.social @rebex.bsky.social

Sneaking in under the wire for a belated #ClematisThursday and a first #PrettyPurpleThursday post 💜😊 @joyf.bsky.social

For all you Beatles fans out there, this is a real gem. Part of the early White Album recordings. George gave this away to another artist. Lovingly remastered with John, George, Paul, Ringo and Eric Clapton doing their thing. @mdarlo.bsky.social @rebex.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WHy...

Whoops, I nearly forgot that it's #ClematisThursday 🤦‍♂️😂 @joyf.bsky.social