Tomato!The tomato plants I got free from work are doing well. This one already has fruit on it though it isn't very tall. I have no idea what variety of tomato I have as the plants were freebies. Does anyone else love the smell of tomato plants? I do! I love pinching out the side shoots too.
Window box growing well! My nasturtiams and ivies are growing well. I have both upright and trailing "nasties" and they are filling the box out very well indeed.
The acer is looking much happier!
I don't know what it was I did but it's putting out lots of lovely fresh new leaves and seems much healthier. Those leaves are such a pretty and delicate shade of pale green.
Geranium in bloom...
Looking a little battered by our recent heavy rain but still pretty. I'm very fond of geraniums.
Bottlebrush plant
I don't know the official name for this but I do love it. It was an impulse buy from a DIY store and was quite expensive but it's given me so much pleasure. I've not had a huge amount of success photographing it especially as it blows around so much in the slightest breeze.
It's been a strange week for weather. The first couple of days were very hot and sunny then Wednesday evening the rains came. Much of the country has been flooded but despite our garage floor being awash otherwise we've escaped fairly lightly. The garden seems to have really sucked up all the rain.
Happy Green Thumb Sunday everyone!
My dear friend A from California gave me this lovely plaque for my garden when she and her fsmily came to stay with us two years ago. I really treasure it. It's now under four weeks until we fly out to the US to see her again :)
Nasturtiams are blooming! My Ikea box has really come on in the last week and I was thrilled to see some blooms appearing.
This metal bucket has really turned out well. The geranium is flowering beautifully and its leaves are so pretty. I also like the dark grass in the neighbouring pot. Just peeking out from behind the pots you can see a clump of stray lobelia that self-seeded itself from last year. It's a beautiful deep blue. There is another by the back door but my photo of it came out too blurred to post :(
My curry plant is blooming. I love the smell of it especially after the rain. We have certainly had lots of rain this week. It's been quite warm too so everything is growing like mad. Sadly that means the weeds too! My next door neighbour on one side is elderly and has more or less given up on her garden and it's full of weeds that seed themselves merrily in our garden. I am plagued with those mares tails weeds that are almost impossible to eradicate. Apparently their roots can go down 7 feet! I am dreading our return from the US as I know the weeds will be rampant all over the garden.
I will sign off with another picture of a nasturtiam. I hope everyone has a wonderful gardening Sunday and that the weather where YOU are is better than it is in gloomy old England right now!!!
