With such a nice and warm afternoon I managed to spend some time in the garden just having a walk around with the camera on hand. Sun and damp soil from previous rainy days does lead to an explosion in growth!
It's only a quick and rather impromptu tour of the garden but hopefully you have enjoyed it. No doubt more photos to follow in the next few days! :)
Gaz
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| Still in the process of arranging the pots on the patio... |
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| The Trachycarpus in the centre was a very small plant when it went in the ground 7 years ago, it has taken off in the the last year or so, and still has many leaves down to the ground. |
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| View down the long garden path |
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| Schefflera aff. chapana |
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| The canopy has started to fill in quite nicely along this pathway. |
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| Aesculus parviflora |
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| Ground cover plants finally filling the space and covering the ground in many parts of the garden. |
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| Mixed planting in front of the jungle hut |
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| Fatsia japonica 'Spiders Web' has loved the wet weather this year and really done well. |
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| View across the existing pond (hidden by foliage) |
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| Astilboides tabularis the leaves are bigger than we have had before, it has loved having much damper soil this year with all the rain, despite the hose pipe ban. |
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| The fernery |
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| Small frog pond in the foreground is home to several breeding frogs again this year. |
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| Tetrapanax papyrifera 'Rex' |
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| Cyphomandra corymbiflora, the hardy tree tomato. This has proved a reliable plant in our garden. |
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| Fatsia japonica 'Annelise' |
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| Aralia elata 'Variegata' |
Gaz
This gardening blog follows our journey as we create our Tropical and Exotic themed garden. We hope you'll enjoy the journey as much as we do. We started our Exotic Garden in 2005 and this site will show its development, as well as our travels, both abroad and within the UK to gardens, nurseries and friends.
