After last years videos I have been waiting for this years offerings, and here is the first uploaded a short time ago 🙂
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Better Late than Never!
I’m a few days late sharing this one but I delighted to see that I had a display put together for my birthday 🙂
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Thank you Nekotoban 🙂
Accent ID… Again!
I know I said I was done with getting plants identified by you lot, and technically I am as this one isn’t mine 🙂
Spotted this at my friend Stephens house the other day and really liked it. Any ideas?
I could just see this in a nice mixed planting next year.
Valavanis Blog
As an avid blogger, I also look for other good blogs to follow. Plenty listed on my sidebar to the right.
Andy, from Canada did me the courtesy of messaging me and linking me to William Valavanis’s new blog. Cheers Andy. As you would expect, it’s a great read. Just click on the image below to pay a visit.
Stephen’s Raft Maple
Leaf size coming down nicely after another defoliation this year. Pictured front and back.
Stormont Estate
I took a short walk around part of the Stormont Estate this morning in Belfast. This is the home of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Some great views, a bit of history and lovely gardens.
Storm In a Teacup Bistro
Sight seeing in Belfast
Getting our bearings
Planters
Parliament Buildings
Front and centre
Allie reading up on her History
Driveway
Carson
Signing of the Covenant
From the roof photo
Interesting point about tree planting
Who is Carson?
Statue on top of Parliament
Happy Stroll
Statue donated by Coventry, same statue also in places named on stones
Leafy paths everywhere
Smell the Roses, ‘Governors House’
‘Blue Moon’
Sunflower with radial bees
Cotoneaster Tweaked a Little
Flowers on my Birthday
Another year gone 😦 so I thought I’d add a flowering Spirea to brighten things up. Not one but two.
Kusamono display
Love this one.
Japanese Black Pine
This Japanese Black Pine given to me by a friend has always been a bit of an experiment to see how far I can get it to back bud on leggy branches. This year I have decided to actually place a few branches to start building a structure. A long way to go, but fun to be had in the process.
This is it before and after wiring. A few branches removed.
Bonsai Eejit 