tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post1898175999743496280..comments2024-03-29T05:26:30.522+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Garden gate.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-41701572551388586462021-06-30T07:14:31.113+01:002021-06-30T07:14:31.113+01:00We moved here this year, and the previous owner wa...We moved here this year, and the previous owner was into low maintenance gardening. Some shrubby type plantings, pots of Sage and a couple of roses in pots. In come I, and it's all change as I love old fashioned roses, clematis, and am a cottage gardener. It's a work in progress but is panning out nicely.<br /><br />Your tower and plantings look lovely. Soft coloured brick is a good background for a garden.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65994071096879222952021-06-29T14:00:55.479+01:002021-06-29T14:00:55.479+01:00I love 'jungley' greenery; the more the be...I love 'jungley' greenery; the more the better. It's a matter of keeping it under control. There are some nice flowers to come against the tower; mostly Hibiscus.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1166344987470604802021-06-29T13:55:00.153+01:002021-06-29T13:55:00.153+01:00I love your tower with the climbing plants. Makes ...I love your tower with the climbing plants. Makes a very pleasing picture.<br />Fortunately our front garden already had roses, geraniums and lemon trees. I just encourage as much greenery as possible.<br />Flower gardens are not a thing here. But pots of basil and geraniums and trailing bougainvillias in mid summer are delightfullocal alienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586011850451326646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65310244081108611092021-06-29T12:04:34.419+01:002021-06-29T12:04:34.419+01:00I'm a classic 'learn by mistakes' pers...I'm a classic 'learn by mistakes' person. I plant, pull up, plant again, etc. A garden is never finished.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70889234401423039882021-06-29T11:41:00.671+01:002021-06-29T11:41:00.671+01:00I agree Cro - doesn't happen overnight - you c...I agree Cro - doesn't happen overnight - you can plant, learn by a mistake and move the mistake, maybe (but not in your lifetime) someone in the future will say -'a perfect garden' - I'm trying but not there yet by a long chalk.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10817266905165811642021-06-29T10:24:35.199+01:002021-06-29T10:24:35.199+01:00A NZ friend of mine once said that it was very eas...A NZ friend of mine once said that it was very easy to achieve that perfect English lawn. You find a flat area, sow it with grass seed, then mow for 200 years.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7269867003237273782021-06-29T09:58:49.003+01:002021-06-29T09:58:49.003+01:00You are right about age adding beauty to gardens -...You are right about age adding beauty to gardens - season by season, decade by decade.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71257631279794244412021-06-29T09:48:17.078+01:002021-06-29T09:48:17.078+01:00There is no reason why any Aussie would want an En...There is no reason why any Aussie would want an English style garden; much as no Englishman would want an Aussie style garden.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55268981385761672812021-06-29T09:32:37.798+01:002021-06-29T09:32:37.798+01:00More, but people here want strappy leaved gardens ...More, but people here want strappy leaved gardens in their own homes now, not English style gardens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42847774999270312122021-06-29T09:31:11.161+01:002021-06-29T09:31:11.161+01:00Kind of you to create a garden that will be at its...Kind of you to create a garden that will be at its best after you have gone. Our English style gardens aren't bad but are somewhat restricted by the occasional killer hot days. At least our winter is cold enough here for English garden plants to flourish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-62321528812509721162021-06-29T09:25:48.103+01:002021-06-29T09:25:48.103+01:00Inheriting an established garden is ideal. Here we...Inheriting an established garden is ideal. Here we had neither a house, nor a garden; just a tiny ruin and a field. It's not the world's best garden (I know nothing of flowers), but it's pleasant enough.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91293038221366585962021-06-29T09:01:37.206+01:002021-06-29T09:01:37.206+01:00I imagine the wind prohibits the growth of certain...I imagine the wind prohibits the growth of certain trees. I remember someone at college moving to one of the Scottish islands, then returning down South to visit the Forestry Commission to see if they could advise about tree planting. They weren't much help.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6053124658139993092021-06-29T08:59:48.125+01:002021-06-29T08:59:48.125+01:00We were fortunate that when we moved into our last...We were fortunate that when we moved into our last house thirty years ago the gardens were well established and just developed with a little nudge here and there.<br />I am not sure what we shall have in our next home, especially as I doubt we will be around for another thirty years to develop a thing of beauty!JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-61530123148059103832021-06-29T08:07:05.519+01:002021-06-29T08:07:05.519+01:00Most of us have constraints of one sort or another...Most of us have constraints of one sort or another that has a significant effect on the garden design. My constraints are diverse: a desire not to eliminate the fabulous view of the sea and the Mainland mountains and the other is the wind which can be both exceptionally strong and bitterly cold.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com