I am a gardening ignoramus. I know nothing about plants at all. And now I am (jointly) in charge of an old-fashioned garden with proper herbaceous borders filled with pretty flowers that are coming out in an impressively sequential manner. I don’t know what any of them are and I think it might be good to know. At least if I know their names I might feel like I was vaguely in charge.
So here are some pictures of some of the current garden beauties. If you can tell me what they are I’d be very happy.
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- This shrub has pretty white flowers
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- Lots of gorgeous stuff here. I’d love to know what it all is.
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- I like these pointy flowers, but I’m sure that’s not the proper name for them.
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- Gorgeous purple. What are they?
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- Pretty pink flowers. Also nameless in the Vicarage.
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- I’m really hoping these are strawberries. But the flowers are pink.
The Vicar's Wife 
I try my very hardest never to shop at WH Smith’s as they seem to sell all manner of noxious things — and when I have complained, I have been told that the company mandates not only what is sold but where it is placed. My favourite newsagent — not part of a chain — is one whose supplier forced him to take various noxious magasines. This appears to be common practice. He duly stored them underneath his till counter and returned them, unsold, week after week. I believe that eventually the suppliers stopped sending them. Resistance is possible . . . if people are prepared to undertake it.
Hello Another Vicar’s Wife and welcome to my Vicarage. I’m a bit depressed that Smiths seem to be so rubbish. Their shop is one of the most attractive in my high street. Perhaps I should write and tell them of my concerns. Seems like power lies with the wholesalers rather than the retailers though.
top bush is Choisia Sundance – we’ve had this in 3 of our gardens
2 down is some sort of geranium..
Our vicarage garden has no flower borders, just shrubs around a lawn, but a nice veg plot is developing. I hope it will do better next year as the soil fertility improves, but already peas, beans and broccoli are growing well…
Thanks Chris. We have a gooseberry bush but I want lots more food from the garden next year.
Left it too late to plant fruit bushes this year, but hope to grow blackcurrants, raspberries and thornless blackcurrants bext year – if I plant them this autumn.
Great excitement this evening – after what feels like months, I think the courgette seed leaves are pushing through! Not too little sun where I planted them after all!
Loved the children singing playground rhymes teh other week!
Glad you liked the rhymes Chris. There are lots more to come! Our gooseberry bush was already here. This year is the discovery year. Hopefully we’ll do planting next year. I love homegrown veg, but am not much of a gardener, as you can see 🙂
Hello! The vicarage garden certianly has some lovely flowers, I have not been in the garden for a while now. The second picture is Love in the mist, the fourth picture with those lovely purple flowers is geranium and the last picture is called a strawberry plant. Hope this helps and that they are right! 🙂
Hello Becky and welcome to the vicarage. Is it the white flowers in that pic that is Love in the Mist? There have been a few votes from others for geranium and strawberries, so I think those must be right. Thank you for helping me.
I think I had love in the mist in my wedding bouquet. Which makes me think you should send photos to Auntie P who knows her flowers and maybe put you right on the ones you don’t know.
By the way, Uncle Trainspotters mum gave me some tomato plants. I have a cluster of baby tomatoes growing now, all very exciting!