Borders

I almost have all the photos now in the 2012 Scavenger Hunt, just 2 to go now.

Number 3 - A border

I saw this pretty border when walking around Wells last week.

Photohunt - Pink

Today's theme for Photohunt is Pink. A pink flower from my garden:

Visit TNChick the host of Photohunt to see other Photohunters.

Photohunt - Wild

Photohunt this week is WILD.

These flowers are WILD.

Happy hunting! Enjoy the weekend!

Oriental Poppies

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These oriental poppies have been a wonderful sight in the garden for the last couple of weeks.

Unfortunately they have been battered by the wind and rain.

Mystery flower - now solved

I have found out the name of the flowers that I didn't know. Lorraine at Living in a Box is growing them and has photos on her site, they are a different colour than mine but definately the same flower. The name of them is Mimulas, also called Monkey Flower or Musk. Thanks Lorraine!

Roadside flowers

I came across these beautiful flowers planted along the roadside, miles from anywhere on the Mendip Hills, I hope whoever planted them knows what joy they are bringing to the this small part of the world.

Flowers

My garden is fluourishing, I am still waiting to see what pops up, the previous owner of the house was a keen gardener so the garden is quite established.

Spanish Bluebell, this is one of my favourite flowers and I brought quite a few with me from my previous garden, I have left them in pots and will plant the bulbs in the autumn. It is related to the English Bluebell which are a protected species now, a woodland full of bluebells is a beautiful site.

Pulmonaria - which I brought with me, I only brought one pot as it spreads quite a lot.

This is a beautiful shrub - but I don't know the name! It had orange berries in the winter, if anyone can tell me what it is called I would be really pleased.

Visit to Kingston Lacey

Some friends and I visited Kingston Lacey at the weekend. It is near Wimborne in Dorset. The house and garden are set in 250 acres of wooded parkland. After eating our lunch in the sunshine,we went on one of the woodland walks which took us past the Japanese Garden, quarry garden and Cedar walk. The weather was sunny and warm, it was so enjoyable walking in the sunshine. In February there is a beautiful display of snowdrops, I would love to go back next year and see them.

The house is 17th century house designed by Sir Robert Pratt for Sir Ralph Bankes to replace his ruined family seat at Corfe Castle; it contains a collection of Old Master paintings with works by Van Dyck, Titian and Brueghel collected by William Bankes, there is also an exhibition of Egyptian artefacts from 3,000BC.

I hope you enjoy the photos.

Kingston Lacey House

This is the fernery, a few weeks ago this would
have been a beautiful drift of snowdrops.

Lady's Walk

Japanese Tea Garden was originally built during the
Edwardian era and has been recently rebuilt.

Part of the Woodland Walk

Camelias

Kingston Lacey house from the Cedar Walk

Garden photos

In between the rainshowers yesterday, I mananged to take some photos in the garden. The border on the right side is looking pretty. It is interesting to see what is coming up.