Mid May, and the greenhouse is full.

  • It has been a busy year for seed sowing.
  • Full.
  • No sunny garden should be without Tithonia.
  • Dahlias, Florist dill and countless seedlings fill my green house.

Before all the seed sown plants are eventually planted out, they need hardening off. I initially start this process by putting the young plants out in the day time, and back in the greenhouse on an evening, which slowly acclimatizes them to being outside permanently . After around a week of doing this, they will then just sit permanently outside, whilst I work out where to plant them.

  • Sanguisorbia and Echiums hardening off
  • Veronicastrum , and broad beans hardening off in the background – an interesting planting mix ? Yes, I am running out of space

Our garden is already really quite full , I seriously need to consider extending the planting beds. There are vast amounts of young flower and veg plants waiting to find an appropriate planting space.

  • Geum Totally Tangerine
  • Tulip Slawa
  • Its quite full already !

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I truly had no idea, it was raining quite this heavily, and was caught in a downpour last week whilst planting out this beautiful garden, which had been designed by Jack and Laura Willgoss from http://www.wildegoosenursery.co.uk

It will be fascinating watching the perennials and ornamental grasses mature over the next couple of years.

And finally, for this mid May blog, I wanted to share an image or three of Tulipa clusiana Peppermint Stick. What a perfect colour match with my work dress. This really is a stunning cerise pink and white perennial Tulip.

I hope you are enjoying your May gardens. I wonder if you have found a tulip ( or any flower ) colour match like me ?