Well, it’s good news and bad news with my geraniums that I grew from seed.
After planting two lots and being so encouraged by all my little seedling babies, only one lot went on to become healthy, thriving plants.
It’s knocked my confidence a little, as I still have no idea what I did wrong with the other lot!
Anyway – the back garden is looking beautiful.
It’s been so well planted that at each point in the year, another shrub bursts into glorious colour.
I don’t know what anything is and at some point I do plan to make some sort of garden scrapbook to actually identify things and work out what they like, but for now, I’m feeling lucky that things seem to be thriving without too much tending from me.
I did need to saw a broken branch off one of the trees which was a shame, but it had sadly torn in the high winds we get here. It’s dumped by the shed for now, while I work out whether I want to try and make some sort of decor out of it.
The front is nicely planted too in that it’s very low maintenance.
The side bed with the daisies in is prone to weeds, but the front bed is so well covered, the weeds don’t stand a chance – my kind of garden!
And here’s my very favourite bit, the reason I planted those geranium seeds in the first place.
Everything is crossed that at some point soon, these pink planters by the front door will soon be ablaze with bright pink blooms (a blatant attempt to impress my neighbours who, being mostly retired farmers, are all *excellent* gardeners!)
Wish me luck, gang!
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