[Budget baby]

For all of you over in the cold

 

[PrincipePio]

Wow! You are in full bloom! I'll bet your budgies are loving it. We're not as bad as most here in Madrid, but because heating is never kept on at night, Sammy's got his little heating pad in case he needs it.

 

[Budget baby]

Yes the weather here is nice at the moment, but we have had really bad fires burning out of control they sent relief fire fighters over here from over Eastern states of Australia.:budgie:

 

[jrook]

Lovely yard!! Looks like you've put in lots and lots of hours.. very pretty.. Nice place to relax.

 

[despoinaki]

I am dreaming of a garden like this... to make it in a few months here! Now it's snowing here! Lovely photos and colours, I love it! Thanks for sharing Cathy!!

 

[aluz]

Wow, you have a really beautiful garden, Cathy!

 

[Bethanyi]

Now that's just cruel! Stuck in the whiplash of british weather and you basking in all the Rays and beautiful flowers! Can I come over?

 

[Budget baby]

Thank you all, I do like being out and about in the yard, this year I intend to catch up on a lot of jobs I haven't had the time to do now I am not working .

 

[Budgiekeet]

Great looking home . I could see myself sitting in the colors and sipping a nice red wine watching the roos go by .

 

[Kate C]

A very lovely garden Cathy. Is that a standard Iceberg Rose in the middle of the bed in the last picture?

 

[nuxi]

That's a beautiful garden,Cathy! Thanks for sharing the photos!

 

[Budget baby]

Yes it is Kate, I have a few roses they are one of my favourite flowers I tend to like perfumed flowers, I have a lot of gardenia's lavender and many more perfumed varieties.:budgie:

 

[Cody]

Looks lovely, much better than the 20 inches of snow we got last week.

 

[FaeryBee]

Awww, Cathy

How nice that you've posted some photos of your beautiful garden! :hug:

The one of the tulips is simply breathtaking -- absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Kate C]

I tend to like perfumed flowers too Cathy. I used to propogate roses so I had many varieties, all perfumed. I only have 2 at the moment, Vision (the Fred Hollows rose), I know the guy that developed this rose, he is a bird breeder, it is similar to Iceberg. And Crepuscule, mine is a weeping standard but it is a climbing rose and flowers pretty much every month of the year and is an evergreen. It is apricot in colour and very fragrant. It is a very old variety of rose.

The other main flowering plant that I have is Datura Grand Marnier or Angels Trumpets. It is also Apricot in colour and very fragrant. Attracts lots of bees. Super easy to propogate. I also have a Rubinia Pseudoacacia Frisia or Golden Rubinia, beautiful lime green leaves and flowers around November with extremely fragrant white flowers that look a little like Wisteria flowers. In the Autumn the leaves go even more golden before they drop. I also have a lavender.

I love Gardenias and also Daphne. Now I have some room I may try to plant one of each. My soil is perfect for both Gardenia's and Daphne and I have the perfect semi shaded spot for them.

 

[Mikey Did It]

Those pictures are beautiful Cathy. You are a very gifted 'landscape artist' for sure!!!! I would love to sit in your garden and contemplate the colors in real life. I'll try to arrive just as Rick opens that first bottle of red. LOL

 

[Budget baby]

Those pictures are beautiful Cathy. You are a very gifted 'landscape artist' for sure!!!! I would love to sit in your garden and contemplate the colors in real life. I'll try to arrive just as Rick opens that first bottle of red. LOL

You are all welcome any time , I might have to organise a TB garden party for all to come