This Week in an English Country Garden

Mid-May is one of the most wonderful months in the English Garden calendar. Join us for a look around this English Farm garden in Norfolk England on a beautiful summer early morning garden tour.

[@tinahiggins5789]

Beautiful

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you ☺️ very kind of you to say

[@meerkat783]

After roses Peonies are flower perfection. Please show us when they bloom.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

It won’t be long know the Peonies are budding up wonderfully

[@Elle.Smith.]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you! 😊

[@MultimediaIreland]

I'd love to try those daisies, but I dare not in my clayey loam soil, they'd flop all over the place with the lightest shower.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

We used to have a garden on very heavy clay and the daisies still grew there . You can always add some compost and grit to the borders to improve drainage and add nutrients

[@MultimediaIreland]

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 It's the fertility, it's too fertile on clayey loam here, they grow too much then flop over, the sandy soil is perfect as it's nutrient deficient, which is perfect for most wildflowers. Red poppies grow to about 4ft then fall over in my soil, same with cornflowers, and wildflowers. Noticed those pots tho, think I might try that with the daisies.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Yes wildflowers like poor soil which is probably why they grow so well for us we are on a light sandy soil . Ours have done incredibly well in the plant pots they just self seeded in there and we let them . The pots had been used for spring bulbs so the compost was probably not nutrient rich

[@lakelizard8145]

Doing quite well. 😊

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you the warm sunny ☀️ weather this week has made all the difference

[@amyjones2490]

Camassia and Fritillary can take flooding.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you that’s good to know

[@katyroseable]

Your garden is so peaceful, absolutely gorgeous.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed seeing it

[@donaldthomson9411]

Love the irises.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you they are one of our favourites we’ve been collecting them for years . We’ve decided to put a new iris bed in as we acquired a new variety of iris yesterday

[@kathleenwilliamson174]

So very beautiful! The space is much happier as a garden than as a pool. How do you propagate your geraniums? Seed, divide, or root cuttings? This year, my iris has bloomed better than they ever have. With some, I'd forgotten about. My catmint that I divided last year has exploded with growth also, and are bigger than before.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

It’s a wonderful year the mild winter, wet spring and now the sunshine means everything is looking wonderful in garden. It sounds like you are having lots of success to Kathleen . We propagate the hardy geraniums by splitting them in spring . Lots of them also seem to self seed .

[@kathleenwilliamson174]

I believe we both are having successes! Thank you for the propagating tip!

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

You’re very welcome we lost a few catmints and lavenders this year as part of the garden flooded . I’ve replanted the bit that floods with purple loosestrife which tolerates wet