I have 4 gardens around my home, the previous owner was an avid gardener so I suppose I fell into gardening to keep up with what she had started. Over the past 15yrs I've turned it into my idea of an english cottage garden, predominately pinks, purples and reds.
I really like my gardens but very hard for me to maintain as I have an autistic son who needs my care. My husband helps to maintain it during the summer, some of the plants are quite good on their own, but unfortunately in the north garden, there is a locus tree we had cut down, but the roots are unfortunately sending out runners... I haven't time to figure how to deal with it.
East garden (sunny): a variety of dwarf conifers and larger conifers, peach tree, hydrangea, english roses, japanese maples, a small rhododendrum to be planted, mature yew bush and a bayberry bush
West garden (shady): irises, hostas, baby lavender (not doing too well in the shady area), bayberry bush, old hybrid rose climber
South garden (smaller): tulips, irises, dwarf conifer, chrysanthemums (just coming out again), small boxwood to be planted
North garden (hardest to maintain): a number of vintage roses, a rose rambler, english roses by David Austen, apple tree (our groundhog loves apples), rose of sharon tree, eden rose climber (it's big but overrun on the wall now), daylilies (these I want removed, the orange is a bit harsh), and dwarf conifers.
Here are a few shots of my North garden roses... I don't want them hijacked I'm sure you understand, so they are small format... sorry! I have to find pics of my gardens that do not show my house!
