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DeborahBanks

Trying to transform a new bare garden in windy, coastal Cumbria.

Hydrangea

  • Season Icon Early SummerEarly Summer 2020
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DeborahBanks

The hydrangea that came with the front garden. Its very bright pink it appears.

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cee

Lovely, it's mainly down to the soil as to what colour your flowers will be👍

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jadojado29

Lovely colour one Deborah @DeborahBanks 😍😘

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  • Season Icon Late AutumnLate Autumn 2019
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DeborahBanks

Yay its friday! My hydrangea cuttings have grown new leaves, so far 4/6 so that's made me happy. It makes up for the verbena cuttings which were doing good and then overnight they all shrivelled up and died. You win some you lose some...

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wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

👍🏼well done...

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sharonhayden

Reminds me to check mine 🤔

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  • Season Icon Mid AutumnMid Autumn 2019
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DeborahBanks

I've been so lucky that the house was previously lived in by a man called John. He died a few years ago and had no family I believe, but he is often in my thoughts in the garden. It was John who planted so many things here I love, all the hydrangeas, the Rowan tree, beech hedges, rhubarb. Every so often something else appears that I havent planted that came from John. I re dug and enjoyed his pond. I never met him but he has taught me lots and gave me so much to enjoy.

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DeborahBanks

I'll still think of him even when I'm in my new house as I've taken lots of cuttings from John's plants. I hope he looks down on me and smiles like he has made me smile.

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rachelbrooks

I am sure that he is Deborah. What a lovely sentiment ❤️

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kaigia

What a lovely post! Thanks for sharing.

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wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

It’s funny sometimes I think...I wonder if the next person in this house will love my garden like I have...they simply have to....

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DeborahBanks

Yep Elaine, I'm really really hoping the next people will love it and look after it. I'm never coming coming back to look though as it would make me too sad if they dont. @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

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  • Season Icon Early AutumnEarly Autumn 2019
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DeborahBanks

#fadedbeauty

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anges

Beautiful 💗

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  • Season Icon Late SummerLate Summer 2019
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DeborahBanks

Extreme rescue mission. My friend has (had) a gorgeous red hydrangea. I asked her on monday if I could come take a cutting. When she got back from work today her husband had dug all the shrubs out. I've got it sat in water for a bit trying to save it. He also cut down a fabulous black elder. It's a good job he's not my over half! 😫

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charyl

If he was mine I think divorce bells might be ringing in the background. Thank god I have my hubby trained, he doesn’t even pull a weed for fear it’s something I am doing something with. An weed wacking is a riot. He won’t let me do it because he feels it’s his job, do he went an bought the stupidly expensive weed wacker. When he gets done the lawn it looks like it wasn’t even touched.😂

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ublaszko

😲😲😲😫 I dread to think what I would do to my OH if he even so much as breathed on my plants the wrong way 😂😈

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  • Season Icon Mid SummerMid Summer 2019
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DeborahBanks

Flowers from 1 bush aka my favourite. 😍

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rachelbrooks

Fab! Gorgeous colours 💕💜💙

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wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

What great colours...kinda antique vintage....

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kez001uk

Wow, all on one plant 😯 beautiful colours 😍

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DeborahBanks

Thank you @rachelbrooks @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom and @kez001uk I can’t get the camera to pick the blue up properly. Its a rather deep blue in real life. Mad bush it is 😍

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  • Season Icon Early SummerEarly Summer 2019
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juliesgarden

Fabulous 💜💓

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DeborahBanks

Thank you @juliesgarden and @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom they are clearly happy with the mad weather summer we are having.

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  • Season Icon Mid SpringMid Spring 2019
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DeborahBanks

Found my first flowers on the hydrangea

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