Back garden Penarth – Gwenfar's Garden and other musings

A large flower, the size of your hand span, facing towards the left. The outer petals are white, and then it has lots of purple and blue coronal filaments that really add the wow factor. It then has yellow-green stamens, then purplish dotted small stems leading to the two dark yellow pistols that meet at the top. You can see raindrops have collected amongst the filaments.

A brief passion

18 September 202318 September 2023

I did not mean to go nearly 3 months between blogposts, but between visitors and having pinched a nerve in my left shoulder, I’ve not been able to type much. It’s slowly improving but still a way to go. Honestly, …

Black ‘n White

16 June 202316 June 2023

Got a little planting today today, including this gorgeous purple-leaved Geranium. This is Geranium pratense ‘Black ‘n’ White’. I guess ‘aubergine-purple and white’ didn’t have the same ring to it! I picked it up on a recent visit to Aberglasney …

A view of the whole greenhouse looking from the front left to the back left side. There are some plants and a wooden seat alongside the greenhouse wall.

Enter the dream: my new greenhouse

5 June 2023

Gardeners frequently dream of bigger, better etc. More space, more plants. And I’ve definitely had that dream. But my health can no longer manage a big garden, and our new garden is about a third of the size of our …

A section of the back garden that has been completed by the landscapers. You can see the layout with two raised beds and one lower ornamental bed, paving, and rusted steel arch. This backs on to the back of the house.

Growing through phases: phase 1 complete

5 March 202310 February 2023

The first phase of the landscaping was finished last week! It looks bare now, but it is ready for planting. To remind you what it looked like previously: And now: The empty paved area will be for the chairs, table …