Little Garden Project - Part 3 (Bill, is that you?)

Could it be?  It's been around 3 weeks now since I planted about 5 Geranium Pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis' seeds which I purchased online from the UK. 

Initially I had my doubts about them even arriving, then even greater doubts of them germinating after being X-rayed (upon entering the country). But today my hopes have risen sky high with this solo little baby plant born overnight.

Of course it could be some kind of weed seed that has found its way into the pot and my newly found optimisim will all be in vain. 

But what the hell, lets be hopeful, and welcome Bill to our happy home and hope he stays awhile.

What Bill will look like all grown up below (fingers crossed he lives that long).

Little garden project - Part 2

Well it's been a whole week now and nothing. I didn't plant all the seeds only a few, maybe I should have planted them all.  I don't know what is a reasonable time to wait for these seeds to germinate? They are suppose to germinate quickly according to the instructions I am following. Think I will give them another week or two before I give up, I still have hope at this stage. (Note: I have since learnt to expect them to germinate in between 4 - 6 weeks)

On a positive note my chocolate mint geranium cutting is still looking good (the other pot).

Over the weekend I purchased a heap of filler plants to hopefully soften the edges on my garden until the rest of the plantings take off.

Still a lot of work to do but slowly getting there. 

Splashback Tiles - Part 3

The finished Splashback. It was a gloomy day when these photos were taken so you don't get to see the lustre created by the mix of matt and gloss when natural light hits the tiles. My kitchen now feels complete though. 

Well blow me down with a feather.

Well, what do you know, they arrived. Now will they germinate? Unlikely, but you never know.

Splashback Tiles - Part 2

I picked the tiles up on Tuesday and tiling began on Wednesday. It's looking fantastic! It's been a looong wait for this tile to arrive, and today I'm glad I did not cave and get something else.  The grouting will be done today. More photos to come soon.

Almost finished tiling.

Looking good already!

More pot projects.

Ok, these may be a little more ambitious than the first pot project, but they do look wonderful.

The box below uses:    1. Orlaya grandiflora, 2. Papaver commutatum 3. Dianthus Carthusianorum.

This one below is a stunner. It uses hardy drought tolerant perennials, and plants I would like in my garden some day.

1. Achillea 'Landsdorferglut'  2. Eryngium Planun  3. Achillea 'Terracotta'  4. Scabiosa columbaria 

5. Agastache 'Painted Lady'

Ahhh, can you tell I'm ready for Spring.  Our garden is slowly transforming from an overgrown mess into something resembling a type of order. I keep wanting to jump into the fun part of buying new plants and planting them, but alas there is still more weeding and mulching to do first.  

A little garden project.

I love this planter box. It's a simple combination of Seaside Daisy and Geranium Pyrenaicum sown from seed to create a lush, wild,  meadow in a container. It should flower for around 6 months of the year and be reasonably fuss free.

Seaside Daisy is a no brainer, grows just about anywhere, but loves coastal areas. Geranium Pyrenaicum is a little harder to source. Grows wild in Turkey and eastern Europe.  I have not been able to find it here anywhere so I have purchased a small amount of seeds from the UK. 

I've never bought seeds from overseas before, am not even sure if your allowed to bring in seeds from overseas hence they may never arrive. I only parted with $5.00 so I'm not too concerned. However wouldn't it be lovely if they did arrive, and germinated even. 

I'm keen to make some beautiful pots for xmas presents this year.  If the seeds arrive this will be experiment No. 1. Fingers crossed.