Local parks – Cale Green

You may have read before that I enjoy walking round this park to get my steps up.

The park is very local to me, only minutes walk. I am happy that it is a well kept and looked after park, many people frequent this park to walk their dogs, catch up with friends or simply to get some fresh air.

When I arrived at the park yesterday I was surprised to see this stunning small tree in flower, I had never noticed it before. This is the Witch hazel in its best form, looking close up the flowers almost look like strips of uncurling paper, they also have an amazing perfume!

Walking round the park I found all sorts of other treasures, here are some variations of white plants in the park.

You can see the silver birch (centre), heather with white flowers (top), euonymus (right), snowdrops appearing from the soil (bottom) and finally cyclamen leaves (left).

I also enjoy listening to the different bird song whilst walking round the park.

Do you have a park local to you? Does it have any lovely plants?

Scorcher storm

Another really hot day, and many plants are suffering. I’m finding it hard to keep up with watering. Even after the precautions I made.

I’m happy to see this Cautleya gracilis lutea start flowering. It is much more delicate to its more robust counterpart.

Impatiens never used to have a space in my heart never mind my garden, here are two that I have purchased this year and are doing brilliantly.

Impatiens auricauma x bicaudata.

Impatiens balfourii.

I’m hoping that this sown Solanum quitoense will grow bigger and better. The leaves are stunning and so alien.

These are Canna brasiliensis seeds lay on top of a Musa Basjoo leaf.

The bees love the open flowers of this Dahlia ‘Bishop of Leicester’.

This is a Hedychium, I believe it to be H.densiflorum ‘Stephen’. I look forward to it seeing it in all its glory.

When I bought this Abuliton ‘Varigated Salmon’ my mum really dislikes it. Until that is when the flowers came. Now this is a prize plant in my parents garden.

A spot of bright colour provided by this Zinnia.

Another plant I have grown to love are Begonias. This is B. Josephii

Here I have B.evansiana.

Amongst the begonias is this stunning bulb, known as the pineapple lily, the Eucomis bicolour.

As I finish writing this the lightening spreads through the sky, the breeze returns and now the rain comes.

Popping up all over

I’ve had a busy day, mainly working at my parents and fixing their garage.

I did have time to have to do a few bits in their garden.

I was ecstatic to see this little frog which jumped out of the hardy geraniums.

Back at home, I’m happy to see that the sansevieria cuttings have started to show sprouting.

I’m happy to see the Alocasia amazonica is growing well.

I love the strange stems that come from the plant and extends the flowers away from each other. These are Impatiens balfourii.

Another stunning impatiens, the flowers are much more colourful. Impatiens auricoma x bicaudata.

I’m surprised to see this plant has sent new plants up, earlier in the season I wasn’t sure that it would even survive! This is Xanthosoma violaceum.

Do you still remember the joy of seeing a seed pop from the soil?

You may be able to see the sole seeding raising its head – Cyphomandra sibundoyensis.

These little ones are Aeoniums.

I hadn’t realised that the cutting I bought from Abbey Brooke Cacti had taken, never mind growing or taken. You can see the new leaf and the roots are already popping out of the bottom. I can’t wait to show you this stunning plant once it’s grown – Pelargonium tetragonum.

Enjoy your green space!!

Wild plants in the dales

Here are some plants I’ve found whilst walking in the Yorkshire Dales.

Green space

So we have decided to head into the countryside and relax a little.

Not so much gardening but some nice pictures of the picturesque countryside.