When the weather was a lot warmer a few weeks back, I made great strides in making my garden look less like a waste ground and more like the garden of a home! I managed to dig out a border from what was once a rockery, and in the process uncovered about 20-30 boulders of Purbeck Stone, which I was then able to Freecycle (hooray! I didn’t have to lift them myself!) and then dug out a second border, removing edging stones and successfully transplanting a bit of turf – I am truly now the gardening master!!
But, after that, as the weather turned hideous I’ve not been out there much so have spent my time researching plants to go in the new borders. As I am only a fair weather gardener, I think I need some low-maintenance plants, perhaps a fuschia or magnolia for a bit of colour. In the second border I was thinking of some small, flowering plants, perhaps some petunias to go alongside a beautiful rose that’s already in the bed.
How about you? Are you a keen or not-so-keen gardener? What sort of plants would you use to add some colour to your garden? And perhaps a more important question, how would you like to win a beautiful pink Fairy Magnolia Blush Plant for your garden?
This Giveaway has now closed and the winner was: Sarah Parker. Congratulations!
To enter, simply visit the Tesselaar International website and have a look around then, in the comments, tell me which of Tesselaar International’s range of plants you would plant in your garden.
For an extra, cheeky entry, simply tweet the following, then leave another comment telling me you’ve done so:
“I’ve entered to win a Fairy Magnolia Blush Plant with Tesselaar International and @svmitche: http://bit.ly/IPD52m″
Important Notes: The competition will end at 10pm on Wednesday 25th April and a winner will be selected at random and notified the next day. If I have not heard from the winner by Friday 27th April, then I will select another. The Fairy Magnolia will be dispatched direct from the PR company. UK entrants only please. Good luck!
Ooh lovely! I’d choose the Flower Carpet Roses, in scarlet, as I love roses, and the words ‘low maintenance’ in their description are music to my ears!
Tweeting too!
I have quite a large garden and although I love flowers & greenery due to illness I tend to go for easy care plants/shrubs. I have lots of evergreen shrubs that flower but then still look great all year round. I havent got any particular theme just lots of plants and lots of colour. Ive never heard of the Fairy Magnolia Blush Plant before but think its beautiful and if Im not lucky enough to win I will have to buy one. I really like all the plants in Tesselaar International’s range but my favourite is the Fairy Magnolia.
Ive tweeted the competition link & details
@cqbish
I’d love the Burgundy Spire Cordyline to replace my Cordyline which was killed in last year’s snow storms
Storm agapanthus, Snowstorm is really pretty – I’m a sucker for white flowers and this would be a welcome addition to my garden
have tweeted @maxineflossy
Yes, I’d go for Snowstorm too. Such beautiful, delicate flowers, and I have the perfect spot for them.
Tweeted too @wendyb47
Love the spectacular appearance of the Bonfire Begonias, and the Cordylines look amazing, if only I had the garden to match.
Have tweeted too as @chelleway
Tropicanna Black you can never get enough black plants in your garden
Tropicanna canna are beautiful – so colourful
I would choose the Flower Carpet Roses, in scarlet, as I love roses
Have tweeted too as @handbag2000
tweeted @kemo_2002
i would plant the Volcano phlox, the flowers are very striking
Begonia Bonfire, these look great
Tweeted too
Jury magnolias (Felix), it is stunning!
I just love the white Volcano Phlox and would love a big swathe of it. It would make up for the fact that I long for white sofas, bedding, cushions and rugs before coming down to earth with a bump when I remember that both humans and animals in this household are are far too mucky to risk it!
Snowstorm
very pretty x
I would go for Fairy Magnolias, beautiful
x
Followed and Tweeted here – https://twitter.com/#!/Xhako/status/193616244577021952
I love tulips, roses and giant daisies
I’d buy the volcano phlox for their gorgeous bright colours
Tropicana Black to add a bit of alternative colour interest – plus black would go so well with the pink. Have also tweeted @bobocm1979
oops, seperate comment to say have also tweeted – @bobocm1979
The “Rock and Roll” alstroemeria. Love lilies of all varieties and this is stunning.
Have also tweeted as @lacsaw
Baby Grand Magnolia would be my choice – and I’d buy another 9 to make a stunning hedge
tweeted as @kbh19602
tweeted too
Tropicanna canna plant is my favourite from the garden website. I have also tweeted.
Love the Rock and Roll alstroemeria
Tweeted as @spanglisher
I’d love a Cordyline, the burgundy spire is really lovely, would add something special to my quite ordinary garden.
I would choose the Volcano Phlox in White. I have a cottage garden and phlox are one of my favourites, they flower for ages, give off a wonderful scent and come up year after year, always a bonus.
have tweeted as requested
my favourite flowers in the entire world are daffodils, but anything with colour, lots and lots of colour
I would go for the Fairy Magnolia to replace the Magnolia we bought at great cost that produced one leaf and died. We could not get it replaced as the nursery had gone bankrupt.
tweeted as @RuthMarianna
I love Magnolias – my favourite plants! I would choose the Baby Grand Magnolia – I have just the spot for it!
I’ve tweeted too @figgygee
Love the flower carpet roses, am slowly replacing my flowers with shrubs and roses, which I hope will be more tolerant to the dryer conditions and hose pipe ban. Tweeting as @worriedmum46
would love the Fairy Magnolias in my garden thanks
I would love a Magnolia Felix – what a wonderful rich colour to herald spring!
baby grand magnolia- beautiful
Tropicanna canna plants are great
Storm agapanthus would look fantastic in my garden
have tweeted @Runnerduck22
Bonfire begonias looks lovely
I think I would go for the Blue Storm Agapanthus such a stunning plant and colour! http://www.tesselaar.com/plants/storm-agapanthus/bluestorm/
Have also tweeted the giveaway as @DawnCosten for that cheeky extra entry! 😉
Tropicanna canna 🙂
I like the Tropicana Black
Baby Grand Magnolia for me. It reminds me of my wedding day
Sweet peas are wonderful, showy flowers
My garden needs some TLC as the previous house owners let it go wild and I’m here to save it. It needs lots of plants to fill it so I’d choose a Bonfire Begonia as that would fill a large space once it gets spreading.
I would love to try growing the Volcano phlox in my new garden
I’ve tweeted @carrieh22
would love this
Snowstorm
I like the Cordylines.
I have tweeted @judithsbooks
I would probably choose the Black Tulip Magnolia to replace a similar one which I lost last year after the severe winter in 2010-2011.
I like Storm agapanthus, Snowstorm.
I have tweeted @pphil10
I would love to win Storm agapanthus…they look lovely
I have tweeted as @dr_reenu
When we moved house, the garden in the new house was left in an awful state, over grown, patchy, dead grass, paving slabs hidden, craked pavements… there was even a large broken pond base made of concrete left with broken glass and tiles. We have worked very hard to try to restore the garden to somewhere our toddler can enjoy and run free without the worry of danger however it looks bare. We need a gorgeous plant to bring the life back to our garden that it so desperately needs!
Storm agapanthus is gorgeous – I have a bag with them on which I love. @tinkertink2010 xoxo
Have tweeted too! @tinkertink2010 xoxo
I’d go for Magnolia Black Tulip – beautiful 🙂
I’d love the Rock and Roll Alstroemeria
There are some really beautiful plants there but I think my favourite would be the Camellia Volunteer, love the full flowers with the slightly ruffled looking petals. I like evergreen plants, they keep the garden looking interesting in winter!
Have also followed and tweeted @mesafish
I would plant the Volcano phlox as it is really pretty x
I have tweeted!
@zebedee01
Tropicanna Black is what I’d plant in my garden.
I’ve tweeted as @GromitFan1
I love the tropicana black
Have tweeted
@norrisluvsmary
I love the Tropicanna Canna, so bright and colourful.
I’d go for a bonfire begonia- my favourite 🙂
I would LOVE to plant the Volcano phlox in Pink with Red eye in my garden- it is desperate for a boost of colour after we lost our Dahlias in the frost this winter just passed.
Have also tweeted as @mariajkknight
I love the sight of the garden filled with flowers but I would definitely go for a few Cordylines to fill in the gaps and give movement.
I have also tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/alicomps/status/194780994384035840
Because would brighten up my garden no-end 🙂
I would love the Bonfire begonias in my garden
I have tweeted @TrishO1
Amazing prize
tweeted @wooohooo2me
I love the Fairy Magnolia blush as it is so pretty so that would be a must, I would also go for the Rock and Roll alstroemeria as it is so eyecatching
I have tweeted too https://twitter.com/#!/SROBBO71/status/194853518308421632
I was actually thinking about planting a magnolia, so I would choose that.
Tweeted @alsmonster
Love roses so would pick Flower Carpet APPLEBLOSSOM
I love the gorgeous colours of the Volcano phlox 🙂
Have also tweeted @nadiamsealex
I like the snowstorm as well 🙂
I have tweeted 🙂
The Volcano Phlox looks amazing, would love this in my garden
Tweeted as well @cmutter
I love the Bonfire begonias
Volcano Phlox
Have tweeted – @pepicola3
I would plant the black tulip jury magnolia, really unusual
I’ve Tweeted – @samanthawesley
tweeted here https://twitter.com/#!/newgolddream71/status/194906128327524353
I would have to for the Bonfire begonias, so pretty!
agapanthus are my favourite so the storm agapanthus in bluestorm would be my choice. i have just got a new garden and so exicited to see how it develops over the year surrently there are bluebells in it.
tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/chillijamx/status/194943066375864322
The Volcano phlox, a really vibrant flower with a fantastic name!
@heylinguine
I´ve tweeted too : https://twitter.com/#!/heylinguine/status/194955104699432960
@heylinguine
Thanks.
I just love the volcano phlox such a glorious adundance of fowers all of summer. Love it
Wow, I have just the place in my garden for a Magnolia. This space has been empty for some time while we have benn deciding what to put there.
Gift Hydrangea range is lovely
Flower Carpet Roses, tweeted too 🙂
I would love the Black Tulip Magnolia!!