My wife and I started gardening in Fukuoka (Japan) in 2003. There was nothing but muddy clayey sloping land. At the beginning we made several structure such as steps and paths, and planted turf, fruit trees, roses, herbs etc.
In 2010, we visited several famous English gardens, including Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Mottisfont Abbey Garden and Hidcote Manor Garden. We were shocked by the glory of those gardens. Since then, we have been trying to make small but glorious gardens by ourselves.
Pandorea is an evergreen vine, a spotted variety with pink flowers, planted two years ago at the edge of a brick wall. It flowered a little last year, but this year there are more flowers. The flowers are striking with pink petals and a red centre.
It has been raining a lot in the rainy season and the plants in the garden are green and the weeds are as thick as they can be.
On the brick wall, the rose Pat Austin has started to bloom again in abundance.
Few pink roses are flowering at the moment, but the heuchera is blooming. This heuchera was planted more than 10 years ago in a pot attached to a statue hanging on the wall, and it has never died and blooms at this time of year.
The orange dahlia is still in bloom all the time.
And a pandrea planted last year behind the right-hand side of the brick wall has grown a vine and bloomed pink flowers for the first time.