Lovely colour AuntyR. That's a lot of effort Lyn - that doesn't happen easily. I admire your graft! Loads of colour to keep you smiling on a dull wet day - not that you ever get those That's seriously weird Sussexsun, but very beautiful. Is that what you feed it on in the background?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you for your kind comments on my patio flowers, all from seeds and cuttings, it is hard work but I love to do it. I had one of those Carion flowers years ago, I think, does it stink to high heaven, I had it indoors and we ended up putting it in and outside loo😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Placing those plastic crates under my tomatoes to deter the slugs did not quite work as expected. The specimen on the right was attacked, but the slug only ate the skin, which is a good thing because the skin of those tomatoes is rather hard and not very edible. So I thanked the slug and have eaten that tomato fruit. However, I have provided some---bio---slug repellent as dietary supplement.
going back to the cosmos thing. There is definitely one that is a browny red dried blood colour and it doesn't fade to pink. I would love to find it. this is the closest I could find the photography isn't much better than mine!
Made a couple of new raised borders and moved everything from pots into them. So not looking great, but its recovering and hopefully should get a few more flowers soon.
Sedum is starting to flower
A new penestom
Gazania are picking up after being moved from pots
A new huchera, because I like the pink and why not, lol
Nemisia from last year, that I'd just chucked in the ground, seemed to have survived last winter well, been flowering for ages
Cosmos, never seem to have much luck with these, but this one is doing ok.
Begonias are going ok now, took some time though
Osteospermum were not growing so well in the pots, but have picked up in the last few weeks they have been in the new borders. Hopefully they should flower even more soon
My mystic illusion dahlia has ground massive since going in here!!!
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For something a little different my carrion flower
That's a lot of effort Lyn - that doesn't happen easily. I admire your graft! Loads of colour to keep you smiling on a dull wet day - not that you ever get those
That's seriously weird Sussexsun, but very beautiful. Is that what you feed it on in the background?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had one of those Carion flowers years ago, I think, does it stink to high heaven, I had it indoors and we ended up putting it in and outside loo😀
this is the closest I could find
the photography isn't much better than mine!
Sedum is starting to flower
A new penestom
Gazania are picking up after being moved from pots
A new huchera, because I like the pink and why not, lol
Nemisia from last year, that I'd just chucked in the ground, seemed to have survived last winter well, been flowering for ages
Cosmos, never seem to have much luck with these, but this one is doing ok.
Begonias are going ok now, took some time though
Osteospermum were not growing so well in the pots, but have picked up in the last few weeks they have been in the new borders. Hopefully they should flower even more soon
My mystic illusion dahlia has ground massive since going in here!!!