Johnson’s Blue geranium. It’s very leggy, untidy and sprawling through everything. Guess I need to give it a chop but the bees are loving it! That in itself is good enough reason to persevere!
Think it's a plant that you really have to play to its strengths ... plant it where it's going to look gorgeous sprawling through stuff ... around, under and through pink groundcover roses for instance ... as you say, the bees love it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have a dreadful Hydrangea Annabelle that has been in my garden on a Parkers Freebie offer for about three years. All it is is a slug magnet. I am about to post it on freecyle with a "take this plant at your own risk." warning.
Dove, my mum came round this afternoon and said the border looked lovely, especially the Johnson’s Blue “sprawling through everything”. You’re right..... I’ll leave it to sprawl away to its hearts content. Think I might love it again now 😊
Justifiably popular, ‘Iceberg’ goes on flowering right through the summer. Clusters of pink buds open to double, slightly fragrant white flowers, 7cm across. It is disease-resistant and easy to grow. There is also a climbing variety.
I have had this rose rose a few years ago as a climber, it really did flower all summer.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Alchemilla mollis. I love the colour, growth form but Oh boy does it seed itself everywhere, smothering smaller plants.
Snowdrops. Just cannot grow them in this garden.
An unknown named pink, scentless violet. Seeds everywhere.
I am about to post it on freecyle with a "take this plant at your own risk." warning.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
my mum came round this afternoon and said the border looked lovely, especially the Johnson’s Blue “sprawling through everything”. You’re right..... I’ll leave it to sprawl away to its hearts content. Think I might love it again now 😊