The first of the cornflowers in my cornflower-poppy-oxeye daisy container has made an appearance. The poppies are a little way behind, but the ox-eye daisies are a bit swamped and don't currently show signs of flowering. They were all seeded last autumn. I'm not expecting a long display but it does look great.
The container is the two halves of my old hot water tank that needed replacing a couple of years ago. The other half has a Hebe, chives and Erigeron karvinskianus.
That's my type of gardening ForTheBees, I have those growing from seed collected last summer/Autumn in our wild areas, although I love that summer house and the natural looking pond Picidae, I think the summer house it would be a whole lot cooler than our glass conservatory which is unbearable this afternoon - over 30 degrees, a lot of plant spraying needed in there.
I agree with you Guernsey Donkey about glass roofed conservatories. We had ours (picture 4 above) replaced with a solid roof about 3 years ago. It was a great decision - much warmer in winter, cooler in summer and barely any reduction in light levels.
@purplerallim Yes they are blue poppy and they are beautiful, these two are bob standard sheldonii recent buys. I do have another which was suppose to be blue but more of a violet colour that coming on well. I do have ideal conditions so not particularly hard to grow. Planted in part shade ( shaded from afternoon sun ) rich clay soil with plenty of organic matter dug in and its mostly damp / wet round here.
If you fancy one have a go they are not to expensive now.
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This is the fern garden in the shaded area behind the potting shed. The corner of the roof is in shot in the picture above
And more irises in bloom by the pond
The container is the two halves of my old hot water tank that needed replacing a couple of years ago. The other half has a Hebe, chives and Erigeron karvinskianus.
If you fancy one have a go they are not to expensive now.