@fairygirl - I thought someone had lost a whole colony of honey bees - there were that many on there in the sunshine. That 'fly' was huge - we get the 'flatter' smaller hover flies (always amazed at their 'viffing' - almost impossible to catch them in flight on film) around the garden all the time - but that thing could have eaten the old lady who lived in a shoe.
I cleaned the cement dust off my ginger lily after having new windows put in. More of an achievement than you may imagine - I've broken a leg, and it is a huge ginger lily, and was very dusty. It made me feel much less frustrated at being stuck indoors on a lovely day. House plants are wonderful friends.
I cleaned the cement dust off my ginger lily after having new windows put in. More of an achievement than you may imagine - I've broken a leg, and it is a huge ginger lily, and was very dusty. It made me feel much less frustrated at being stuck indoors on a lovely day. House plants are wonderful friends.
Lovely job also i have grown a ginger lily for first time this year its only about a foot tall any advice ?
You really need to start a specific thread for help and advice with plants. People won't look in this thread as the title denotes something completely different
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I gave our campsis a haircut. It's planted, inconveniently, next to the well and does a great triffid impression? Now it looks a bit like Bart Simpson but I can see the autumn daffodils and the pinks now.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Hi Robiwan, they say to keep them well watered and fed in the growing season, but to hardly water at all in winter, so I've been doing that. I've found that the bigger the pot, the bigger the plant grows, with multiple stems, leaves and flowers by the third year if you feed it in the summer. The leaves are big and decorative too The ones with red flowers are slightly smaller plants than the yellow flowered ones, but I think they are hardier. You can grow the red ones outside, but they die down in winter and need frost protection like mulch or a leaf covering, growing again from the base in mid spring. The flowers will astonish you, well worth growing in a big pot in the house for their amazing and spectacular flowers and smell! Something like a Jasmin scent with deeper fruity tones. and it fills the room and the hall with scent! Mine has survived without a great deal of light, and doesn't die back in winter, though it does stop growing new leaves during the winter season. The actual flower stems die back after flowering ( they are great for drying to use for decorations). I have found that the plant needs some sort of support frame around it, to stop the leaf stems from bending down and becoming riotously unruly - it will want your whole living room once it is established if you don't keep it in check!
Hi Robiwan, they say to keep them well watered and fed in the growing season, but to hardly water at all in winter, so I've been doing that. I've found that the bigger the pot, the bigger the plant grows, with multiple stems, leaves and flowers by the third year if you feed it in the summer. The leaves are big and decorative too The ones with red flowers are slightly smaller plants than the yellow flowered ones, but I think they are hardier. You can grow the red ones outside, but they die down in winter and need frost protection like mulch or a leaf covering, growing again from the base in mid spring. The flowers will astonish you, well worth growing in a big pot in the house for their amazing and spectacular flowers and smell! Something like a Jasmin scent with deeper fruity tones. and it fills the room and the hall with scent! Mine has survived without a great deal of light, and doesn't die back in winter, though it does stop growing new leaves during the winter season. The actual flower stems die back after flowering ( they are great for drying to use for decorations). I have found that the plant needs some sort of support frame around it, to stop the leaf stems from bending down and becoming riotously unruly - it will want your whole living room once it is established if you don't keep it in check!
thank you dinah cant wait to see what mine turn out like wishful thinking as quite tiny at the moment
I have cut the timber edging for my lawn, which I'm reducing in size in favour of larger borders. Tomorrow morning it's glyphosate time - no turning back now!
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I love the really tiny ones - so small and dark they're almost 'midge' sized
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
People won't look in this thread as the title denotes something completely different
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...