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  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    @RoddersUK you're garden must be buzzing with all those pollinator-friendly plants. Lovely photos.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Big Blue Sky said:
    How do you keep your orkney cherry so fresh this late in the season @Papi Jo ?
    Mine was pretty in early summer, but at this stage got all long and dry, even though it still does have plenty of flowers. Should I have trimmed it sometime in mid-sommer? 
    Actually, this Geranium looks great in the Spring/early Summer, then sulks from mid-July to end of August and restarts in September. I've tried both trimming it and not trimming, it does not make much difference. Oh, and it needs watering if the summer is dry...
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Hi, @RoddersUK , thanks for the pics of those lovely scenes in your garden. I like the ferns in the first pic. Any chance of knowing their name?
    And now for some guess-work: what is the name of that plant which displays these gorgeous autumn colours on its extra-large leaves?



  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Looks a lot like my grapevine @Papi Jo 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    Papi Jo said:
    Big Blue Sky said:
    How do you keep your orkney cherry so fresh this late in the season @Papi Jo ?
    Mine was pretty in early summer, but at this stage got all long and dry, even though it still does have plenty of flowers. Should I have trimmed it sometime in mid-sommer? 
    Actually, this Geranium looks great in the Spring/early Summer, then sulks from mid-July to end of August and restarts in September. I've tried both trimming it and not trimming, it does not make much difference. Oh, and it needs watering if the summer is dry...
    Thank you for the advice @p@"Papi Jo" maybe it’s still time for them to restart before the season is over. 
    Didn’t really water them - for some reason I thought they were drought tolerant and didn’t need extra care. But I guess there is no such thing 🤔😊
    Surrey
  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    edited September 2020
    @rachelQrtJHBjb thanks, Bee city here! But that was always the plan for the garden, maximum pollinating plants. Though they forget I'm not a plant when I'm dead heading, lol.
    The salvia (mystic purple, or mystic spikes, I think that's the name) the bees have loved. It's flowered all year and still going strong. Very happy with that plant.

    @Papi Jo - I should have the label, so will try find it in the morning.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Is it a Dryopteris erythrosora @RoddersUK ? Looks very similar to the one I have. I adore it. 
  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    I think you're right @JamesS-B

     I have one label and two ferns....oops lol



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