I have that geranium but I find the pink of mine is very difficult to match with anything. Fortunately,it's usually done it's thing before anything close has begun to flower.
Hi @B3 I was in the garden this morning when I remembered your post re difficult matching Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Cambridge' with other plants, due to its peculiar colour. And I took this photo which illustrates a good match (I think) with the dark-purple foliages of Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles' on the left and Plantago major 'Purpurea' on the right. What do you think?
That's a lovely combination. You don't see that purple plantain very often! What's the little grass?
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Thanks, @WillDB The plant in the middle is Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen'. There's actually 3 of them there.
Plantago 'Purpurea' was given to me as a tiny shoot when I visited a garden. It has grown enormously since! Very spectacular foliage, much appreciated by slugs & snails, unfortunately. And needs to be watered in the evenings after a hot day in the summer.
All of you are posting such lovely garden pictures Thanks for sharing.
@AnniD Thanks for posting the Eustacia Vye photo. I was planning to get this DA rose last year; but then with one thing after another didn't buy it. Hopefully, next bareroot season will get one.
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And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth
I too thought it was early for Cosmos,I do love them though,nearly as much as the bees. @Mary370. I put mine in last Saturday,its surprising how quickly they grow strong stems from being quite flimsy when they first go out.
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@Kili fine and early for Cosmos to be flowering....... waiting to put mine in the ground
Hi Mary, I'm lucky with my location 13 miles off the coast of France in the bay of Mont St Michel. Its a bit warmer here than Limerick . The plus for you is yours will flower for later and you can enjoy the blooms all the way to October mine will be spent end of September.
Can yours go in the ground now, have you past your last frost date yet?
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Mine's under a fuchsia magellicana so the flowers never meet😊
@Mary370. I put mine in last Saturday,its surprising how quickly they grow strong stems from being quite flimsy when they first go out.
Can yours go in the ground now, have you past your last frost date yet?
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George Bernard Shaw'