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"Summer" flowers finally blooming

ManderMander Posts: 349
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I sowed a ton of flower seeds in spring, intending to have a garden full of colour. Some grew, most didn't do much beyond seedling stage (and are still there). But I have two miniscule sunflowers finally (they are supposed to be giant), there are some new flowers on the quince, and I have spotted a tiny nigella and some forget-me-nots under the massive fuchsia. 



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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I can’t see any Nigella or forget me nots but your fuchsias are beautiful. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It looks like spring has come to Gateshead😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I suspect it's because we had a dry spring (some of the country) and the seedlings didn't get enough water. Now the weather is just warm enough and there is lots of rain, seeds germinate and seedlings grow. I usually have a load of borage that self-seeds everywhere, but with the dry spring I got none this year (I didn't water the open ground). But in the last few weeks, with all the rain, borage plants are springing up everywhere. It's a shame as I missed having them this year.
  • ManderMander Posts: 349
    It will be interesting to see how long it lasts. I left the tomato plants out in their pots just for the fun of it and even they are still flowering. Too bad I didn't try putting some new seeds out last month! 
  • Anna33Anna33 Posts: 316
    I've got aubergine plants that are still growing and flowering (although I'm nipping the flowers off to put the last energies into the one fruit I managed to salvage), a gazania that has just started throwing out flowers, and a large salvia that is finally coming into flower, about 2 months later than it should do for this species. Each day I keep going out expecting these things to start dying off and getting ready for autumn, but they seem to be perversely persisting with their own timescales. It's very confusing, isn't it??!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Nothing different here - if anything, some things were later in flowering :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I always get the odd tiny nigella. I think I prefer them to their big sisters. Chaenomeles often flowers and fruits at the same time.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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