I bought this as 'oriental poppy papaver Baby Kiss'. I really like it for the deep scarlet flowers and the fact that they stay upright. It's doesn't take up a lot of space and is shorter than most.
..more terrific photos.. love the badger, I don't think I've ever seen one.. you all have very decent perennial gardens I must say..
Perki I used to have Primula 'Miller's Crimson', looks a bit like yours, and I also lost it to drought in 2018..
Lovely garden Victor M...
'S's and 'T's.. I don't have many.. .the usual Sedum 'Autumn Joy'.. I used to have 'Matrona' but it flopped too much.. Scabious 'Perfecta Blue'.. I also have the white..
Salvia Caradonna..
..one of my top 10 plants of any sort, I couldn't be without. Stipa gigantea.. flowers from late May and it's just full of interest through to winter..
I think one needs a stand of this plant, much like Verbena bonariensis, as it's see through.. I like the buds and little flowers. Thalictrum rochebrunianum..
Thanks everyone I am really enjoying this thread and getting lots of inspiration. @Marlorena your Phlox look amazing, mine always get the white powdery mildew, any ideas how I can prevent it? Also, I am never sure how much watering they need?
Saxifraga rubrifolia. This looks tender but is hardy through winter. Can be caught by a late frost but will come again. likes light shade, flowers late September and October. One of my favourite plants.
As we're doing bulbs I might sneak in some Tulipa, not exactly for 'summer' but some can they happily go on into June. I plant T. Sarah Raven most years (dark red, mid pic in pot), here with wall flower Fire King behind and creeping veronica: bottom right corner.
Last year I took to planting various ex-tulips into the flower beds to create a kind of mixed up 'mosaic', to take their chances. I planted very deep, no grit; I planted and forgot, expecting them to disappear. I have to say they have all repeated much better there than when they were in pots and I will continue to do this. The slugs seem to have left most alone too, surprisingly - the leaves are less munched than daffs, snowdrops, cyclamen, etc. Also they didn't rot off. Who knew? Not I.
Dwarf form of 'London Pride' sedum. Not as loose growing as the usual one, it forms a dense firm mat. I don't deadhead it as the faded flowers and stems are a nice russet colour.
Strange you should say that @Fire The saxifrage never fails to take me by surprise when it flowers. I usually round a corner on some damp autumn morning and say "Wow!"
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I really like it for the deep scarlet flowers and the fact that they stay upright. It's doesn't take up a lot of space and is shorter than most.
Perki I used to have Primula 'Miller's Crimson', looks a bit like yours, and I also lost it to drought in 2018..
Lovely garden Victor M...
'S's and 'T's.. I don't have many..
.the usual Sedum 'Autumn Joy'.. I used to have 'Matrona' but it flopped too much..
Scabious 'Perfecta Blue'.. I also have the white..
Salvia Caradonna..
..one of my top 10 plants of any sort, I couldn't be without.
Stipa gigantea.. flowers from late May and it's just full of interest through to winter..
I think one needs a stand of this plant, much like Verbena bonariensis, as it's see through.. I like the buds and little flowers.
Thalictrum rochebrunianum..
One of my favourite plants.
Not as loose growing as the usual one, it forms a dense firm mat. I don't deadhead it as the faded flowers and stems are a nice russet colour.
The saxifrage never fails to take me by surprise when it flowers. I usually round a corner on some damp autumn morning and say "Wow!"
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