Aquilegias don't last long here but these two I'm prepared to replace as often as required... AQUILEGIA 'Blue Barlow'... 'Yellow Queen'...
I've gone through the 'Prairie Garden' phase, so now I'm left with just a few grasses, both Cold and Warm Season.. this Cold Season grass is one I especially like as it flowers in June, has a long season of interest until late winter.. easy from seed, flowers the first year, and seeds itself after that... the stems are purple banded and the plumes of flowers turn upright later... needs full sun, and not to be too crowded in. I have several plants of this..
That Aquilegia looks gorgeous with the yellow rose. I must try it. I don't care for grasses, too like weeds for my taste. I watch Monty and Joe raving about them on GW and I just don't get it.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
@Busy-Lizzie I know what you mean, I wouldn't want to be without Stipa gigantea, but I think we can have too many, and I don't like gardens given over to them totally, but then lots of people don't like gardens with roses either. Some sort of balance is good..
Love the aquilegias Marlorena. I’ve tried growing them and they just disappear. I transplanted some of the wild purple ones that thrive and multiply like weeds along the verges very near me and they lasted a whole two years before vanishing.
I’m not a fan of grasses either @Busy-Lizzie, but I did succumb to a couple of Pennisetum Rubrum, which look great with other perennials and roses. Tender though, currently overwintering in the garage.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I was saddened that the roses thread was coming to an end, but now we have this so am happy again. Thank you @Marlorena. Alonsoa is something I will definitely try as I have diascia, which I love and it looks similar in habit. Grasses were something that I just didn't 'get' either @Busy-Lizzie but I have succumbed and have Miscanthus malpartus now and a few smaller grasses that I like to have in pots to set off whatever else I might put in there and a few others here and there in various places.
Marlorena, please submit a full list of plants to be featured in forthcoming posts directly to my bank manager as supporting documentation for my remortgage request.
I have just ordered some alonsoa seeds, having never even heard of them before! Also not into grasses, having been born on the edge of a desert and now thoroughly enjoying my lufferly English loam.
@didyw ..thanks so much... I've grown several Miscanthus including that one.. my two favourites were 'Kleine Fontaine', and 'Punktchen', which has fabulous purple flowers on yellow banded canes..
@Nollie ..thanks again.. that Pennisetum is incredibly tender isn't it. So many others are quite hardy..
I will also be highlighting a few sub-shrubs and favourite ground covers, along with some gr. 3 Clematis I think, just to ring the changes along the way..
Anemone japonicas haven't been in my garden for some time, until I re-introduced one last summer. The best white I've seen I think is 'Andrea Atkinson' but the one below is very similar .. they are invasive at the roots, which is why I'm always tentative about having them about.. 'September Charm' is a lovely pink I used to have that didn't seem to cause any trouble.
ANEMONE japonica 'Honorine Jobert'... as it's new, my photos don't do it justice. Normally flowers from July for 3 months, ...
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AQUILEGIA 'Blue Barlow'...
'Yellow Queen'...
I've gone through the 'Prairie Garden' phase, so now I'm left with just a few grasses, both Cold and Warm Season.. this Cold Season grass is one I especially like as it flowers in June, has a long season of interest until late winter.. easy from seed, flowers the first year, and seeds itself after that... the stems are purple banded and the plumes of flowers turn upright later... needs full sun, and not to be too crowded in.
I have several plants of this..
ACHNATHERUM calamagrostis..
I don't care for grasses, too like weeds for my taste. I watch Monty and Joe raving about them on GW and I just don't get it.
I know what you mean, I wouldn't want to be without Stipa gigantea, but I think we can have too many, and I don't like gardens given over to them totally, but then lots of people don't like gardens with roses either. Some sort of balance is good..
I’m not a fan of grasses either @Busy-Lizzie, but I did succumb to a couple of Pennisetum Rubrum, which look great with other perennials and roses. Tender though, currently overwintering in the garage.
Grasses were something that I just didn't 'get' either @Busy-Lizzie but I have succumbed and have Miscanthus malpartus now and a few smaller grasses that I like to have in pots to set off whatever else I might put in there and a few others here and there in various places.
..ha.. that did make me laugh... and best of luck with your seeds..
@didyw
..thanks so much... I've grown several Miscanthus including that one.. my two favourites were 'Kleine Fontaine', and 'Punktchen', which has fabulous purple flowers on yellow banded canes..
@Nollie
..thanks again.. that Pennisetum is incredibly tender isn't it. So many others are quite hardy..
Anemone japonicas haven't been in my garden for some time, until I re-introduced one last summer. The best white I've seen I think is 'Andrea Atkinson' but the one below is very similar .. they are invasive at the roots, which is why I'm always tentative about having them about..
'September Charm' is a lovely pink I used to have that didn't seem to cause any trouble.
ANEMONE japonica 'Honorine Jobert'... as it's new, my photos don't do it justice. Normally flowers from July for 3 months, ...