No sprays or pellets are used here, everything lives and I don't regard anything as a pest. I did once have a wasp nest removed. I find all the creatures fascinating in one way or another, aphids, slug, snails, even Lily beetles. Young clematis can be difficult to establish and I lost my lilies, but last year I reintroduced this interesting one..
Lilium formosanum var. pricei..
..highlighting.. Pennisetum orientale.. I've been growing this for some 20 years or more, in various gardens, and can't be without it.. one of the few grasses I think that goes with pink roses quite well, as it flowers from June has such grace and charm.. It's trouble free, I just shear to ground level in winter. I've lifted and divided in winter too - very hardy.. perhaps might not suit wetter areas.. ..in the landscape.. California poppies - Escholzia californica - seed each year and I love them here in a dry gravel garden border..
.I like this 'Red Chief' but some seedlings will be orange..
Limonium platyphyllum - Sea Lavender.. evergreen rosettes, flowers July/Aug and later.. the flowers have a cocoa/chocolate scent, quite unusual and not what you might expect..
Ok, I don't think it's any of those but thanks for checking it out for me..
I now believe I've found the dwarf Japanese Anemone, - it's 'Whirlwind', as I see it has a double layer of petals which my plant has too, and it only grows 50-70cm..
The little Anemone looks like and behaves like one I planted for a client a while back . I think it Anemone Andrea Akinson but don't hold me to it , I know when I go back to the garden centre who supplied the plant. Doesn't look like one of the Swan series you can normally see a bit of lilac in the petals
@Perki I think you could be right there, it's one to consider.. I discounted it as I thought it was taller but on checking I see 2-3 feet, and the images look very similar. We'll check again this summer when it flowers.. thanks so much ..
Your gardens and plants are so beautiful, @Marlorena. Everything looks so sunny. Do you have small pockets of shade and more shade tolerant plants at all?! My garden has more dappled shade in the main and I would love to grow many of your plants.
Sorry to witness the demise of the forum. 😥😥😥😡😡😡I am Spartacus
@clematisdorset Oh thanks so much.. most of my garden is sunny except one short north facing border, but I plant whatever I like in it, they flower anyway.. You might like to try hardy Fuchsias, but I grow shrub roses, Phlox, some clematis, Foxgloves, Hydrangeas - all good.. Just experiment, you might be surprised at what does well in such locations..
Clematis 'Princess Diana'... very vigorous from ground level.. long flowering.. on the right is 'Valour'..
Gaura 'Pink Dwarf'.. an essential for me, I love this coppery foliage.. for hot dry places. 'Cherry Brandy' / 'Siskiyou Pink' are similar varieties..
Hemerocallis 'Mont Royal Demitasse'.. light chocolate with a dazzling green throat.. Flowers from 25th June-20th August.. Geranium 'Jean Armour'.. similar to 'Mavis Simpson'.. ..spring flowering.. Rhodanthemum 'Marrakech'.. Veronica 'Georgia Blue'.. Iberis 'Snowflake'.. ..hardy Fuchsia 'Prodigy'.. Geranium 'Rosemoor'.. flowers for one month in June.. nice under roses..
Parahebe 'Porlock'.. long flowering, evergreen bushy ground cover plants, hardy here.. easy to strike from cuttings.. what more could we want?..
Just beautiful @Marlorena, I must look out for that dwarf Guara, they seem to grow well here and shorter ones could be very useful. My parahebe died on me so might try getting another one and trying again.
Posts
Lilium formosanum var. pricei..
..highlighting.. Pennisetum orientale..
I've been growing this for some 20 years or more, in various gardens, and can't be without it.. one of the few grasses I think that goes with pink roses quite well, as it flowers from June has such grace and charm..
It's trouble free, I just shear to ground level in winter. I've lifted and divided in winter too - very hardy.. perhaps might not suit wetter areas..
..in the landscape..
California poppies - Escholzia californica - seed each year and I love them here in a dry gravel garden border..
.I like this 'Red Chief' but some seedlings will be orange..
Limonium platyphyllum - Sea Lavender.. evergreen rosettes, flowers July/Aug and later.. the flowers have a cocoa/chocolate scent, quite unusual and not what you might expect..
Oh thanks.. I'll look those up.. I think the Swan series may be a different type..
I now believe I've found the dwarf Japanese Anemone, - it's 'Whirlwind', as I see it has a double layer of petals which my plant has too, and it only grows 50-70cm..
Oh well, that's nice..
I think you could be right there, it's one to consider.. I discounted it as I thought it was taller but on checking I see 2-3 feet, and the images look very similar. We'll check again this summer when it flowers.. thanks so much ..
Oh thanks so much.. most of my garden is sunny except one short north facing border, but I plant whatever I like in it, they flower anyway..
You might like to try hardy Fuchsias, but I grow shrub roses, Phlox, some clematis, Foxgloves, Hydrangeas - all good..
Just experiment, you might be surprised at what does well in such locations..
Gaura 'Pink Dwarf'.. an essential for me, I love this coppery foliage.. for hot dry places.
'Cherry Brandy' / 'Siskiyou Pink' are similar varieties..
Hemerocallis 'Mont Royal Demitasse'.. light chocolate with a dazzling green throat..
Flowers from 25th June-20th August..
Geranium 'Jean Armour'.. similar to 'Mavis Simpson'..
..spring flowering.. Rhodanthemum 'Marrakech'.. Veronica 'Georgia Blue'.. Iberis 'Snowflake'..
..hardy Fuchsia 'Prodigy'..
Geranium 'Rosemoor'.. flowers for one month in June.. nice under roses..
Parahebe 'Porlock'.. long flowering, evergreen bushy ground cover plants, hardy here.. easy to strike from cuttings.. what more could we want?..
Hydr "Libelle":
My favourite Hydrangea. Almost a mop-head. But not the hardiest. It looks whiter in its blue manifestation.
How do you pronounce its name? It's Swiss bred, so probably German. Try" "Li'beller". (I don't like to translate plant names.)
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."