You will soon be having kale every day for dinner, flumpy 1. I may be offline from today as the computer man is coming to take away my laptop. it has been switching itself off as the fan has died. Roofers coming today and scaffolding goes Thursday or Friday. Dull today but warm and dry. We have our Bee weekend Saturday and Sunday at Bristol Univ. Botanic Garden so looking forward to that.
Hello back home from a week away, well, last satruday actually and with so much to catch-up on it's mid-week already.
Congratulations on your Bronze award you have a lovely garden and it is still blooming beautifully. The scaffolding makes a good garden sculpture , pleased that the conservatory is being made safe.
The photo is of a Gladioli I saw in a front garden in passing whilst away. I did have permission to take it but by the time we had finished chatting I'd forgotten what it was named! Etheopian origin so wasn't enjoying been blown about.
Hi, flumpy1, sorry I realise you asked about the small blue flowers but no time to reply till now.
It's a Campanula Bellflower, the rockery perennial. Just checked the Hessayon 'Flower Expert' book (where would I be without it)
and it's C.poscharskyana, quick growing 10"height, spread 2ft.blue or white. Managed to take cuttings (fiddly stems) and planted in different places. Love the blue, still a few flowers.
Envious of your veg. worth all your care and attention. My purple sprouting has been eaten to bits, but, good news: the runner beans are just setting their pods
Hello back home from a week away, well, last satruday actually and with so much to catch-up on it's mid-week already.
Congratulations on your Bronze award you have a lovely garden and it is still blooming beautifully. The scaffolding makes a good garden sculpture , pleased that the conservatory is being made safe.
The photo is of a Gladioli I saw in a front garden in passing whilst away. I did have permission to take it but by the time we had finished chatting I'd forgotten what it was named! Etheopian origin so wasn't enjoying been blown about.
Those gladioli used to be called acidanthera but now gladiolus murielae, Bizzie B. I have three big pots just coming into flower now. My laptop is being picked up for repairs tomorrow morning so may be offline for a bit. The roof was mended today and it was a very good job . The scaffolding should be dismantled tomorrow. I am gradually getting my tender plants into the conservatory again.
Than you Marion it sounded like the I original name. Why do names keep getting changed and who decides?? Retorical question but one which intrigues me.
Look forward to seeing your photos. The success with those blooms was because of the much hotter climate in sussex.
As we both have a glorious sunny forecast today I expect all will be blooming and we will be watering again this evening
The ability we now have to decipher the DNA of plants means some plants are being found to be wrongly classified so they are being regrouped and sometimes renamed. Some plants that were in separate families have been found to be related to others and consequently some families are being dropped. When you walk roung the Phyllogeny (which means family tree) garden in the University of Bristol Botanical Garden you see plants growing together which look quite different but belong to the same family - just like human cousins sometimes do.
Marion. I too have been away for a few days-congratulations on your Bronze award. However, I think you deserve a Gold just on your enthusiasm alone!!Hope you get your laptop sorted soon as I am missing your posts.
good morning, another sunny day, noticing the shade deepening which is useful as I'm divding plants and generally looking to move things around later in the month.
The reasons for renaming plants is fascinating, can understand so now relearning - bit at a time
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You will soon be having kale every day for dinner, flumpy 1. I may be offline from today as the computer man is coming to take away my laptop. it has been switching itself off as the fan has died. Roofers coming today and scaffolding goes Thursday or Friday. Dull today but warm and dry. We have our Bee weekend Saturday and Sunday at Bristol Univ. Botanic Garden so looking forward to that.
Hello
back home from a week away, well, last satruday actually and with so much to catch-up on it's mid-week already.
Congratulations on your Bronze award
you have a lovely garden and it is still blooming beautifully. The scaffolding makes a good garden sculpture 
, pleased that the conservatory is being made safe.
The photo is of a Gladioli I saw in a front garden in passing whilst away. I did have permission to take it but by the time we had finished chatting I'd forgotten what it was named! Etheopian origin so wasn't enjoying been blown about.
large pot, tall flowers, beautiful
Hi, flumpy1, sorry I realise you asked about the small blue flowers but no time to reply till now.
It's a Campanula Bellflower, the rockery perennial. Just checked the Hessayon 'Flower Expert' book (where would I be without it)
and it's C.poscharskyana, quick growing 10"height, spread 2ft.blue or white. Managed to take cuttings (fiddly stems) and planted in different places. Love the blue, still a few flowers.
Envious of your veg. worth all your care and attention. My purple sprouting has been eaten to bits, but, good news: the runner beans are just setting their pods
Hello
back home from a week away, well, last satruday actually and with so much to catch-up on it's mid-week already.
Congratulations on your Bronze award
you have a lovely garden and it is still blooming beautifully. The scaffolding makes a good garden sculpture 
, pleased that the conservatory is being made safe.
The photo is of a Gladioli I saw in a front garden in passing whilst away. I did have permission to take it but by the time we had finished chatting I'd forgotten what it was named! Etheopian origin so wasn't enjoying been blown about.
large pot, tall flowers, beautiful
Well done Marion
Those gladioli used to be called acidanthera but now gladiolus murielae, Bizzie B. I have three big pots just coming into flower now. My laptop is being picked up for repairs tomorrow morning so may be offline for a bit. The roof was mended today and it was a very good job . The scaffolding should be dismantled tomorrow. I am gradually getting my tender plants into the conservatory again.
Than you Marion
it sounded like the I original name. Why do names keep getting changed and who decides?? Retorical question but one which intrigues me.
Look forward to seeing your photos. The success with those blooms was because of the much hotter climate in sussex.
As we both have a glorious sunny forecast today I expect all will be blooming and we will be watering again this evening
The ability we now have to decipher the DNA of plants means some plants are being found to be wrongly classified so they are being regrouped and sometimes renamed. Some plants that were in separate families have been found to be related to others and consequently some families are being dropped. When you walk roung the Phyllogeny (which means family tree) garden in the University of Bristol Botanical Garden you see plants growing together which look quite different but belong to the same family - just like human cousins sometimes do.
Marion. I too have been away for a few days-congratulations on your Bronze award. However, I think you deserve a Gold just on your enthusiasm alone!!Hope you get your laptop sorted soon as I am missing your posts.
The reasons for renaming plants is fascinating, can understand so now relearning - bit at a time