The bottom dahlia looks like a lions mane. It is huge, the size of a dinner plate. It is supposed to be pinelands princess, but it looks more like maniac.
The other two are seedlings I have kept going for a couple of years. I like the sunset coloured one. The bees like the pinky purple one.
I can't believe what beautiful pictures that have been posted whilst I have been to work this week Just catching up, too many to individually comment but all are amazing and beautiful. I have had lovely time this morning zooming in and enjoying the colours and beauty of all your gardens. Thank you for sharing, absolutely gorgeous
Fidgetbones, my OH is the opposite! He's nervous of mowing anything that could be a plant so he often doesn't mow close enough to the borders and the edges get tatty with long grass and overflowing geraniums that could do with a trim.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Wow, such wonderful gardens! I'm envious and inspired all at once.
I'm really pleased with the rudbeckia herbstsonne I planted earlier this year, it looks great with the children's sunflowers. .
I must say for me the real star of my garden this year, has to be the humble pansy. I grabbed some plugs from the garden centre in Feb, and popped them in as a stop-gap until I decided on permanent planting, but they have bloomed continuously ever since, I didn't have the heart to dig them up, so let them be and added a couple of dianthus and petunia plugs.
Lovely pics caral I really love sunflowers today and your are smashing
Today we went to a local town for brunch and the local council had used them in blocks in many of the beds and behind the road signs, looked gorgeous even on this non stop rainy day
Caral - your humble pansies look amazing . The bike on the lawn also made me smile - a good reminder that however beautiful our gardens, they are meant to be lived in too
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The bottom dahlia looks like a lions mane. It is huge, the size of a dinner plate. It is supposed to be pinelands princess, but it looks more like maniac.
The other two are seedlings I have kept going for a couple of years. I like the sunset coloured one. The bees like the pinky purple one.
Thought you might like to see this fidgetbones (Picton Gardens)
I can't believe what beautiful pictures that have been posted whilst I have been to work this week
Just catching up, too many to individually comment but all are amazing and beautiful. I have had lovely time this morning zooming in and enjoying the colours and beauty of all your gardens. Thank you for sharing, absolutely gorgeous 
Lovely pix again everyone. Thanks for sharing them.
Harebells fidget...they're so beautiful as well...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks,bizzyb. That fern gives me an idea for the clay patch by the wall.
It looks like picton has purpurea hybrids as well.
Fidgetbones, my OH is the opposite! He's nervous of mowing anything that could be a plant so he often doesn't mow close enough to the borders and the edges get tatty with long grass and overflowing geraniums that could do with a trim.
Wow, such wonderful gardens! I'm envious and inspired all at once.
I'm really pleased with the rudbeckia herbstsonne I planted earlier this year, it looks great with the children's sunflowers. .
I must say for me the real star of my garden this year, has to be the humble pansy. I grabbed some plugs from the garden centre in Feb, and popped them in as a stop-gap until I decided on permanent planting, but they have bloomed continuously ever since, I didn't have the heart to dig them up, so let them be and added a couple of dianthus and petunia plugs.
Lovely pics caral
I really love sunflowers today and your are smashing 
Today we went to a local town for brunch and the local council had used them in blocks in many of the beds and behind the road signs, looked gorgeous even on this non stop rainy day
Caral - your humble pansies look amazing
. The bike on the lawn also made me smile
- a good reminder that however beautiful our gardens, they are meant to be lived in too
