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  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502

    Thanks guysimage

    I've no idea Edd- it just appeared there although I sowed others elsewhere earlier this year. I've got that orange lychnis sat in a pot just in front waiting to go in when it's finished..

    Wearside, England.
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    Hi everyone,  great pics some good combinations Im going to pinch.  Busy Lizzie/Yarrow 2, it was a bit tricky planting the Clem in the jug the top is wide enough to get my hand in so I filled the bottom with 2 inches of gravel after getting hubby to carefully drill a number of small holes in the bottom for drainage, I then filled the pot with a mix of John Innes 3 and potting compost.  I carefully lowered the clem into the pot holding the stems I was worried it would all break up but it held together fairly well then I used my hand to build up the compost round the plant and firm it down, the soil is about 6 inches from the top so that the bottom of the clem is in shade.  So far its doing really well.

    When I get chance Ill post a few more pics of the garden.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Orchid LadyOrchid Lady Posts: 5,800

    I didn't like clashing colours Verdun, but since my accidental Candytuft/Calendula border and mixed up pots I actually do now image I would call it a riot of colour to make it sound more artistic rather than clashing colour image

  • davids10davids10 Posts: 894

    beautiful victoria sponge-bold combinations in containers are my favorite although the magenta and orange pelargoniums are pretty close to the edge. googled your nom du jardin-ho ho who says we aint got culture?-and found dozens of recipes for you-made one for strawberry shortcake-everyone agreed you are a tasty morsel. chicky do you have any terracing on your pretty slope or is runoff not a problem? just leveled a small sloping bed as part of the great iris project.

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    silene laciniata a  little clashy with pink 

  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

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    Havent a clue what any of the about varietys are. Perhaps someone else does

     

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    Oh posted quite a few piccies but only one seems to have been saved.  Ill try again.

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     As I said dont know any of the varietys

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    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • star gaze lilystar gaze lily Posts: 17,605

    Beautiful pics everyone.

    Lol, Chicky, thank you.....couldn't remember what it was called image

  • chickychicky Posts: 10,409

    Love the bright colours Victoria - not clashing, just eye catchingimage

    No terracing David, but the rain soaks in rather than runs off.  The stone retaining wall is a sort of terrace I suppose.

    lovely pics Yvie - i love phlox, and they do well for me here, so look forward to them coming out .... Half mine are flowering, the others are just on the brinkimage

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,994

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     Pooh Dahlia just coming out, in ground over winter.

     

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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