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  • joslowjoslow Posts: 218
    gardeningfantic wrote (see)
    joslow wrote (see)

    Sorry to butt in, but what are the flowers in the photo with prurple and white flowers and pink drumsticks?

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    do you mea this large plant pale lilac colour is called "cupids dart," the  the bees love it.. hard to get rid of thou once you have it.. i have dug this up and moved it several times.. it keeps coming back.. very deep tuber root.. easy to grow from seed.

    it sounds like thin paper in the wind.. lovely plant.

    Thanks for that, I will ask my local nursery if they stock it.image

  • Woo2Woo2 Posts: 223

    Hi all, lovely to read all your posts. Those on holiday, I hope you have a great time. Kate, enjoy the wedding and hope the flowers arrive intact after all your hard work.

    Dean...some great work going on there, well done.

    Excitable boy.....Thornbury Wyevale is about 5 mins away from me so you must live close! I went there between Xmas and New Year and bought several bargains in their sale including a beautiful Hellebore for £3.50 which has flowered really well. At the moment the forecast is not too bad for us this weekend so will hopefully beable to spend hours outsideimage

  • Woo2Woo2 Posts: 223

    @Gardeningfanatic and Lilylouise......wow your greenhouses look amazing, im sooooo jealous lol. I came home to a disaster today, As well as a small greenhouse, i have one of those mini ones with the polythene covers. Unfortunately a couple of days ago the zip broke and the 'door' has been flapping about so I turned it around to face the wall hoping to protect it but alas today it all blew over, seed trays and seedling everywhere and the puppy having a great time running through the lot image As I was behind with all my seeding anyway this has set me back even further. Think my garden will be an embarrassment this year! Can anybody loan me a fairy with an efficient wand????

  • Rob StevensRob Stevens Posts: 91
    @Woo2 - commiserations on that! Any of it salvageable?
  • WintersongWintersong Posts: 2,436

    What a terrible shame image

    This weather really is ghastly.

  • Woo2Woo2 Posts: 223

    @Rob and Wintersong. Managed to salvage sunflowers but the other seedlings were just too small and fragile image  The puppy was the only one who had any fun!

    Never mind, nothing more I can do about it now.....onwards and upwardsimage 

  • InkadogInkadog Posts: 492

    So sorry to hear about your disaster, Woo---but you seem to have the right attitude. We have all faced disappointments in our gardening endeavors--having everything wiped out by hungry deer springs to mind-luckily, the season is young yet!

  • gardeningfanticgardeningfantic Posts: 1,019

    @woo2.. that is such a shame.. it is heartbreaking when it gets destroyed lost the roof to mine last winter.. lost everything inside as hubby woudnt go out and mend it for meimage

    @lillyloiuse.. you are so lucky all those greenhouses.. wish i had space for me.. well i have but hubby wants it for large veg patchimage. i have to be honest and say i put all my cosmos and rudbeckia etc outside at weekend.. as the green housee floor was also impassable really.. and i am just so fed up with not being able to put them out... potted up the osteospurnums yesterday as raining and couldnt get outisde and they needed it.

    @dean.. i am very green with envy at your polytunnels.. the are coming on a treat.. kep the pictures coming.

    @joslow.. thats ok.. happy to share.. they should stock it. that one in picture is about 4 years old now and gets biger every eyar.. will add picutre of it this year when flowering... when it has jus cut it all down and it will reshoot.

  • gardeningfanticgardeningfantic Posts: 1,019

    @woo.. waht were you growing.. i have cosmos.. rudbeckia.. scabious.. geraniums.. ox eye daisy... river daisy.. pansies.. all mixed colours.. and runner beans.. fernch beans.. peas... brocolli.. sprouts.. let me know i can send you some.. if you wish.. thou some are big now and postage be littlte higher than seeds.. but sure we can sort something out. let me know.

  • gardeningfanticgardeningfantic Posts: 1,019

    @lilylouise.. you have a video of your garden.. please direct me to it..would love very much to see it.. love looking other gardens... gives me ideas all the time for mine.image

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