I'm really pleased with phlox paniculata called "Laura" gave me hours of pleasure looking out at them from the kitchen sink.
Also chuffed with the Lychnis coronaria 'Alba'. (I think I may need to collect the seeds?) not only did it look gorgeous, but am thrilled to say there is a brand new one growing next to it.
Mine has to be Lythrum Blush which I bought as a 9cm pot in April. It's been flowering for two months now and I think will be a nice big plant next year.
Worst has got to be Anthemis EC Buxton, planted in Oct which flowered and promptly died. I wonder if the surrounding yarrows requisitioned its water supply.
I was really pleased with my ornamental sage, I got it for a pound off the Homebase 'Death Row' shelf. Just needed a bit of TLC and WHOOSH! it went. Also grew swan river daises this year for the first time and was really pleased with their continuous flowering. They are ready for the compost now.
Failure: Red lobelia, very spindly, much prefer Crystal Palace. Mini sunflowers came and went far to quickly, I wont bother next year.
They never had as much flowers as this year, they looked stunning, then they like dried out very fast because of no rain, and didn't look so appealing anymore. + They also had some sort of white bugs (loads!) on them that kinda did some destruction to them to.. sad.
But the Verbena did awesome again (like every year) and my dahlia did better then last year but then the other kind didn't pop up at all
Does it count if it's a veg? We had some Broccoli rescued from homebase for 50p we thought all were eaten and past repair, but suddenly out of nowhere we've got a great ruddy huge broccoli risen from the ashes!
all my legumes failed. Broad beans barely flowered, withered and died. Runner beans were munched to death by the large and hungry mollusc population who managed to breach all my anti-mollusc defences. Sweet peas (Cupani) were doing really well, started to flower and then succumbed to mildew.
Dinner plate dahlias have been stunning, potentilla flowers have been nice and so pleased to now have hostas. Not very impressed with my coreopsis, although it did flower eventually. It was too outgrown and messy for me although having started off as preferring very strict and manicured beds, I can now see the beauty in the cottage type flowers ... I think there will be another chunk of lawn being lost to flowers next year to make way. I've fallen in love with agapanthus and cosmos too.
My wite cosmos are giving me a terrific display, also salvas, pink achillea, roses, geum,. The asters although having mildew are giving me/will be giving a good display or flowers/buds.
The fruit trees, apples, pears grown as cordons are producing a good crop. The currants...red, pink and black heavy crop...well pleased.
On the 'down' side my 'corky' was a great dispointment to me. I'll give the TLC for another year and reassess the plants. Extra work include all the roses...after the terrific display suffered blackspots.
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I'm really pleased with phlox paniculata called "Laura" gave me hours of pleasure looking out at them from the kitchen sink.
Also chuffed with the Lychnis coronaria 'Alba'. (I think I may need to collect the seeds?) not only did it look gorgeous, but am thrilled to say there is a brand new one growing next to it.
Mine has to be Lythrum Blush which I bought as a 9cm pot in April. It's been flowering for two months now and I think will be a nice big plant next year.
Worst has got to be Anthemis EC Buxton, planted in Oct which flowered and promptly died. I wonder if the surrounding yarrows requisitioned its water supply.
I was really pleased with my ornamental sage, I got it for a pound off the Homebase 'Death Row' shelf. Just needed a bit of TLC and WHOOSH! it went. Also grew swan river daises this year for the first time and was really pleased with their continuous flowering. They are ready for the compost now.
Failure: Red lobelia, very spindly, much prefer Crystal Palace. Mini sunflowers came and went far to quickly, I wont bother next year.
It was a weird year for Hydrangia's in my area?
They never had as much flowers as this year, they looked stunning, then they like dried out very fast because of no rain, and didn't look so appealing anymore. + They also had some sort of white bugs (loads!) on them that kinda did some destruction to them to..
sad.
But the Verbena did awesome again (like every year)
but then the other kind didn't pop up at all 
and my dahlia did better then last year
Does it count if it's a veg? We had some Broccoli rescued from homebase for 50p we thought all were eaten and past repair, but suddenly out of nowhere we've got a great ruddy huge broccoli risen from the ashes!
all my legumes failed. Broad beans barely flowered, withered and died. Runner beans were munched to death by the large and hungry mollusc population who managed to breach all my anti-mollusc defences. Sweet peas (Cupani) were doing really well, started to flower and then succumbed to mildew.
Dinner plate dahlias have been stunning, potentilla flowers have been nice and so pleased to now have hostas. Not very impressed with my coreopsis, although it did flower eventually. It was too outgrown and messy for me although having started off as preferring very strict and manicured beds, I can now see the beauty in the cottage type flowers ... I think there will be another chunk of lawn being lost to flowers next year to make way. I've fallen in love with agapanthus and cosmos too.
My wite cosmos are giving me a terrific display, also salvas, pink achillea, roses, geum,. The asters although having mildew are giving me/will be giving a good display or flowers/buds.
The fruit trees, apples, pears grown as cordons are producing a good crop. The currants...red, pink and black heavy crop...well pleased.
On the 'down' side my 'corky' was a great dispointment to me. I'll give the TLC for another year and reassess the plants. Extra work include all the roses...after the terrific display suffered blackspots.
Verdun, 2 questions; are you growing that Buddlea Ivory Buzz in a container and are the flowers really ivory, not white?