well have a nice hot few days.. thou only managed to dead head and cut back as ground is rock hard.
my neoplotan cyclamen have just started popping their heads up... i have got loads of one year old ones i grew from seed.. does anyone know how long before they flower.. they should be white ones and pink ones.. they come from the seed pods of my grandma one which is now 32 years old and going strong..
Hi all. I've not been on here for a while (combination of traipsing around the country and it actually being nice enought to be in the garden! ), so I hope everyone is well. My garden has absolutely rocketed in the last couple of weeks with the warmth. Will be doing a photo update on my blog in the next couple of days, but here are a few of the best.
The view from the back door
The view in the other direction
Monstrous Nicotinana (allegedly lime green, but not really, smells divine), Dwarf Sunbflowers, Bidens (smells like honey) and Oxalis
Lavatera, Crocosmia X Crocosmiflora (I think), and Hydrangea
The more recently planted replacement for the veg bed (aka swimming pool...)
And last, but certainly not least, Nigella. My new favourite flower.
gret photos everyone.. rob.. ,y nicotina have got huge this year too.. here is some piccies of my garden at mo
these are my rudbeckias. doing very well with all the rain we had.
My huge white budlehia (spelling?) nver know how it.
I took this from a cutting 2 years ago..
Has been lovely again today so out busy cutting back and deadheading.. tidying up ready for autumn doesnt seem to have spent much time in the garden this year at all.. and now it all seems over adnflwoers are starting to finish before it seems they started.
Took a few photos for the garden diary today---water is getting a bit scarce here.
Steps and lattice installed; work in progress.To the lower right will be a strawberry bed.
the lupins I grew from seed turned out pink, not purple, as expected.
Tiger lilies are in bud
Only one bloom on this lily this year; needs to go in the ground--it's in a pot.
This lily has 20 buds on it--the deck garden was heavy on the reds this year, but I quite like it.
The deer's garden-beginning some planting with grasses I have moved from elsewhere. Future site of hellebores under the plum tree. Lavenders and artemesia in the bed behind.
Velvet Queen sunflowers with an Arbutus tree behind.
gardeningfanatic - those Rudbeckias look like Cappuccinos (though they might be something else). I love those. Some of the blooms this year are quite massive. And bees like them too.
@hollie-hock.. no thes type are annuasl but mine stay flowering until end of nov if weather warm normally until first hard frost.. last year dug them up as plant looked rough but still flowering.. there is many in the rudbeckia family that are perennial thou.. they took while to get going this year but when they started no stopping them.. i love them grow them every year
the white budlehia is about 6ft tall now and about 4ft round.. i cut back the dead flwoers to encourage more lower down stem..by the time it is finished clowering it is back down to a hieght of about 2ft ready for the winter..
it has had peacock butterflies today as sun hot and very hot.. last time saw them was in may.. didnt get camera quick enough thou to get piccie..
@inkdog.. your wall is coming on grand.. it is going to look superb when finished.. your lillies are gorgeous and i bet the sent is amazing in the evenings.
@gary hobson.. no it stated just rudbeckias on the seed packet.. same as i get every year.. nothing to tell which kind thou.. they are gorg arent they.
@rob.. many thanks i adore them and grown them every year..
also guys.. today i saw a strange bee.. gone by time got camera.. it was about an ince long with borwn and orange stripes and longer thinner wings to normal bee.. and it had an orange face.. do any of you know what it is.. it s was feeding on the dark kinght budlehia i have..
I dare not post photos. Not had rain for ages. Grass has mostly died - that's not a bad thing, no cutting - but plants getting very crisp and dry. Lost some to the drought. Rainwater supply just about gone for the veggies. Trying to keep the bog plants going is a nightmare. Up goes the water bill..... Too hot to be outside working in the garden anyway so it's feet up in the shade and a good book.....
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well have a nice hot few days.. thou only managed to dead head and cut back as ground is rock hard.
my neoplotan cyclamen have just started popping their heads up... i have got loads of one year old ones i grew from seed.. does anyone know how long before they flower.. they should be white ones and pink ones.. they come from the seed pods of my grandma one which is now 32 years old and going strong..
Hi all. I've not been on here for a while (combination of traipsing around the country and it actually being nice enought to be in the garden!
), so I hope everyone is well. My garden has absolutely rocketed in the last couple of weeks with the warmth. Will be doing a photo update on my blog in the next couple of days, but here are a few of the best.
The view from the back door
The view in the other direction
Monstrous Nicotinana (allegedly lime green, but not really, smells divine), Dwarf Sunbflowers, Bidens (smells like honey) and Oxalis
Lavatera, Crocosmia X Crocosmiflora (I think), and Hydrangea
The more recently planted replacement for the veg bed (aka swimming pool...)
And last, but certainly not least, Nigella. My new favourite flower.
@Gary Hobson and @Holie-Hock - some beautiful flowers there. Love the Heleniums!
gret photos everyone.. rob.. ,y nicotina have got huge this year too.. here is some piccies of my garden at mo
these are my rudbeckias. doing very well with all the rain we had.
My huge white budlehia (spelling?) nver know how it.
I took this from a cutting 2 years ago..
Has been lovely again today so out busy cutting back and deadheading.. tidying up ready for autumn
doesnt seem to have spent much time in the garden this year at all.. and now it all seems over adnflwoers are starting to finish before it seems they started.
Took a few photos for the garden diary today---water is getting a bit scarce here.
Steps and lattice installed; work in progress.To the lower right will be a strawberry bed.
the lupins I grew from seed turned out pink, not purple, as expected.
Tiger lilies are in bud
Only one bloom on this lily this year; needs to go in the ground--it's in a pot.
This lily has 20 buds on it--the deck garden was heavy on the reds this year, but I quite like it.
The deer's garden-beginning some planting with grasses I have moved from elsewhere. Future site of hellebores under the plum tree. Lavenders and artemesia in the bed behind.
Velvet Queen sunflowers with an Arbutus tree behind.
gardeningfanatic - those Rudbeckias look like Cappuccinos (though they might be something else). I love those. Some of the blooms this year are quite massive. And bees like them too.
@Gardeningfantic, I agree, those Rudbeckias are lovely. I'm hoping the show isn't quite over yet - a few more weeks surely!
@Hollie-Hock - Thanks, I'm particularly pleased with that one. It's definately one of the more developed looking bits of the garden.
@Inkadog - The Lilies look great. Mine have only just started opening up. They're orientals and they smell fab.
@hollie-hock.. no thes type are annuasl but mine stay flowering until end of nov if weather warm normally until first hard frost.. last year dug them up as plant looked rough but still flowering.. there is many in the rudbeckia family that are perennial thou.. they took while to get going this year but when they started no stopping them.. i love them grow them every year
the white budlehia is about 6ft tall now and about 4ft round.. i cut back the dead flwoers to encourage more lower down stem..by the time it is finished clowering it is back down to a hieght of about 2ft ready for the winter..
it has had peacock butterflies today as sun hot and very hot.. last time saw them was in may.. didnt get camera quick enough thou to get piccie..
@inkdog.. your wall is coming on grand.. it is going to look superb when finished.. your lillies are gorgeous and i bet the sent is amazing in the evenings.
@gary hobson.. no it stated just rudbeckias on the seed packet.. same as i get every year.. nothing to tell which kind thou.. they are gorg arent they.
@rob.. many thanks i adore them and grown them every year..
also guys.. today i saw a strange bee.. gone by time got camera.. it was about an ince long with borwn and orange stripes and longer thinner wings to normal bee.. and it had an orange face.. do any of you know what it is.. it s was feeding on the dark kinght budlehia i have..
I dare not post photos. Not had rain for ages. Grass has mostly died - that's not a bad thing, no cutting - but plants getting very crisp and dry. Lost some to the drought. Rainwater supply just about gone for the veggies. Trying to keep the bog plants going is a nightmare. Up goes the water bill.....
Too hot to be outside working in the garden anyway so it's feet up in the shade and a good book.....