Two pictures from my friend's tiny garden in rain soaked Bristol taken from his bedroom window and a lovely rose he spotted in Buxton Pavilion Gardens last week when he was there for the Music Festival.
Yes Marion, this plant is often overlooked as a favoured garden plant, but it is quite architectural - what I mean is, the strappy leaves make a nice contrast to some of the softer plants. They seem to appear in all sorts of places on our hill. I only saw this one this morning when I was down under the tree picking up broken branches ( from the wind). The flowers are insignificant, but the scrappy leaves make up for it, in my opinion.
12.00. I can't resist letting you all know that the weather you are experiencing is having a big effect on the last day of the Tour de France. The Champs elyeses is almost running with rain water and the girls race had lots of crashes. just the boys to finish off now, so I hope Richie Porte keeps his lead.
Last night of being up until 2am, so maybe I'll catch up on my sleep now.
The rain stopped at last and I managed to take a picture of my first flower on the yet to be named sweet pea from Mr. Fothergill fully open. It is a beauty with dark red upper petals and pink inner edged with white. I will smell it when the garden has dried up a bit. The weigela has started its second flowering.
Too sleepy to get back on her bed - you think she'd be uncomfortable.
A kangaroo paw from the Cranbourne Botanic Garden (south of Melbourne). They had a good display at the main entrance. The whole garden is planted with native plants.
Get you - get Betty! Just after the gross gooseberries too! I have grown the Kangaroo flower in several colours successfully in my Bristol UK garden from seeds brought to me from Perth in WA by my cousin and his wife. They would not like our present cool weather. It is wet again today and wind warning is out for today for Bristol. At the moment it is calm so I shall sally forth and empty all saucers and trays from my drenched pot plants. The waterbutts are replenished and the puddle above the soakaway disappears slower now so we have recovered from our dry spell early July. I see the forecast was correct for Paris, Pat, and the clock was stopped on the last stage round the centre. Are you happy with your first attempt at growing sweet peas,flumpy?
Awe your dog is sooo cute! She must of been warn out : ), I love those red flowers they really stand out, weather in the northwest is a lot cooler, had to put heating on, and it's still raining : (
Morning Marion, must be writing at the same time ha, great minds think alike : ), about the sweet peas, yes I am very pleased with them and they smell gorgeous!, I want to grow them every year now so I am going to order more seeds, we have heavy drizzle here so can't even potter around our garden, plenty time yet, I will do as I'm told and rest : )
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Two pictures from my friend's tiny garden in rain soaked Bristol taken from his bedroom window and a lovely rose he spotted in Buxton Pavilion Gardens last week when he was there for the Music Festival.
Yes Marion, this plant is often overlooked as a favoured garden plant, but it is quite architectural - what I mean is, the strappy leaves make a nice contrast to some of the softer plants. They seem to appear in all sorts of places on our hill. I only saw this one this morning when I was down under the tree picking up broken branches ( from the wind). The flowers are insignificant, but the scrappy leaves make up for it, in my opinion.
12.00. I can't resist letting you all know that the weather you are experiencing is having a big effect on the last day of the Tour de France. The Champs elyeses is almost running with rain water and the girls race had lots of crashes. just the boys to finish off now, so I hope Richie Porte keeps his lead.
Last night of being up until 2am, so maybe I'll catch up on my sleep now.
The rain stopped at last and I managed to take a picture of my first flower on the yet to be named sweet pea from Mr. Fothergill fully open. It is a beauty with dark red upper petals and pink inner edged with white. I will smell it when the garden has dried up a bit. The weigela has started its second flowering.
Ho Marian those sweet peas look lovely, they look as if they have been painted with water colours, gorgeous.
. It's still raining heavy here
Too sleepy to get back on her bed - you think she'd be uncomfortable.
A kangaroo paw from the Cranbourne Botanic Garden (south of Melbourne). They had a good display at the main entrance. The whole garden is planted with native plants.
Hope your weather gets Betty soon.
Get you - get Betty! Just after the gross gooseberries too! I have grown the Kangaroo flower in several colours successfully in my Bristol UK garden from seeds brought to me from Perth in WA by my cousin and his wife. They would not like our present cool weather. It is wet again today and wind warning is out for today for Bristol. At the moment it is calm so I shall sally forth and empty all saucers and trays from my drenched pot plants. The waterbutts are replenished and the puddle above the soakaway disappears slower now so we have recovered from our dry spell early July. I see the forecast was correct for Paris, Pat, and the clock was stopped on the last stage round the centre. Are you happy with your first attempt at growing sweet peas,flumpy?