Oh TY for the tip. Lyn. Those two cleomes were raised from seed by my friend so I will save the seed. I must get into my raincoat and go out and empty pots that are overflowing with rainwater before any waterlogging occurs.
I took my umbrella just in case as I needed stamps and to order compost for my spring bulbs and of course the new flowers for Bank Holiday weekend had just come in to the florists so I came home with a gentian called "Diana" and a pink bouvardia which is supposed to be the plant you give people with a zesr for life! I certainly have that so gave myself one. Here they both are. Bouvardias can live for ten years
A fine day forecast for Bristol so should get started on filling up the green wheeliebin again as it gets emptied this morning. The new border should be much easier now we have had heavy rain to break up the clay clods. Will take containers with me as there are mountains of black brambles ready to pick and plums and apples. Nearly time to harvest pears too.
After digging up a big basket of potatoes and putting onions and broad beans for seeds out to dry and taken note of the vast amount of fruit needing picked I decided an early coffee was called for. I did tie up sweet peas too which the rain had disturbed a bit so now the garden is looking tidier as well as lush. That recent rain has put spurts of growth on everywhere. The things i gave the Chelsea chop to are now flowering for the second time - weigelas, clematis montana, cirsium rivulare, all the hardy geraniums to name just a few.My white gaura has been devoured by slugs though. Mr. Fothergills onion plants we had to trial for the Nation of gardeners have been harvested - 9 survived from thirteen plants and the biggest is not much more than an inch in diameter so hardly worth the bother hen onions come so easily from seeds or sets.
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Our lane is a river already and still it pours.
Lovely pics Marion, I chopped my shastas down and they are coming again, hopefully should flower later.
Nice to see the chrysanthemum starting to open, hope it doesn't go soggy in the rain.
I love the cleome, one year mine got completely eaten by caterpillars. the saved seeds are much better than a new packet I find.
Oh TY for the tip. Lyn. Those two cleomes were raised from seed by my friend so I will save the seed. I must get into my raincoat and go out and empty pots that are overflowing with rainwater before any waterlogging occurs.
Oh gosh! Lovely here, but it has rained almost none stop since last Wednesday!
Happymarion , Dalia advise , I have not fed them , they are planted in a bed at the allottment and the seed head has not formed
The weather seems to be the problem , not much rain then it throws it down and sun comes out so has been very muggy at time
Many thanks for the advise , somebody else is having the same problem on another furom , will pass on information
Hope it stops raining soon and the sun comes , sorry to say it is nice and sunny here , just having a coffee break , cutting lawns
I took my umbrella just in case as I needed stamps and to order compost for my spring bulbs and of course the new flowers for Bank Holiday weekend had just come in to the florists so I came home with a gentian called "Diana" and a pink bouvardia which is supposed to be the plant you give people with a zesr for life! I certainly have that so gave myself one. Here they both are. Bouvardias can live for ten years
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And you deserve them Marion, nothing wrong with treating yourself.
A fine day forecast for Bristol so should get started on filling up the green wheeliebin again as it gets emptied this morning. The new border should be much easier now we have had heavy rain to break up the clay clods. Will take containers with me as there are mountains of black brambles ready to pick and plums and apples. Nearly time to harvest pears too.
After digging up a big basket of potatoes and putting onions and broad beans for seeds out to dry and taken note of the vast amount of fruit needing picked I decided an early coffee was called for. I did tie up sweet peas too which the rain had disturbed a bit so now the garden is looking tidier as well as lush. That recent rain has put spurts of growth on everywhere. The things i gave the Chelsea chop to are now flowering for the second time - weigelas, clematis montana, cirsium rivulare, all the hardy geraniums to name just a few.My white gaura has been devoured by slugs though. Mr. Fothergills onion plants we had to trial for the Nation of gardeners have been harvested - 9 survived from thirteen plants and the biggest is not much more than an inch in diameter so hardly worth the bother hen onions come so easily from seeds or sets.
Whacked after a lot of harvesting and weeding so took some pics of daisies, oxalis and yellow chrysanthemums.