Salino, I'm in the Fens too; Norfolk /Cambs border! So we have similar weather to contend with. Verdun suggests taking cuttings to keep favourite varieties.
..hi Jak....sounds like you're just down the road...... it's a big place isn't it..? lots of quite isolated homes too, down these 'droves'..as they are called here...
..yes, cuttings...I prefer the so called Irishman's version, otherwise I like to buy in fresh each year, a different variety perhaps, something new... you know? I don't drink, or smoke, so buying a few plants form gardencentre is something I allow for... I've just bought some new Dianthus 'Odessa Red'... Carnations to us... this one was first seen at Chelsea 4 years ago... it's quite a dark rich red, almost royal if there is such a term... not as much scent as it says on the label... but I quite like the colour... I imagine it might appeal to an artist...
I have a lot of ivy in the front garden and it just appeared. i have sown seed from Newport Docks at the bristol university Botanic garden and had some success. you have to be patient. i have also planted pieces of ivy with the pseudo bulbs attached which were brought from the Bristol gorge as part of thr remit of the Bot. garden is to show local native and rare flowers and had some success. the Garden itself, not mine i@m afraid was established as a private garden in 1879 when the house was built on an ancient woodland site and has toothwort appearing in corners difficult for the visitors to see so the curator collected seed and the head gardener gave them to me to sow under suitable host plants. Everytime i visit i go and look from April onwards just in case! they are so beautiful and so interesting.
Salino, I am not very fond of red; my red tubes of paint are all pretty ancient as they very rarely get used I love orange/apricot and though I don't much like purple shades, they seem to work well in the garden.
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Look forward to seeing them. I've an old phone so do it by camera, upload by wires and down size and post etc..still in 20th C
..hi Jak....sounds like you're just down the road...
..yes, cuttings...I prefer the so called Irishman's version, otherwise I like to buy in fresh each year, a different variety perhaps, something new... you know? I don't drink, or smoke, so buying a few plants form gardencentre is something I allow for... I've just bought some new Dianthus 'Odessa Red'... Carnations to us... this one was first seen at Chelsea 4 years ago... it's quite a dark rich red, almost royal if there is such a term... not as much scent as it says on the label... but I quite like the colour... I imagine it might appeal to an artist...
Pentatemon "Electric Blue" is hardy for me and bushier each year. Lvely blue.
Two lovely summer newcomers to my garden - a parasitiv broomrape - i think it is Orobanche hederae and my latest rose "Nurse tracy".
Did the broomrape just appear , Marion or did you sow seeds or plant it?
I have a lot of ivy in the front garden and it just appeared. i have sown seed from Newport Docks at the bristol university Botanic garden and had some success. you have to be patient. i have also planted pieces of ivy with the pseudo bulbs attached which were brought from the Bristol gorge as part of thr remit of the Bot. garden is to show local native and rare flowers and had some success. the Garden itself, not mine i@m afraid was established as a private garden in 1879 when the house was built on an ancient woodland site and has toothwort appearing in corners difficult for the visitors to see so the curator collected seed and the head gardener gave them to me to sow under suitable host plants. Everytime i visit i go and look from April onwards just in case! they are so beautiful and so interesting.
Thank you Verdun
Salino, I am not very fond of red; my red tubes of paint are all pretty ancient as they very rarely get used
I love orange/apricot and though I don't much like purple shades, they seem to work well in the garden.