Wonderful mallow Art - didn't know you could grow them as annuals - how tall is that one ? Looks like a potential back of border plant to add to next year's list...
Chicky, as with everything this year the lavatera are unusually tall, just over 1 metre. Normally more like .6 of a metre. They much prefer the rather poor sandy soil in the bed just outside my fence. When I have grown them on the main flower bed which gets mulched with compost and more TLC, they don't seem too happy.
artjak nice trimestris-also loved the silvery pink one -a couple of years ago the seeds suddenly disappeared from all US catalogs-pity, they are so much more decorative than the perennial
pootler- I can imagine exactly how nice that combination is. I have some dark annual cornflowers which are a similar colour and they look great with V. bon.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Mrs G, love the sunglasses on the tree as well as the rope railing
Annual Lavatera from seed that I collected last year.
Wonderful mallow Art - didn't know you could grow them as annuals - how tall is that one ? Looks like a potential back of border plant to add to next year's list...
Chicky, as with everything this year the lavatera are unusually tall, just over 1 metre. Normally more like .6 of a metre. They much prefer the rather poor sandy soil in the bed just outside my fence. When I have grown them on the main flower bed which gets mulched with compost and more TLC, they don't seem too happy.
...also chicky, if you want seeds of this just pm me
Smashing stars ladies!
Same as chicky - the slate path with the sleepers is really lovely MrsG.
Love that Lavatera too. I'd have the same problem art - it would probably grow best in the rubbishy soil outside the garden fence here.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just a few of my stars, garden still looks like mid-summer
Artjak, had forgotten about the sunglasses! There's also a skeleton in that tree, not sure if its in the photo though.
OH is feeling very proud of the sleeper/slate steps, shhhh!!!
I have been very happy with the mix of verbena bonariensis, scabious and bronze fennel. The butterflies like it too!
The picture does not give a fair representation of how nice the colours are together.
artjak nice trimestris-also loved the silvery pink one -a couple of years ago the seeds suddenly disappeared from all US catalogs-pity, they are so much more decorative than the perennial
pootler- I can imagine exactly how nice that combination is. I have some dark annual cornflowers which are a similar colour and they look great with V. bon.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...