Helianthus 'Lemon Queen', sorry no pic. It's HUGE & has been flowering non stop for weeks. Covered in bees, weather permitting, no chance today
I want to split it & move the whole, as the back edge of my raised veg bed, yep not the ideal spot but just put it there couple of yrs ago as needed somewhere quick! OH has forbidden me to move all of it as it does make a wonderful sight. Drat, it also obscures/shades part of the bottom patio where I like to sit out late afternoons. Oh well, hope to get 3 lots from it when I do brave splitting it. J.
Agree with you Jo - lemon queen puts on quite a show here too. Mine are right at the back of the border, so i am happy for them to get as tall as they like
Well I do plan for 1 portion to go into the middle of a side bed to, hopefully, obscure next doors' swing seat/small patio. A 2cnd bit to the back of what will become next yrs veg plot- assuming I can deal with the roots remaining from the fruit bushes that I had to cut down- dont ask. And now that 3rd bit apparently has to stay in the 2cnd veg plot- hmm, I can feel a Chelsea chop session happening next spring to reduce the overall height of that clump! Corgettes will be in that bed so no problem, she says. J.
That is a beautiful colour Potty My rescue fuchsias are still going strong, and my begonias in my biggest pot are still enormous and flowering away like mad!
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Helianthus 'Lemon Queen', sorry no pic. It's HUGE & has been flowering non stop for weeks. Covered in bees, weather permitting, no chance today
I want to split it & move the whole, as the back edge of my raised veg bed, yep not the ideal spot but just put it there couple of yrs ago as needed somewhere quick! OH has forbidden me to move all of it as it does make a wonderful sight. Drat, it also obscures/shades part of the bottom patio where I like to sit out late afternoons. Oh well, hope to get 3 lots from it when I do brave splitting it. J.
Agree with you Jo - lemon queen puts on quite a show here too. Mine are right at the back of the border, so i am happy for them to get as tall as they like
There's still more than a sprinkle of colour today ....
Love your garden MrsG - your borders are looking great. And next year you can stuff the even fuller with GH babies - what fun!!
Well I do plan for 1 portion to go into the middle of a side bed to, hopefully, obscure next doors' swing seat/small patio. A 2cnd bit to the back of what will become next yrs veg plot- assuming I can deal with the roots remaining from the fruit bushes that I had to cut down- dont ask.
And now that 3rd bit apparently has to stay in the 2cnd veg plot- hmm, I can feel a Chelsea chop session happening next spring to reduce the overall height of that clump! Corgettes will be in that bed so no problem, she says. J.
Sounds a lot of planning there Jo.
Thanks Brum, Ollie and Ozzie (original hey?) say hi.
Hope so Chicky, trying to go for lots of a few rather than bits dotted about next year... As if!
Thought I'd post some pictures of my Autumn joys (or those flowers still hanging on!)
Not sure what the big yellow flower is in the last pic, came from a £1 box of scented seeds which I rather liberally shook on the small bed
Panda what a lot of colour still.
I have lots of fuchsias flowering beautifully but mystar has to be
That is a beautiful colour Potty
My rescue fuchsias are still going strong, and my begonias in my biggest pot are still enormous and flowering away like mad!
Thank you Panda.
Can anyone tell me if I can keep Gerbera for next year and if so what is the best way to do it please