The buds are gorgeous on it VS. Like big fat plums in the stems
It likes a sunny spot and soil that doesn't dry out, but I think a full on sunny border could be too much for it - probably south west or west would be perfect. Mine is going in a south facing one, but we have less sun and heat here, and it will have some shade from other planting so it should be fine. It's still in a pot just now.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I was just musing about it and wonder if I could get away with it in a sunny but dampish area I'm also planning on replanting...I have an astilbe there which is fine... Also have a lythrum dropmore purple which I think will flower around the same time which might look a bit mad together...will keep musing?
Thanks FG. I think I have it. That is, I have a plant with the same foliage in my damp hosta bed but it has not flowered in the two years it's been in. Maybe too crowded? The hostas have been real bullies this year. Its cousin The Rocket does brilliantly just 3' away but has green foliage and I wanted the purple contrast.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Chiltern have your Lantaria.... Looks a nice wee plant.
We were at the new place, briefly, at the beginning of the week and the clump of hemerocallis in a raised walled bed was looking parched and crispy but there were some gorgeous hibiscus in pale, medium and deep pink with burgundy throats. Only other flowers were the silk tree, a fuchsia magellanica, a perovskia and then some wild mallow a in a large weed infested graveled area.
Going to be such fun making it all lovely and colourful and productive.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I haven't had any problem with flowering obelixx - mine's been in a pot for a couple of years, but it was in a raised bed for a year before that and flowered just the same. It shared the bed with two grasses and some other plants, and it was only because I knew the grasses wouldn't have room that I took it out.
There's another plant with similar foliage - likes damp areas. Can't for the life of me remember it's name though. Someone asked for an ID on it recently - they'd seen it in a garden they visited. Perhaps you have that?
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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The buds are gorgeous on it VS. Like big fat plums in the stems
It likes a sunny spot and soil that doesn't dry out, but I think a full on sunny border could be too much for it - probably south west or west would be perfect. Mine is going in a south facing one, but we have less sun and heat here, and it will have some shade from other planting so it should be fine. It's still in a pot just now.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I was just musing about it and wonder if I could get away with it in a sunny but dampish area I'm also planning on replanting...I have an astilbe there which is fine...
Also have a lythrum dropmore purple which I think will flower around the same time which might look a bit mad together...will keep musing?
It's a real burst of sunshine on a dull summer day - and flowers for ages. Great value plant.
Go on, live dangerously Vic ...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
And the bees like it...
It's on my list but I'm not allowed to buy plants while the ground is baked hard. I don't look after them properly
Thanks FG. I think I have it. That is, I have a plant with the same foliage in my damp hosta bed but it has not flowered in the two years it's been in. Maybe too crowded? The hostas have been real bullies this year. Its cousin The Rocket does brilliantly just 3' away but has green foliage and I wanted the purple contrast.
Busy - Chiltern Seeds and Plant World are both good sources of interesting, good quality seeds and post to me in Belgium with no probs.
Thank you obelixx, I'll have a look at them too.
What a lovely colourful front garden you have, Victoria Sponge.
Nice gardens everybody
Chiltern have your Lantaria.... Looks a nice wee plant.
We were at the new place, briefly, at the beginning of the week and the clump of hemerocallis in a raised walled bed was looking parched and crispy but there were some gorgeous hibiscus in pale, medium and deep pink with burgundy throats. Only other flowers were the silk tree, a fuchsia magellanica, a perovskia and then some wild mallow a in a large weed infested graveled area.
Going to be such fun making it all lovely and colourful and productive.
I haven't had any problem with flowering obelixx - mine's been in a pot for a couple of years, but it was in a raised bed for a year before that and flowered just the same. It shared the bed with two grasses and some other plants, and it was only because I knew the grasses wouldn't have room that I took it out.
There's another plant with similar foliage - likes damp areas. Can't for the life of me remember it's name though. Someone asked for an ID on it recently - they'd seen it in a garden they visited. Perhaps you have that?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...