Aym, aquilegia is nora barlow, grown from seed. Now year 2 or 3.
Lupin just starting. this one is the pages, it's so good and flowers for ages if deadheaded. I like it so much that last year, I got a packet of seeds band of nobles mixed (includes the pages). New plants in their final positions, waiting to see what colour they are! I'm hoping that light stems will be yellow or white and dark stems red, blue or purple... I really want a purple as i don't want to spend £8 on one purple masterpiece! Fingers crossed!
re the lush border, remember my stepping stones? can't see the desert area waiting to be planted 1m away ?
Ha ha Aym! We certainly do have the 3 s! But only 2 cause havock in the garden ? I don't seem to have too big a problem with the lupins. delphiniums ok too. Other story for my beans and courgette seedlings though...
I got the pages from perrywoods in tiptree a couple of years ago. I've also seen it in wyevale garden centres. I got it as a small plant, 9cm pot for around £3 and it grew away very quickly.
I plant most perennials 40 50cm apart with bulbs in between. Plus a few self seeded foxgloves, honesty and verbena bonariensis. Hey presto in a couple of years, lovely packed border. It gives me hope for the new border that i planted a few weeks ago! I started of putting canes wherever i needed a plant, yes it did look like a weird graveyard for a while. The plants look so far apart at the moment... Patience...
And if you need plants, big garden show in Hylands House in Chelmsford this weekend. They had good plants and very good deals last year!
The bottles just keep a bit of warmth in and the slugs out until they're big enough to go out. I only drink water squash or herbal tea so I've harrased the neighbours for pop bottles. I even used a fairy bottle haha theyre hats for pumpkins ?
TetleyT: Oh, my god. Is it the same one? What a beauty? Where did you buy the plant please? I must have one or one similar. So beautiful. Thank you for digging it up for us. Lovely!
Aym, I believe I got this plant from a Gardeners' World magazine offer where I got about 6 tiny little plug plants sent in the post years ago but just as I was moving it sent up a runner and I potted that up and brought it with me.
I've had a look through the above and I think it might be the unnamed variety. The pink one, Markham's Pink, I got from a bog standard garden centre somewhere, I saw it and thought it would be nice to have the two colours mingle with the same gorgeous blousy flowers. They're favourites and visible from the living room windows. They are out early, don't last all that long but there's a second flush later in the year I believe.
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Lovely pics, Aym280 and TetleyT!
My offering for this morning: Aquilegia, lupin, allium and whitecurrant.
Aym, aquilegia is nora barlow, grown from seed. Now year 2 or 3.
Lupin just starting. this one is the pages, it's so good and flowers for ages if deadheaded. I like it so much that last year, I got a packet of seeds band of nobles mixed (includes the pages). New plants in their final positions, waiting to see what colour they are! I'm hoping that light stems will be yellow or white and dark stems red, blue or purple... I really want a purple as i don't want to spend £8 on one purple masterpiece! Fingers crossed!
re the lush border, remember my stepping stones? can't see the desert area waiting to be planted 1m away ?
Sluts and snails???? What kind of outfit are you running there Julie?????
First good laugh of the morning aym!
Ha ha Aym! We certainly do have the 3 s! But only 2 cause havock in the garden ? I don't seem to have too big a problem with the lupins. delphiniums ok too. Other story for my beans and courgette seedlings though...
I got the pages from perrywoods in tiptree a couple of years ago. I've also seen it in wyevale garden centres. I got it as a small plant, 9cm pot for around £3 and it grew away very quickly.
I plant most perennials 40 50cm apart with bulbs in between. Plus a few self seeded foxgloves, honesty and verbena bonariensis. Hey presto in a couple of years, lovely packed border. It gives me hope for the new border that i planted a few weeks ago! I started of putting canes wherever i needed a plant, yes it did look like a weird graveyard for a while. The plants look so far apart at the moment... Patience...
And if you need plants, big garden show in Hylands House in Chelmsford this weekend. They had good plants and very good deals last year!
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I love the last one Aym, just beautiful
The bottles just keep a bit of warmth in and the slugs out until they're big enough to go out. I only drink water squash or herbal tea so I've harrased the neighbours for pop bottles. I even used a fairy bottle haha theyre hats for pumpkins ?
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Aym, I believe I got this plant from a Gardeners' World magazine offer where I got about 6 tiny little plug plants sent in the post years ago but just as I was moving it sent up a runner and I potted that up and brought it with me.
You want to look for Clematis Macropetala.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-trials-and-awards/plant-bulletins/clematis-alpina-and-clematis-macropetala
I've had a look through the above and I think it might be the unnamed variety. The pink one, Markham's Pink, I got from a bog standard garden centre somewhere, I saw it and thought it would be nice to have the two colours mingle with the same gorgeous blousy flowers. They're favourites and visible from the living room windows. They are out early, don't last all that long but there's a second flush later in the year I believe.