The green ones are fennel that has gone to seed. There is Lavatera "Silver Cup" in with the gladioli. The white ones are Ammi Majus. The small pink ones are Clarkia. There is also a pink one, French seed, Balsamine. The big yellow and brown ones are Rudbeckia "Denver Daisy" and the dark red ones are Dahlia "Arabian Night".
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Me too but I usually only get to spend an afternoon there now as I whizz through on my way to or from Chelsea or some other visit that doesn't include dogs. Those penstemons are gorgeous and those daisies so crisp and fresh.
Busy I love combinations in your vases. Might have to try a cuttings border in the new place.
Here's a couple of my hemerocallis from yesterday. No idea what the first one is but I did buy it at Wisley.
and some clems from yesterday. First one, label long gone and it came after playing dead for 2 years so no idea. 2nd is Star of India. 3rd is another resurrection clem, probably Mrs Cholmondely. 4th is Blue Angel which has gorgeous stripes on the back of the petals. 5th is Minuet. 6th is Etoile Violette. 7th is perfumed Betty Corning scrambling up a rosa Constance Spry and an acer Sango Kaku. Last is Chrystal Fountain taken in May.
Not all my clems are purple or lilac but this batch certainly is and I love them all.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Lovely. We must have the same taste in clematis, I have all those except Star of India and Minuet. I love the scent of Betty Corning. Your first one looks like my Perle d'Azur.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Obelixx - I can't imagine leaving all that beauty behind. Are starting from scratch or taking on an established garden? I remember you saying you wanted a bigger garden.
Thanks Busy. That's probably it. I did have a Perle d'Azur but over the years I have planted about 60 clems and only have 32 that have survived the horrors of bad winters. I'm quite good on hardy clems now!
Joyce, I have taken cuttings and divisions and will be collecting seed. I have a list of essential clems to buy from my favourite supplier here as I haven't found a clem grower near the new house - yet. It is a bigger garden and is mostly blank canvas and what was managed garden has been neglected for 2 years as the couple selling are divorcing and have had other priorities.
It will be less exposed and not have all the hard frosts we get here and has neutral to acid soil so I can think about rhodos and magnolias and hamamellis for the future.
There are 2 wisterias on walls, a few good shrubs in a mixed hedge, a magnolia, an albizinia julibrissin, a few trees including a walnut, an apple and a plum to be identified, a rampant grapevine, a fruitless fig and some conifers and bamboo and lots of mint running wild in the former meadow parts. Two big fat mophead hydrangeas, one teeny clem I found covered in weeds and thirsty and no roses or lavender
Pretty much a blank canvas so I can plan a winter garden, a white garden, a wildflower meadow (maybe), veg and fruit plots and perennial borders. Loads of fun.
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Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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The green ones are fennel that has gone to seed. There is Lavatera "Silver Cup" in with the gladioli. The white ones are Ammi Majus. The small pink ones are Clarkia. There is also a pink one, French seed, Balsamine. The big yellow and brown ones are Rudbeckia "Denver Daisy" and the dark red ones are Dahlia "Arabian Night".
So pretty, I love Wisley.
Me too but I usually only get to spend an afternoon there now as I whizz through on my way to or from Chelsea or some other visit that doesn't include dogs. Those penstemons are gorgeous and those daisies so crisp and fresh.
Busy I love combinations in your vases. Might have to try a cuttings border in the new place.
Here's a couple of my hemerocallis from yesterday. No idea what the first one is but I did buy it at Wisley.
and some clems from yesterday. First one, label long gone and it came after playing dead for 2 years so no idea. 2nd is Star of India. 3rd is another resurrection clem, probably Mrs Cholmondely. 4th is Blue Angel which has gorgeous stripes on the back of the petals. 5th is Minuet. 6th is Etoile Violette. 7th is perfumed Betty Corning scrambling up a rosa Constance Spry and an acer Sango Kaku. Last is Chrystal Fountain taken in May.
Not all my clems are purple or lilac but this batch certainly is and I love them all.
Lovely. We must have the same taste in clematis, I have all those except Star of India and Minuet. I love the scent of Betty Corning. Your first one looks like my Perle d'Azur.
Obelixx - I can't imagine leaving all that beauty behind. Are starting from scratch or taking on an established garden? I remember you saying you wanted a bigger garden.
Thanks Busy. That's probably it. I did have a Perle d'Azur but over the years I have planted about 60 clems and only have 32 that have survived the horrors of bad winters. I'm quite good on hardy clems now!
Joyce, I have taken cuttings and divisions and will be collecting seed. I have a list of essential clems to buy from my favourite supplier here as I haven't found a clem grower near the new house - yet. It is a bigger garden and is mostly blank canvas and what was managed garden has been neglected for 2 years as the couple selling are divorcing and have had other priorities.
It will be less exposed and not have all the hard frosts we get here and has neutral to acid soil so I can think about rhodos and magnolias and hamamellis for the future.
There are 2 wisterias on walls, a few good shrubs in a mixed hedge, a magnolia, an albizinia julibrissin, a few trees including a walnut, an apple and a plum to be identified, a rampant grapevine, a fruitless fig and some conifers and bamboo and lots of mint running wild in the former meadow parts. Two big fat mophead hydrangeas, one teeny clem I found covered in weeds and thirsty and no roses or lavender
Pretty much a blank canvas so I can plan a winter garden, a white garden, a wildflower meadow (maybe), veg and fruit plots and perennial borders. Loads of fun.
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You are going to have a great time obelixx
and a lovely spring garden with the rhodos, hamamellis (already purchased if I remember)etc.
Sounds wonderful, especially the milder winter bit. Good luck with the move.
Thanks. It's 25kms inland from the coast so there should be no extreme winters.
More clems here - another resurrection clem that doesn't self cling.
alba luxurians with little green splodges on the tepals
Rahvarhinne
Nelly
Little Nell
Cicciolina
Sunset
Princess Diana
I am Red Robin seed heads - group 1 and flowers early then gorgeous silky seeds
Purpurea plena elegans
Red Ballon seed heads - buds are red but turn yellow as they open then long silky seed fronds
label lost but probably Rubra
and lastly Arabella which is scrambling through a cotinus and doesn't cling
Other clems are being shy or are between flushes.
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Lovely photos Aym. We're off to the Vendée in France for shorter, milder winters.
Here are a few non clems form the garden today. Firebolt lilies
with Larkom lily (I think)
One of the hemerocallis
and another
lysimachia clethroides alba
and one of the persicarias for semi shade looking a bit pale in all this bright sun