What a display Verdun, they are amazing. I have to admit I like the dahlia the best but thats down to colour preference but the heleniums are very pretty too.
aym280 that is a bonny penstemon, I have one in a pot but no sign of a flower yet, I have no idea which variety it is, just hoping it will flower, it has loads of leaf growth on it.
Here are a couple of shots, it's been terrible for taking photos over the past few days with the high winds.
Gerbera - Sundayz - the leaf miners have loved these
Thanks aym280 the Verbena has done well, it has flowered its socks off since the end of April and is full of new buds, I got it online in a 9cm pot and didn't expect it to do so well. It had an invasion of moth caterpillars a couple of weeks ago that I didn't even notice on the plant, I found them crawling on the flowers in my vase after they had been sat there for a day, think I need to get my eyes checked
Well today I am trying to stop cats getting into the house, all the local toms are calling on my female. She is a housecat who refuses to go out but she has been sitting in the window howling. Found a ginger tom in the kitchen earlier that snook in while I was filling up the watering can. Had to move a Nepeta yesterday as they were rolling in it and destroying the other plants in the planter so potted it up on its own. I got your pm and will send those seeds off tomorrow for you.
Oh what beautiful pictures/plants Papi Jo, those echinacea are amazing and such detail too. Love the begonia, the shapes and detail of each petal is fantastic.
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What a display Verdun, they are amazing. I have to admit I like the dahlia the best but thats down to colour preference but the heleniums are very pretty too.
aym280 that is a bonny penstemon, I have one in a pot but no sign of a flower yet, I have no idea which variety it is, just hoping it will flower, it has loads of leaf growth on it.
Here are a couple of shots, it's been terrible for taking photos over the past few days with the high winds.
Gerbera - Sundayz - the leaf miners have loved these
Alyssum
Verbena - Red Eye
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Thanks aym280 the Verbena has done well, it has flowered its socks off since the end of April and is full of new buds, I got it online in a 9cm pot and didn't expect it to do so well. It had an invasion of moth caterpillars a couple of weeks ago that I didn't even notice on the plant, I found them crawling on the flowers in my vase after they had been sat there for a day, think I need to get my eyes checked
Well today I am trying to stop cats getting into the house, all the local toms are calling on my female. She is a housecat who refuses to go out but she has been sitting in the window howling. Found a ginger tom in the kitchen earlier that snook in while I was filling up the watering can. Had to move a Nepeta yesterday as they were rolling in it and destroying the other plants in the planter so potted it up on its own. I got your pm and will send those seeds off tomorrow for you.
Love the colour of that Lobelia Verdun.
The 'other side' of the garden:
I think I might need to move the acer behind that achillea, really not the right place for it...
Admiring your Achillea. . . . rabbits have eaten mine
A selection of flowers in my garden this morning...
Calluna vulgaris 'Darkness'
Echinacea purpurea JS® 'White Prairie'
Hibiscus syriacus 'Lavender Chiffon'
Penstemon 'Garnet'
Large flowered begonia
Oh what beautiful pictures/plants Papi Jo, those echinacea are amazing and such detail too. Love the begonia, the shapes and detail of each petal is fantastic.