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Post by sweetleaf on Sept 16, 2006 20:02:54 GMT
Mine were free too CPB..A.G. again, and I split them beween the garden and lottie, dont know how but I managed to send all the purple ones to the lottie and the pink ones are at home?  none had buds, so havent a clue how that happened. The pic was taken with my mobile BTW,(also free). |
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 21, 2006 7:37:18 GMT
Pinging this thread to ask Greenwizzard to replace the pictures.
To my dismal I discovered that when you create a new folder in Photobucket and than place your pictures in there. Plop they disappear from the board because of a change in links.
Now I know why my avatar has gone missing for a while.
doh doh doh smiley
Dutchy
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 21, 2006 7:42:43 GMT
Noticed a gorgeous passionflower earlier in this thread s. They are lovely plants so here is mine hope you like it. Dutchy   |
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Post by Jonah on Sept 22, 2006 12:00:11 GMT
Dutchy, that is lovely too. What variety is it?
Is it hardy???
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 22, 2006 17:56:29 GMT
Unfortunately it is not hardy so I have to find a way of saving it. As for the variety hmm. Have you ever been to a garden center buying the last one of a kind and the people not being able to tell you what it is other than. This is a red Passionflower and we lost the labels. Thats what happened and since I am more interested in looks than names ( I forget them anyhow and I loose the labels ) I took it home. It was already in bloom and this colour so why they called it red I have no clue. It simply is exactly the colour you see.
Perhaps some one more educated in plant names knows it.
Sorry
Dutchy
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2006 20:14:47 GMT
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 25, 2006 12:04:48 GMT
Gorgeous passiflora Dutchy   These are images of my cup & saucer vine...just starting to flower...open greeny-white then turn purple. I love 'em. |
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 25, 2006 17:48:16 GMT
Ooh that Passiflora Gilbertii looks fab with those multicolour stamen or what ever it is called. I would like that one.
Pity they are not hardy. I still have to find a way of keeping mine over the winter. No Green house and only a makeshift ( not frost free) cold frame. Maybe the bedroom windowsill. And how hard can I cut it back things like that....
What a perfect cup and saucer vine. Not hardy I suppose?
Dutchy
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 25, 2006 18:00:43 GMT
Nope...grown here as an annual I'm afraid Dutchy, but very easy to germinate (beautiful seeds too)
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 26, 2006 7:30:20 GMT
Ooh. Getting very interested now  Dutchy |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 26, 2006 9:24:58 GMT
Dutchy Dearie, if you'd like I can send you a couple of seeds in the post...I have a few left. I've been keeping them in the fridge since May (in an airtight container)...pop me a pm if you'd like them...or not...up to you.
CPBx
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 27, 2006 17:15:46 GMT
Done
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Post by isabella on Oct 2, 2006 21:13:38 GMT
 Etoile Violette |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2006 7:08:26 GMT
Phwar! I love it with your wisteria!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 7:10:54 GMT
beautiful isabella, just beautiful. is that still in flower now ??
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Post by Margi on Oct 3, 2006 18:54:13 GMT
Ping! For Jenny Wrenn...
Margi x
(PS - can't wait for the picture....)
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Post by JennyWrenn on Oct 3, 2006 19:11:02 GMT
ThankX Margi I didnt think to look in the Gallery I think I will retake the photo as the actual cleome is a dark vivid purple and I took the piccy on a dark day with flash This is just one of two that survived the last Plant Trials which I grew from seed - the other cleome has now sprouted five off shoots and will re flower - that one is a pale pink but am sure you wont want to see that   |
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Post by Margi on Oct 3, 2006 19:48:14 GMT
Oooh, pretty combination with the Ageratum, but yes, I'd like to see the Cleome a bit purpler!!!
Can't wait for the next go...
Margi x
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Post by Jonah on Oct 7, 2006 23:37:56 GMT
Cheerypeabrian, I just spotted a Passiflora Amethyst in the house plant section of one of my gardening books that looks very much like yours. Wouldn't it be lovely if it gets through the winter, here's hoping...  |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Oct 8, 2006 0:08:17 GMT
I've taken some cuttings...and plan to take a good look at it on Monday when I'm planning on doing a bit of re-organising in the garden ...I've got a bin-full of compost I can mulch it with...here's hoping!
(if it doesn't make it I plan to try another one next year!)
CPBx
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Post by beejay on Oct 9, 2006 11:21:46 GMT
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Post by isabella on Oct 9, 2006 19:30:05 GMT
Gorgeous photos,beejay!
Is the first one Gomphrena?
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Post by beejay on Oct 9, 2006 21:48:12 GMT
Well spotted. It's not a plant I had come across before. You are a clever girl!
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Post by isabella on Oct 10, 2006 19:24:45 GMT
I tried to grow it a few years ago but not as well as in your photo!
The flowers can be dried the same as Helichrysum can.
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Post by beejay on Oct 16, 2006 8:15:37 GMT
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 16, 2006 17:32:24 GMT
Beejay, Does that Gomphrena grow on wet clay? I have tried a big clover but it sort of liked life in the garden by far toooooo much.
I am still looking for something other than Verbena Bonariensis but with a similar colour and only 30 cm high. I am about to give up. Though the colour is not the same this one might be a nice alternative.
Dutchy
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Post by beejay on Oct 16, 2006 18:37:26 GMT
No idea where it grows best Dutchy as I took the phote at Savill Gardens. Have you thought about Verbena rigida? It has pretty similar flowers to bonariensis but only grows to about a foot. I think it may be a little more tender than VB, but cuttings are just as easy.
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Post by isabella on Oct 16, 2006 19:12:47 GMT
You beat me to it beejay!! I was just thinking how good the berries look on my Callicarpa and thinking that I must take a photo!!!
Lovely photo!!
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 17, 2006 7:55:34 GMT
I actually wanted a different flower but the same colour. VB just manages to survive in this part of the garden and something more tender/less loving the wet will not survive. VR needs it dry. I have some in the gravel and even there they are struggling.
I have considered Stachys Macrantha Superba which also needs it dry but I can't find it at our garden centres nearby. I would like to just try and see. The Polemonium Caeruleum is survivng... just... so why not the Stachys. ( S Officinalis did die so did S Byzantina but I am an optimist)
Dutchy
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 20, 2006 16:33:50 GMT
Some cracking pics added since I last looked at this thread, just found this one lurking so thought I'd add it to the collection  |
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