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Post by Tig on Jul 27, 2011 19:39:31 GMT
Wasn't sure whether to put this on purple or pink, but the foliage won out over the flowers   This should be darker - scabious barocca  and I was disappointed my Polish Spirit hadn't any flowers on it - should've looked up   x Tig |
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Post by Tig on Jul 30, 2011 19:16:57 GMT
Sun shone through this Burma Star today, it made it appear less purple with red bands  x Tig |
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Post by Tig on Aug 8, 2011 13:19:10 GMT
Little things sometimes give me the greatest pleasure, look what I spotted whilst deadheading some sweetpeas this morning ;D  Lots of buds to open and they have formed quite a good sized clump now x Tig |
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Post by Tig on Aug 12, 2011 17:33:30 GMT
Even more excitement today ...  Passiflora Violacea has performed her debut   x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 12, 2011 19:01:26 GMT
Even more excitement today ... Passiflora Violacea has performed her debut x Tig A real beauty Tig. POTM 1 won't work so I've had to write it out. |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 12, 2011 20:35:44 GMT
Even more excitement today ... Passiflora Violacea has performed her debut x Tig A real beauty Tig. POTM 1 won't work so I've had to write it out.  That's beautiful Tig. Jillyx |
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Post by Tig on Aug 12, 2011 22:39:55 GMT
Awww thank you both - I was so pleased as the one I had growing just a few feet away (Purple Haze) keeled over and died when the temps dropped to 5c at night last month. I thought they were all going to wither and die, but although two more are still OK I think this is the only one that will have any flowers  At least I've raised them all from quite small plants this year (and costing no more than £2.50p each - so not a major financial loss if they don't perform ) x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on Aug 15, 2011 17:34:32 GMT
Even more excitement today ... Passiflora Violacea has performed her debut x Tig A real beauty Tig. POTM 1 won't work so I've had to write it out. What an intricate flower and my fave colour!  |
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Post by Geranium on Aug 15, 2011 21:05:27 GMT
That's lovely, Tig! Do you know, there was a Passiflora plant in this garden when we came - and it's never produced a bud, let alone a flower! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/rolleyes.gif Anyway - a few pics from me. One of the best-performing plants I grow. Aster s frikartii 'Monch'.  Geranium pratense 'Plenum Violaceum'  Verbena rigida. This should be hardy in my garden, and is in a mild winter. In colder ones, it dies right back, but pops up further along. It may be a seedling, or a new shoot - no idea.  I've posted this as it's another form of V. rigida - called 'Violet'. When they're next to each other, they are a slightly different colour.  |
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Post by purplejulia on Aug 16, 2011 22:54:42 GMT
I love these - ageratum grown from seed. I can almost touch these on the screen!  |
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Post by Tig on Aug 21, 2011 19:08:52 GMT
Thanks for the noms for the passion flower ... I've got another purple one in bud now Love that double geranium Geranium. I had some ageratum seeds and forgot to sow them this year, that is a wonderful result PJ  I've got flowers on the tricyrtis hirta I bought a bit back, it is a different variety to the other one I have, the flowers grow in clusters from the leaf axils rather than on a stem - pretty, if a little bit dainty for me  x Tig |
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Post by Geranium on Aug 21, 2011 19:16:35 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Aug 21, 2011 20:01:03 GMT
This is another of the baby Streptos I grew from leaf cuttings. I think she's a little beauty - her name is 'Merle'.  I don't think I posted a photo of my Phlox 'Johann Strauss' en masse - so here they are. Lilac, rather than purple, though.  I wonder if you've come across this plant before? It's just coming into bloom - Strobilanthes wallichii. It's definitely purple!  |
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Post by Sunnygardener on Aug 22, 2011 5:48:35 GMT
I love these - ageratum grown from seed. I can almost touch these on the screen! This is gorgeous  |
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Post by Sunnygardener on Aug 22, 2011 5:49:45 GMT
This is another of the baby Streptos I grew from leaf cuttings. I think she's a little beauty - her name is 'Merle'. Wow that is fantastic |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 22, 2011 10:43:38 GMT
This is another of the baby Streptos I grew from leaf cuttings. I think she's a little beauty - her name is 'Merle'. This is lovely, well done getting it from a leaf cutting.  Your Phlox looks great too. |
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Post by Geranium on Aug 22, 2011 12:39:23 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 22, 2011 16:31:08 GMT
This is another of the baby Streptos I grew from leaf cuttings. I think she's a little beauty - her name is 'Merle'. This is lovely, well done getting it from a leaf cutting. Your Phlox looks great too. I love this as well... RF |
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Post by Geranium on Aug 22, 2011 19:48:46 GMT
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Post by purplejulia on Aug 22, 2011 22:28:50 GMT
Lovely looking flower Geranium. I've not come across them before. This is my new Happy Juliet Dahlia from Columbia Road Flower Market  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 23, 2011 5:17:55 GMT
It's lovely PJ, will you try to overwinter it somehow?
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Post by purplejulia on Aug 23, 2011 7:43:16 GMT
Thanks LG. I bought it because I liked the name and the ciolour  so I really want it to last. I'll bring it in the house when it starts getting colder, but I don't seem very lucky with plants in pots. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 24, 2011 6:51:12 GMT
They can overwinter well for some folks PJ. Have a look on the Dahlia thread for info. |
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Post by Tig on Sept 5, 2011 14:24:45 GMT
This is a rescued lily bulb, I forgot I'd planted them 'cos it was 'late' and they've been eaten to bits by red devils  Will try and look after it better next year, it's a nice colour  x Tig |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Sept 5, 2011 20:04:08 GMT
Lovely looking flower Geranium. I've not come across them before. This is my new Happy Juliet Dahlia from Columbia Road Flower Market Goodness Columbia Road - that used to be featured on Sven Wombwell and UKTVBrightIdeas programme - he would buy all the plants from there and plant up in some lucky person's bare garden |
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Post by Tig on Oct 2, 2011 14:08:19 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Oct 3, 2011 15:08:23 GMT
A late Rhapsody in Blue  Very full flowers on the Buzz  Jillyx |
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 3, 2011 15:55:54 GMT
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Post by isabella on Oct 5, 2011 4:48:22 GMT
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