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Post by Jasmine on Oct 5, 2011 15:36:47 GMT
That looks smashing - the amount of berries you've got Pam put mine to shame!
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Post by Tig on Oct 5, 2011 15:43:35 GMT
Stunning Pam, I'd grow it if someone sent me some seeds  ;D Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 5, 2011 18:01:22 GMT
I'll send you some Tig!
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Post by Tig on Oct 5, 2011 18:06:58 GMT
;D I'm already googling when to sow ..... now seems like a good time  Thanks Jas x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 5, 2011 19:05:54 GMT
I'll get some tomorrow then! ;D
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Post by Tig on Oct 5, 2011 19:27:39 GMT
A little challenge for late autumn then, fingers crossed for results next spring  (doesn't take much to make me happy does it? ;D) x Tig |
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Post by Tig on Oct 13, 2011 19:15:53 GMT
I was surprised to spot this up among the tops of the Iceburg rose this morning, and look at all the buds!  The tricyrtis have had their best year ever, bunches and bunches of flowers all over the place, I am fascinated by the complexity of the blooms!  and this is my 'rescued' echinacea 'little purple magnus' now planted out - bit more bright pink than purple methinks   x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 14, 2011 5:53:12 GMT
That's a great little rescue Tig, well done with your Passiflora, not a sign of a bud on mine.  |
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Post by Tig on Oct 23, 2011 13:46:27 GMT
You can't keep a passiflora down once they start flowering, Constance Elliot hasn't had one flower on this year, but this Amethyst has done me proud this year  and the rhodochiton are still performing, tougher than they look  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 23, 2011 16:43:36 GMT
They're both lovely and on this horrible weekend it's good to see someone getting some dry decent weather. The Rhodochiton have such an unusual flower, we have one near where the allotments are, beside some Rosa Rugosa that the council planted.
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Post by Geranium on Oct 26, 2011 21:30:15 GMT
A few from me.  Lavandula stoechas 'Little Bee' flowering for the second time this year.  Vinca difformis 'Jenny Pym'  Scabiosa 'Vivid Violet'  Viola 'Antique Shades' |
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Post by Tig on May 6, 2012 15:51:26 GMT
First time ever I've had self-seeded cerinthe grow!!!! And they seem much darker flowers and bracts than the parents were last year  Think you can take cuttings from them, so I'm going to try and prolong the season for these by getting some going x Tig |
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Post by Jilly on May 6, 2012 16:08:32 GMT
Oh that's lovely Tig, none of mine self seeded, but the ones I collected germinated well & they've been planted out for a couple of weeks now. It's amazing how careful we are with the ones we sow, but the self seeders always get going earlier.  Jillyx |
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Post by Auricula on May 6, 2012 16:09:54 GMT
Crikey - my cerinthe are tiny Looks great Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on May 7, 2012 5:54:11 GMT
My Cerinthe are in full bloom now too this past couple of weeks and the bees are loving them. They're easy to collect seed from too Tig. |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 7, 2012 5:56:29 GMT
First time ever I've had self-seeded cerinthe grow!!!! And they seem much darker flowers and bracts than the parents were last year Think you can take cuttings from them, so I'm going to try and prolong the season for these by getting some going x Tig  I love Cerinthe and haven't done any this year..I can't believe that they are flowering already... RF |
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Post by Auricula on May 7, 2012 8:56:00 GMT
I hope mine stays and thrives, even if it doesn't flower until next year  |
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Post by Jasmine on May 7, 2012 9:22:59 GMT
Wow! Mine are tiny too!
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Post by Jasmine on May 7, 2012 9:23:44 GMT
First time ever I've had self-seeded cerinthe grow!!!! And they seem much darker flowers and bracts than the parents were last year Think you can take cuttings from them, so I'm going to try and prolong the season for these by getting some going x Tig ...oh, and  too! |
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Post by Tig on May 7, 2012 10:34:56 GMT
These are quite large plants already, but as I said they were self-sown from last year. I saw the seedlings start to pop up all over the place last autumn, including in the pebble path, but didn't really expect them to survive the winter. Wonder if they will produce super tough cerinthe seeds Thanks for the noms, I rarely get a good photo of them, the colour of the flowers against the foliage usually seems a challenge for my camera x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on May 7, 2012 11:40:23 GMT
lovely cerinthe Tig. Nom from me too  |
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Post by bagpuss on May 18, 2012 12:18:35 GMT
That's a beautiful photo of the cerinthe Tig. I thought I would share these with you. It's an unknown Aquilegia and doen't grow very tall. If anyone knows what it might be ....   |
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Post by Tig on May 18, 2012 18:54:20 GMT
It is very pretty Bagpuss. There are lots of different types of aqualegias, how tall is not very tall? ;D
In my experience they cross pollinate very easily and it could be a 'one off'
There are some clump forming alpine ones which are 4" - 6" tall, then there are very tall varieties which can top 3' - average height is about 2' 6" in my garden
x Tig
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Post by bagpuss on May 18, 2012 19:13:08 GMT
Thank goodness, someone who speaks in meaurements I understand (showing my age)! Its about 15" tig. I dont have many aquilegias in my garden at all. Only had one like that, miss m I huish and a frilly white one.
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Post by Ladygardener on May 19, 2012 5:49:38 GMT
They're lovely BP, I have the purple and white one too but it was one grown from seed so I don't know it's name either. They're great at this time of year are'nt they. |
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Post by Tig on May 19, 2012 9:11:44 GMT
That is a good height to have, mine tend to get top heavy and flop about, especially in this wind. I can only 'see' imperial measurements in my head BP, apart from 1 metre which I can just about gauge, centimetres are meaningless to me ;D Prepare to have lots more, as they self-seed easily don't they? x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 21, 2012 14:36:30 GMT
My first clem...  RF |
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Post by Tig on May 23, 2012 15:07:12 GMT
Clems seem to have done well this year RF, they enjoyed the rain and the winter wasn't too harsh. The iris have responded well to the sunshine, there are loads out - every year I chuck some away, but can't get rid of them all  Scabious just keeps throwing up more flowers  and this is the pretty little double osteo I bought last week  x Tig |
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Post by Jilly on May 24, 2012 10:32:00 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on May 24, 2012 11:46:19 GMT
Your Clematis is a beauty Rf. Tig the Iris is lovely too but it would'nt last in my garden, more chance of it being drowned than baked. |
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