Getting the blues

Susie Snowdrop Head Gardener Posts: 5,327	Getting the blues Apr 30, 2008 17:58:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Susie Snowdrop on Apr 30, 2008 17:58:21 GMT Petunia S x

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Getting the blues Apr 30, 2008 18:02:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Apr 30, 2008 18:02:26 GMT You are spoiling us Susie - thanks a lot. That is lovely... RF
	We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Dutchy Garden Guru back at intervals Posts: 15,168	Getting the blues May 1, 2008 10:11:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dutchy on May 1, 2008 10:11:58 GMT Completely forgot about these threads. Bright blue Symphytum at MssK
	Weeds are nature's revolution against the government of the gardener.

Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	Getting the blues May 11, 2008 16:20:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on May 11, 2008 16:20:08 GMT A couple from me..... Pansy Dont know what this one is - wildflower/weed - grows everywhere, but I leave it cos it's so pretty
	God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December

Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	Getting the blues May 14, 2008 19:04:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on May 14, 2008 19:04:46 GMT Flowering just now Viola 'Freckles' Viola 'Rebecca' Can't remember the name of this wee thing at the moment Viola 'Andross Gem'

Tig Admin Garden Sage Posts: 42,819	Getting the blues May 14, 2008 19:08:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tig on May 14, 2008 19:08:41 GMT May 14, 2008 19:04:46 GMT Weeterrier said: Flowering just now Viola 'Freckles' I love this one Wee - I want one ;D
	Twixt optimist and pessimist the difference is droll, the optimist sees the doughnut whilst the pessimist sees the hole

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Getting the blues May 14, 2008 19:22:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on May 14, 2008 19:22:16 GMT May 14, 2008 19:08:41 GMT Tig said: May 14, 2008 19:04:46 GMT Weeterrier said: Flowering just now Viola 'Freckles' I love this one Wee - I want one ;D They are really lovely... RF
	We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Amo Head Gardener You can take me out of my garden but you can't take my garden out of me. Posts: 3,940	Getting the blues May 14, 2008 19:36:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Amo on May 14, 2008 19:36:51 GMT May 14, 2008 19:22:16 GMT Rosefriend said: May 14, 2008 19:08:41 GMT Tig said: I love this one Wee - I want one ;D They are really lovely... RF Oh WeeT that is to die for!!!

Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	Getting the blues May 14, 2008 22:14:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on May 14, 2008 22:14:05 GMT It's a wee cutie, isn't it? Thanks folks.

Shrubrose Garden Celebrity Posts: 11,068	Getting the blues May 15, 2008 1:27:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shrubrose on May 15, 2008 1:27:35 GMT I'll give it a 4th Wee! ;D I'm envious - tried to sow some of them and not a one came through
	God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December

Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	Getting the blues May 15, 2008 8:39:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on May 15, 2008 8:39:45 GMT Oh, Shrub, I think they would be difficult to germinate, bet they need putting in the fridge. I bought mine years ago as a plant.

Susie Snowdrop Head Gardener Posts: 5,327	Getting the blues May 15, 2008 9:15:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Susie Snowdrop on May 15, 2008 9:15:35 GMT Ceanothus 'Concha' S x

Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	Getting the blues May 15, 2008 17:21:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on May 15, 2008 17:21:25 GMT Now that is what I call "BLUE" What a vibrant colour.

Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	Getting the blues May 17, 2008 20:31:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on May 17, 2008 20:31:25 GMT More from my neighbour's gorgeous garden. There is a lavender Meconopsis here, but I thought I'd keep it beside the blue one. The other is the Chatham Island Forget-me-not.

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Getting the blues May 18, 2008 12:52:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on May 18, 2008 12:52:03 GMT This is my cheapo (99p i think) Clematis from LIDL. I'm sooo chuffed with it I believe the variety is called "Climbing Plant" ;D ;D

Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	Getting the blues May 18, 2008 13:46:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on May 18, 2008 13:46:50 GMT Ah, Lidl, my favourite ;D That's a beauty Nightowl.

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Getting the blues May 18, 2008 14:38:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on May 18, 2008 14:38:01 GMT I'm dead jealous about the mecanopsis - mine didn't come up this year, although I've had it for three years! I have a feeling the slugs might have made a meal of it. The clematis is lush! It could be Multi-blue
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

nightowl Head Gardener Posts: 8,044	Getting the blues May 18, 2008 20:40:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nightowl on May 18, 2008 20:40:28 GMT I've given up trying to keep Mecanopsis P, they're expensive things to lose! Sooo gorgeous though.

Weeterrier Head Gardener Thank hivvins fur the rain Posts: 5,472	Getting the blues May 18, 2008 20:56:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Weeterrier on May 18, 2008 20:56:07 GMT I always think Meconopsis are short lived, but maybe that's just in my garden. I bought one last year, and against expectations, it appeared this year and has three buds. Don't really expect to see it again though.

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Getting the blues May 19, 2008 18:43:43 GMT

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Post by Ruthie on May 19, 2008 18:43:43 GMT

I tried Meconopsis once. Should've liked my soil, light, acid, leafy in dappled shade. Tell them that! They flowered once then gave up the ghost. I think it's to do with air humidity meself. Norfolk air is NOT humid (except when it's been raining).
Remember seeing loads in flower at Dalemain gardens in the Lake District. Wow, wow, wow. Going up there early June so may persuade OH to go there again!

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Spruance Admin And I will make thee beds of roses, and a thousand fragrant posies. Posts: 6,606	Getting the blues May 19, 2008 21:01:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Spruance on May 19, 2008 21:01:51 GMT Aquilegia taken last Monday but only just uploaded to PB! Likewise Ceanothus;
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Susie Snowdrop Head Gardener Posts: 5,327	Getting the blues May 20, 2008 4:26:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Susie Snowdrop on May 20, 2008 4:26:25 GMT Petunia surfinia Sky Blue. S x

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Getting the blues May 20, 2008 17:04:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on May 20, 2008 17:04:44 GMT May 19, 2008 21:01:51 GMT Spruance said: Aquilegia taken last Monday but only just uploaded to PB! That really is beautiful Spruance and well worth a POTM RF
	We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

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Getting the blues May 20, 2008 18:26:57 GMT

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Post by Ruthie on May 20, 2008 18:26:57 GMT

Here's my first flower on Geranium "Johnson's Blue". Taken a few days ago. There are several more on now.

Lovely pics Spru and SS. I love Blue in flowers but they can be hard to photograph and maintain the true colour. You both seem to have got it right!

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beanie Deputy Head Gardener Posts: 1,170	Getting the blues May 24, 2008 16:20:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by beanie on May 24, 2008 16:20:28 GMT this is the one iris in the border that never lets me down
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Tig Admin Garden Sage Posts: 42,819	Getting the blues Jun 6, 2008 11:49:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tig on Jun 6, 2008 11:49:36 GMT Couple of blues ..
	Twixt optimist and pessimist the difference is droll, the optimist sees the doughnut whilst the pessimist sees the hole

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Getting the blues Jun 6, 2008 12:01:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Jun 6, 2008 12:01:20 GMT Jun 6, 2008 11:49:36 GMT Tig said: Couple of blues .. If my anemone's flower anything like that Tig, I will be more than pleased. RF
	We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

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Getting the blues Jun 6, 2008 12:08:43 GMT

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Post by Tig on Jun 6, 2008 12:08:43 GMT

This is one of my free ones from Parkers RF - I was expecting anemone blanda but these are much nicer

(I've been struggling to get my new camera to take decent photos of blue flowers since I got it! But I have sussed it now - expect more

)
x Tig

Twixt optimist and pessimist the difference is droll, the optimist sees the doughnut whilst the pessimist sees the hole

Rosefriend Admin Friendship is the Finest Rose in the Garden of Life Posts: 30,384	Getting the blues Jun 6, 2008 12:10:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosefriend on Jun 6, 2008 12:10:37 GMT Looking forward to seeing them Tig. RF
	We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Plocket Garden Guru Posts: 16,441	Getting the blues Jun 6, 2008 13:34:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Plocket on Jun 6, 2008 13:34:22 GMT Jun 6, 2008 12:01:20 GMT Rosefriend said: Jun 6, 2008 11:49:36 GMT Tig said: Couple of blues .. If my anemone's flower anything like that Tig, I will be more than pleased. RF Aw Tig that is just beautiful
	The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way... (William Blake)

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