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Post by Jilly on Sept 9, 2013 11:17:19 GMT
  I think it's a gorgeous combination with the grass too Jasmine. I love the way that the blue back to the flowers is quite prominent, you can't always trust the pics in catalogues can you  |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 9, 2013 17:27:48 GMT
Thank you for the nom Jilly!...and no you can't!!!!! I'm still waiting for coreopsis limerock dream to look vaguely like the pic in the catalogue! |
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 10, 2013 6:03:42 GMT
I think it's a gorgeous combination with the grass too Jasmine. I love the way that the blue back to the flowers is quite prominent, you can't always trust the pics in catalogues can you Rather splendid Jasmine - mine are just in bud, I only hope that the rain doesn't wash them away.  RF |
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Post by Tig on Sept 10, 2013 10:28:38 GMT
Lovely Jas, mine are still little but I'm wondering if growing them in pots is the best option. Is Honorine Jobert planted in the border? I got the JA collection from Haylofts and I am a bit worried about them becoming rampant if I plant them out  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 10, 2013 13:19:42 GMT
I looked at that collection Tig, almost went ahead and ordered it but some of them grow very tall and I worried I would'nt be able to cope with them in my windy garden. |
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 10, 2013 15:59:46 GMT
Thanks for the nom Rosefriend. I hope yours flower for you soon - they are so pretty! Tig - Honorine de Jobert is in the border and is easily kept under control by digging out the bits that pop up - there aren't many. Queen Charlotte is a thug and is not easy to keep under control at all and Pamina started off small and behaved itself and now it seems to be getting bigger and bigger every year - it is coming out this autumn along with all the bits of Queen Charlotte that have popped up! |
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Post by Tig on Sept 10, 2013 17:57:08 GMT
Pots may have to be the way forward then as both those are in the collection! Thanks Jas.
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Post by Geranium on Oct 13, 2013 6:02:16 GMT
I simply love my Solanum. It cheers me up every time I open the back door, because it's straight opposite.  |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 13, 2013 8:46:16 GMT
I simply love my Solanum. It cheers me up every time I open the back door, because it's straight opposite. That would cheer anyone up  its lovely |
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Post by Geranium on Oct 14, 2013 5:36:09 GMT
Thanks, Chuckles.  My Anemone 'Whirlwind' is strutting its stuff too. It's a very well-behaved plant, not at all like the pink ones in the side garden.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 14, 2013 6:23:17 GMT
Thanks, Chuckles. My Anemone 'Whirlwind' is strutting its stuff too. It's a very well-behaved plant, not at all like the pink ones in the side garden. I've got Whirlwind" - Wirbelwind as it is called here...isn't it a lovely plant Geranium - I love everything about it... RF |
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Post by Geranium on Oct 15, 2013 5:33:22 GMT
What a lovely name, Rosefriend, and thanks for the nom. |
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Post by Geranium on Nov 10, 2013 7:14:57 GMT
Corydalis ochraleuca still going strong.  Hardy Bidens, looking rather beaten up by the wind.  Astrantia having a final fling.  |
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Post by Tig on May 8, 2014 19:26:20 GMT
The joy when something 'difficult' comes into flower for another year! Ismene festalis  |
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Post by Ladygardener on May 9, 2014 5:40:05 GMT
The joy when something 'difficult' comes into flower for another year! Ismene festalis Well done Tig, having grown them myself I know how temperamental they can be. |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 9, 2014 6:55:20 GMT
The joy when something 'difficult' comes into flower for another year! Ismene festalis Marvellous Tig - I grew them many years ago and they really are a Diva !! RF |
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Post by Tig on May 9, 2014 10:26:32 GMT
Thanks for the noms both - getting them to flower for a second time is always a challenge for me. I am hoping I've got them sussed now, we'll see if I get them to come back next year as well!!  |
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Post by Jilly on May 9, 2014 11:22:01 GMT
Wonderful Tig, I got a lovely crop of leaves for 2 years running before mine finally gave up the will to live, I will try them again when I see some more bulbs though. |
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Post by Tig on May 9, 2014 19:10:25 GMT
Thanks for the nom Jilly, they do seem to be quite fussy. Not too wet, not too dry, not too hot, not too cold, and remove the faded flower stem and keep feeding until it starts to go cold, then dry and keep indoors until it starts to sprout in spring, mine started a bit early and got put out in a growhouse, I thought it might sulk, but it coped |
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Post by Tig on Jun 3, 2014 18:31:04 GMT
I had some T & M thimbles late last year which included some Pacific Giant Delphiniums - so far two white ones and not so giant, which is a relief as they are in the front beds and would have blown over by now  and I spotted a flower on the Convolvulus cneorum.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 5, 2014 17:35:06 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 5, 2014 17:50:56 GMT
Gorgeous and your white Delphs are really white - mine tend to be a sort of muddy white somehow....
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Post by scarecrow on Jun 12, 2014 14:00:37 GMT
 climbing rose, no name, lost label |
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 12, 2014 19:34:38 GMT
Stunning scarecrow it reminded me of my Rambling Rector but it doesn't look as rampant as RR is/was. I don't have it any longer and would love to have known what yours is, what a shame you don't know |
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Post by scarecrow on Jun 13, 2014 7:24:14 GMT
this was cut down to ground level last year,
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Post by scarecrow on Jun 13, 2014 11:29:32 GMT
Stunning scarecrow it reminded me of my Rambling Rector but it doesn't look as rampant as RR is/was. I don't have it any longer and would love to have known what yours is, what a shame you don't know the name of the rose is alberic barbier
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 14, 2014 17:05:19 GMT
This is our Rambling Rector. Definitely a biggy!  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 14, 2014 19:59:09 GMT
I think this qualifies for this thread. Pams Choice, only one of loads I'd grown from saved seed, all the others turned out to be the purple ones.  My Philadelphus Belle Etoile that theinsidegardener bought me smells devine.I'm going to move it in the autumn as I want it over near where I sit so I can smell it all the time.  |
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Post by owdboggy on Jun 14, 2014 20:23:29 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 15, 2014 5:07:15 GMT
Pam's Choice really is lovely Ladygardener - of thr two that you sent me, one is pink and one is being very elusive although I marked it with a bright yellow marker I ave yet to find it or the marker!! Philadelphus are really lovely shrubs LG and owdboggy but I especially like "Sybille" that I have had for a few years. The Styrax japonica is wonderful OB - would love to have it in the garden but I just do not have the room... A couple of whites from me....   and I must include Olaf's "Pauls Himalajan Musk" which is a dream every year but this year is around 15m already...  RF |
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