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Post by Tig on Jun 27, 2015 0:04:18 GMT
Missed posting the white delphinium  |
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Post by Tig on Jun 29, 2015 15:21:35 GMT
Look what the dierama looks like when the flowers open!!!  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 30, 2015 9:46:00 GMT
Look what the dierama looks like when the flowers open!!! Now that is an absolute dream Tig, isn't it....marvellous...  I like that White Delph - I have a few and they are nice - I absolutely love white in a garden...talking of which - what is the Princess Kate Clem like. When it first came out Olaf said that he didn't want to have to get it in stock as it was a Texensis and they just never do well here and are weak in general, same as the Diana plant...when Dutchy came she said that the plant is weak even though the flowers are wonderful - how is your doing?? |
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Post by Jilly on Jun 30, 2015 10:51:32 GMT
 That's gorgeous Tig, I've not seen Dierama flowers come out like that before. |
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Post by Tig on Jun 30, 2015 15:25:57 GMT
They are only open in full sun Jilly, they were all back to a neat row of bells this morning. I had to do a bit of digging to try and find dierama which do open like this, did you know there are 44 species of dierama?  I am fairly certain that this is a unique cross, so would be a sub-species, possibly of d. robustum but not sure. The Princess Kate clematis was a new purchase this year, from T &M so you can imagine what a weedy little specimen it was when it arrived. So far it is doing quite well and has had about 8 flowers on it, not bad considering how tiny it was back in spring. Princess Diana performed really well for me for about 3 years, since then it has struggled to produce more than a couple of blooms. Perhaps this one will be the same, but it has a lovely deep maroon centres which show off the creamy inner petals. |
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Post by Dutchy on Jul 1, 2015 6:35:15 GMT
P. Kate isn't open yet but she has a load of buds. When she does open I will post her so you can see what she is like
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Post by Tig on Jul 1, 2015 9:57:16 GMT
Jilly made me question the idenfication of the 'dierama' so I sought expert advice (via the lady who holds the National Dierama Collection). She let me down gently  - it is an Ixia! I didn't plant it, so the only way it could have arrived was as a 'free gift' with the variegated phormium I'd planted a few years back, perhaps it has flowered before & I'd not seen it  I was a bit disappointed, but still love the flowers.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 1, 2015 11:55:10 GMT
Look what the dierama looks like when the flowers open!!! ![]() Regardless of what it's called, those colours inside are stunning.  |
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Post by Jilly on Jul 2, 2015 9:25:06 GMT
Still beautiful though Tig, I've just googled & the foliage if very similar isn't it. And now you know they like your garden, have you seen the turquoise one, wow link |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 2, 2015 17:18:21 GMT
That's an amazing colour!
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Post by isabella on Jul 2, 2015 18:54:12 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Jul 3, 2015 9:22:00 GMT
 This is such a beautiful Cosmos isabella, I fell in love with it when you posted it on FB, love the lavender tinge to the centre. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 3, 2015 9:24:32 GMT
This is such a beautiful Cosmos isabella, I fell in love with it when you posted it on FB, love the lavender tinge to the centre. I agree - what is it called isabella, - is there a tinge of blue to the outside of the petals as well??  |
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Post by bagpuss on Jul 3, 2015 13:13:42 GMT
This is such a beautiful Cosmos isabella, I fell in love with it when you posted it on FB, love the lavender tinge to the centre. I agree - what is it called isabella, - is there a tinge of blue to the outside of the petals as well?? isabella, I agree with Jilly, and Rosefriend,. It's gorgeous. I would like that on wish list! |
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Post by isabella on Jul 6, 2015 13:49:20 GMT
Thankyou very much for the kind comments and noms  Maybe my camera is a bit misleading - there isn't a tinge of blue in the centre or the edge of the flowers but it is still gorgeous I think I grew them from seed very late in the season - they are Cosmos Zanthos |
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Post by bagpuss on Jul 9, 2015 15:36:59 GMT
This is Leucanthemum Victorian Secret  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 10, 2015 6:02:20 GMT
It's lovely @bagpus, looks quite small. My Crazy Daisy is blooming well now too and my ordinary Shastia that I've had for years and years. I'm just waiting for the banana cream ones to open now.
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Post by Tig on Jul 16, 2015 19:14:56 GMT
I failed last time I tried to grow these - planted them in the wrong place. Lesson learnt, and this year I have success - just love something a bit different, michauxia campanuloides  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 17, 2015 10:17:44 GMT
I failed last time I tried to grow these - planted them in the wrong place. Lesson learnt, and this year I have success - just love something a bit different, michauxia campanuloides I've never seen anything like them before Tig. I googled to find out about them, well done you for growing them. |
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Post by Jilly on Jul 17, 2015 11:20:17 GMT
That's just lovely Tig, so unusual |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 17, 2015 13:38:06 GMT
That's just lovely Tig, so unusual Well done Tig....rather lovely and they are unusual !! |
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Post by Tig on Jul 17, 2015 15:15:39 GMT
Glad you all like it too - the hoverflies seem very taken with the flowers, it was covered in them this morning. By the time I had got the camera there were less  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 20, 2015 10:02:21 GMT
I love this crazy Dahlia.Tsuki-Yori-No-Shisha  |
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Post by Jilly on Jul 21, 2015 9:49:07 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 21, 2015 16:39:05 GMT
Thanks very much Jilly, it's really shaggy and I really like it a lot. It's a good bloomer too. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 27, 2015 9:18:16 GMT
My first sweetpea has finally opened...there's a chance for the Climbing Compy yet!!  |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 6, 2015 14:34:50 GMT
Beautiful Rosefriend, I don't know what it is with the competitions this year, they're like the kiss of death  It's my worst year ever for sweet peas & don't talk to me about the high winds & the Begonias  Loving these lilies though (it's been such a great year for them here) these were just a cheap offer from J parker when ordering something else, can't remember the name, but looking on their website I think they are Venezuela  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 6, 2015 14:41:36 GMT
Seeing everyone's Lilies it would have been a fantastic Lily compy year Jilly.....they are beautiful Since I started spraying the plants as soon as they come through with a system spray I get no red devils and I really love having them back in the garden... |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 7, 2015 16:34:23 GMT
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 14, 2015 15:55:48 GMT
 I agree with you both, my begonias are rubbish, my climbers are rubbish and my tomatoes are rubbish this year. My lilies are'nt bad but although I've not had any red devils the weather has taken their toll on them. These are beautiful...I love lillies but unfortunately they play havoc with my hayfever |
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I am fairly certain that this is a unique cross, so would be a sub-species, possibly of d. robustum but not sure.
- it is an Ixia! I didn't plant it, so the only way it could have arrived was as a 'free gift' with the variegated phormium I'd planted a few years back, perhaps it has flowered before & I'd not seen it 
I was a bit disappointed, but still love the flowers.
