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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2013 6:00:40 GMT
Actually @hywel I planted it to protect the two roses because it is very exposed and flat here. The gazebo turned into a kennel, so the dogs needed protection from the weather. I have worked out that roses do very well here and need no protection at all, so I am getting rid of the honeysuckle and will grow plants which reach about 3 ft to shelter the dogs on the east. The north has a curly ivy growing and the south and west must have plants to grow 6 feet plus because of the sun. This year, I must plant climbing annuals while waiting for the jasmine and ornamental ivy to grow up again. I think you went to sleep reading all this, but I felt like putting my plans in writing. ZZZZZzzzzzz ... lol Not really though ... It's interesting to read what plans other people have got. I love the smell of a Honeysuckle. It reminds me of my mother. She wasn't a gardener at all, but that was a flower she always noticed in the hedgerows. Climbing roses are the ones I like best. I'm not so keen on the Tea roses and floribundas.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2013 6:12:20 GMT
Here are some October photos ...
My Delta's Sarah Fuchsia has decided to flower at long last. I thought she was taking a year out !
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This is a little pot rose that someone gave me when Blodyn died. I'm pleased to see it has settled in the ground now ...
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Here's my rescued Oak tree which is growing in a pot. I hope to keep it for many years. There's something mystical about Oaks. The fuchsia in the back ground id Peter Pan - a hardy variety that grows to about 5 feet tall. It is always laden with flowers. A very good one for a sheltered spot.
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Post by Cherry on Oct 4, 2013 6:19:25 GMT
No, it's interesting, Cherry. Lovely to plan ahead. Our next project will be to remove the Escallonia which is too big, too woody and rather ugly. I'll have to plan what to plant there instead - it's a north-facing site backing on to the garage wall, if anyone has any ideas? My Kirengeshoma palmata is in flower and I managed to get a photo before the rain set in. screen shot on pc I think this Aster is A. sedifolius. I expect yesterday's downpours ruined many of my flowers. screen capture windows 7Sorry it looks a bit blurry on the screen! Very pretty. The Kirengeshoma is especially attractive. My suggestion is Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight' (to get the interesting leaves). I tried, but again, too exposed here, but just right in your area.
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Post by Cherry on Oct 4, 2013 6:21:18 GMT
I will now remember your comments on oaks @hywel. I agree. Lovely pics.
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Post by Geranium on Oct 5, 2013 5:43:55 GMT
Nice suggestion, Cherry - but the Escallonia is enormous - the space it leaves will be about 12ft by 12 ft at least! I have a Schizophragma against the wall between us and the farm. I must clamber in and look at it. Here's my Colchicum 'Waterlily' It's got better and better each year. upload
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Post by Cherry on Oct 5, 2013 6:01:44 GMT
Your Colchicum looks great against the geranium leaves Geranium. Now I think it is the only way to grow it. I have quite a lot of the normal single Colchicum, but it is going back instead of increasing and needs dividing.
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Post by SueA on Oct 5, 2013 19:47:08 GMT
I love colchicums but can't put them in the garden, they must be like caviar to the slugs & snails & get eaten as soon as they come up.
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Post by Bess on Oct 5, 2013 20:24:05 GMT
Oh no, do they? I have a colchicum I'm growing on the windowsill and I intended to plant it out afterwards. I shall have to come up with a protection scheme!
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Post by Cherry on Oct 5, 2013 20:37:25 GMT
Mine don't get eaten by s&s SueA. In my last place Colchicums used to be beaten into the ground by rain and bad weather, but it is very dry here. Maybe that is the reason they are not eaten. Bess just put some gravel around the plant. I must say I do like Geranium's combination of Geranium with the Colchicum. I am going to copy that because the Colchicums need lifting and dividing anyway.
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Post by Geranium on Oct 6, 2013 5:07:35 GMT
It helps to keep it more or less upright, Cherry. The heavy rain might well have destroyed it, otherwise. I took a few photos yesterday - I didn't expect to find Lupins out in October! My white Delphinium has also produced two more stems, but the snails seem to be eating the flowers. photo shareThis is my gorgeous Salvia 'Amistad' which has done remarkably well this year! I hope it comes through the winter. photo shareLoropetalum chinense - this survived the recent cold winters because it's planted against the house wall, as well as being fleeced. The dark leaved one died, in spite of treble fleecing. free pic
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Post by Cherry on Oct 6, 2013 6:21:47 GMT
Wow! They are all beautiful. Magnificent is not too strong a description.
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Post by SueA on Oct 6, 2013 16:19:07 GMT
I think it might be that it's usally quite wet around here & that the colchicum petals are lovely & lush that the S.A.S. head straight for them Bess , if you do as Cherry says & give them some kind of barrier protection they may be O.K. but all my plants are close together & even if I think I've protected something the little devils abseil down off other plants onto them! I might try some in a pot one day again though.
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Post by peony on Oct 6, 2013 18:19:40 GMT
Lovely photos Geranium, Salvia 'Amistad' is a beautiful colour
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Post by peony on Oct 6, 2013 18:35:11 GMT
With the weather staying so mild the Aconitum nappelus have done well this year -
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Post by Cherry on Oct 6, 2013 19:08:32 GMT
peony they really are hanging on aren't they? My autumn flowering A. carmichaelii is showing colour and just when I think it will be too late because the frost is nearly here, they come out in full bloom. I will take a picture when they are out.
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