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Post by steve on Jun 5, 2011 23:12:18 GMT
I get it growing each year self sown in gravel  |
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Post by Geranium on Jun 6, 2011 8:52:40 GMT
Yes, I deliberately poked some seeds into the gravel in my gravel garden, so the plants are safe there, but the ones in the gravel path are very vulnerable to visitors' feet, as I found out! I wish I could put a fence round them.
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Post by Geranium on Jun 20, 2011 11:40:09 GMT
It hasn't been easy to work in the garden in the last few weeks, with all the rain and strong winds we've had. The grass has grown so fast, too - and the sit-on mower conked out the day before the second open day.  We have visitors this Wednesday, then a group visit on 5th July. After that, it's 'MY' garden again. What's striking at the moment? Roses, Salvias and Geraniums. ;D In the back garden Agastache 'Tangerine Dreams' is at its best.  The reliable Buphthalmum salicifolia is fully out, and will keep flowering for the whole summer if I dead-head it.  The Delphiniums have done well this year - I have 'Black Knight', 'King Arthur' and 'Galahad'.  The annuals I grow here are mostly self-seeders - tiny Calendula, Limnanthes douglasii, Tanacetum and Calendula 'Neon' in particular, but I do fill spaces with other annual plants.  Tancetum (Feverfew)  A Gazania to fill a gap. I have three Clematis in bloom here this month, but poor C. florida sieboldii didn't appreciate the weather, and went brown straight away. C. viticella 'Etoile Violette' is doing well, though.  The other one in flower is C. vit. 'Venusta Violacea'  I grow both the lilac and the white Catananches in the back garden, and they're just starting to bloom. I have to stake them, or they flop!  I will not grow this Hypericum again, though - it self-seeds everywhere, and needs a lot of support. Its saving grace is its long flowering period, and when I cut it back, it produces another flush of flowers.  The new hardy Gerbera garvineas are doing well. Their colour fits well in the back garden.   |
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Post by floydie on Jun 20, 2011 11:49:39 GMT
Looking lovely |
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Post by Geranium on Jun 20, 2011 14:40:18 GMT
Thank you, floydie. |
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Post by grindle on Jun 20, 2011 15:21:49 GMT
love the colouring there
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Post by Lou78W on Jun 20, 2011 15:34:37 GMT
Its all looking gorgeous Geranium ;D
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Post by Geranium on Jun 20, 2011 16:06:32 GMT
Thanks, both. :)I'd like to order some sun now, please!  |
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Post by blossom on Jun 20, 2011 17:22:07 GMT
Very nice plants Geranium, and the border shot is gorgeous.I wish I could grow delphiniums, but I have never had success.If the slugs don't get them then the wet ground does  |
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Post by lesley on Jun 20, 2011 17:48:11 GMT
It's all looking lovely Geranium |
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Post by peony on Jun 20, 2011 17:58:14 GMT
Your garden is looking beautiful Geranium I love the Agastache 'Tangerine Dreams', did you grow it from seed? Agastache do well in my garden, so I shall look out for that one. |
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Post by Geranium on Jun 20, 2011 18:28:46 GMT
Thank you all for looking and saying such lovely things. Peony, I bought this one as a plant, but I've grown three different Agastaches (from seed) and they're in bud - I think A. aurianticus will be pretty similar. I really like Agastaches. I have several plants in the top border, all from seed, and they're coming into flower now. This is A. foeniculum - it's much loved by bees and butterflies. Do you grow this one?  |
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Post by peony on Jun 20, 2011 19:24:46 GMT
I grew A. foeniculum from seed a few years ago Geranium and it has proved to be hardy and has seeded around a bit as well. I also grew A. Apricot Sprite' but this didn't get through the winter. WF got me some seeds from Plant World of A. 'Liquorice Blue' so I'm trying them this year |
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Post by Geranium on Jun 20, 2011 19:45:31 GMT
I've grown A. aurianticum, A. mexicana 'Sangria' and 'Liquorice Blue' as well this year - such a good choice in the Chiltern seeds catalogue! I hope they all flower soon. I like the scent, and apparently you can eat the leaves of the first two! ;D
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Post by floydie on Jun 20, 2011 21:51:01 GMT
Mine are just budding up too i still have about 10 grown from seed (given about 20 away  i must get someting sorted in the front so i can plant some there  . |
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i must get someting sorted in the front so i can plant some there 
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