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Post by SueA on Sept 1, 2022 8:01:26 GMT
Not taken any flower photos yet for the new month but I did take one of a gatekeeper butterfly on the lysimachia Elizabeth & yesterday a beautiful hornet- mimic hoverfly appeared on the lawn, it looked a bit dopey so I picked it up on a leaf & put it on the little 'bee friendly' roses.   |
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Post by grindle on Sept 2, 2022 3:47:47 GMT
lovely photos SueA  neither one of my lysimachias has flowered this year  |
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Post by SueA on Sept 2, 2022 9:49:51 GMT
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Post by steve on Sept 2, 2022 12:07:35 GMT
Is the pear conference? Mine are just about ready now SueA |
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Post by grindle on Sept 3, 2022 3:05:22 GMT
lovely bit of colour SueA |
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Post by SueA on Sept 3, 2022 7:28:31 GMT
Yes steve, it's a little conference pear tree in a big tub, not that many pears on it, only about 9 or 10 I think & I'm not sure if they'll be edible as a couple which fell off were brown in the middle. I got a few nice fruits off it last year though & made chocolate & pear pudding with some of them! |
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Post by SueA on Sept 3, 2022 7:31:10 GMT
Thanks grindle, do you know the name of the little white daisy type plant in my pics., I can't remember what it is & thought you might have had it in your garden as well, I'm sure someone on here had it years ago, it's a woodland type perennial plant which grows in semi shade? |
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Post by Eli on Sept 3, 2022 17:04:40 GMT
I've got something similar to that white daisy SueA and I think it's called Kalimeris. It isn't doing well for me this year.
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Post by chrism on Sept 3, 2022 17:57:47 GMT
With such plants, you have to wait for a spectacular display. This is the best display for our Spanish Dagger in 20 years, given its had a chance to settle in!  |
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Post by SueA on Sept 4, 2022 7:31:36 GMT
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Post by SueA on Sept 4, 2022 7:36:34 GMT
Thanks Eli, I don't think it is kalimeris as the name doesn't ring a bell & the flowers on my mystery plant look more dainty but it is similar. |
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Post by grindle on Sept 5, 2022 4:11:57 GMT
wonder what happened to my post SueA I answered you I thought, the daisy is Eurybia divaricata, previously know as Aster divaricatus, also known as the wood aster, i |
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Post by SueA on Sept 5, 2022 7:20:37 GMT
That's the one grindle, thank you, I hadn't heard it had changed it's name but remember it was aster divaricatus, I'll have to put a label by it so I don't forget again! |
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Post by balc2 on Sept 5, 2022 19:48:00 GMT
chrism That's a beautiful plant! You are lucky to have it flower so well this year!
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Post by balc2 on Sept 5, 2022 20:23:53 GMT
Lots of the plants on the balcony are past their best now but I'm finding self-sown Petunias popping up everywhere in the pots. I have two plants that are flowering very well & I've noticed a couple of more pots with what looks like Petunias seedlings! They are both white so it looks like the plants from last year breed true.
Just one seedling Petunia is different, in fact it was the very first to flower. It's in the Skimmia pot.
The other self-sown Petunias are white & are sharing the pots of red Geraniums:
Here are a few photos of the Morning Glory that is also self-sown but which is growing & flowering in one on the hanging baskets;
 
A few pictures of the Pelargoniums flowering at present on the balcony:
     
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neither one of my lysimachias has flowered this year 
