3: Gardening Diaries ...

[alp]

Wow......I must come shopping with you @alp

Your errand boy will kill me! LOL! I spent all my dough on plants and now we have to stuff ourselves with noodles.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Oh I could sneak a plant or three in my handbag....what he doesn't know won't harm him.......move down near me.....we could shop till we drop

 

[alp]

! Once I volunteered in a Citizens Advice Bureau. The woman head, a nun, but never in habits, said I was detrimental to the manfolk there. I had no idea why she said that. It was not as if I flirted with them. They all wanted me to do their computer related work. That's all. One asked me to enlarge the tip of a chart and made me a cup of tea with tons of limescale in it. I was too polite to complain or tell the truth. Soon, someone will say I am detrimental to womanfolk here!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

 

[alp]

Spent a bit of money, but very happy with all my buys - the echinacea is RED, so I have Orange, Yellow, Purple and White. Can you guess the last one?

Got a purple thalictrum Delaya Splendide, 3 slipper orchids, one blue Salvia Patens, one red Pentas from Lidl!

A real beauty.

Good night to @DirtMechanic and good morning to others!

 

[Logan]

GioG morning all and @alp you did well yesterday. glad that you got your echinacea.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning @alp, another hot day ( especially for you and our eldest son ).Melting is the name of the game today!!
That flower is a definite beauty

Might do a spot of seed sowing today I think ...something not too strenuous

Enjoy the day!!

 

[alp]

GioG morning all and @alp you did well yesterday. glad that you got your echinacea.

When I approached the man, he said that it should be £4, but then he said he was being generous and reduced it to £3 and soon, I will have a range of colours. Very happy indeed.

 

[alp]

Morning @alp, another hot day ( especially for you and our eldest son ).Melting is the name of the game today!!
That flower is a definite beauty

Might do a spot of seed sowing today I think ...something not too strenuous

Enjoy the day!!

Strangely enough, it's not that hot this morning. But don't hold your breath, the heat will come. I have 2 people fighting over my air con. Apparently, it can be very hot, even for one Indian couple.

 

[alp]

A reduced orchid - was thinking of getting rid of the cobweb, and then saw the buds

Camera is a bit dodgy, but there are tiny Sweet pepperdew peppeer, bought on 12 June. Brilliant!

Yes, a bit hard to decipher!

My beloved Salvia Patens

Hydrangea quinquefolius

Bought this for £2.

Pentas

Thalictrum Delaya Splendide. The colour is so unique

There is a hoverfly inside the flower. Ooops! I hope it can get out!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Gorgeous blooms @alp

 

[Leeski]

Morning all
19c last night and 87% humidity very uncomfortable hardly any sleep :-( spent most of the night reading about agapanthus !
Have a good day all

 

[alp]

Camera needs updating. Too close and the Thalictrum is so blurred. Going to take a lot of cuttings from my hydrangeas. Wonder where our Leeski has gone! Er - She's right here.

GOOD MORNING, AGAPANTHUS EXPERT. Will come to you for advice.

It was OK for me - had the fan on and then remember that I couldn't sleep without my top as son's here! Thank heavens the air via the bathroom was cool enough after that. But before 5am, a surge of heat, probably from factory next door. Always around 4 or 4.30. It will be very hot .. Factory setting, I guess!

 

[alp]

@Leeski Once the seed pods go a bit brown, you get ready for harvest. I bet you must know by now.

 

[Leeski]

@Leeski Once the seed pods go a bit brown, you get ready for harvest. I bet you must know by now.

Got a good idea now and how to store them.
More nervous About splitting her !
I will post a pic every wk of her progress