Our gardening diaries - from latest toys, flowers to wildlife .. Please upload pics

[alp]

Thank you. I have seen it before and wondered what it meant!

Oh, for once, the sun is out and it's so sunny. Storm with you, @BigC How depressing or drat living in Ireland .. Come to England, a plot of land in Yorkshire would be nice!

 

[BigC]

a plot of land in Yorkshire would be nice!

A plot of land in Yorkshire would be Very Nice

 

[Verdun]

Hello from a very warm and sunny Cornwall
Thought I would post a picture of Miscanthus Cabaret. Not sure photo does it justice but broader than other miscanthus reaching 7' tall plus with flowers in a couple of weeks

 

[alp]

A plot of land in Yorkshire would be Very Nice

Couldn't agree more!

 

[alp]

Wow! @Verdun It's simply amazing. What is that blue beauty in the front, an agastache? I can see Salvia amistad, canna and at least 2 heleniums .. Very pretty .. Not big on grass before, but now I think they are very pretty. Got some carex like seeds and bought a panicum virgatum heavy metal.. I have bought about 4 different grass seeds and bought 3 or more grass plants .. Two years ago, I wouldn't give them another look, apart from bamboos.

 

[Zenj]

Morning all cloudy but pleasent here

 

[Verdun]

Alp, The blue is a delphinium...Clivedon Beauty. Prob the best all round delphinium I think A medium size plant flowering all summer. Shame I cut it out of the picture.
Grasses like miscanthus are well worth growing esp as they flower throughout autumn even up to xmas and provide structure all winter May not look like it but it is already over 6'
What canna is that zenj? Have a few cannas here but would like that one too

 

[Zenj]

Hi Verdon
Canna is Louis Cotton grows to around 26 inches high

 

[alp]

@Verdun I googled and I must say my eyes need being examined. Lovely colour and I like delphinium but I must say those I saw in Dobbies in Kent were a bit strange.

@zenji Such beautiful canna and dahlia. I think I should have something similar to your 2nd one with split end petals.. Very beautiful. You showed one here before, but for some reason, it must be sulking somewhere. I have tons of buds for my dahlias and I think I have hit the jackpot with some of them, about red and pink speckled one has about 20 buds on one plant.

By the way, all my cannas are raised from seeds and I'm not sure if they will flower this year.

 

[Logan]

@Verdun lovely grass, the colour is amazing.
@Zenj I like the dahlias, great colours.

 

[Verdun]

Miscanthus variegatus and persicaria

 

[Verdun]

Anemones Ruffled Swan and Wild Swan

 

[Verdun]

Aster Frikartii Monch

 

[Verdun]

One of my favourite plants this summer

 

[alp]

Been watering my helleborus on my dry part of the garden

I chopped the whole stem of flowers off ..


My fragrant roses, a cutting from a park

Incredible sweet fragrance

Dahlia

Next year, I will make sure I have tons of salvias Hotlip, black and blue, Royal Rumble, amistad, Greggii purple, Greggii violin note (hopefully), La luna, and some blue ones.. Please, please, please grow and live for me! Please!

This is Black and Blue (umm black is a bit elusive!)
Salvia amistad

A speckled dahlia which has 20 or more buds

My ghostly cactus flower

Happy snapping!