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

[Verdun]

Yes alp, but the air changes when we cross the Tamar......fresher, cleaner and better for thee when entering Cornwall

 

[Logan]

It dried up this afternoon, dead headed the marigolds and roses.

 

[BigC]

Dead heading the marigolds is a full time job lol.....I grow them in with the tomatoes as some older guy once told me they keep nasty things off the tomatoes not sure if its an old wives tale ???

 

[alp]

@zenji 8c was a bit brutal! It was very humid here. And then we had lovely sunshine.

Look at my dahlias .. Finally, one with split petal
tsuki yori no shisha

This one is not, but it's very pretty.
How does this one manage to have the edges a different colour? Very intriguing .. and stunning!

My first double pink anemone Prinz Heinrich, bought reduced last year.

When I have seeds, I will put some aside for you, @BigC and will send you a hefty bill .. hehe!

This one I took cuttings from my £1 reduced amistad and now it has flowers

This is one of the amistads - I bought 2

A blue and black salvia

A lovely orange Welsh poppy .. very dainty

My first amythyst passionflower

Or purple haze, don't know which one! Ooops

Cobea Scandens Lovely colour and it is so tender. I must put it indoors where it will cling to your hair ... It's just so clingy!

 

[alp]

Dead heading the marigolds is a full time job lol.....I grow them in with the tomatoes as some older guy once told me they keep nasty things off the tomatoes not sure if its an old wives tale ???

Don't think there are a lot of pests for tomatoes.. @Logan does have some very beautiful and distinctive marigolds..

 

[BigC]

tsuki yori no shisha

WOW Absolutely loving that one.

 

[alp]

WOW Absolutely loving that one.

You love everything Japs! I missed the last episode of the pottery Made in Japan. A shame. I hope the BBC will repeat them soon. After all, everything is a repeat in the BBC.. I'm watching Planet Earth AGAIN! How I love it though..

 

[alp]

By the way, that Tsuki was only £1 in Wilko.. What is there NOT to love? I have several lovely plants from Wilko. The other is a blue and white iris .. bliss ..

 

[Logan]

@alp all your flowers are amazing and thanks, the marigolds are coming to an end, this time of year they get mildew and don't look very good. But nearly time to pull them up and put the wallflowers in.
@BigC yes it is and the cosmos,roses, every other day.

 

[alp]

@Logan I had a look at the temperatures for the next week or so.. Yes, summer is truly over.. and I'm still waiting for my dahlias to pop or pooop! Time to clear up a lot of stuff .. Whilst cleaning up today, my left thumb pinched the wrong plant and the stinging nettle is still angry with me and vice versa!

 

[Logan]

@alp yes it's autumn now, your dahlias will go on until the first frost.
I know how you feel,stinging nettles are painful. Try rubbing some grass where it's stung you, supposed to be like dock leaves.

 

[Zenj]

@alp your dahlias are looking good what is the forth photo down dahlia called please ?

 

[mg guy]

@zenji 8c was a bit brutal! It was very humid here. And then we had lovely sunshine.

Look at my dahlias .. Finally, one with split petal
tsuki yori no shisha
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This one is not, but it's very pretty.
How does this one manage to have the edges a different colour? Very intriguing .. and stunning!
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delightful distinctive divine dahlias!

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[alp]

@alp your dahlias are looking good what is the forth photo down dahlia called please ?

I've checked most of my orders which I attached photos in Excel and word, and no, no names to this one. Some named flowers have not yet been in and it's September. I love that one as well as the edges are judged lined with a lovely colour and it's so zenny! Heha .. Like lotus ..