Whats looking good in August 2015

[zigs]

July's thread Here

 

[sixxup]

Whenever the weather is good then everything must grow. We had a lot of rain as from July. Now my flowers have grown big. I also have vegetables for August and probably September. What I do not have are fruit trees, which means that I will have to buy.

 

[Sheal]

With such a wet spring and summer this year a lot of my plants (mainly annuals) have failed but here are the bright spots of my garden.

Cistus

Lavatera

Nicotiana

Double Antirrhinum

Knautia Macedonica

 

[zigs]

Looking lovely Sheal

 

[Sheal]

Thanks Zigs.

 

[DeborahJane]

With such a wet spring and summer this year a lot of my plants (mainly annuals) have failed but here are the bright spots of my garden.

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Cistus
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Lavatera
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Nicotiana
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Double Antirrhinum
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Knautia Macedonica
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Lovely bright spots Sheal. Do the snails eat your nicotiana. I have one in a pot and have no been unsure of where to plant it. Very pretty.

 

[Becky]

Lovely stuff @Sheal!

 

[Sheal]

Thank you DeborahJane and Becky.

The snails haven't touched the Nicotiana @DeborahJane but they have demolished the flowers on my new Clematis below! I would imagine they're not lovers of nicotine.

 

[DeborahJane]

Thank you DeborahJane and Becky.

The snails haven't touched the Nicotiana @DeborahJane but they have demolished the flowers on my new Clematis below! I would imagine they're not lovers of nicotine.

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That's a shame Sheal. Is this the before snails photo as the clematis looks lovely.
I've been told that snails do like nicotiana so I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and find out for myself. So far it's in a small pot on the top shelf of my shelves where plants wait to be planted.

Mind you snails do climb so I'm sure they would have got to it if they'd wanted.
It is pretty and not being displayed at its best so I must decide the best spot. As you can see.....wasted in the "waiting room". I have a large pot with a French Lace hydrangea in it. It's all cut back and looking pretty awful. I'd planted ferns with it in the hope it would give a display while the hydie is bare but it's not really working. I thought maybe the nicotiana might work. I also wondered if hellebores might work. I have some tall growing ones which could maybe interweave amongst the bare hydrangea stalks. Has any one tried something like this. I don't want to kill the hydrangea, it has black stalks and is quite stunning with bright pink heads.

 

[Sheal]

I've just remembered you're in Australia DeborahJane. You must have better temperatures there during the winter months than here in Britain as Nicotiana wouldn't stand a chance of surviving. We've had a lot of rain this spring and summer, in fact it's pouring down again now. If the slugs and snails are out and about then it's not my Nicotiana they're after. In fact, they haven't touched anything else in the garden apart from the Clematis. Perhaps they've decided there's better food somewhere else......if I'm lucky!

I don't think the Nicotiana will work in the same pot as the Hydrangea, the Hydrangea's roots will sap everything from the soil and Nicotiana droops very quickly if it's not kept watered.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

 

[DeborahJane]

I've just remembered you're in Australia DeborahJane. You must have better temperatures there during the winter months than here in Britain as Nicotiana wouldn't stand a chance of surviving. We've had a lot of rain this spring and summer, in fact it's pouring down again now. If the slugs and snails are out and about then it's not my Nicotiana they're after. In fact, they haven't touched anything else in the garden apart from the Clematis. Perhaps they've decided there's better food somewhere else......if I'm lucky!

I don't think the Nicotiana will work in the same pot as the Hydrangea, the Hydrangea's roots will sap everything from the soil and Nicotiana droops very quickly if it's not kept watered.

Thanks Sheal. I think I might move the hydrangea out of the pot once it has bloomed this year. It has nice big buds now but really the pot is a central feature and looks pretty ordinary cut back. Not sure what to put there. Originally I had a standard fuchsia which was lovely but broke in the wind. It is a fairly shaded spot. Maybe a pretty lacey type fern. I have just been given one by a friend for my birthday. It will take a while to grow so maybe some annuals to tide me over whilst I'm waiting!!! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Becky]

A few pics from the garden this afternoon:

The jasmine is smelling gorgeous right now!

 

[DeborahJane]

Lovely Becky. It sounds like the jasmine smells as lovely as it looks.

 

[Sheal]

Great pictures Becky and I love the Jasmine flowers, they resemble windmills.