What's looking good in July 2017

[Larisa]

Lovely spirea!

I also! Many varieties, bright and unpretentious, spiraea blooms in any weather.
And easy reproduction. I planted a branch in the ground - that's all!

 

[alp]

I also! Many varieties, bright and unpretentious, spiraea blooms in any weather.
And easy reproduction. I planted a branch in the ground - that's all!

I must be on the look out for this. I'm after a yellow hibiscus.. pure gold! Lovely! Haha, I like plants like that. Plonk in the ground and it will grow. By the look of it, all my lavender cuttings are dying, so are the dahlias.. Oh, dear. Must add more grit and sterilse the compost .. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!

 

[Larisa]

@alp What can you kill? I always see a lot of beautiful flowers from you. I do not even have time to see everything!

 

[alp]

@alp What can you kill? I always see a lot of beautiful flowers from you. I do not even have time to see everything!

@Larisa I have killed and am killing a lot of strepto. They will have a flower stem and then die limping .. Most of my cuttings have died .. I need to take them again. I should take a photo of my dying and dead strepts - it's so heartbreaking.

 

[Larisa]

Most of my cuttings have died

Show the smaller part that survived.

 

[alp]

Aren't they gorgeous?! I feel like letting them go, but I have so many DS Typhoon doubles. I have now made up my mind to buy more shoeboxes.. Box them up and take more cuttings and let me see if I can extend their lives.. Hopefully, when I do move, I have a proper window sill for them.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

@Esther: that's a beautiful, stunning photo!

Thanks. I was playing with my camera. the sun was shining through it, in the morning, wanted to catch that.

 

[alp]

@Esther Please do that more often.. I know the feeling or the moment. Now all my borders are jam-packed with plants, it's not so easy to capture the light .. That moment is to be cherished.. when everything just clicks, nice and snug!

 

[Gary McGeown]

awesome images - gardening is alive and kicking in July

 

[zigs]

 

[Sheal]

Is that an Artichoke @zigs ?

 

[alp]

That certainly is an artichoke, @Sheal . What's in your avatar please? I am intrigued to know.

 

[johnny canoe]

Apples are ripening quickly and my tree is loaded this year.

 

[alp]

Crikey, @johnny canoe , you're loaded! And they are pink. How come they have no attack from wasps or bees? My peaches have little holes and some have gone mouldy .. Very annoyed.

 

[johnny canoe]

Some years they do get attacked by the wasps. No hail damage to them this year so maybe the wasps go for a soft and rotting spot on the apple.