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Following on from my "June flowers" type thread here's one to post what's flowering in your garden right now!.....As I was away from here through much of July I have incorporated the two months together.
I have to say mid July -Sept is the time I really enjoy and my garden 'peaks' during this time.
Here's what's flowering now in Higgy's garden.....
1. Californian Poppy
2. Helenium
3. Canna (just starting to show)
4. Japanese Anemone (I have these in various forms and colours)
5. Anemones
6. Day Lillies
7. Not sure what this is but it is a wild flower of some form???
And then of course there is some lovely foliage at this time also....
8. Ladies Mantle
9. Banana (in my tropical border!)
What's out in your garden right now???
Wonderful pics there Higgy. Inspired me to go out + take some pics after I've finished the grass. Took some pics yesterday of the wild plants flowering out on our walk. The kids loved eating the wild Rasps!! Sun shining for 5 I'm off!
'In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks' John Muir.
Excuse wobbily dyslexic spelling!
Higgy, they are fantastic photos, you obviously have an amazing garden. I will look up a few pics to add.
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I have been trying to load photos and have given up a few times, so here goes again! Fingers crossed.
Echinacea purpurea (purple cone flower)
Above Persicara (can't remember variety) and Rose Ballerina
Below - Geranium x Oxonianum rosenlicht
Geranium Orion
Hemerocallis Pink Charm (day lily)
Anemone japonica Honorine Jobert (japanese anemone)
That's it for now, the software is driving me crazy.
This has taken several hours, both text and photos being almost impossible to load.
Lines of text merging together and disappearing in equal quantities.
I have loads more pics, but will wait till I have a bit more spare time! LOL
A few Hollyhocks that I let do their own thing
Cin J
I love my pinks.
Cheers, Linda.
See my photos on Flickr
So do I Linda, they are so cheerful and have such a wonderful scent. And love your hollyhocks Caroline, as you say, they do their own thing and seed everywhere. Wonderful.
Higgy, the blue flower..Meadow cranesbill?
Ah Meadows Cranesbill.....thank you it grew from a packet of 'South American' wild flower seeds I believe!!
SM, Gorgeous pictures and yes this site will drive you mad (the old one was much easier) I find if you post pictures and some don't load the best way is to go to the little green pencil 'edit' button and just post back in the missing ones. depending on how many you need to put back on this is the most reliable and quickest way of doing it I have found.
Germain, lovely Hollyhocks something I keep meaning to grow but never get around too...
Sparrow, I do like pinks but really struggled with them in my first garden (nearly 20yrs ago!) so never tried them again.....I have a few spots on my feature rockery where they might just fit in so thanks for that!
Higgy, the bees love the hollyhocks and I am getting different colors coming up.
Carolyn, how easy are the cone flowers to grow and do they self seed freely?
Caroline in Jersey
Germain said:how easy are the cone flowers to grow and do they self seed freely
Hello Caroline, it is important to find the right planting place, they don't like it too dry, or too wet. But get the right spot and they go mad. Huge, strong, maintenance free, healthy and beautiful plants with lovely pink flower heads, liked by the bees and used in medicines! My slugs and snails don't worry them and they don't seem to succumb to disease or aphids. They don't like too much competition though and love the sun!
I thought I had a few seedlings a couple of years ago, but they could have been the less robust plants struggling! I wouldn't recommend relying on them to self seed. I probably started out with about a dozen plants, several different varieties, and I have about half a dozen left, so the less sturdy varieties have died in poor winters. If you have good, well drained soil and can give them a fairly sunny spot , give it a shot. They are so brash and OTT. Here are a couple of the less common varieties (I think these have gone now, can't see them this year).
Go for Echinacea Purpurea which is the commonest variety (and the most colourful and easiest to grow) and is the one on my first photo and you could be in luck. Certainly if they like you - you will never look back! You should have the perfect climate where you live!