Gardening diaries - friendly discussions on topics from latest bloom to wildlife.

@alp your flowers are amazing, especially the orange ones.
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@Logan Your fruits and roses are amazing, too! :rasp:

 

@alp thank you
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Lily time and I expect my double lilies are going to open soon


Love the hairy details of the penstemon



2nd serving of my own pak choi.. Lovely flavour

 

@alp lovely lilies and great penstemons.

 

Morning all

 

Good morning! What a civilised morning! Yesterday, the heat started here at 9am. People queuing in the post office had to take items from shelves to fan themselves and a man was sweating and his T shirt showed.

Have a lovely morning. I spotted a flowering centaurus. A Gillian Blades clematis showing its distressed petals.. And a lovely young bird perching on my washing line.. Shame I couldn't see it very well. Could be a finch ..

 

@shiney How can you say that? Nothing special? Your flowers and photos really cheer me up and I need a lot of cheering up. (My son's stuff is still everywhere and I have visitor! Grrrrrrrrrrrr!) I love the light and beauty of the first poppy. Simply divine! And the 2nd photo is so striking! What is it exactly please? I would love to put it on my hit list .... Your hanging basket fed on via gra??? Simply stunning and flowers truly prolific .. Thank you for cheering me up...

PS It flagged up the word via gra so I had to separate them. But you know what I mean?! Hehe!

 

Good morning @alp it's going to be hot again. It was terrible yesterday. It was too hot in the bedrooms so slept downstairs. Still got a lot of planting to do, only do it in the morning.
@shiney lovely flowers and the wild poppy.

 

Morning everyone
Even by the beach earlier it was HOT.....at 6 am?
Today could even be hotter than yesterday
For someone who doesn't really like plants in pots....the watering and maintenance is a pain .......I now have quite a number of them. Much prefer plants in the soil but for one reason or another increasing numbers are potted up
Share Shiney's liking for veronicatrums....wonderful foliage and flowers but mine are yet to flower

 

Oh, my gawd! I kept saying that.. Such an interesting plant. And it looks wonderfully architectural. Love it.
@shiney - I absolutely love it.

Inspired by @shiney, I went out with my camera. Please have a look at some very banal flowers from me please ..

My very first centaurus .. first born


Wild swan


A pink californian poppy with the scourge of the time of the year


Hare's tail



Anybody knows its name?

 

Hello everyone ...a tad on the hot side isn't it!.

@Verdun, totally agree about pots.....but for some mysterious reason ( in the disguise of my hubs!) pots have sprung up everywhere this year!!

@shiney ,thank your lucky stars that I don't live near you , otherwise you would be getting an uninvited me calling on you on the pretence of wanting a C&C ( coffee and chat) .But really I would be wanting a good old nosey around you absolutely stunning garden..........on the other hand I could perhaps get @alp to do a bit of undercover work on my behalf , making certain that she has her camera of course.
Mmmm!.....be on the look out for strange women lurking ...it could be either me or @alp

Lovely pics everyone

Have a Tremendous Tuesday !