Whats Looking good May 2024

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  1. shiney

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    Same as us - but that doesn't work in our garden! :doh:
     
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    You should know ,years of practice :thumbsup::biggrin:
     
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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      Its Sauromatum venosum.
      One of a few plants often called Voodoo Lilly.
      The leaves are quite interesting as well.
       
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        So that's what you call the "berry bush" in our little front garden! We've in fact had such for more than 40 years (most our previous house) and it's always been "the red berry bush". Yes, it's amazing the sound of the bees on it at the moment. On ours it's mostly honey bes at the moment, but I've noticed it can be mostly bumble bees other days?
         
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          Often it is teeming with really tiny bees here, though I don't know what they are called.

          It is great for other wildlife too. The birds pinch off new leaves for their nests, then return for little insects or to shelter in it, and finally in winter they eat the berries.

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            @pete is that the one that smells of rotting flesh?
             
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            After thinking I’d ruined my lawn with too much 4 in 1 weed and feed, it’s now recovered nicely after scarifying and reseeding. I might use it again next year as there’s no moss now:)!

            First photo, after scarifying and reseeding. Second photo, today.

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              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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              Forgot this one, the cordyline is doing its stuff.

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                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                Well its a strange smell, but I'd not say its like rotting flesh, there are others similar that attract bluebottles and other flies for pollination.
                 
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                  I normally manage to kill penstemons but this lovely blue one from @Michael Hewett seems to do well.
                   
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                    @pete My Like is for the Rhodo ... NOT the Voodoo Lilly!
                     
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                      Nice to see it's surviving @CarolineL :smile:
                      Not a bud on mine yet !
                       
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                      Wow! Brilliant result there. :dbgrtmb:
                       
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                        Strange @Michael Hewett - you're not far from me!
                        Here's one of my few other things in flower - Linaria triornithophera (spelling may be wrong):biggrin:
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                          Thank you @ViewAhead. I think the secret is to read ALL the instructions on the weed and feed and follow them correctly, which I haven’t done before! The critical point being don’t reseed until 8 weeks after application as it will inhibit seed germination. :nonofinger:
                           
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