What's Looking Good in July 2024

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  1. Tidemark

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    Beautiful photos everyone.

    Here’s a pretty plant. Not growing in my windowbox unfortunately. Does anybody know what it is?
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      Knautia
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        Mrs LS tells me it's Scaevola surdiva - a popular hanging basket annual
         
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          Thank you. Never heard of it. Very pretty. Must make more of an effort to notice things. :)
           
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            Heucherella 'Hopscotch'

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            Heuchera 'Forever Purple' and ferns.

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            Lower garden today.

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              I was reminded this afternoon on what I learned in Spring time: Don't remove any of these dried out leaves from Hollyhocks and Sunflowers because they sleep in it. The incoming sun has woken him/her up.

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                Calochortus barbatus from bulbils from AGS while I was still a member
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                Mina lobata surprisingly flowering in a weedy section
                 
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                  Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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                  I have never been able to get this going.
                   
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                  Mesembryanthemums - surplus plants that we dumped out of the way!

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                  Runner Bean 'Painted Lady'

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                  Patio Rose

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