What's Looking Good September

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  1. CarolineL

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    @NigelJ - your photo seemed to show decent sized flowers - were you an estate agent in a previous life? :biggrin:
    I had a thistle with beautiful lethal foliage - circium Eriophorum - unfortunately it's biennial so I've now got a very painful job hacking down the flower stems.
     
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      The sweet peas are doing well
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      ..and the dahlias too. They're good for covering up the sw. pea foliage at the base when it gets manky
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      An odd later flower on Etoile Violette, with the fading foliage of the hydrangea beside it
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      The J. Anemone 'Andrea Atkinson' is still doing it's thing
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      • Plantminded

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        Yes, strong sunglasses needed @Perki :cool:. I wasn’t sure at first but they cheer the place up on a gloomy day. They may revert to something more subtle after winter is over :biggrin:.
         
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        Actually it's grown really well this year and the flowers are best ever.
         
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        Some grass highlights in today's sun.

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          Good afternoon my Heuchera's :smile:

          1.Timeless Night 2.Marmalade 3.Black Forest Cake 4.Sugar Plum 5.Tapestry

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            You’ve got a nice collection of Heucheras there @wiseowl. I’ve recently been experimenting with them and have become a fan!
             
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              Good afternoon @Plantminded my friend yes this is my first year with them I am hoping to build up a collection of them eventually,this is what decided me do slugs eat Heuchera? , no they are tough plants and slugs and snails don't bother them. What do you do with Heuchera in the winter? Nothing, they are an evergreen perennial plant that keeps most of its leaves all year round and bees just love them and they can be divided every 3/4 years:smile:
               
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                Yes, easy pleasers @wiseowl, until vine weevil appears, apparently :thud:. (I was warned in the garden centre but took no notice!)
                 
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                The year that I have had with slugs and snails vine weevils don't worry me at all I usually pick them off with a torch at night touch wood have only seen a few this year:smile:
                 
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                  That’s good to know @wiseowl, thank you :). Just a thought, if you’re looking for a wider range than normally available, Plantagogo (horrible name) have the national collection and excellent website and service.
                   
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                    Good evening @Plantminded and thank you I shall take a look now:smile:
                     
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                      Some of you know that Mrs Shiney gets on with most of the wildlife here - and when we go abroad.

                      Yesterday I wandered down the garden and saw a young squirrel busy eating amongst our plants. He looked at me as I walked by about 5ft from him and he just carried on eating. I went past him six times in the course of an hour (twice with the mower :rolleyespink: but kept about 10ft away those times).

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                      Looks as though it was a blackberry
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                      Mrs Shiney was a bit upset to have missed him when she came home but today she spotted him eating a pear and came back in to get me to get my camera. By the time I got out there he was sunbathing on the edge of the patio.

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                      Then Mrs Shiney walked over to him to say hello and he climbed up her trousers - on the outside :heehee:

                      She spent the next five minutes talking to him and cuddling him before taking him back to the pears on the ground :wub2:

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                        It looks like a youngster. And very tame.
                         
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                          A delightful experience for you @shiney!
                           
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