WHATS LOOKING GOOD IN MAY 2014

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Rose 'Blue For You'


Rose 'Super Trouper'



Sambucus 'Black Lace' This is in it's second season and thriving, I thought I'd lost it over the winter.


Dwarf Lupins coming into their own.






Papaver 'Patty's Plum' breaking out! Thanks Armandii!


Rock Rose


My Choisya 'Sundance' that needed the kiss of life. It had been broken down and buried on it's side under snow at Easter last year. I thought it wouldn't recover but after some heavy pruning and support to bring it upright it's now almost back to it's old self!

 

Wow, what a beautiful bouquet of flowers Sheal,
love that blue and white lupin,
thank you - really has cheered me up,
Jenny

 

You're welcome, thank you Jenny.

 

Great to see your Choisya looking so well. I remember your amazing photos of your "small"!!!! fall of snow last year and the resulting damage. I too really like your blue and white Lupin Sheal, is it really that blue in reality? I've grown some meant to be fancy Lupins from seed recently but will have a wait before I know what colours they will be.

 

Silu....it's funny how we get attached to certain plants and I was determined to save the Choisya. When I posted the picture I'd taken today I felt quite emotional, daft isn't it!

The colour on the blue Lupin is almost spot on although it does have a slight mauve hue to it. I saved seeds last year but they didn't germinate, I don't think I'd let the seeds mature enough. I'll save more this year and if they look any good there may be some on offer.

 

Went it goes too seed,grab some

 

There was a "blue" one on the TV coverage of Chelsea. They said it was Blue too. Great I thought, "I'll have one/several of them" ... went to the stand at Chelsea to check for myself - guess what? not what your or my idea & definition of Blue would be

Its fairly Blue ... but some mauve creeping in there too. The sort of Blue flowers that I want (maybe you are as/not so fussy?) are ones that don't start, or end, at some mauve/purple colour which, alongside flowers in full-flood, look a mess - to my eye anyway.

For someone wanting a mix of colours I expect it's fine, but I want "just Blue"

Here's some photos I took:


They were Red


So were they - in fact I think that is the best Red that I grow here (or perhaps "The Page" or whatever it is called is my best Red)


Liked the dark Maroon on that one.

Here's a different "cropped area" from the Beefeater photo above, showing the "Blue" Lupins. The camera colour is not "Honest", but I reckon its a pretty good rendition of the shade I remember they looked like.

 

This is Beefeater here - overcropped from the photo, so not a good quality likeness. I'll take a photo tomorrow if the sun comes out before the flower fade - or wash away!!



EDIT: Would you LOOK at that Nettle! I'll hoike him out tomorrow - not noticed it until now!!

 

Kristen...Picture 4. Those blue Lupins are definitely......mauve!

 

Indeed! Although the camera is lying a bit, they were more blue in the flesh ... still "somewhat mauve" though ...

 

Thanks @shiney ... darker blue is what I am after, and the ones that were in flower were a lovely colour. Let's see how the ones you kindly gave me shape up?

 

Absolutely Marvellous. So jealous of you