"Summer baskets bits and bobs " 2014

That's my feeding regime as well @shiney I can ID most of your basket plants except for one in your photo below. Could you tell me what the purple one with white centre flash is ? ( lobelia ?)

 

Most of my plants in pots are shrubs, including the majority of my Rhodos, Roses, etc so not really ickle flowery things. I have planted lots of Fuchsias and some other annuals grown from seed but they aren't really in bloom yet but when they are I will post some pics

 

I tend not to do baskets but I do pots in a big way!
I won't bore you with them all, but I will show you one of the very best plants for pot culture - Sollya heterophylla. It produces masses of these small blooms in blue or white in large numbers.............




When in full bloom (which lasts from late spring/early summer through to mid/late October) the effect is spectacular................




Not super hardy, it will need protection in a cold winter, but very long lived.

Dead heading these is a most soothing way to spend an hour or so on a summers evening.

 

Green house Begonia "un named" freebies when I bought the named varieties which will be a week or two more before they flower

 

Begonia @Zigs

Begonia Ziggy

 

begonias are named let me know and I will add if you want ?

hanging baskets are getting bigger so I will start feeding with tomato food from now on which will help in producing flowers

 

Lobelia Waterfall, I have used it in my basket.

 

Lobelia Richardii - is it the same one called by different names ? all I know it last twice as long as the normal trailing lobelia

 

It is Lobelia Richardii Waterfall to be exact.

 

Aww, Spruce

 

See, Begonia Ziggy , perfectly formed with a peachy complexion !

 

Just like me

 

The basket Sweet Peas are underway. My two pathetic Manx Marvel tomato plants are fast disappearing.







I've edited this post to show you how well the basket sweet peas have come on.