Balcony gardener

Thanks very much for your compliments but if you saw the balcony now it looks horrible!

 

Thanks very much. I don't much bother about colour themes, I generally grow whatever takes my fancy. I don't garden to show off, well not particularly anyway! Obviously I'm pleased when people occasionally compliment me on the balcony but I don't garden for that reason, just the fun of growing things, that's all.

Yet in May 2021 I was in town looking for some Petunias to put on top of the balcony railings. Before last year I'd never grow just a single colour before preferring mixed ones. But as I was looking at the Petunias outside the shop I saw they had lots of white ones all grouped together. I thought how different they looked & that I could do the same on our balcony. So I bought a couple of packs but when I planted them up I found I didn't have quite enough so a few days later I went back & bought some more. These were marked as white & had a few white flowers but imagine how I felt about having my "colour scheme" ruined when at least 3 pots turned out to have not just one white in them but up to 3 different colours! When these started to flower it was too late to separate the plants & take out the coloured ones as it had been at least 3 weeks since I planted them up & to separate them after that long would probably killed the plants so I just let them get on with their thing!

I must admit though, the coloured Petunias were very nice all the same & I don't regret growing them!

 

David, I have only just seen this so I am late to the party. I look forward to seeing more pictures of your balcony/

 

Not as good as the photo from August, is it? In fact at that time it was a bit of a mess!

 

Two views of the balcony in July 2021; 1 from the right, one from the left.

 

Sorry, again the photos have duplicated themselves! Not quite got the hang of this just yet!

Fixed!

 

This is more or less what it looks like at present!
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That happened to me Balc, think only think mind you that I did get the last lot right, they doubled up at first, might have been a kind admin who sorted them really, we will get there..x

 

Still looks busy though....

 

At church today we were given a tiny biodegradable pot each with a tiny amount of compost in it & a Sunflower seed! We were asked to sow the seed in the pot & as the plant grows during the summer to use it as a focal point for our prayers for Ukraine. We were also give a tiny Ukrainian flag & a prayer, by the archbishop of Canterbury, which we are asked to use when we pray for the situation there.

 

I hope the sunflower thrives for both you and Ukraine.