Whats lookin' good in June 2016

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  1. shiney

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    Most of these were taken in the evening so are not very bright pictures.

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    Our pollinating plants between out two vegetable plots.
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    These Verbascum are always competing with the runner beans as to which can grow the quickest.
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    Evening primrose - taken at 6 a.m. :heehee:

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    • Joolz

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      Oh Shiney, what beautiful photos. We need a love option on the ratings.
       
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        Thank you very much for your kind words @Joolz :grphg:

        The photos themselves are just quick snaps taken of the plants. The plants have done all the hard work of looking good :love30: :)
         
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        • Joolz

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          That may be true @shiney but they have to have the love and care to thrive. Something which you give them in droves. :dbgrtmb:
           
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            I have a chat with them, regularly. :dbgrtmb:
             
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              Salvia microphylla var.microphylla................
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              Arisaema costatum..............
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                Annabelle is only just starting to come out. The heads will grow to 9"-12" across and be pure white
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                These alliums have come from seeds just thrown in the ground. They were from some of Mrs Shiney's flower arrangements
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                Penstamons are beginning to show
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                  Beautiful pictures!
                   
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                    You've got soooo many lovely plants @shiney :smile: ... love the succulents :blue thumb:
                     
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                      Thanks @Michael Hewett we have the advantage of a big garden and having been here 44 years. :blue thumb:

                      A lot of our plants are self-sown or bird sown. If they grow and we don't need the space then they stay. That's why there's no them to it.

                      Pity you weren't able to get to our open day.
                       
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                        I didn't know you had an open day @shiney. If it wasn't so far I would have come :smile:

                        I had a big garden once, but it was also steep and I became unable to look after it so we moved.
                         
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                          Only found a few Lilly Beatles that got stamped on....
                           

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                          • shiney

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                            Hi @Michael Hewett we open the garden every year and GC members have been coming for the last eight years. Some of them come a long way and stay over in B&B :blue thumb: We usually get between 10 and 20 GC members and loads of the public. This year was a record with almost 500 people coming through the door!

                            Here's a link to the 'Events' page. You can see some of the yearly threads but it will take a long time to go through them. :)

                            http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/forums/events.50/
                             
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                              Lol.. yep me too. And I walk around stroking the flowers. If anyone ever heard me in my greenhouse, well, they'd whisk me off that's for sure.
                               
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                                I have a bed of the rose 'Golden Jubilee' looking really nice at present....despite the wet weather.
                                 
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