What's Looking Good In July 2013

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  1. simbad

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    Well my first salvia patens is flowering :dancy:a darker blue one that survived the winter outside this year, good job I forgot to sow seed :heehee:.
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    And this is the first flower on a paler one grown from seed from the seed swap so thankyou to whoever donated the seed, love this colour :dbgrtmb:
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    I know its a campanula but which one :scratch: , grown from mixed Plantworld seed this ones around 4ft love it, I know it'll probably spread like a triffid but who cares :heehee:.
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    Sisyrinchium Palmifolium (bird of paradise sisyrinchium) this one stays closed all day and opens its flowers around 4 o'clock.
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      Lovely Simbad. Think it may be Capanula trachelium (Nettled leaved Bellflower) apparently grows wild in Ireland. It's a toughie - or a thug, but I like some thug too. It's taking over in my little patch !
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        Mine too Jenny - it's even growing up and between the ivy and viburnum - I love it as it covers any bare patches.

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          Ditto Jenny and GA. I've got the blue and white versions. Ok they are a bit of a thug and discovered the other day that their roots can get through garden membrane!!!! but to be honest I don't loose sleep over them being in places they maybe shouldn't!
           
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            The climbing white rose on my arch has produced what can only be described as a natural bouquet with all the flowers on one stem opening at the same time :)

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              Cracking flowers everyone.
              I must take some tomorrow :blue thumb:
               
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                What a lovely composition Bilbo...:wub2:
                I'd buy it as a Birthday card..:blue thumb:
                 
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                  What a cracking rose - great formation with the 3 all open together like that!
                   
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                      what's the pink and cream flower in piccie no.2 please?
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                      Reminds me of a snap dragon flower!
                       
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                        Sorry, only just got back on to this thread. Both colours are lychnis coronaria - white is 'alba' (surprise, surprise) and the red is 'atrosanguinea'.

                        I knew what the names were supposed to be but had to check something with Mrs Shiney. She agrees that we can't be sure because we didn't plant them!!! We have both those plants 300ft from them and we can only assume that the birds kindly transplanted the seeds - and mixed them together. :heehee: Of course, they could just as easily be something else and been brought in from a neighbour's garden.
                         
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                        Linaria (L.maroccana I think).....................

                        That Sisyrinchium Palmifolium is rather special simbad!
                         
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                          Shiney, your Hebe's look amazing! :) Grannie Annie is right, white flowering plants often get overlooked when buying for the garden and that occurred to me earlier this year, so I've started to introduce them. I haven't had roses in my garden for twenty years and late last year I planted nine. This one below is the whitest rose I've ever seen and is probably 'flower of the year' in my garden.

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                            Me too - that is one 'cool' rose Sheal - lovely!
                             
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