What's looking good in September 2011

Lobelia 'Tanya' and Aster 'Monch' - all in pots - I have run out of space.


Fruit galore. Once you have eaten Brugmansia fruit you will never want to eat any other fruit. This could be because you will be dead - its very poisonous.


Fuchsia arborescens.

 

Absolutely beautiful Peter. I have no fear of eating my Brugmansia seeds as I have never had one, only Datura seeds and they come fast and furious!

By the way, posted your seeds yesterday.

 

Victoria -very many thanks for the seeds in the post. I know you have said before that you don't get any fruit. From what people on UKEG have been saying, I gather that nearly all Brugmansias are self sterile, ie can't be fertilised by themselves or even a cutting (ie clone) of themselves. I have only had fruit on B. arborea, which is a species rather than a hybrid, and seems to be the exception. You are very welcome to seeds I should have plenty. Its white and not coloured being the species.

The offer of seeds is open to anyone else. But they won't be available for a while, it takes quite a few weeks to go from full sized fruit to viable seeds.

 

Great stuff Peter; particularly like the Fuschia :thumb:


Not too much on offer in my own patch at the mo; these aren't bad though;

A lovely little Dahlia that I bought from a sale bed for 50p a month or so ago and needed a good tidy up, it's now flowering well :thumb:

and

Hawkweed, a wildflower maybe but such a vibrant orange, I love it and grow it in a small pot :thumb:

 

Aster 'Little Carlow'

 

Hollyhock 'Creme de Cassis', flowering in first year from seed.

 

Agastache 'Golden Jubilee' another in its first year, the slugs took a bit of a liking to this though so a bit nibbled.

 

Vernonia Gigantea

 

Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'

 

What's Looking Good In September.

Clematis 'Empress'



Can't remember which Aster this is but i might have the label somewhere !



Part of my white border, includes - 'Iceberg' shrub rose, Achillea 'Perrys White', Astrantia 'Shaggy' and a white clematis (can't remember it's name either ! )






Fenland Daybreak



Albizia

 

Fluffy seedheads of Penesetum Velosum.

 

That's gorgeous, Roders, i've got P. 'Karly Rose' and it amazed me by sailing through the cold winters unscathed

 

Not so lucky with Velosum Louise,but they grow very very easily from seed,I love them exept after heavy rain,but they soon perk up.

 

Daylily 'Wide Eye Bayou' most of the daylilies have finished now, but this is one of my rebloomers, 8inch flowers on this one.

 

Yes, they're a floppy wet mass until they've dried off - often i'll be seen knocking them gently to shake off the excess rain - to the amusement of the neighbours.
(same in the snow - the neighbours think i'm 'touched', i'm sure :WINK1: )