Garden Snap Shots!
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Just over a month on now from my last post, had some very cold and wet weather, but at last things have warmed up, and precious plants are starting to put on a show. I love some of the old fashioned cottage garden things like Lupins and big blowsy opium poppies, a nice pale double Montana Clematis, and got a good show of Honey Alliums this year. Very “lush” at the moment😁
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We decided that summers are for going away, and so thought a wild flower meadow in the front was the way to go. Covid has scuppered this but the idea was there. This is the second year and coverage is looking good. Cornflowers will follow this big daisies that are standing nearly 3 feet high. We did one cut last year in November. It took 12 hours to strim and mow down to height.
Colin
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Looking nice. Wildflower areas are not easy to get right, so well done to you😁
Bumper poppy year this year EuroT😂
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Colin, (second attempt at getting this post to work!) we are letting a strip of our lawn do it's own thing. I have added just two wild mallow plants and one Ladies Smock from our own plants. It is meadow grass so already has speedwell and bedstraw in it. We have ox eye daisies elsewhere so I won't deliberately introduce them, hoping it will be completely natural.
Yesterday was Derby Day the traditional day to cut box hedges, I haven't done ours yet, we just have a couple of large round bushes!
One if our echiums has survived from last year, the bees love it and we finally have some seedlings to grown on.
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My perennial patch is coming along nicely at the moment.
David
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Nice Red Hot Pokers👍 I have tried three times now to grow them, even bought a very lovely bright lime green variety.....nope, it died.
I planted a tea bag yesterday. Not an ordinary one, but some special licorice, fennel and aniseed ones from M&S. Dried it, shook out the seeds, now wondering what might come up🤔 My bet is on fennel, nice tasting tea as well, I like it left to go cold and then chilled in fridge. Very refreshing🍹
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Seems most of the garden snaps shown are way above mine. Here in the North its been very cold ( especially ) in the mornings, warmer now so possibly the plants may shoot up.
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Noticed the red hot pokers (unless they are a similar plant) as ours only grow later in the year, you have a nice mixture of plants there.
Hosta, I think there are a big variations in plants this year. When we stayed in Worcs not long ago the gardens were ahead of ours in the SW! Quite strange.
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They are lovely HH. I like to see lots of different leaf textures and colours as well. The hostas I bought last year have come back very well, no sign of slug damage. Not sure how North you are, but everything seems to have gone whizz bang here in South Yorks. Lots of rain, but now it’s warm and dry again so everything seems to have gone a bit mad. Roses are coming along lovely.
Charles De Mills
Lady of Shallot climber
Winchester Cathedral
Blue Moon climber
Can’t remember and lost the label😂 Its a David Austin English rose, but which one🤔
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They look great , I'm in East Yorks and although it's now warm and sunny, my roses are only just coming into bud . My peony has only small 1/2" buds ,so a little behind you .
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Bit more coastal than us then😁 It’s sweltering here today. I am trying to tidy things, but too hot to linger long in the sun. (That’s my excuse👍)
Thanks impy. I do love roses....
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A new rose, coming along nicely, called Catherine and William. Princess Anne is doing well as usual and two roses over an arch, lost their names! Wild grass patch doing well too.
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Looking lovely Brue. I wish we had more room for a wildflower garden.
Its raining heavily here today sadly, but roses have put on a wonderful display.
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Unhappy with my Bathsheba rose, it just does not seem the same as when bought.
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Back from a two week break to find the wild flower garden in the front has taken off a treat. No worries about coming back and having to mow the lawn.
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Maybe it will get going Hosta, roses can take a few years to mature. I've had disappointments with some over the years but I think yours looks better than some of my failures!
Lovely to see all those ox eye daisies in your garden EribaM.
Our garden is working at full tilt just now but the heavy rain forecast is probably going to ruin some of the lovely flowers...
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I’m on the East coast(Yorks) my Roses have been in flower for months(no exaggeration) Gertrude Jekyll fills the bottom part of the garden with fragrance, she is facing due East. I do not feed nor mulch any of them, the Alluvial silt that makes up our area is a super base for growing in its just a pig to dig. There will be a reason for your issues H.
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I'm on the in East Yorkshire too Rocky, just think my garden is colder ( due to shade ) than most.
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Contacted David Austin Roses, Still not happy with ''Bathsheba'' asked for any advice. Still not heard from them only auto reply.
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What exactly is bothering you about it HH? Foliage looks to be good, plenty of buds. One thing that struck me was the colour of the blooms (could be photo of course) but it looks quite pale for a Bathsheba, I thought they were a slightly darker apricot. How close to coast are you by the way, some roses find coastal conditions challenging.
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When the buds start to open the majority have a brownish colour on the petals , most don't open and die. The ones that do open don't last long and the central part is a lot lighter on some and as you say are quite pale . I don't live that close to the coast 40ish miles.
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Unlikely to be salt air damage. I did a bit of Googling, I wonder if it might be Thrips, tiny little insect. Damage seems to fit the description, see what you think🤔 I think it’s a fairly easy fix if it is, so long as you don’t mind using a spray to sort out.
One of my Roses got attacked by tiny leaf munching caterpillars a couple of years ago, I tried picking them off, but simply too many, sort I resorted to a spray. Not keen on using them, but needs must.0 -
Thanks for that TTDA, I will check that out . But had one reply from David Austin just asked me if it had rained a lot and what I fed the rose with. Still waiting for another reply to my answers.
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Rain does spoil some roses more than others, it could be one of those years (a bit like some camellias are more prone to frost damage.) After the deluges we've had this week I've got a lot of roses that are looking brown and soggy but a few stronger ones are ok.
I've got a rose called Alec's red and I know that if it rains the flower buds will just rot and fall off but I keep it going because when all is ok it's a nice rose.
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Yes, same here Brue, I have some very soggy roses at the moment, sad after such a wonderful early showing. Just daily dead heading, taking away soggy brown bloom. Some had a bit of frost damage as well, as it was very cold some nights here in May.
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Now this is cheating a bit..... not our garden, but the view from my daughters sun room a few weeks back......
David
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