Garden Snap Shots!
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Bindeeed Brue , I was pruning one of my Wisteria ( how they have grown with all the rain ) and I found Bindweed among the branches . Never seen it before in my garden horrible stuff .
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Both Wisteria’s are coming out in flower. They have done this over the last 3 years .
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Mixed reactions this week in the garden. Have put a large Arum lily into ground, as it’s now too big a clump for its container. That went ok. Found another smaller Arum that OH bought me over Winter. It was potted on, but I found it a bit shredded. Something been eating at it. Decided to repot, on close inspection, found two very different caterpillars having a right old feast. Rather pleased to find them really, as this year has been a poor one for Butterflies. Carefully put them onto a patch of nettles, hope the survive. Arum is looking better already.
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Brrrr!🥶 It’s turned really cold this week here. But we still have sunshine, still a bit of colour in the garden, but plants are definitely winding down now. Today’s task was to protect my Banana plants that I put into garden early last year. They had a first Winter out last year, were unwrapped around mid May, and have had a really good year. Tops cut off, lots of fleece wrapped round and over tops, then more fleece loosely stuffed between three canes, and finally an upside down garden refuse sack covering the whole lot, with a bit of space for breathing at the bottom. All snug and protected now until next Spring🤞🤞
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I have a climbing rose, for the last two years I have trained it the way Monty Dom and most gardeners on you tube advise.
Which is to lay the upright growing branches horizontally. This,so buds that if left in the upright growing position would branch and flower on the horizontal, can now flower in an upright position all along the now horizontal branch. ( hope this all makes sense)
My problem is, I do all above .But instead of creating lots of individual blooms, these side buds just shoot upwards to about 6ft forming just an upright branch. That flowers at the top.
Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?
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Sorry about the delay in replying HH, I was transitioning to Non Member🤭
It might be something to do with the type of Rose. I have one doing the same, but it’s a rose that sends out long upright shoots all the time regardless of horizontal or vertical (Mme Isaac Perriere). Photo and name if you have got it?
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Correction, mine is an Alfred Carriere. Very fast growing, sends out fishing rod like vertical shoots. I have got a couple of side shots going horizontal, but I doubt it will flower now. Trying to get it to climb along wires to link to another arch.
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Can’t seem to get photos on nowadays, but my Rose is “ Bathsheba” I haven’t begun training it this year until all the plants round it die back a bit. Everything seems to be responding to the warm days and still going.
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Yes, I still have lots of roses in bloom. Bathsheba is called a vigorous climber, so it might still be growing like mad. My Alfred Carriere is doing the same. I have got a couple of long flowering side shoots trained along a wire, no flowers on these, but seems to have stopped with the ‘fishing rod’ like side shoots. I will trim these trained shoots back quite a bit once it stops growing.
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Just a couple of photos recently taken Pyracantha bush full of berries and now all gone as the Blackbirds have been busy and the Spindle bush/tree it has been amazing this year and even got a wild one near by but not as many flowers and berries on.
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I have a Spindleberry RK. It’s not in the best position unfortunately, but if I get the chance, I might see if I can move it.
Leaf raking here at the moment, but still got plenty in flower, including some nice roses. Weather has been warm ish and sunny here all week, around 15/16c. We have had a full day in garden today, OH log cutting, me splitting with a big axe! It’s a task I love. Garden looking a lot neater, but it will be covered in leaves again in a couple of days.0 -
We spotted this plant in the garden of the cafe where we met the OPs the other day. I found out that it is a Pasqueflower which we have never seen before.
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Type of Passion Flower Nellie, hence the name and it’s flowering time. A nice plant👍
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One of my favourite Daffodils is out. Bought from a Rare Plant Fair many years ago, but I cannot remember it’s name now. Love the colours. It’s always slightly later than the others in the garden.
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More Daffodils, the multi headed one is Winston Churchill, which has a lovely scent. Others I cannot remember……..
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Some lovely daffodils there @Takethedogalong there certainly are a huge variety of forms and colours these days.
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I think this one is called Pink Pride. I cheated by using the "Lens" app to identity it!!😄
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We were out walking today at Manton, by Rutland Water and spotted this Narcissus, which I think is called "Bridal Crown", similar to the Daffodil that @Takethedogalong has in her garden.
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The last couple of years in late Autumn I have purchased a couple of hanging baskets from Dobbies filled with Viola plants. The year before last I made the mistake of buying two with different colours in, which I discovered don't always grow at the same rate! Last year I got two the same. I think they cost about £10 each and I have to say I have been very pleased with them this season. Although they are hardy and flower through the winter they only come into their own as the weather warms up.
David
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I love violas and pansies, they give so much back and usually over Winter well.
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I love violas, too. Little faces 😀. They are my go to plant for this small bed, beside the front door and under a window. In quite a rain shadow. Gets a great deal of sun from mid morning until it goes down. The wall was covered to the roof 🫣 with a climbing hydrangea that didn't bloom. There's a large remnant of its trunk in the tiny bed.
Violas seem to tolerate all the conditions very well and as soon as the light gets better they really show off. These were put in last autumn.
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Our latest garden project is well on its way. New paved area now laid, we can walk on it today, so now I need to get cracking neatening up the sides. As it’s primarily a base for our pool, simply going to infill with some gravel. The algaecide we use in the pool would kill most plants, so it’s no use planting it up, but I will sort out some colourful pots for dotting around. The lovely soil that came out is destined for potato growing sacks/pots, and spreading to infill a bit of a dip in the lawn before we put turf on the top to make it more even.
Part of new fence and border in background, the plants in there have taken well and are coming along nicely. Daffs are starting to go over now here, it’s been very warm, but roses have good buds on, and lots of other things are waiting their tutrn to put on a show. The strange frame made out of hazel in the border is for Sweetpeas. I have grown them from seed we bought at Easton Walled Gardens, managed to keep them doing ok all over Winter, and so looking forward to them flowering. It’s the first time I have grown Sweet peas. We have Hazel trees in another part of the garden so I decided to have a go at making a support. Hoping to make some small hurdles as well to stop tall plants falling over onto lawn. Everything gets used in this garden!😁
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Another very unusual Daffodil!
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Is it the variety "Valdrome"?
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it’s a bit early for petunias😁
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No, it’s called Cassata. They are known as Butterfly Daffodils, or Orchid Daffodils, very unusual. I shall be getting more bulbs, they really are lovely. Valdrome is more orange, another one I would like👍
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Can’t post any photos here at the moment☹️ I bought some “Bishop” variety Dahlias earlier this year, all a different colour. I love these as they have lovely bronze foliage as well as nice colours. They aren’t as “showy” as a lot of Dahlias, but I am finding that they do very well in my garden, and come back each year. Put the tubers in big pots around six weeks ago, and they are now sprouting, so they will make good fillers for our long border. Have got Bishop of Llandaff, York, Oxford, Canterbury, Dover and Leicester. I saved some Begonia corms as well, but they aren’t showing yet.0
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Bluebell time just starting in the old orchard here at home.
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Proper bluebells ET, not the Spanish invaders. That looks a lovely spot for a stroll and a picnic.👍1
