WHATS LOOKING GOOD IN JULY 2019

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  1. Verdun

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    Nick, see if you find Geoff Hamilton’s videos. He did a series on how to make plant containers and I got enthused and imaginative at the time.:)
     
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    • longk

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      @Perki and @Verdun -Lobelia tupa should get big quick. I grew it until I moved in 2015. Unlike the more common perennial Lobelias it prefers drier conditions. Here in the Cotswolds I used to mulch it with conifer needles and branches - a more solid mulch encouraged crown rot.
       
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      • BellaBlue

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        My phone makes my Art Deco dahlia look more pink than it is, it’s more orangey

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        The Crosomia Firestars Scorchio is out :)

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          The Rudbeckias are really glowing in the evening light...

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            One of the stars this year has been my Streptocarpella.............
            [​IMG]Streptocarpella by longk48, on Flickr

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            I was surprised to see blooms on my Eucomis Aloha Lily Nani seedlings as the seed was only sown in March 2018. Not a great inflorescence by any stretch of the imagination and the flowers have only four petals instead of six but that is to be expected at such a young age..........
            [​IMG]Eucomis Aloha Lily Nani (seedling) by longk48, on Flickr

            There was a lot of talk about planting combinations. I crap at it as this shot shows............
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            Finally, myfirst bloom on my Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus............
            [​IMG]Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus by longk48, on Flickr

            It is supposedly happy down to -12°c but I don't test it that much but it was certainly happy in an unheated greenhouse last winter..............
            [​IMG]Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubrispinus by longk48, on Flickr
             
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              Under the Bay Trees
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                A few more

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                • Verdun

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                  Nice photography skills too Alana :)

                  Lots of colourful tall stuff here, looking from kitchen, swaying around in the wind and rain now but not being battered and looking good. Think they’re enjoying the rain :)
                   
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                    Thanks Verdun - some summer loveliness out there today:). Lots of butterflies and bees flitting about but not so many dragonflies this year. We live very close to a large nature reserve (Carlton Marshes) so I would have expected to see more.
                     
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                      Agapanthus Queen Mum. I am still waiting for Lully and Windsor Grey to open.
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                          Hi @zenj , is that bottom one a water lilly ? If so how big is it please. I'm looking to get a miniature ( or two ) for next year.
                           
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                          Hi KFF
                          It’s not a miniature, called yellow queen as been in the pond around 3 years as about 8 leaves at the moment not rampant spreads 3 to 4 ft flowers are around 4 to 5 inches across hope this helps.
                           
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                            My one in a planter/pond @KFF is a minature or pygmy white called Helvola, looks pretty but barely lasts two to three days.
                             
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                              The out of date plants I bought at Morrison's recently have come back to life.

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