My Cottage Garden,..glengarry23.

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    Some Lily Blooms.
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      Very bad connection on line tonight,..so a video from the past below.

      Tigridia Pavonia,..Tiger Flower/Mexican Shell Flower.

       
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      Rose (Rosa 'Laurie's Golden Orange')
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      Hebe.
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      Phlox 'Windsor',..starting to bloom.
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      Went into my work area and discovered i had two Bee Hives,..they built a hive with dried Moss,..in two of my flowerpots,..i left more dried Moss beside the nests/hives and they helped themselves.
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        Absolutely stunning! Sadly all my Hebe's look ill. :sad:
         
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          @Victoria ,..sorry to hear about your Hebe looking ill,..might be the heat,..i know mine love water.
           
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            I only have a small patch of front garden,..just a rose bush and Pieris japonica,..along with Malva moschata/Musk Mallow,..i stuck in some very tall Asters from the wild and all are happy there.
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            Dogwood that @Purple Streaks gave me some time back,..love the foliage on it.
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            Hostas in bloom now.
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            Musk Mallow 'Malva Moschata.
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            Clematis Freckles.
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            Clematis Dorothy Walton
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              Very pretty and cottagey at the front door. Everything is thoroughly watered. I love the Musk Mallow. Isn't that the same as Lavatera that @Upsydaisy has? I got some seeds but never got them planted.
               
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                Hi Vicky,..that small window facing the wee front garden is the bathroom,..the kitchen is also at the front of the house :).

                The Musk Mallow is a Perennial Wildflower,..mine grows to approx 120 cm=4Ft.

                @Upsydaisy has the Lavatera which is a Tree Mallow,..if i remember from posts Upsydaisy has the pink version also called Kew Rose.

                Seeds from the Musk Mallow will grow very easy,..mine came from a free packet of Wildflower seeds given with a garden magazine,..many years ago,..they self seed and can be easily transplanted :)
                 
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                  In early July this year we were out for a walk,..noticed a family walking ahead of us on some reclaimed land,..one of the children broke off a flower on a plant approx 30 cm high,..it looked like a nice bloom so i rescued the plant,..since then we were trying to find out what it was?

                  The Leaf.
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                  Produced buds.
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                  Now in bloom,..nice white blooms.
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                  I was ready to ask on Plant ID Thread but started looking through my Plant Guide Book,..there it was in the 20th page ( I Think ) its White Rosebay 'Epilobium angustifolium album',..grows to approx 1.5m=4.5Ft,..invasive alas so i will plant it with the wildflowers in the front garden.


                  Phlox 'Windsor',..opened when the rain arrived during the past few days.
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                  Hosta and Cape Fuchsia in bloom.
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                  Snapdragon cuttings ready for next year,..from the parent plant below.
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                  Hydrangea.
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                    I have seen Rosebay mentioned on GC. Your next year's Wallflowers look healthy. Everything so colourful ... your rain helps! ;)
                     
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                      Our rain started early this morning,..again,..its rained all day very heavy rain thrashing rose blooms :wallbanging:,..luckily more will bloom.
                       
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                        My Astroemeria was hardly touched by the rain as its just at the back door.

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                        Image captured standing at the back door.
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                        Top left in the image below there are approx 20 red Lily blooms,..a big surprise,..last year i noticed that one of the builders rubble containers with the Lily shoots just showing above the soil had pushed small bulbs out of the soil,..small bulbs the size of a Marrowfat Pea,..i poked a hole in the soil with my finger and did so with the lot,..they are as below.

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                        Hollyhocks.
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                        Geraniums.
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                          Your garden is so absolutely stunning Philip.
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                            Thanks Upsydaisy,..its like a jungle :),..so much that i have lost several balls of green twine,..i will have to get myself a type of apron to carry things around :wallbanging:
                             
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                              There are two builders rubble containers housing the Lacecap Hygrangea Nachtigal 'Normalis',..which is lucky as i will have to move them approx 12 foot to the right,..made a blunder and planted my White Buddleja to the left,..its grown rapidly,..approx 2 metres=6Ft,..senior moment forgot how big it will be.

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                              Blue Hebe at far end.
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                              Pink Hebe.
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                              Black Mondo Grass Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'.
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                              In bloom now with small mauve and white flowers.
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                              Voodoo Lily Foliage.
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