Whats Looking Good August 2022

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    He bought it the other day when he was moaning about Christmas decorations being on sale already.:biggrin:
     
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      Rose (Rosa 'Ice Cream')
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        A friend gave me a small plant of this back in the spring, its scented and kind of hardy in the right position apparently.
        Sinningia tubiflora.
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          Hedychium tara , flowering a bit late this year. 20220825_100223.jpg
           
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            That Sinningia would present a challenge for the Hummingbird Hawk moths :biggrin:
             
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              The water butts :biggrin:

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              Oh..and our thirsty garden :dbgrtmb:

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                Probably designed for the real thing, (actual hummingbirds).
                Not seen any yet though.:biggrin:
                 
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                    @pete snap: Sinningia tubiflora. My first year growing it, supposedly hardy (-5°C - 1°C) as hardy as Impatiens tinctoria which I've had outside for a few years now; so I plan to try it outside at some point. It is pollinated by hawkmoths in it's native Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
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                      The person who gave it to me overwintered it in a pot outside last winter.
                      But last winter was so mild I'm yet to be convinced that it would survive here in a normal winter.

                      But once I get it bulked up a bit and have some new material I'll be trying it.
                       
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                        It's available here, too :yahoo: But is the perfume really remarkable?
                         
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                          I've only got two flowers atm, so not easy to tell but I think its one of those that performs after dark.
                          I've put it in the porch and I've got some ripe peaches out there so the smell of those is quite strong but up close a definite lemon scent.
                           
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                            Taken recently on a rainy summer day :-

                            Perennial Rudbeckia ...

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                            Fuchsia 'Army Nurse' ...

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                            Fuchsia 'Strawberry Delight' ...

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                            Perennial Nemesia ...

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                            Hibiscus 'Bluebird' ...

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                            Aeoniums in the rain ...

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                            Fuchsia 'Lady Bacon' ...

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                            Some cacti :-

                            Berries on Rhipsalis campos-portoana ...

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                            Berries on Rhipsalis pilocarpa ...

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                            Berries on Pfeiffera monacantha ...

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                              Just a few blooms (or near blooms) from this morning ...

                              Westringia in full bloom again, last time on 8 July ...
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                              Allamanda cathartica with first bud forming ...
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                              Pepino muricatum with first bloom developimg ...
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                              Okay, have to put up Hibiscus 'Red Pagoda' ...
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                                Some pictures from August
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