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What's looking good in August 2016

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by longk, Aug 2, 2016.

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  1. wiseowl

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    Good morning :smile:

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      This first one is especially for @ARMANDII :whistle: :heehee:

      Phantom (starts off green, just like Annabelle, but a conical flower and sturdier stems)
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      This is waiting to go for sale
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      As are these
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      This Rehmannia is still going strong and has been in flower for months
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        The ShineyFrame is working well
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        and we have good pickings. This is after just having picked 14lb (didn't think of taking the photos first :doh:)
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        Busy bees. When they're this busy they don't seem to mind being stroked - which Mrs Shiney does a lot and I do occasionally (and very carefully!).
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        Me waving :lunapic 130165696578242 5: :rasp:
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        • longk

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          Mine too. One of the great doers in my garden.
           
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            Round the front.. top half of the "new" bed is doing really well, love the Coreopsis it's done me proud. 20160809_152352.jpg

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            Dahlia "Duet" wasn't like this last year but I like it..
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            and the last "speckled" to flower.. :scratch:

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            no name, saved from last year

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              I went to Ellesmere with my sister and cousin last Sunday, Shiney, and there is a large cafe/restaurant in front of the Mere. It has two 30' X 10' flower beds on either side of the front entrance completely planted with "Annabelle"...........and it was best display i have seen of it for a really long time with no spaces between those huge magnificent flower heads. Obviously a good gardener lives there!!:love30::snorky:
               
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                Some photos of my little front garden.
                It isn't big but I try to make it look interesting.

                (Don't notice the windowsill :yikes: )

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                  Perilla magilla Red.
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                  Eucomis vandermerwei.
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                  Coleus Saturn.
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                  Brugmansia candida, my only Brug.
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                  As it doesn't look too bad virus wise I have kept Canna Cleo as it is flowering.
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                  Canna Blackie (?)
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                  Passiflora Lavander Lady (Amethyst), almost lost it this winter and it's only flower so far.
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                    Not sure but I think mine is Nymansay.
                     
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                    Looks jam packed @Michael Hewett bet your talk of the street with that lovely display :)

                    @strongylodon is the Canna Cleo hard to keep (alive)? My niece is called Cleo and would love something to represent her in my garden. Have never grown Canna's before though.
                     
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                      Gazania

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                      Chrysanthemum " Eastern Star "

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                      Perovskia

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                      Salvia " Nachtvlinder "

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                      Fuchsia " Mood Indigo "

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                      Fuchsia " Display "

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                        @strongylodon is the Canna Cleo hard to keep (alive)? My niece is called Cleo and would love something to represent her in my garden. Have never grown Canna's before though.[/QUOTE]

                        Not really but a greenhouse is preferable to get the tuber moving in spring as I don't think it is fully hardy. Others here have grown it for longer than me and have more experience with it.
                        The main problem with Cannas is virus affecting many plants, I believe carried via aphids so it can spread rapidly. It doesn't kill the plants but can give them an unhealthy look.
                         
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                          "Queen's 90th Birthday Rose"
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                          And behind that, some gladioli

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                          And behind those, the Alcea Rosea Chaters Yellow

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                            Love the colour of the Gladioli @"M". :dbgrtmb:
                             
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                              Thank you @Sheal it took me by surprise ...

                              ... it was meant to be "Plum Tart" :heehee: but that is the chance you take when you buy them from an el cheapo store; not that I'm complaining because it is a fab colour :thumbsup:
                              Now, I wonder what colour the "Priscilla" will turn out to be :think3: :heehee:
                               
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