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What's looking good in August 2017

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by Phil A, Aug 1, 2017.

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  1. shiney

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    Stipa gigantia and Fennel
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    Miscanthus malepartus
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    Other grasses are only just starting to flower and give a good display in late Summer and Autumn

    The Cyclamen bed is coming into its second blooming (sometimes get a third one in November)
    This is about a third of the bed - others hidden under other plants at the moment. The ground will be completely covered by them later.
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    White ones don't show up well amongst the pink
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    Some of the hidden ones
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    Cobaea just starting
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      We get some colour most of the year in our veg plot.

      Lychnis, stachys and Verbascum chaixii bring the bees to the plot from Spring through summer. We shall now be cutting them back for the seeds and giving to friends.
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      and annuals keep a little colour there in summer
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        Only look with one eye mate, you can`t afford to chance both...Shiny, Army and Verdun!
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          Few of mine & a few of Mayfield Lavender, just outside Croydon. Lots of tourists but delicious lavender tea, cakes, bread & scones
           
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            Shiney, I think the flowers on heucheras are not appreciated enough. Love the thick white flowers in pic 1 :)
            Great colour Mark :)
            At Eden Project today it was amazing to see the size and magnificence of so many plants we try to grow indoors :)
            Beautiful day, very warm esp in the biomes. The Bouncy castle was the killer though. :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
             
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                @longk That's really lovely. :dbgrtmb:
                 
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                  Mrs Shiney made up a lot of patio pots for sale for our Open Garden. All were sold but someone wanted another one and we had none left. So she said that she would make one. It was ready in early June but they couldn't pick it up until this last weekend (they'd paid in advance).

                  So we had it sitting on our patio on a manhole cover. :)

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                  After it went Mrs Shiney decided that she had got used to colour in that spot. So she grabbed a few pots from other parts of the patio and put them there.
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                  So they'll stay there for the rest of the season - unless someone wants to buy them :biggrin:. All proceeds go to charity. :dbgrtmb:
                   
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                    Amongst all the plants I've grown over the years Tricyrtis (along with Salvia) have remained must have plants. The beauty of them is in the detail as can really be seen at the following link............

                    Micscape Microscopy and Microscope Magazine
                     
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                      Fascinating link longk......beautiful plants but never grown them :)
                       
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                        You have the climate where you could get away with T.lasiocarpa...............
                        [​IMG]Tricyrtis lasiocarpa by longk48, on Flickr
                         
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                          So very tempting.......have googled it already. A beauty. Thanks longk :)
                           
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                              Crocosmia Severn Sunrise
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                              Crocosmia Emily Mckenzie
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                              A brace of yellow sunflowers
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                              and Zinnias
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                              Anemone japonica Rotkappchen
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                                Aconitum volubile is a climber instead of the more normal growth habit ..............
                                [​IMG]Aconitum volubile by longk48, on Flickr

                                Interesting markings on this which were not evident last year.
                                 
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