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WHATS LOOKING GOOD IN JUNE 2019

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by Perki, Jun 2, 2019.

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  1. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    A few pics of poppies with slightly different colour tones
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    The allium on the bottom left looks as though it's spinning!
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    Very highly scented with tiny flowers
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    The ShineyHybrids are ripening and I've eaten my first of the season
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    • alana

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      Beautiful pictures of your garden @shiney. You must have noticed such a difference after your break.
      I've just been for a wander with my camera.

      Upcycled Containers- the slugs haven't reached this hosta and the barrow's full of thrift
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      Honeysuckles looking good
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      Atlas has been holding up the sun dial for over 30 years
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      Lots of Lavender and Nepeta for the pollinators to enjoy
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      Down the garden path - cat's eye view
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        You've got a tall cat! :heehee:
         
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            @alana your garden is absolutely stunning! What a paradise. :wub2:
             
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              What's the shrub/tree with white flowers in your first post @shiney, about 4-5 photos in? We've got one hanging over the wall from next door and I've been eyeing it to add to my list of attempts at taking cuttings.
               
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              @2nd_bassoon I'm not quite sure which one you mean :noidea:. Can you go to that plant, highlight it and when it comes up with the 'quote | reply' box just click on 'reply'. It will put it in a new post from you and then you can ask me in that post. I'll then know which one it is. :dbgrtmb:
               
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              Two years on here and I had no idea you could quote pictures like that, thanks @shiney :biggrin:

              It's this one :rolleyespink:

               
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                @2nd_bassoon

                It's a double white Philadelphus (mock orange) and I think it's called 'Virginal'. Can't remember if that is the variety as we've had it for 30 years or more.
                 
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                  Saxifraga me ol' mucka! Maybe S.stolonifera - need to see the leaves.
                   
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                    First Physoplexa comosa (Devil's Claw) out this year.

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                      The cornus is now changing colour as the flowers age...
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                      And I saw this lovely massive crinodendron at a local NHS facility
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                        As a flower arranger I grow shrubs for their foliage and this time of year they are looking good. The hostas are a particular favourite in the summer but the fatsia, pittosporum, holly and griselinia are a great standby in the winter months. The ferns are doing great with the wet weather we've been having so it does have it's compensations.
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                        Pittosporum Tom Thumb
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                        Pittosporum Silver Queen
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                        Leucothoe Curly Red
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                        Japanese Painted Fern
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                        Asplenium Fern
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                        Shuttlecock Fern


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                          Not a flower arranger Alana but love most of those plants :)
                          Eucalyptus too??
                           
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                            @alana Mrs Shiney uses all those and Eucalyptus. She also uses Hellebore leaves which go quite well.

                            These are a couple of arrangements that are now sitting in our porch (crammed in with other plants) for friends to come and pick up. She does her arrangements, for the three clubs she belongs to, and then has nowhere to put them so friends end up with them in their houses.

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                            Everything comes from the garden. The little nodding grasses always go well in the arrangements and the peonies are very highly scented. I can just see that she has used the flowers from the Hostas in the smaller arrangement.
                             
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