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WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN OCTOBER 2018

Discussion in 'General Gardening Discussion' started by Phil A, Oct 1, 2018.

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  1. longk

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      This little beauty made itself known in this week's sun
       
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        ooohh yes :blue thumb:
         
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          Cyclamen hederifolium - pity you can't smell it - lovely strong perfume.
           
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            First flowering of hibiscus coccineus - taken a few years from seed HibiscusCoccineus2Sm.jpg
            Foliage very like cannabis, yet the other from the same packet that survived my lousy growing has very different foliage (and has not grown much at all)
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              That just makes it all the sweeter! No point if it's too easy..........

              I wouldn't know :whistle:
               
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                  They may do Pete ,they are hardy perennials sown and flowering this year a dwarf variety (Arizona Sun).

                  They hated the drought but I kept them going and now they are happy.......so am I .
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                    Colchicum " Waterlily"

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                      I have the exact same problem...grown from seed and a good bunch of plants with the green leaves but only one flower out the lot of them!
                       
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                        These are slightly out of focus as it was quite dull out there before the sun reached the garden (and because I take lousy photos :doh:)

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                          They didn't improve much as the sun started to get through, in patches. :heehee:

                          The sun just reached the roof
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                          And crept down
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                          with an occasional spotlight through the trees

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                            Ooooo Choisya 'Sundance'! :wub2: I want another one @shiney do you think it would cope with the occasional -15C/5F please?
                             
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                              -10C it can just about tolerate. -15C is more debatable. If you don't get -15 much then chucking a fleece over it on nights that you may expect it to drop that low should do it. Some of the leaves are likely to get brown edges but it will recover quickly once it warms up.
                               
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