Re: What have you done in the flower garden today?

[Lottie]

I've shoved out all me anuals, like nicotenia and marigolds and uffer stuff, and as I was pootling about the place, I realized I had 10 squillion self sown nicotenia about the place... honestly, I don't know why I bother..

I had just bunged marigolds, sunflowers, cornflowers and loads of other stuff around the place and they're all coming up too! I've popped the morning glory into 3 hooge pots going along a bare alley way so they should cover the walls and will interplant with geraniums when I finally get round to it..
The Lilly of the Valley and Wisteria smell out of this world, I love flowers, or foires are Jack used to say..

[Dandelion]

I've just planted out some recent aquisitions into terracotta pots to put in the front garden. Living in a red brick house I thought some warm colours would look good against the brick - I picked up a geranium* with three-coloured leaves from Hereford market yesterday, then in the afternoon went to Newent plant centre and bought a beautiful heuchera called Sweet Tea which has leaves ranging from...tea colour to burgundy. Am quite pleased with the result.

*Pelargonium for those who like to use the right name!!

[Dandelion]

Here's an anomaly. A nasturtium started growing in the garden in Spring from a seed which had dropped between the pebbles last year. It was flowering in May. It has now been killed by the June frosts! Also, I had a lovely rudbekia in the garden last year which (it says on the seed packet) is a half-hardy annual. Instead of digging it up in the autumn as an experiment I cut it down and left it to see if it would survive. It is positively blooming now and has survived all that snow we had in December, and temperatures of -11C. That's one tough frost tender plant!!

[Adrian]

Its anomalys like that make gardening such a wonder for me.

I have a black bamboo that shouldn't survive the winter here, yet it has not only survived it is thriving..

If I can propagate it successfully, then I shall start selling it.

[Lottie]

Well, I'm taking cuttings like there's no tomorrows

24 Euonymous now, and I'm turning over one of the large raised beds to a cutting garden for the hardwood ones I'll do as soon as leaves have dropped

[flute]

My lilies are still flowering. These were the latest ones, but I've still got one plant with some buds.

I took them off the plants because nobody sees them outside, and I think they're too pretty to waste.

[Lottie]

Oh they're lovely, Flute, seriously beautiful

I often bring flowers in at this time of year, especially with this wind howling aruond the roof tops..!
I love the colour!

[Chilli-head]

They are perfect, and a very lovely colour