Netty, the netting is windbreak material around the Veg patch. Originally it was to keep the hens out as well, but we stopped keeping them a...
We had visitors from Tasmania, so I went to town on getting the garden as neat as I could, This is what they saw....
Forecast for here in Britain is for very low temps tonight and tomorrow night. Frost is predicted for susceptible areas. Sadly nothing new for us,...
We have a couple of Amsonia, that one and another whose name escapes me. Both do very well for us.
We can only grow those at the hottest end of the poly tunnel, but they are worth the effort. Nice tasting beans.
Funny I was just reading up on re=planting some Siberian Irises. The optimum time is Spring, according to the book. However, it then says you may...
Taken today before the plants and me wilt in the promised heatwave. http://s703.photobucket.com/user/Owdboggy/slideshow/End%20of%20June%202015
Wish it would do that here. Tried if a few times and it has never even flowered once before dying off.
Campanula of some sort, bit hard without seeing the leaves, but it could be C. glomerata.
So what happens to the other species where they grow in the wild?
I cannot for the moment find the Article which advised against it saying that after 12 months it would act like Ransom ware. Will keep looking.
It may not be as free as you think. As far as I can see it will be only for 12 months, then you would be expected to pay for the Upgrade.
I can find at least 8 species of Poppy in the flora of Pakistan, including P. rhoeas.
[ATTACH] P. rhoeas [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Both self seeded from the fringed one above.
And some more as promised! [ATTACH] P. rupifragum. [ATTACH] Another fringed one. [ATTACH] Tiffany [ATTACH] ?P. atlanticum
Poppies come in far more than 2 species. I also grow P. atlanticum and P. spicata and P. rhoeas (The Flanders poppy) grows all over the fields...
Look out for the new American hybrids of P.orientalis. They are shorter growing and the flowers more substantial than the older varieties.
As with many things in our garden the labels are long gone,sorry. Most of the ones we have now are self sown seedlings, but the trouble is that...
We have one or three Poppies. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Last one is Fringed Patty's Plum
This is what you get when you allow Dianthus to self seed. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
