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A dash around the garden (Fran)

19 June 2013 23:15:47

A dash around the garden (Fran)

I did as Paddy did and as Elizabeth suggested,

a quick dash around the garden, hope you like.

Eh,

daylight might be better ............................ ;-))

Rachel 19 June 2013 23:24:58

lol. You messer!

Pwiseman 19 June 2013 23:25:16

haha wow your garden is looking great

fran m 19 June 2013 23:27:37

This is my 'Friday' so a little fun allowed.

Thanks Peter, your a man of good taste.

Moya 19 June 2013 23:29:33

You need to do the dash again in daylight.....

Elizabeth7 19 June 2013 23:30:27

gee it is looking great Fran, I love the Yellow flower, name please?

fran m 19 June 2013 23:35:52

Elizabeth it's the night flowering, Lightin 'window domesticus'.

Me thinks it's time I went to bed LOL

Gracedieu Lass 19 June 2013 23:36:27

That was a fast dash, Fran,

Paddy

Elizabeth7 19 June 2013 23:39:25

Ah so that is what it looks like, I have been searching for ages to get that plant.

Hosta 19 June 2013 23:55:48

Did you forget to take your meds again ??? lol

Different, but I like it.

19 June 2013 22:50:28

Different, but I like it.

This area of Pesicaria is at the back of one of the borders in the 'Bend' area.

You way remember I mentioned this in a journal ages ago, that I was planting Persicaria (a low growing plant) at the back of a border.

Strange, but I like the way it's working. The plants to the front are not going to be too high and you will be able to see through them. Also the Persicaria can be seen easily from another position.

I planted Lillies between the Persicaria, they are just opening now. Smaller than espected, but maybe that's going to work even better.

The splash of pink in the Lily matches the pink of the Persicaria perfectly.

Different,

but I like it ;-))

Clara 19 June 2013 22:57:02

Love it Fran as I do all your planting.!!!!

Pwiseman 19 June 2013 23:02:37

Yup very nice Fran.

Hosta 19 June 2013 23:37:48

What's not to like :-)

Liking these

19 June 2013 22:39:30

Liking these

These poppies are bulking up lovely, plenty more buds on the way.

Pwiseman 19 June 2013 22:45:59

Love them, great shot

Moya 19 June 2013 23:01:21

Lovely delicate colour Fran.

Clara 19 June 2013 23:01:34

I think I also have these ...they are beautiful.

kitty 20 June 2013 00:21:17

fabulous is all i can say. mine have a long way to go to be that big

Hemerocallis

18 June 2013 22:36:53

Hemerocallis

The first of this plants has just opened. It looks as if it's going to be a good year for them.

There is one that is growing well but has not flower since I got it, H. Fran's Hal. Would anyone have a reason why. It's close to others that are doing well so it's not over shaded or the like.

Pwiseman 18 June 2013 22:46:16

Can't help with your question but love the flower, i got one in red off someone at Johnstown but can't remember who but is near flowering.

Rachel 18 June 2013 22:51:26

It looks like a good year for mine too. I have no answer to your question but would dearly love one. They seem to do well in America. Maybe it's lack of sun. Carl Wright was also disillusioned with them :(

JoanG 18 June 2013 23:05:14

Beautiful flower on that one Fran. Sorry don't know the answer to the non-flowering one; I'd still give a chance though, unless you have it a long time. Rachel is probably right; one of my neighbours has one which was rubbish last year but flowering very well now.

Deborah 18 June 2013 23:44:49

I've been disillusioned with Hemerocallis for years. Loads of foliage and not many flowers. At the moment the earliest of them, H. lilioasphodelus is making a great show, but it will be downhill from here on in. It's funny about Carl... about a year ago I was grumbling about them to him and he was singing their praises :)

Rachel 18 June 2013 23:48:51

Day lilies seem to be adored in the Americas but greeted with mixed emotions on this side of the Atlantic. I list them as unreliable.

Jacinta 19 June 2013 06:19:27

I have a fair few in my garden. And only yesterday I was looking at them with despair. A lot of tatty leaves and no colour yet.

Although looking closer, I could see loads of buds about to open. Obviously they bulk up well over the years? They're there for a while longer now. Decision made!!

Gracedieu Lass 19 June 2013 12:55:15

We find they need to be divided at least every three years. They do take some shade. The horrible thing about them is that they need to be dead-headed every second day to keep them flowering. I cut them to the ground in early August and some will give a few flowers later in August/Sept. A feed after cutting is of benifit, eirther compost or chicken pelletts.