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(21-06-2021, 10:45 AM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ]A few more....

All looking brill Scarlet. The pink single poppy is the same as the ones that have popped up on my plot recently.

(21-06-2021, 01:38 PM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ] thank you Spec! I think that's a compliment

Oh Scarlet, would it be anything else

(21-06-2021, 02:23 PM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-06-2021, 02:09 PM)Small chilli Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-06-2021, 01:39 PM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-06-2021, 12:05 PM)Small chilli Wrote: [ -> ]Beautiful Scarlet. You’ve been work flipping hard on that.  That’s exactly what I want my new flower beds to look like .
I’m also a huge fan of that peach rose & that stunning dark purple clematis and everything else 

The dark purple clematis is etoile violette - chop down in Spring and it bounces back.
£5 for 3 in Asda

I’m not going to my nearest Asda in Glasgow just for a clematis, no matter how pretty     .

now I know the name I’ll keep an eye out for one a little closer to home   .

I've tried to take cuttings and I've never had any luck - then a friend said they were in Asda! Bargain.

I’ve only had one clematis cutting take. I think that was just pure luck. They seem to be really difficult. I’ve tried loads and at different times.

Absolutely fabulous borders Scarlet. Glorious
And thanks for naming the clematis. I have one but had lost the label, I just knew it was Violette something. Mine came from Aldi or Lidl!!

(21-06-2021, 07:55 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: [ -> ]Absolutely fabulous borders Scarlet. Glorious
And thanks for naming the clematis. I have one but had lost the label, I just knew it was Violette something. Mine came from Aldi or Lidl!!

Thank you PP. I think they are a really useful plant! I'm going to remember next year that they have them in and try to get a few more. 
I've just bought myself some steel rods to make some supports for my plants.....wondering if I can wire up some kind of arches that won't fall down

(21-06-2021, 03:12 PM)Vinny Wrote: [ -> ]

(21-06-2021, 10:45 AM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ]A few more....

All looking brill Scarlet. The pink single poppy is the same as the ones that have popped up on my plot recently.

Thank you. I am hoping to save some seed....would love it to be repeated a bit more throughout the border.

Anyone grow gladioli?

I'm not super keen on the big ones but occasionally here I see the odd wild one - and I love the super bright pink. Anyway, I planted loads a couple of years ago hoping they would also gently self seed. They didn't come?!
They have popped up this year! I love them - I hope they do spread... it's difficult to take a good photo of this border - its a bit crammed and looks messy. But its filled with roses, lupins, alliums and nepeta. Now the glads are popping up!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/pub...diolus.pdf
Just incase anyone wants a read up on wild glads ^^^
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Love your garden Scarlet, such a beautiful selection of plants.

(13-05-2023, 10:31 AM)Knotty Wrote: [ -> ]Love your garden Scarlet, such a beautiful selection of plants.

Thank you. I am always adding bits and spend most of the summer out there... unfortunately I am over run with ground elder but from afar it looks like ground cover

(13-05-2023, 09:51 AM)Scarlet Wrote: [ -> ]Anyone grow gladioli?

I'm not super keen on the big ones but occasionally here I see the odd wild one - and I love the super bright pink. Anyway, I planted loads a couple of years ago hoping they would also gently self seed. They didn't come?!
They have popped up this year! I love them - I hope they do spread... it's difficult to take a good photo of this border - its a bit crammed and looks messy. But its filled with roses, lupins, alliums and nepeta. Now the glads are popping up!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/pub...diolus.pdf
Just incase anyone wants a read up on wild glads ^^^

 I've said it before, but you learn something new every day. I have some, what I thought were magenta early crocosmia, but thanks to you Scarlet, I think they're wild gladdies. They're not quite out here but definitely in bud and are spreading slowly. I will inspect the flowers when they come out to see if they are indeed gladioli