Busy-Lizzie

Plant of the Centenary

Thanks Obelixx. I hadn't looked it up, so easy when there's a good link! I don't think I would have chosen any of those plants! Possibly the Rozanne I saw in Cornwall, but not the sort they have here in France. Purple, low growing, not particularly vigorous. How do the French get away with it?

Also possibly the rhodo. I have one in a pot as I have limestone here. Lovely when it flowers, bit gloomy the rest of the year.

Our own A to Z of our Gardening

Matty, lunaria is honesty. Confusing!

What did you do in your garden today?

The problem is with the GW site that won't let photos expand. If you upload a photo from something like photobucket or picasa it will expand.

cucumber and toms

If you can see the roots you could pot them on to a slightly bigger pot. Rather depends when you expect the end of frosts where you live. Presumably they will be going into the grow bags when you put them outside.

What did you do in your garden today?

I didn't do anything in the garden today! Went shopping, made 2 cakes, did pile of ironing, watched "Escape to the Country". It rained.

Marigolds in the veg patch

Fill ice cube trays with water, push a borage flower into each cube, put in ice box. Simples!

Today I feel so happy....

I'm happy 'cos Dove's happy! Roll on retirement, best days of your life

Plant of the Centenary

When I when to the Eden Project there were lots of Rozanne geraniums and they were a clear blue with white centres, quite bushy plants. I really wanted one but couldn't find one for sale. I've now bought several from 3 different suppliers here in France but they are not the same. Far less vigorous and the colour is more mauve without much of a white centre, if at all.

Plant of the Centenary

If one is allowed roses I would go for David Austin's rose "the Pilgrim". My daughter gave me one, a climber, I have it in a large pot and it's shown no sign of disease. I was delighted by it's two tone pale yellow flowers and delicate fragrance.

 This is it's 2nd year, it's twice as tall now and a better climber shape.

Our own A to Z of our Gardening

I'm glad Nut has found this thread again. Afraid it slipped my mind while not getting email notifications.

Before I think of an M I would just like to ask if any of you has grown Linaria? I bought it in Paradise Park GC in Newhaven when we were in England in April. I thought it was a yellow wild flower, toadflax, with snapdragon flowers, but this one says it has purple flowers. It's growing taller than I thought it would.

Back to "M" - Monarda. I had a red one and I've just bought a purple one and a pink one. Like the smell of it's leaves.

Trouble typing on some of the threads

Gardens we have visited 2013

no emails as well as small text

Cleaning greenhouses

Rose pruning and frost

reviews

Why did you all start gardening?

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