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Polemonium Caeruleum

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 22:27

PS on Eryngium giganteum. they're seed grown Ryan.

Hi hollie hock. I should think you'll get some whites, maybe all white. But there is a tendency for things to seed back to the basic species. I love ragged robin. Don't know if I'll have any this year, I know its natural habitat is damp meadows but my 'damp' meadow has been under water for months. Might be expecting too much. Just waiting to see if the snakeshead fritillaries have survived the same treatment.

japanese anemones

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 21:56

Japanese anemones aren't bulbs. They have thickish roots that will make new plants from root cuttings. They just spread, sometimes more than you want. Lots of things didn't do well last year Rosemarie. Was it last year only that it was poor?

Polemonium Caeruleum

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 21:53

Eryngium giganteum, bees pub. They lie around drunk within the bracts.

Lynchis ('Ragged Robin')

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 21:41

At this rate of weather they're still in line for a chilling if they need one Ryan. Get them sowed and put them outside. They won't want heat they're hardy native plants.

Ragged robin is Lychnis flos-cuculi and usually manages to stand up on it's own.

Lychnis coronaria is the one with felted leaves and white or magenta flowers. Can fall over.

Lychnis chalcedonica is the red one, Maltese Cross and always falls over. Also comes in pink and white now but they're not so impressive

Polemonium Caeruleum

Posted: 25/03/2013 at 18:45

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33037982@N04/5843417643/

Thought you might mean bees so googled and found this. In your bee enquiries has anyone mentioned the biennial Eryngium giganteum? That's my top bee plant here.