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plants like miscanthus sinensis zebrinus (zebra grass) and lupins, phlox scabious,geums. Have a good evening, ThaiGer. try the following it works on roses and seems to be the same type of problem. when the rain lands on the rose leaves it causes

. I hardened them off first before planting out. what type of seeds can be germinated using the kitchen paper towel method I love the smell of viburnums, some lillies, roses of course. Ilove Geums and have both Mrs Bradshaw(red) and Lady Strathdean

of green with a promise of flowers but it's getting there I'm in the north of Scotland and unusually my garden is ahead . My lupins are amazing this year, my scabious will be flowering by next week, mecanopsis, geum all flowering. We haven't had bad frosts

, alliums looking stunningly good, foxgloves also, geum good - columbines lying around as are the 'tame' umbillifers.  Some clematis justl lying in a heap, others not too bad.  Grass long and sodden, likely to get alot longer before it an be cut.  Very tall

perennial spire-shaped ones) might do you. And you can get some pretty reddish geums. There are also some varieties of hemerocallis (daylily) that are red. I'd suggest buying any of the above when in bloom, however, as reds can be very variable in exact

(ok, rolling it up!)   Thanks for the replies, very much appreciated. The plants are all hardy perennials, 5 each of  - Geum, Delphinium, Foxglove, Echinacea, 2 types Lavender, Penstemon, Scabiosa, Silene, Poppy, Gaillarda and Heuchera - not bad

have coped admirably and continued to flower regardless, two Geums (Mrs J Bradshaw and Totally Tangerine) have masses more flowers than before and the Verbena Bonariensis plants stand upright and tall like collective purple middle fingers to the grey

and forgot about so were left out on the drive are still flowering despite a couple of heavy frosts and still have roses and geum in the garden. Well into Nov we had plants from every season flowering at once.  Seemed very strange to have hellebores flowering

, you are doing what a good gardener does and that is experiment, we all make mistakes it is how we learn, I was looking at a Geum in my garden yesterday that has flowered for nearly two months, it self seeds and the newer plants flower through the older

lutea. I do have. Small patch with some lime green euphorbia and an orange geum, the look lovely together. Fairy girl cheek out eryngium jade frost. Green n cream variegation and wonderful azure flowers. Next to euphorbia rubra it's an eye catcher all