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Saxifrage


Saxifrage

Hard to photograph in full sun, so took advantage of a dull day...Didn't spot the fly.



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Lovely. I searched everywhere for that fly but couldn't spot it.

1 May, 2012

 

excellent shop pims, love saxafrages, took me ages to spot that fly..... near the middle Dwyllis on the pink petal :-))

1 May, 2012

 

I saw the fly right away as I had tons of them here yesterday for some reason:(((

Such a beautiful plant this! You mentioning the fly, I don't know if you had the same thing your way, there were loads of them all over the place yesterday, I have never seen so many. I was wondering whether the sun brought them out yesterday.

1 May, 2012

 

Always so generous with its flowers. Great plant.

1 May, 2012

 

Even dull days have their good points :o)

1 May, 2012

 

Looks like little pink sunshines!

1 May, 2012

 

so pretty and cheery - I do like Saxifrage

1 May, 2012

 

Lovely P - do you know do they split well? My neighbour has lots and she is looking for some oriental poppies - I may offer a trade :)

1 May, 2012

 

Lovely colour

1 May, 2012

 

My own view here Scottish..But I think they are better as young plants before three years are up they need splitting as they tend to die off in the middle..Don't know what the others think??? Worth asking as a Q.

1 May, 2012

 

I will do P....I did have these years ago at my old house and I seem to remember they looked yukky after a few years - I ended up binning them. That was before I had 'any' confidence in gardening. Cheers

1 May, 2012

 

I think a lot of plants are likes that pimms, it frustrates me when they die off in the middle.

1 May, 2012

 

if you put soil in the middle it re-grows quite quickly, found that out last year i think it was Terra who suggested it, they do split reasonable easy just the roots can be a bit fiddly...

1 May, 2012

 

Really? That is a great tip, and it makes sense, even to me.

1 May, 2012

 

yep really, it does work :-))

1 May, 2012

 

I tried it but it didn't work?

1 May, 2012

 

Thanks SL....I'll give it a go on one of her shabby looking ones :)

1 May, 2012

 

that's odd Sticki, how much soil did you put in the gap?

1 May, 2012

 

cant remember now, i thought it looked deep enough and spread wide enough to give good growth conditions??

1 May, 2012

 

i can't explain that then, i must admit i didn't know until i was told last year so maybe it doesn't always work it did on my little one...

1 May, 2012

 

glad it worked for you

1 May, 2012

 

sorry your's didn't work, my ones big enough to split if you want a piece...

1 May, 2012

 

oh, you are so kind Surreylad, thank you but i still have some, maybe thats the answer, when they go brown in the middle ~ split them up [no more brown middle!!] ??

2 May, 2012

 

yes there is that Sticki :-)

2 May, 2012

 

:-)

2 May, 2012

 

Very pretty! I think Surreylad must be pulling our legs - can't see the fly at all, but apparently I have to look "on the pink petal"!!

2 May, 2012

 

on the pink petal????????? is this like a 'find wally' picture??????????

2 May, 2012

 

Seems it Sticki!

3 May, 2012

 

can you find it sheila?

3 May, 2012

 

Just found it . . . phew. and I thought I would never need to take another exam!

3 May, 2012

 

Im just off to Specsavers [again] see you later!!!

3 May, 2012

 

yep i see the fly haha

3 May, 2012

 

i finally found it!!! nothing wrong with your eyes pimms

3 May, 2012

 

Rest of me falling to bits!

3 May, 2012

 

sorry to hear that ~ join the club. and nothing works as well as it used to either.

3 May, 2012



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