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some lovely ones there pixi, i like that little white one but i dont know its name [the one that is over the pond]

the scabious, peony and the montana are all lovely, and that little blue stripy alpine ~ which i also have.

Nice plants Pixi...how far ahead are your peonys too mine! Nice combo with the pansies and the white flower :)

Thanks ST..I jsut call it snow in summer
Cerastiumtomentosumva is its proper name ( jsut googled it) Its grows like anything! :)could send you a bit if you like :)
Tanks ANgie..the one at the front isnt flowering yet..this one I took from Dad's garden..its smells heavenly!!!!!!

well i like the name you call it i havent a hope of remembering or pronouncing the proper name!!!

it looks lovely, does it need sun though??

It grows anywhere! Dad had lots of it in his garden..some in sun some not..its a brilliant grower.
BTW look at my Aqualegia..it looks big too!

it certainly does, you are right ~ you could have a competition

i wouldnt mind a bit of the snow in summer if you have any spare please pixi ~ the one in picture 6???

yep! Sure i can send you some..pm me your address :)

thats really kind, thanks pixi

No worries :))

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Lots and lots of lovely flowers, hen!! :)))
I really like the summer snow with the cream pansies too...sounds like a delicious dessert...! ;)))

I think they are all lovely, especially the Cerastium: I have heard that it is REALLY easy to grow, in fact it's difficult to keep it in check, but I have had no luck with mine at all. What am I doing wrong? I'd love it to invade my garden.

lovely Pixi - nice to see the lithordora in there :))))))))))

lol K! yes it does lol.
Hmm I dont kow what could be wrong Gattina..I've had this in all my gardens..the orignial cutting came from our garden where I grew up..Dad took it to the new house..and many people have been given cuttings of it..all grow well no matter where it is. I expect they prefer sunshine, they can dry ot a bit so maybe plenty water. Is it still alive?
Thanks Paul..yes that Lithodora has been fantastic this year flowering since..not sure when about march soemtime? :)))))

Interesting :o) You've got some lovely plants pixi ...

Actually, Pixi, although mine has passed to the great compost heap in the sky, and although I know it definitely was a Cerastium, it doesn't look quite the same as yours - mine was tighter, with tiny leaves and much smaller flowers. I think it succumbed to too much water early in the season, and also was a bit bullied by a next-door candytuft. I might try again next year.

loads of lovely colour and great plants Pixi...

Thanks Mr Hywel :))))
Aw Gatt..I could send you a cutting if you like? :)
THanks SL :)))

Pixi, my dear, that is SO kind of you, and thank you, but I think between them, the UK Post Office and Poste Italiane would see off anything living that was sent this far. Next time I'm over in the UK , I might solicit a tiny piece from you, though ;-)

ok ! its a deal! :)))))))

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Lovely colours in your garden Pixi. That cerastium is so prolific that I banned it from the garden as a thug. It now grows happily outside under the berberis hedge. Gattina this could be a plant for a moist but well drained area. Maybe you could have a raised bed or pot of it. It does not demand any specific soil type, growing anywhere it can get its claws, I mean roots, in to the earth. My paeonies are still just buds.

Thanks :)) I have split it a few times and given it to friends and have another one in the fornt garden..jsut good for filling spaces up :) I like it
My peonies are ruined with the rain..I tied them all up too! :(

I have frames on some of my paeonies but the others are just tied up with string which will probably need to be renewed shortly. I hope we get some good weather soon so mine will last more than a week. I get lots of requests for the cerastium because it does fill space so well and with a long flowering season. My camera is on the blink at the moment so I'm waiting for a call from son to see what I've done wrong this time.

Aw no! Hope he can fix it. I jsut use my phone camera..its jsut as good as my good camera really :)

Haven't read the instructions on the phone yet Pixi. With so many engineers in the family I am a complete non techo person. I just shout help. Very silly of me but I do my bit when the technos get stuck building flat packs as I will know how to do it having read those instructions. I'm a very good labourer too having been doing it for nearly 50 years I can usually anticipate which tool I'm going to be asked to hand over next. lol. Now where did I put those instructions ????

Hahaha! I hate reading instructions! Just rather someone showed me what to do instead. :)

Thats me lol.

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