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Picture perfect.............smiles

 

I have a CD with someome playing this on the piano but no words. I'll have to learn them so that I can sing along to the music. LOL .

 

I usually take cuttings from most plants and shrubs about late July. About five inches and take off a few of the leaves then sink that into the pot and water well. Let it dry out a little so that they don't get too wet and then water again. Hebes are usually quite easy to take cuttings from. Lindak

On question - Hebe cuttings

 

King Carlos looks very Chrysanthemum to me...I think feverfew is a curse...I planted a package of it and I think every bloomin' one of them germinated.( no pun intended) ..I had feverfew in both gardens and proceeded to rip out what I didn't want...but it is such a rife self-seeder that if I hadn't been so ruthless I'd still be overrun...the tansy hasn't set bud yet..but I can post a picture of it caught in the act of sneeking under the fence!! I do like the foliage...it has a distinctive smell.

 

You could try semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in late summer/autumn according to my reference book.

On question - Hebe cuttings

 

Oh!! My favourite too now! This is stunning!!

 

i just to love watching Geoff Hamilton, he was my hero.

On photo - Penstemon

 

Will have to post a pic of the Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) that grows wild in the field beside my house and has emigrated to my garden..trying to slip under the fence... this old herb is used in remedies even today...Ever seen Tanacet? Maybe that is a N.A. brand name...flowers are not spectacular, and that's being kind. there are no petals...just the tiny flower cushion that is the centre of most daisy's in a very bright yellow. the leaves are fernlike and rather attractive, I think. I grew the Pyrethrum daisies too. they are all of a family, (compositae) right? It looks great in a natural landscape garden...A most interesting herb...reading the history in my herbal has given me a new respect.

 

Ive got these.

 

Would i be proud of this.

 

Something about white flowers esp in the evening - magical.

On photo - Silene maritima

 

Wow...that really is a wonderful yellow and a very interesting form...I agree with Popeymike and Janette.

On photo - Yellow Aquilegia

 

love the colour.

 

this is really interesting... I am used to the herbal type which is exceptionally tall, petalless and weedy...the leaves and buds look like Chrysanthemums...

 

Must keep an eye open 4 that Spritz :)

 

Didnt no u can get Hardy Osteospermums Spritz ?

 

Dainty little flower its lovely

On photo - Silene maritima

 

this is beautiful

On photo - Silene maritima

 

Beautiful Aquilegia

On photo - Yellow Aquilegia

 

I want this one!

On photo - Yellow Aquilegia

 

So bright their lovely

On photo - Eriophyllum lanatum

 

What a Lovely colour :)

 

I have some of these in blue I am waiting for mine to flower any day

On photo - Erigerons

 

Lovely border subtle tones compliment one another - nice use of varying heights to keep eye interested.

 

YOurs has flowered early..I've got some not open yet...chezs

 

What a beautiful setting.

On photo - Through the arch.

 

Lovely.Lots of interest.

On photo - Front garden

 

Beautiful front garden and a lot of work you must of put in to it

On photo - Front garden

 

i love this plant.its great ground cover and evergreen!!
great photo

On photo - Erigeron

 

This is one plant I did not bring from my old garden. I was so fed up with trying to control it that I decided to leave it behind,