What's Looking Good in July 2024

[Tetters]

Have your neighbours taken the hint yet Logan? Surely by now they are all trying to make their own gardens look this good! Well done. I see you have some of Dame Edna's favourite flowers in there too.

 

[Zigs]

 

[DrCase]

 

[Logan]

Have your neighbours taken the hint yet Logan? Surely by now they are all trying to make their own gardens look this good! Well done. I see you have some of Dame Edna's favourite flowers in there too.

Thanks Tetters, no they haven't taken the hint. One of them could look like mine but they can't be bothered, yes I've just started growing Dame Edna's flowers for the 2nd year and they're lovely.

 

[Tetters]

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That Ruellia is such a stunning purple DrCase. I am determined to find and grow some of those in my garden. I have one shady corner to plant, and I just hope I can manage to keep it well enough watered. I believe it has many values, it's even supposed to cure gonorrhea

 

[Zigs]

 

[Sheal]

Good shot @Zigs

 

[Logan]

Knautia
Californian poppies

 

[Zigs]

Looking good Logan

Good shot @Zigs

Ta Sheal

 

[Logan]

Thanks @Zigs

 

[Tetters]

Knautia
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At first glance Logan, I thought the first picture showed Astrantias, but having a proper look I can see they're not I love the california poppies. I put a few seeds in this year, and thought they would be orange, but they turned out to be a lovely shade of pink instead.

 

[Logan]

@Tetters i did grow some pink Californian poppies but didn't like them. I sowed mine in cells to plant out later and it works well that way.

 

[Dirtmechanic]

Rock Samphire growing on the beach. I can't grow this in the garden as the slugs eat the lot of it

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I assume salt has the slugs at bay?

 

[Tetters]

Hello Dirt - where have you been - we wondered (little picture of me wondering) Yes, indeed the salt does keep the slugs off. It always amazes me when I see plants surviving - not only on the beach, but very often growing out of the salty water, mind you, I suppose the seaweeds always manage quite well.

 

[Dirtmechanic]

Hello Dirt - where have you been - we wondered (little picture of me wondering) Yes, indeed the salt does keep the slugs off. It always amazes me when I see plants surviving - not only on the beach, but very often growing out of the salty water, mind you, I suppose the seaweeds always manage quite well.

It is coming toward the end of my busy season at work. I apply heat control films to glass on cars and buildings so the summer solstice is my "Retail Christmas" day basically. Some body asked me to measure and tint a 6 story building. It took me 2 hours rolling a measuring wheel across the floor just to make the estimate. Glad that is over with finally!

 

[Zigs]

I assume salt has the slugs at bay?

It seems so, cabbages and their ilk evolved on the coast too, we still see wild ones on the cliffs without so many slug holes.