- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
First Peanut Cactus flower of the year 
What's Looking Good in May 2024
- Thread starter Zigs
- Start date
Oh wow! Never seen one of those before. Quite beautiful, especially for a cactus.
Logan
Well-known member
- Location
- Redditch west midlands Worcester
- Hardiness zone
- 11a
Lovely Zigs.
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Logan
Well-known member
- Location
- Redditch west midlands Worcester
- Hardiness zone
- 11a
You're welcome Zigs
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Phacelia Tanacetifolia. We found this growing down the rough road at the end of the hamlet
Love those flowers! A quick read tell me this is something that might grow quite well here. Definitely something to look into for the back yard.
Logan
Well-known member
- Location
- Redditch west midlands Worcester
- Hardiness zone
- 11a
Lupins
Sheal
Well-known member
- Location
- Ross-shire Scotland
- Hardiness zone
- 8a
Your Lupins are way ahead of mine Logan, but that's not surprising.
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Same Peanut Cactus a few days later.
This plant suffered sun damage a few years ago, hence taking it out of the shop as it had gone brown and the skin had hardened. Instead of throwing it on the compost I looked after it and it grew out the following year
This plant suffered sun damage a few years ago, hence taking it out of the shop as it had gone brown and the skin had hardened. Instead of throwing it on the compost I looked after it and it grew out the following year
Logan
Well-known member
- Location
- Redditch west midlands Worcester
- Hardiness zone
- 11a
Thank you Sheal, one of them has got a bad infestation of lupin aphids, very difficult to get rid of so it's coming out, it's in the wrong place anyway.
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
I told Tetters I planted these, she don't believe me 
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Eriosyce senilis
You sure have some good looking cacti @Zigs. I was showing the wife a few days ago and she's considering trying some in the back yard. We usually can't grow anything back there because our dogs will dig up, and eat, any flowers we plant back there. I have a feeling, though, that they'll leave the cacti alone. They might try at least one, but they're pretty smart dogs and I doubt they'd go in for seconds.
What breed are your dogs Mike? I have noticed that dogs generally don't much like anything to do with pungent plants like Rosemary, Mint or Lavender. It might be a plan to plant some of these kind of herbs to see how they behave.......or as another plan, take them to some public gardens on a lead and introduce them there instead.
Otherwise I suppose it has to be a fence or hedge of Berberis stenophylla (an anti neighbour plant)
Sheal
Well-known member
- Location
- Ross-shire Scotland
- Hardiness zone
- 8a
I'm not going to argue but Aquilegia tend to self seed everywhere.
They're part Labrador Retriever and part American Pointer. They're a brother/sister combo. We had the female first then rescued the male from an abusive home when he was still about six months old. They're 12 years old now and think everything in the back yard is theirs. Actually, let's face it... everything in the back and is theirs...
I usually argue Sheal, but there comes a time when one has to simply give upI'm not going to argue but Aquilegia tend to self seed everywhere.
These have reverted too, and now they are very plain granny bonnets. The bees think they're great, and as you say they have self seeded all over the place. Those are growing through the gravel on the front driveway.Our last two were also rescues, and we think they were puppy farmed. They were both big Yorkshire terriers, and could have come from the same litter. We have lost them both now, and miss them terribly.They're part Labrador Retriever and part American Pointer. They're a brother/sister combo. We had the female first then rescued the male from an abusive home when he was still about six months old. They're 12 years old now and think everything in the back yard is theirs. Actually, let's face it... everything in the back and is theirs...
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
