Just a few more photos of plants in my garden. Usually I will grow the regular Bacopa with its pretty little white flower in my hanging baskets. It is a pretty trailer. But this year I found another which the man at the nursery said was a bacopa and yet its label described it as Sutera Gulliver white. Whatever the case, bacopa or not, it is certainly far prettier than the regular bacopa I have had before.
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| Sutera 'Gulliver' (a kind of Bacopa - has a much larger flower) |
The rose below, Wild Eve, has been planted on the shady side of my garden. While it is described as tolerating some shade, it is not as vigorous as it might be but the flowers are stunning. Hopefully, when it reaches nearer to the top of the fence, the trellis, it will get more sunshine to give it that extra vigour.
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| Wild Eve - a David Austin shrub rose |
Below is a red lettuce which I grow in a small crop. At the same time, I grew Rocket. The rocket has bolted and been removed and I found it very disappointing. This red lettuce is quite crisp, shows no sign of running to seed, and just keeps on producing more leaves as much as I keep picking it.
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| Lettuce 'Red Salad Bowl' |
Nicotiana (tobacco plant) has a lovely evening fragrance although mine are still quite small. I'm afraid that they are in competition with everything else in my sunny border. It's a case of survival of the fittest chaps!
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| Nicotiana F1 Lime |
Aloha is another rose allocated to the shadier part of my garden. It is supposed to be tolerant of shadier conditions and like New Dawn and Wild Eve, is taking its time but they are all still healthy and growing, and I am hopeful that one day they will get to the top of the fence and make a grand display.
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| Aloha - a climbing hybrid tea |
Like Albertine, I have always grown New Dawn. It is a rambler with a profusion of softly fragrant flowers in a pale pink. The leaves are small and shiny. Last year it succumbed to rust disease but this year it is fine. In fact, all my roses, all eleven of them, are doing well with no disease or pests.
It looks like I am down to the last of the strawberries. I have cut most of the leaves off them now and there are lots of young leaves already showing which will protect the plants over winter. The trick is, to keep disease at bay and the leaves can exacerbate the problem of mould. Perhaps I will be lucky and get a second crop.
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| Last of the strawberries? |
The loganberries are ripening and lovely to eat when they go dark. I've not seen any sign of pests or disease on any of my strawberries, loganberries or raspberries. When the loganberries have finished ripening and are picked, then, like I did with the raspberries, I will cut the canes down to ground level so that the new canes can grow on for producing fruit next year.
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| Loganberries ripening |
This is the first year that I have ever tried growing yellow tomatoes and I must say they are lovely. These yellow Tumbling Toms not only look pretty in a salad but they have a delightful sharp taste to them. I also have a red Tumbling Tom and it is loaded with fruit too. The thing is with Tumblers is that sometimes the fruit is hidden under the leaves. I can see dozen upon dozen of tomatoes hidden inside there.
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| Yellow Tumbling Toms |
It's wonderful to be able to pick your own crops.
As importantly to me, are my flowers. I picked a few to bring indoors and they are lasting well. In the vase are dahlias (Sweetheart and Fascination), Cosmos (white and cerese), and heuchera (Licorice) leaves and flower stems.
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Dahlia - Fascination - height 20 inch
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| Dahlia - Sweetheart - height 20 inch |
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| Heuchera - Licorice |
