TRAILING PELARGONIUMS, BLUE BACOPA
I popped down to my local gardening centre today for more white bacopa. While I have already bought a number of trays to use in four hanging baskets, I find them so useful that I had to have more to plant in the troughs at the sunny side and the shady side of the house and perhaps a tub or two. They tolerate sun and partial shade, seem unfussy, and just keep on flowering and flowering right through until the hardest frost kills them. I've never, in the years I have grown them, seen a sign of aphids or any other pests troubling and spoiling them. Today I bought two blue ones which were in individual pots and so a bit more expensive and I want those to punctuate colour in the shady trough under the kitchen window. It really is a lovely violet blue. I wonder if they will be just as trouble free as the white.
I spotted some trailing geraniums while mooching around the garden centre, pushing a trolley full of white and blue bacopa. I've never actually seen trailing pelargoniums in such a deep red. Burgundy they describe it as. The pots had little plastic frames attached, supporting the plants. They are extremely healthy and as there was a discount on three, so three I bought.
I needed the geraniums to go in my shady trough. They will tolerate partial shade and I am being a bit daring here because they are to go alongside a peachy begonia that I grew last year. You might call it an analogous colour combination as orange and red are next to each other in the colour spectrum (rainbow). There will also be the white and blue bacopa in with them. Should be interesting! I'll post photos later on when the trough is established.
While still posting, I might just mention how pleased I am that the Dryopteris filix-mas 'Euxinensis' has overwintered nicely. I gave it some protection, placing it close to the house wall next to the kitchen drain (bit of heat from hot water), with a plastic dome over it when it snowed. Taking no chances there which was a bit over-the-top really as it is supposed to be H4 hardy. It is now throwing up some lovely new fronds and I have high hopes for it.
You can see the details in full about Dryopteris filix-mas 'Euxinensis' on the RHS website. It can get quite big in time and I plan to grow it in a large pot. It can achieve a height of 1.5 metres. I hope mine doesn't!
I spotted some trailing geraniums while mooching around the garden centre, pushing a trolley full of white and blue bacopa. I've never actually seen trailing pelargoniums in such a deep red. Burgundy they describe it as. The pots had little plastic frames attached, supporting the plants. They are extremely healthy and as there was a discount on three, so three I bought.
I needed the geraniums to go in my shady trough. They will tolerate partial shade and I am being a bit daring here because they are to go alongside a peachy begonia that I grew last year. You might call it an analogous colour combination as orange and red are next to each other in the colour spectrum (rainbow). There will also be the white and blue bacopa in with them. Should be interesting! I'll post photos later on when the trough is established.
While still posting, I might just mention how pleased I am that the Dryopteris filix-mas 'Euxinensis' has overwintered nicely. I gave it some protection, placing it close to the house wall next to the kitchen drain (bit of heat from hot water), with a plastic dome over it when it snowed. Taking no chances there which was a bit over-the-top really as it is supposed to be H4 hardy. It is now throwing up some lovely new fronds and I have high hopes for it.
 |
| Dryopteris filix-mas 'Euxinensis' |