I’ve been enjoying produce from the garden over the last few weeks. Early battles with slugs were fought and my use of home-made compost as a mulch resulted in a generous supply of verbena bonariensis and alchemilla mollis seedlings. So many that I now classify these as weeds at this end of the garden. The hose was out even though we had a few showers of rain and there is a forecast for scorchio temperatures for Sunday and Monday. In other news, I decided to leave twitter and I have migrated to Bluesky. I will keep the weekly post here going. Here’s my six for this week.
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Here’s my lovely haul of beans, cucumbers and courgettes. I should also have added in the red onions and some lovely Charlotte potatoes. The cucumbers are grown outside and are delivering regularly. The red onions were a little better than other years but there where still some that did not achieve a good size.
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Blackberry picking has commenced, a kilo picked last week and shared with friends. This week’s pickings will also be shared as family are staying.
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This low growing mallow happily seeds itself around the garden and is left to do it’s thing.
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The hibiscus ‘Red Heart’ came to the garden in August last year and is doing well. I’m hoping it will reach the top of the garden wall by next year when it will, I hope, look magnificent!
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Last year I moved the white phlox out from under the apple tree. It was not getting enough moisture there. I now have several dotted around the garden and they have flowered well with the benefit of a little more light and space.
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Lastly, a new plant for this year. Helichrysum italicum, or the curry plant. The silvery grey leaves are very curry scented. I’ve always liked the little yellow flower heads and when the opportunity arose to give one a new home I jumped at it. I’m not sure if I can get it through the winter but we shall see. It’s in a pot so I can shelter it.
I’ll definitely be watering again this weekend. I’ll be hoping that the sunshine helps to ripen my outdoor tomatoes and I’ll be having another go at the weeds. I hope to get over to Jim’s to read some more SOS posts. Happy gardening to all.
n20gardener 
Some lovelies this week, especially the hibiscus, what a beauty! I left Twitter a while ago and now dabble in Threads which I am not sure is that much better. What is Bluesky? Please educate a confused gardener. Happy gardening to you to!
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What a great hibiscus. I recently bought some hibiscus and ginger cordial – very delicious!
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How tall does the white phlox get? In my area of North Texas, I can only find phlox that gets about 12″ tall. I have some that looks just like yours, and it’s beautiful; but I’d love to find a taller one.
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The hibiscus cultivars have been very reliable performers for me if you do not mind pulling seedlings. Beautiful white phlox.
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That Hibiscus is a stunner. I’ve not got to grips with Bluesky yet – I’ve been on there a while and forgot all about it! Just found you on there. I must make more of an effort with it. Gave up with Mastodon and Instagram baffles me.
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I’ve followed you there. I’m getting the hang of it now.
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The Hibiscus flowers are beautiful. I wish I had a larger garden. I’m glad that you’ve managed to get some produce despite the SnS
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Is the blackberry a cultivar that was grown intentionally, or is it a naturalized sort, such as the Himalayan blackberry. It looks just like the Himalayan blackberry that grows wild here.
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That’s a good question. I inherited them along with a clump of wild blackberries. I’ve tried to remove the wild and keep the rest but who knows !?
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You would know the Himalayan blackberry, since it is so wickedly thorny, with huge canes. The berries are supposedly very good, but the seeds are very big. It is what we got, but only because we can not kill it. I hate it.
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Definitely not Himalayan then!
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Oh, that hibiscus is a beauty and I also like your white phlox. I need more white in my garden.
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I’m on a little bit of a white journey atm. Autumn will bring new white roses and some more white veronicastrum
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MMM to the berries & veg. That white phlox is striking, as is the Hibiscus.
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