There was much anticipation here on Friday. Thunderstorms and rain were forecast. Nothing significant materialised. I will have to water the potatoes today and check on the newly planted tomatoes and courgettes. A friend who is well ahead of me has her first courgette already. There may be no rain but some plants just get on with things. Here’s six from the garden this week.
One
Peony, I did bring peonies from the old garden but they didn’t seem to take. Then after eight years this one appeared. It’s in the wrong place surrounded by roses and veronicastrum but I’m not going to move it in case it takes to not flowering again.
Two
This is the garden path. Almost impassable with the sprawl of plants escaping from the borders. It’s full of bees humming through the flowers so at this time of year I take the long way round across the lawn.
Three
Self-seeders are the theme in the garden this week. These calendulas are plentiful at the veg end of the garden.
Four
This year they have been joined by self-seeded nigella love-in-a-mist. I’ve left it to edge a narrow strip where I have sown carrots.
Five
More self-seeding, mallows have come through from the compost heap which I tend to use for earthing up potatoes. I’ve let them stay at the end of one of the veg beds.
Six
My final self-seeder is alchemilla mollis. This is also happy overwintering as seed in the compost heap or self seeding in the borders.
Wishing you all well in your gardens. It’s dead-heading roses and weeding for me. Jim’s garden is open for viewing literally and digitally. Garden Ruminations is the place to be, even if I am envious of his rain.
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I like self-seeders and tend to let them be. Lovely Peony.
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You know I love my self seeders (but will need to rein in the Agastache – it is everywhere. I also have calendula, but not yet blooming. I will have to steal your idea one week for a six of self seeders. I keep saying I want some nigella, but have not gotten to it yet.
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We in France also had storm warnings, but apparently you didn’t get anything…? It really thundered here! My favourite this week? The peony, of course!!
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Those white mallows are interesting. Are they naturalized as a weed, or were they originally planted intentionally?
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I hope you get some meaningful rain soon. Self-seeders are great and the Peony is lovely.
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Beautiful peony. Here’s hoping that you get some rain.
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Self-seeders are mostly welcome, though some can be a bit too aggressive (looking at the Mexican fleabane). What I love here is your second photo with all those lovely colours melding together.
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I’m quite jealous of your self seeded calendulas, I’ve been babying some seedlings for weeks now and they look nowhere near as good as yours!
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Your photos are so nice that I feel like I’ve had a lovely walk down your garden path. That Peony really drew me in, and I have a similar one here. Love the Calendulas, too!
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I do like the delicate flowers of the love-in-a-mist and seeing your marigold reminds me I am still looking at the packet of unopened seeds of marigolds after readering about them on SoS. Do you add their petals to salads?
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It’s always nice to find self seeded plants emerging, especially when they don’t originate in your garden. I gained a nice astrantia that way.
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What a beautiful Peony. And I love your path, so colourful.
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