I was absent without leave last Saturday as I had twisted my ankle in the week and I was definitely not in a gardening frame of mind. The ankle is improving, there has been some rain and the days are not so hot so all in all things are looking better. Here’s six things from the garden I hobbled round today.
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The tomatoes have been ripening at a steady pace. I have not watered them quite so much as in previous years and they seem not to have minded. Maybe there’s a lesson to be learned there.
Two
I remember writing a few weeks back that new flowers on the dwarf beans were few and far between. But look: second pickings did materialise and there are more to come.
Three
On the flower front, the roses also seem to have coped with less water. This one is the climber ‘James Galway’.
Four
I sowed seeds of delphiniums earlier in the year and have seven plants on the go, this one has even put up a flower spike.
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In the flower border a bought-in delphinium has also just come into flower. A good strong blue, can I remember the name – no.
Six
The annuals that I sowed for the old fig tree site have also coped with the dry conditions and this week’s rain has encouraged them even more.
The garden is littered with fallen apples. Most are infected with codling moth caterpillars. The wise trees seem to know which ones to shed first. I’ve a whole host of pruning and removal jobs to done which I have handed over to a tree surgeon. I shall sit back and enjoy the garden while fretting about the weeds. Situation normal perhaps! Here’s the link for Jim’s Garden Ruminations were the SOS merry band gather each week to share gardening news. Happy Gardening everyone.
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James Galway is a lovely looking rose. Hope the ankle continues to improve, an excuse to put your feet up. Our garden plants are – sometimes – better for being left alone for a while (I have a tendancy to overwater seedlings so tend to lose them).
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Seedlings are so tricky. I’ve four small ones on the go now. Fingers crossed for them.
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Get well soon. Mum mum told me that the beans needed lower temps to set which is why some are coming to a second flush now.
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Thank you. That’s interesting re the beans. It’s definitely working here.
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Oops! My mum not mum mum!
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What a blue that delphinium is! Lovely James Galway too and the tomatoes look scrumpy. Mine are almost finished and are getting on my nerves now, I keep chopping bits off. Sorry to hear about your ankle, they are tricky things. Don’t overdo it!
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Is Sedum spectabile annual?
Delphiniums are so rad, but are strangely unpopular here. I know that they can perform well here, and they are sometimes available from some nurseries, but people do not seem to know about them.
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Ha ha. No it sneaked in at the back. I wondered if anyone would comment!
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What beautiful vegetables! Thanks to this, you might not have to buy much right now. The 3 roses you showed us are very pretty too, and the petals don’t seem damaged. great !
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Those tomatoes and beans look tasty. What are the annuals with a flush of purple? They’re very pretty. I hope your ankle is back to normal soon.
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They are an annual phlox. Free seeds. They were so straggly as seedlings I nearly threw them out but finally they have taken hold.
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I’m glad your ankle is improving! Gosh, your tomatoes and beans look delicious! And ‘James Galway’ is a beautiful Rose!
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IT’s interesting you mention not watering the tomatoes as much. I’d abandoned a couple of my plants becaue the tomatoes were not very nice. I’d turned off the irrigation and a week later I went to inspect all my pots and the plants looked healthy and green. So maybe you can overwater. Who knew? LOLL
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Wow to the flowers of ‘James Galway’, truly beautiful. It’s not been a great tomato year here and the plants are ready for pulling up now.
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