Flowers - an open thread.

Buddleia doing what they do best.

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A single Sweat pea, not really doing a great deal, just brightening up my back fence

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The life and death of a dahlia
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I bought a couple of passion flowers at around 2 feet tall, a couple of months ago,
hoping they would be well established come the colder months.
This one obviously thinks its spring.

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Cobra said:
I bought a couple of passion flowers at around 2 feet tall, a couple of months ago,
hoping they would be well established come the colder months.
This one obviously thinks its spring.

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Ours is a climber on a south facing wall - we cut it back to the ground every year and then it climbs to must be 12 or 18 feet
 
BillN_33 said:
Ours is a climber on a south facing wall - we cut it back to the ground every year and then it climbs to must be 12 or 18 feet
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That's pretty impressive the one this replaced grew strongly and regularly bore fruit, but I kept it to around 6 feet ( the height of the fence) and encouraged the spread.
But it died last winter :(
 
Cobra said:
That's pretty impressive the one this replaced grew strongly and regularly bore fruit, but I kept it to around 6 feet ( the height of the fence) and encouraged the spread.
But it died last winter :(
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just taken a quick image

here it is mixed with an iceberg rose - it grows well above the bedroom window, (if we let it) - there are about half a dozen flowers on it that you cannot really see in the image

it's roots are in gravel and compacted stone chipping - back garden "patio" area

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BillN_33 said:
it's roots are in gravel and compacted stone chipping
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Its amazing what plants will grow in.
I have a couple ornamental grasses.
The ones in the ground grow around a foot, tall an wide,
and they are starting to shut down for the winter now.
I chucked a couple in the vegi-filter of my pond,
in the same season ( this year) they grew and are still growing, no sign of shutting down, 3 feet plus tall and wide.
It seems they are very hungry great for removing Nitrates
 
Checking the date it arrived, I was quite surprised, it arrived 7th August this year at less than 3 feet tall.
I bought it hoping it would establish before the cold weather set in.
I never expected it to flower this year, but here it is.

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Caerulaea (? sp! ?)?

I grew one from seed about 25-30 years ago and it keeps trying to block the front door! Fruits freely but the fruits aren't tasty enough to bother with (AFAIK, all Passion fruits are edible [as in non toxic] but only a few are worth eating).
 
been laid low for the past few days, stinking sinus infection resulting in a serious headache and cough, - had the Covid test and was negative plus the annual flu jab for the "over 70's" - so not taken much

Here's a Rose from the back garden, image taken last week

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Nod said:
Caerulaea (? sp! ?)?

I grew one from seed about 25-30 years ago and it keeps trying to block the front door! Fruits freely but the fruits aren't tasty enough to bother with (AFAIK, all Passion fruits are edible [as in non toxic] but only a few are worth eating).
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Constance Elliot Passiflora.

My basic one that died last winter used to fruit very freely. Passiflora Caerulea
TBH it was like eating snot :(
 
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Still blooming

Passion flower

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A tad closer

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Sweet peas

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@justpix
This is the nearest I can get; does the name ring a bell ?
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Grand Bleu'
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or is it Ageratum ?
001ageratum by Cordyii, on Flickr
 
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Just about hanging on in there.

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