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Bit down so needed a lift
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:46 pm
by sandersj89
Went to the plot this evening with a bit of dread as Blight has arrived, it has hit some of the toms very hard and also some of the spuds. Stripped lots of foliage from the toms and cut away the tops of one spud, Ratte. Looks like I will be doing the same with the second Earlies and mains soon.
But I also picked lots of flowers for the house to cheer me up!
Sun Flowers
Rhudbeckia
Dahlia
Coreopsis
Sweet peas
And how some of them ended up
Just glad blight does not hit flowers!!!!
Jerry
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:42 pm
by Chantal
Poor Jerry, never mind, it could be worse although I doubt it feels like that right now. I hope those flowers have cheered you up, they certainly did me!
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:03 pm
by Jenny Green
It's swings and roundabouts Jerry. Here there's no blight as we haven't had any rain. But things aren't growing properly and I've got arms like a gorilla from carrying watering cans!
Your flowers are beautiful! Do you know what variety of dahlia it is? I planned a yellow and pink theme for my front garden and the dahlias I bought are actually bright orange (instead of the pink they were on the packet). Very annoying.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:17 am
by sprout
And very cheering this morning too! Sorry to hear of the blight, like Jenny says it's swings and roundabouts - one day of rain in the last six weeks here, and a rainless fortnight forecast ahead here. Those sweet peas look so lovely, apparently the capture of their scent has eluded perfumiers through the ages. Must grow some next year!
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:36 am
by oldherbaceous
Dear Jenny, i think that dahlia is Fascination, if it is it grows to about two feet high with lovely dark foliage. Now thats putting my neck on the line.
Gosh i love dahlias.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:06 am
by sandersj89
[quote="oldherbaceous"]Dear Jenny, i think that dahlia is Fascination, if it is it grows to about two feet high with lovely dark foliage. Now thats putting my neck on the line.
Gosh i love dahlias.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
quote]
Now where is that axe?
Nearly right, it is infact Redskin, a pretty compact dahlia with dark red foliage and double flowers with various colours ranging from dark red through to pale pink.
Jerry
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:21 am
by lizzie
Never mind Jerry, ***t happens and there's nothing you can do except carry on.
Your flowers are lovely. I adore sweetpeas, my personal favourites
Big hugs to you
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:23 pm
by oldherbaceous
Jerry, i'm sure fascination was selected from a batch of the Redskin dahlias.
Lizzie do i get a hug for getting the dahlia wrong.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:14 pm
by sandersj89
oldherbaceous wrote:Jerry, i'm sure fascination was selected from a batch of the Redskin dahlias.
Lizzie do i get a hug for getting the dahlia wrong.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
It is very hard to stop the swing of an axe once it has started!
Nice dahlia though!
Jerry
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:33 pm
by lizzie
Of course you do OH.
There you are, BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Better now?
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:16 pm
by oldherbaceous
Jerry, i've been feeling light headed all afternoon, don't know if it's the thought of the axe or a big hug from Lizzie.
Gosh Lizzie that was a big hug, made me go all weak at the knees.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:37 pm
by lizzie
Have a good whiff on some manure, that should stop the giddiness Tiger
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:55 pm
by Zena
What beautiful flowers!!
Next year,I must try some sweet peas. Are they difficult?
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:03 pm
by oldherbaceous
Zena, no they are are not.
Kind regards Old Herbaceous.
Theres no fool like an old fool.