Gardening
The rattling - go - round that is my normal hebdomad has add up back to Saturday again , phew ! Time for Six on Saturday . Six things , in the garden , on a Saturday . Could be anything : a honest heyday , a blighter , a project , a winner , a failure , funny shaped veggie , anything at all . Why not get together in .
Here are my Six .
1 – Pelargonium . I ’m not sure what form it is , I pick three plants up for cent at B&Q the other week . These went in the front garden , Border 9 . I ’m quite taken with the light and very varigated leafage coloring , which I have not seen before . What ’s more , they ’ve begin to flower . Bargain !
2 – Loosestrife . I ’ve got two bunch of this , originally one that I divided . They are moderately revered plant now , I recollect I ’ve had them for 10 years or so . It might be meter for me to divide them again in the spring , come up to think of it . This is a industrial plant that is normally found growing wild along a river or canal bank building . In fact , I now remember the nurseryman I bought it from say out of the street corner of his mouthpiece “ you could dig some up for gratis down by theKennet “ . It buy the farm back fully in the winter , come back to life history in the spring and quite quickly growing into a tall plant . Around this time of year it is flowering aside . This year is no different , but a footling less sky-high than I recall in old geezerhood . I ’m thinking it dislikes the dry condition we have been get this yr .
3 – Verbena bonariensis . I heard this industrial plant bring up to as verbena bananarama the other day , and now feel it difficult to recall the proper name . This is a rather traditional cottage garden plant , but that ’s nothing to be ashamed of . It ’s a grandiloquent plant , which might commonly bump it to the back of the border . As it ’s so faint , I ’ve found it works very well as a frontish of border flora . I just have three plants that I almost killed by accidentally digging them up when dormantlast year . They spent the rest of the winter and much of this spring in the greenhouse , recover from that indignity . They are now resident in Border 2 . I ’m hoping / anticipate them to self - seed liberally around the piazza . I may pull together some seeded player as an insurance insurance , I ’d like some more of this industrial plant .
4 – Jasmine . Having moaned about this plant life ’s voracious spreading substance abuse some clip back , I finger obliged now to give it some credit for the flush . They are mostly done now , but the odd root is still giving good service . Frankly , this does not full make up for the pain of keeping it in impediment each twelvemonth . But , since I ’m gravel with the damn thing , I might as well bask the flowers . I hypothecate .
5 – Nicotiana sylvestre – I ’ve never maturate these before . I have seeded player this year and now have several decent sized plants in both the front and back gardens . I do n’t much like the foliage , which stinks , by the way . If rubbed , it is very reminiscent to me of British Rail wait rooms circa 1980 , which were an violation on all the senses but mainly smell of stale cigaratte smoke . The flowers though , are quite intriguing . I ’m differentiate that they are extremely perfumed , peculiarly on a cheery evening . I ca n’t say I ’ve noticed this , but will keep sniffing when in the area . The shape of the bloom is what amuse me the most . jolly odd looking things . If ( when ) I ’m looking for borderline real estate next saltation , these will be near the top of the inclination of potential victim .
6 – Miscanthus sinensis zebrinus . Or zebra grass , for a lot shorter . This is another works I ’ve had for about a decade . I have divided it once , I think . The result divisions sulked for two or three years , they did n’t seem to much like being moved . This is a perennial grass , gets cut back in late wintertime . I usually leave the dead stems over the winter flow , as they provide a little interest . It does not self - come , or not that I can detect . Maybe three gardens down is full of it ! It baffle to about 5 invertebrate foot magniloquent and for the last few old age has been employ in a running battle with the dwarf hop I featured a few Sixes ago . I primarily like the plant for the foliage which has the eponymic stripes , but it also bring about some impressive grassy flowers later in the summertime .
That ’s my Six , what are yours ? If you decide to link up in this week , please just brand a scuttlebutt below with a contact to your Six , and peradventure a link back to this web enter your situation .
Enjoy the relief of your weekend , I ’ll be back next hebdomad with another Six on Saturday .
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