Post by 4wd on Aug 21, 2013 14:42:32 GMT
I was quite surprised to see these sunflowers suddenly opening as they had been rather forgotten in some weeds 
Fancied sunflowers and was thinking 'tall' as that's part and parcel of them really, but the only ones left were dwarf.
There were only about a dozen seeds in the pack too - meanies!
Anyway they are actually quite appealing at about 18" tall and throwing out lots of side shoots rather like a bushy mound of flowers to come.
Should be able to save seed and grow lots next year!
Other eye-catchers are these pelargoniums.
We have grown this variety from cuttings year after year since about 1980!
They were being uprooted late summer to plant wallflowers by the council on West Cliff at Whitby.
There was a call in the local paper to trace any survivors as they had been lost to mainstream nurserymen who grow hybrids from seed annually now rather than propagate cuttings.
Several other people still had them so ours weren't called on.
Only three plants survived last winter as I was too late taking cuttings.
Have six already rooted this year and these could be taken in and overwintered as they are in a large pot.
The nasturtiums look good 'decorating' a dry stone wall.
Sometimes they go mad and smother it in a mound of leaves and flowers which is quite nice - but like this with trails of flowers is better IMO.
Fancied sunflowers and was thinking 'tall' as that's part and parcel of them really, but the only ones left were dwarf.
There were only about a dozen seeds in the pack too - meanies!
Anyway they are actually quite appealing at about 18" tall and throwing out lots of side shoots rather like a bushy mound of flowers to come.
Should be able to save seed and grow lots next year!
Other eye-catchers are these pelargoniums.
We have grown this variety from cuttings year after year since about 1980!
They were being uprooted late summer to plant wallflowers by the council on West Cliff at Whitby.
There was a call in the local paper to trace any survivors as they had been lost to mainstream nurserymen who grow hybrids from seed annually now rather than propagate cuttings.
Several other people still had them so ours weren't called on.
Only three plants survived last winter as I was too late taking cuttings.
Have six already rooted this year and these could be taken in and overwintered as they are in a large pot.
The nasturtiums look good 'decorating' a dry stone wall.
Sometimes they go mad and smother it in a mound of leaves and flowers which is quite nice - but like this with trails of flowers is better IMO.
