Northern Hemisphere September 2010

[Brian Ellis]

...and finally  I was warned not to grow this Tropaeolum speciosum as it would be a thug and smother everything, here we are in year three and it's about a metre tall, there was one earlier that reached about three metres too.  It shows you how the climate has restricted it's growth so I am pleased to have it.  In fact Tropaeolum 'Ken Haslet' is far more vigorous!

[Maggi Young]

...and finally  I was warned not to grow this Tropaeolum speciosum as it would be a thug and smother everything, here we are in year three and it's about a metre tall, there was one earlier that reached about three metres too.  It shows you how the climate has restricted it's growth so I am pleased to have it.  In fact Tropaeolum 'Ken Haslet' is far more vigorous!

 It's lulling you into a false sense of security, Brian............

[Brian Ellis]

Time will tell Maggi, I am sure it is because the garden is so dry

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A wonderful selection Brian !  
You're absolutely right, it's amazing how much still is in flower at this time of year.
Glad. Flanaganii is a favourite of mine, but you knew that didn't you  
My seedlings are finishing their second growing season - one more year I guess and I might be able to show flowers here as well...  

 

[Ragged Robin]

Unusual and intriguing plants flowering in your garden, Brian, and I love your dark maroon Astrantia Gill Richardson group and I agree

Salvia Splendens 'Helen Dillon' whatever it is the colour is sumptious

but you have some real treats like the sunlit first Sternbergia and the extraordinary phytolacca berries which the ladybird seems to be enjoying 

[Brian Ellis]

Thank you both, Luc I also gave some seeds to Richard Hobbs who told me yesterday that he thought they would be flowering size next year so well done and I hope you have a multitude of them.

[Brian Ellis]

Robin in the flesh the Astrantia is sumptious, in my opinion by far the best maroon.  I was told by Gill Richardson that lots of people had grown it on from seed and hence the Gill Richardson 'Group'.

[Ragged Robin]

Can your buy these sumptious seeds  ?

[angie]

Brian some lovely flowers there...I do really like your Succisella inflexa 'Frosted Pearls' can you say if its hardy.

Angie

[krisderaeymaeker]

Reflowering in our rockgarden are :

Anemone multifida
Heterotheca jonesii
Geranium 'Carol' 

In the greenhouse : Viola spatulatha

[Brian Ellis]

Robin I will keep an eye out for you 

Angie, mine came from Hillview Hardy Plants and I think it is hardy, it originated in the Southern Balklands and is described as a long lived perennial.

[angie]

Thanks Brian I will go and place a order. Brian take care with your Tropaeolem this is a plant that I wish I had never planted it's everywhere, maybe because we have more of a wet climate it is happier here but when I see it in garden centres I cringe.

Angie

[Brian Ellis]

I have taken all the warnings on board Angie, but it is so difficult to establish here in East Anglia that I am hopeful it will remain a delight

[Brian Ellis]

Here are two tinies I nearly overlooked   Both come with a name, the Allium was given by a good friend who has lost the name of it and the Acis rosea came from Jenny Archibald sent on the morning of his funeral so will always remind me of them.

[Lesley Cox]

Great plants shown here. I really LOVE that dark Astrantia.