Annuals as cut flowers, and update on gardening jobs!

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Thanks, yes, I am surprised it’s done so well, given that it was only planted as a bare root rose a year and a few months ago.
We used to have the rose Compassion, such a nice pink/ apricot rose, but it died off fairly quickly.Maybe our sandy soil doesn’t suit roses, even though we add nutrients to it.
The honeysuckle is lovely just now, and foxgloves popping up all over the place.
Can anyone tell me what the yellow flowers are, it’s the one thing only that was already planted here years ago when we moved in.It was just lawns here, but with loads of these (tubers) which have gradually died off.Probably planted well over 50 years ago.

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Beautiful arrangement Lisagran what are the tubular white flowers hanging down? They look a bit like weigelia.

I was saying earlier about the difference in my home grown plants and the shop bought ones. This photo shows a pot of mine which has no flowers (because I keep pinching out to bush the plant out) and two (2) plants in it. The other is a large plug plant I potted on.
What a difference!

The other photo is of rose Compassion. I think someone else mentioned they had it.

Last year it had medium sized flower with clusters of new buds below. So when I cut the flowers I would loose any chance of future flowers.
This year there haven't been any buds alongside the main flower. Which seems to be bigger.
Strange!
It's lovely all the same.

GrandMattie Yes your right, and they come in such lovely colours don't they?

It's the best time of the day in the garden isn't it lemongrove? Your rose seems well at home, and such a pretty clear pink.

Ooh, I like that rose, lemongrove. Mr L ordered a rose for me online - Pink Blanket. I tried to look pleased - it was a kind gesture, but not what I wanted! My garden is like a dust bowl, so dry - but the roses are doing well, as you say Whitewavemark2

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Sprinkled some mixed poppy seeds into a tub, they are quite pretty ( small because there are too many)
Another poppy of unknown origin which has seeded itself happily, and a pink climbing rose only planted the other year, a David Austin rose called Strawberry Hill ( named after Walpole’s house.)It has a lovely delicate scent.

Namsnanny there are Shirley and opium poppies too...

Watered the garden for the first time last night. I’ve held out as long as I could but it is like dust out there.

Had mixed success with my cutting garden. The trouble is I try to garden organically but seedlings simply disappear overnight and so I won’t have quite as many Flowers as I planned. Still I have plenty of gladioli coming up.

The roses this year are as floriferous as they have ever been I think. I wonder if it was the rain we had early on? The peony I bought new has had one flower this year, but it has come and gone before I had the chance to photo it. It isn’t one of the big blousy one but a cup one - for the bees.

I’ll put the photos up later.

Yesterday I planted out my zinnias, grown from seed. A few are in a huge pot, with a palisade of bamboo barbecue skewers around to stop marauding squirrels digging them all up, and the rest in the sunniest spot in the front garden.
I’m short of space, esp. sunny-enough space, so ?.

Beat you by an hour Whitewave ( on the getting up front)?
Such a beautiful morning thought I would potter about in the garden and deadhead the poppies etc and have a cup of tea out there.DH still snoring away happily, so have come inside now to look at news, GN etc before I go off and do breakfast and a shower.
First thing in the morning and late evening, on these hot days, the cool garden is a joy to sit out in, watching bees and listening to birdsong.
Am loving all the pics on here, keep them coming.?

I’ll put up some photos this morning as well. Just got up! Must get a cup of tea.

First things first!,

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Ahh! Thanks for the update Lisagran

I think these Oriental Poppies are glorious, if short lived!
I like poppies of all kinds, Iceland, Californian or Welsh Poppies. Funny they have places for their names.

Iris still going strong. Even through the windy days we've just had.

Seem as if everything is drying out now. The sun is getting stronger, and quite a few areas of the garden are suddenly looking a bit wilted.

I've planted the Buzy lizzie plants out.
To be honest now that I've managed to buy some bedding lizzies from Lidl the two just don't compare.
The shop ones, are sturdy, fuller and all round looking a lot stronger than mine.

Never mind, at the beginning of Covid we couldn't get anything could we?
So if that had carried on, I would have been very glad of those I grew myself!

I'll put up a photo of mine against Lidl's so you can see what I mean!

Sweet peas are off at last. They seemed to have sat in the garden doing nothing for weeks!
They are getting to be around 1 - 2ft high now.

I took some Hypericum cuttings a couple of weeks ago, and yey! I was excited to see they had taken!

Just to say, someone on another thread has identified my plant as Ixias.

Sorry not those. Wrong flower cluster.

They look like Peacock Orchid. A member of the gladioli family.

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Thanks for trying Namsnanny - it’s not Camassia - we had those at a previous house. Oh well, they’re quite pretty!

Gosh it is windy isn't it?
I've been chasing around after any rubbish, and there seems to be quite a bit in the garden.
The gate's banging because the latch isn't too good, and that's making me jump each time I hear it!

The formation of the buds on your mystery plant is ringing a bell with me....it's rather different to other tall plants.
It looks a little bit like a Camassia in the arrangement of the buds on the stem, and the grassy strap like leaves are also similar. But the flowers are often blue shades and look more star like.
Sorry not too helpful!

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It’s so blowy here today Namsnanny, it’s hard to take pics, but I’ll try!

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Still lots of different Iris!

I don't know the name of this rose, it was in my MIL's garden and we were given it as a keepsake.
It's leaves are bronze when young, and the colour is more deep dark and velvety red in real life.
This photo was taken at midday in the sun, so it looks more lipstick or crimson.

Sorry Lisagran I don't know what that is either! Can you show another photo of it in flower more?

Such beautiful flowers in everyone's garden, and so healthy looking. No greenfly or blackspot.

My red rose has some blackspot on the old leaves. I've sprayed and picked off as many as I can, but no greenfly as yet!

No, it’s not tuberose.

Lovely roses!

Mrs Cholmondeley (I think)

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Is it a tuberose? Does it smell divine?

Yellow rose is Pilgrim, and one of my favourite yellows.

Salmon rose is William Morris. A heritage rose

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Just found this pot lurking at the end of the garden - no memory of planting whatever they are! Any ideas what it is?

Hope everyone continues posting pics ( and where they can remember) the exact names of plants, it’s really helpful.?

I bought DAs Generous Gardener last Autumn. It’s settling in and making progress, I can’t wait until it starts blooming.

I have Claire Austin and City of York and they’re beautiful, we’re a bit behind southern gardens so they’re not quite out.

Ah, crystal fountain, thanks, I often forget the names.
We did plant bare root stock roses from David Austen, and put them in different places WWM2 amazing how they soon green up from a few ‘old twigs’?isn’t it? We have sandy soil here so have to water a lot and add goodness to the soil.
It’s only roses that have failed here, all else does well, but I do think David Austin roses are a cut above, so will have to be patient and see how they do.
We planted two climbing ones ( Strawberry Hill) and two different coloured shrub roses ( names escape me).

Has anyone got a Gentle Hermione rose? Wondered about saving and getting a bare root in November.