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Pictures: 4 months on.
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Posted by nadianadia QLD (My Page) on Sun, Apr 23, 06 at 1:54
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RE: Pictures: 4 months on.
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Really lovely! You must be proud!
Angela is very pretty, intense colour. How large does that grow?
Is Cathedral City purple?
Deb |
RE: Pictures: 4 months on.
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| Dear Peplil, I think the word is surprised. The Angela tag says 1.2 m but I have a feeling that it could get taller here because it's such a grower. Towards the back of the gardenbed you can see the upright light green bush, the tallest of the lot already. I think it will need some hard pruning. Cathedral City - should be a bright orangey red. You know,tho it starts out red, I wonder if it really is the WIlliam Shakespeare and I've mixed them up ...it ages into dark red, has that strong rosey smell to it (I can't walk past it without smelling it but it does take an enclosed space to pick up on it) and it certainly has that David Austin look. I just love this flower. If I have swapped them it'll take a while to know it as the other rose has moulted its leaves completely twice due to blackspot and is on its third run now - that sounds even more David Austin like in behaviour LOL. As far as I know Cathedral City doesn't have a scent. I wonder. |
RE: Pictures: 4 months on.
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Take lots of photos - it will be quite different next year, and will be lovely to look back on how it was. If it was me i would be widening those beds by another 40 cm and putting in a front row of something. (probably irises - LOL)
Cheers, Jan |
RE: Pictures: 4 months on.
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| You can sorta see an attempt at a green border inside the petunias of a very vertical type of lavender (munstead) that hasn't really taken off. I would love to grow irises and crocuses but it is Brisbane and the saddest thing about the tropical weather here is not being able to grow either. I just love those cold weather flowers. I'm avoiding daylily type thingies that take over the garden. I do feel the roses are a little squished and the petunias are taking over so yes, even with a 2m by 5m gardenbed space is an issue...I'm wondering about a Dutch box hedge thingy, being slow growing I guess I could keep it tiny forever and green up the edges. To the right you can just see the start of the horseshoe garden bed, so all bets are off until I have that finished in time for the bare root order. |
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