Reminds me of the song "she sits in the Cabbage and Peas"something to look forward to each morning...I let the dog out, go for a pee and mosey on down the garden
So what am I growing?
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Ok - I want to know how come Jojo can get gorgeously leafed out Nasty Things in such short order? I've planted 'em out in the yard and the poor wee pathetic things look just miserable. The biggest on has 4 leaves and each one is about as big as my thumbnail.
What is the secret to success with nasturtiums?
What is the secret to success with nasturtiums?
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Just to pick up on your Nasturtium question LLL, my dear old dad always used to say that they thrived on neglect. I am not so sure about that, but they certainly do seem to do OK regardless of where you plant them. I usually just push the seeds into the pot and leave them alone.
I took a picture of one plant in a hanging basket and got Mrs H to put her hand alongside to indicate the size of the leaves
This is the actual basket with the plant which from experience will bush out a lot more and reach the ground. It is not flowering yet, but as others have started it should not be long and will probably be covered in flowers until the Autumn frosts kill it off.
This is one that self seeded and is already starting to flower, I have noticed that they usually flower sooner if they are in poorer soil as this one is. Note my ‘White’ Foxglove in the background, it has done really well, these are only the secondary stems, the main flower spike was over 5 feet high and covered from top to bottom.
Just to annoy our JoJo, these are some wildflower seeds that I scattered in a patch that I leave for the Butterfly’s and Bees, they are just starting to flower so hopefully a good show in the coming weeks.
I took a picture of one plant in a hanging basket and got Mrs H to put her hand alongside to indicate the size of the leaves
This is the actual basket with the plant which from experience will bush out a lot more and reach the ground. It is not flowering yet, but as others have started it should not be long and will probably be covered in flowers until the Autumn frosts kill it off.
This is one that self seeded and is already starting to flower, I have noticed that they usually flower sooner if they are in poorer soil as this one is. Note my ‘White’ Foxglove in the background, it has done really well, these are only the secondary stems, the main flower spike was over 5 feet high and covered from top to bottom.
Just to annoy our JoJo, these are some wildflower seeds that I scattered in a patch that I leave for the Butterfly’s and Bees, they are just starting to flower so hopefully a good show in the coming weeks.
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OMG OMG OMG OMG H!!!!!!!! Your nasturiums are HUGE! They look more like those big floating lily pads!!!!!! WOWWWWWWWWW!
Not a hope of my taking a photo of mine now......poor wee shrivelled up nasturtiums and believe me I'm ignoring 'em and they're not in good soil.........
(BTW your garden is absolutely lovely, truly fabulous!!)
Not a hope of my taking a photo of mine now......poor wee shrivelled up nasturtiums and believe me I'm ignoring 'em and they're not in good soil.........
(BTW your garden is absolutely lovely, truly fabulous!!)
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My nasties have spread like wild fire and are massive easily bigger than my hands, and ahve lots of flowers on em, and ive ignored them mainly, my other seeds were bloody rubbish so i dig up the weedy lil buggers and planted some nice small begonia and edged em with lobelia
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