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Sunflower Growing Competition

..and so the annual Garden Posts Sunflower growing competition commences. Who will grow the tallest Sunflower this year?

Cow Parsley in Hedgerows

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Cow Parsley – Anthriscus Sylvestris Cow Parsley growing in the dappled sunshine in the hedgerows of England at this time of year is as good

Teddy Bear Sunflowers

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Teddy Bear Sunflower These Teddy Bear sunflowers have done really well this year. We have already taken at least four cuttings from the 4 or

Sweet Pea Flowers

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Sweet Pea Flowers These are some sweet peas that were sown in pots in the greenhouse in early spring. The tops were pinched out when

Vista White Pelargonium

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Pelargonium Vista White The pelargonium that we planted in early spring are finally flowering. It was a slow start, but well worth the wait. The

Potato Flowers

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Potato Flowers It may only be a humble charlotte potato flower, but it’s impressive yellow stamen and mauve petals make for a pretty display in

Allium Aflatunense

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Allium – Aflatunense The Allium bulbs we planted in September 2011 are doing extremely well. These Allium Aflatunense are now about 5 foot tall, in

Bluebell Wood

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Bluebell Wood The bluebell woods looked at their absolute best today. The colours were wonderful, especially where the sunlight managed to find its way between

Spring Hanging Basket & Wreath

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Heart Shaped Spring Wreath Mrs Garden Posts made a beautiful spring hanging basket and wreath this week. She constructed them by bending twigs into the

February Snowdrops

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Snowdrops (Galanthus) It’s lovely to see bunches of snowdrops around the garden, all ready to spring open.

Sunflower in the Sunshine

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Sunflower (Helianthus annuu) There may not have been a great deal of sunshine this summer, but we did manage one really good sunflower this year.

Wet Bedding

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Wet Bedding Plants It looks like most of the bedding plants won’t need much watering this summer, despite the earlier hosepipe bans. The hanging baskets

Lavender Hedge

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Lavender (Lavandula) Hedge The lavender hedge looked radiant this morning. When the sun popped out between the grey clouds, it looked like a mid-summer dream.

Campanula (Bellflowers)

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Campanula or Bellflower (Campanulaceae) These wonderful violet Campanula flowers were making the most of what little sunshine there was in the garden today. I understand

Foxgloves – Digitalis

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Foxglove (Digitalis) It was lovely to see the honey bees going about their work amongst the foxgloves (Digitalis) in the sunshine this weekend.

Allium Mount Everest

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Allium ‘Mount Everest’ We planted these Allium Mount Everest along with lots of other spring bulbs, in September last year. At last the alliums have

Cosmos Bipinnatus

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The Cosmos Bipinnatus – Double Click Snow Puff are full of promise for a wonderful display in the summer.

Daffodils & Tulips

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Div 5 Triandrus Narcissi – Thalia It was lovely to return from our Easter break to find the daffodils and tulips in full bloom. Div

Scaevola Flower – Maldives

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Scaevola Flower On a recent trip to Moofishi in the Maldives, we spotted this beautiful Scaevola flower from the Goodenia family (Goodeniaceae). Other names for

Taking Geranium Cuttings

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At the end of September I decided to take a few Geranium cuttings, or as they are more correctly known – Pelargonium cuttings. Here is

Sowing Sweet Pea Seeds

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So having collected my sweet pea seeds a few weeks back, I thought I would sow a few on this blisteringly hot September day. I

Spring Bulb Planting

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We ordered lots of spring flowering bulbs during August from the Gee Tee Bulb Company. They arrived safely on Friday, all beautifully boxed with detailed

Hand Tied Bouquet

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My wife has just started a part time floristry course. This is her first attempt at a hand tied bouquet. Jolly good result I think!

Collecting Sweet Pea Seeds

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The sweet peas have been fantastic this year. The flowers seems to have gone on and on. Some of the flowers are coming toward an