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Showing posts with label violas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label violas. Show all posts

Saturday, 12 October 2019

Autumn Flowers

 I've neglected this blog again over summer, and autumn feels like an odd time to pick up a gardening blog. There are still flowers to be seen though - an advantage a perennial garden can have over a 'summer bedding' style planting.













This white Michaelmas daisy, the orange violas and a couple of still-flowering dianthus are all 'rescues' from the garden centre clearance racks. I'm fond of a bargain (who isn't?) and with perennials a little care will see them flourish for years.






































Michaelmas daisies are the mainstay of my autumn flowers with these long established plants now forming good-sized clumps.
I just wish I last year's rudbeckias had survived to add a splash of bright yellow to the garden.






Monday, 27 May 2013

More rescuing...

Another bargain from the reduced rack - violas down from £6 to 50p!
They looked like they'd been allowed to dry out too much and were flagging but a good watering followed by being planted in the garden and now they're looking much better.