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| Antirrhinum - Simple but tasteful. 1000 seeds in a 50p packet. |
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| Gladioli - They can be a bit blowsey and ostentatious but this variety is attractive. A line of corms planted a couple of years ago and more or less left to their own devices. They reliably pop up every year. |
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| Gazania 'Purple Prince' - I think they look in a flower bed rather than a vase. Or maybe something else should join them? |
Very nice antirrhinums, and I'm a fan of gladdies. Interesting that you leave your corms in over winter. I have always followed the instructions to dig them up. It's a bit of a chore and I'm not convinced that it doesn't arrest their growth. (Mine are yet to bud up. )
ReplyDeleteIt’s true that the usual ad ice is to dig gladioli forms up to store over winter and plant out the following spring but I’ve never done that and not had any problems here in West Suffolk and previously in Essex. I do give them a good mulch though. I do the same for dahlias. Mine might be ahead of yours because of this.
ReplyDeleteDahlias too? I have never dared to leave them in though I've heard of it. At Agatha Christie's house, Greenway, there's a whole bed of dahlias that have been there since the day she put them in. But the guide went on at length about the particular climate of the region, the mild winters and the aspect of the bed, so I just thought, "Better safe than sorry"!
DeleteBeautiful flowers and arranged very professionally. Great display.
ReplyDeleteMy wife does the arranging Dave, I just grow them.
ReplyDeleteFair play to you both.
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