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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 09/09/2008 : 10:13:26
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This dutch iris has just opened
Another blue one is nearly ready but there isn't any sign of my pretty lemon one this year, it just hasn't grown so must have lost it 
One lone babiana plant is just starting to flower. I thought I had lost these.
I know it isn't a bulb but it is planted in the bulb bed  This one petunia has so many flowers on it. I planted a couple of these as a groundcover when the bulbs aren't flowering. When they had finished flowering I cut them back and only this one has regrown to flower just when the bulbs are starting 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld
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Jacqueline
assistant gardener
Australia
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Posted - 09/09/2008 : 21:04:14
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Lovely colours there Gail. 1st year I have grown Babiana, but I thought I would try some because they are supposed to be tough. I noticed my 1st one flowering this morning. I really love the purply blue of them. Those spreading petunias I love, always so colourful and happy.
Nothing at all from my 4 straggly looking Dutch Iris yet. I will have to pin my hopes on my bearded iris...at least they have healthy looking foliage so far.
Well done Gail.
Jacqueline, Brisbane |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2008 : 05:41:54
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Thanks Jacqueline. I also have dahlias in this bed which are just starting to leaf up and will, hopefully, fill up the bed when the bulbs have finished - they are getting bigger every year. I have neglected the gardens a bit these last few months, I've hardly been outside during the week so it is lucky that any of the bulbs are flowering.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 10/09/2008 : 07:23:48
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Gorgeous colours Gail - had to look at them again. The blue of the Dutch iris is like those blue and white striped jugs - an amazing colour.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2008 : 08:06:57
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Thanks Pamela. How's that yellow dutch iris that I sent down to you at the end of last season going?
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2008 : 10:30:12
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That is one very healthy fat Iris there 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2008 : 10:50:35
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That big fat iris has just opened into a big flower, slightly lighter in colour than the first one but much bigger and more open - about 17cm across.
This is the one from the first pic above and only about 12cm across.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 11/09/2008 : 19:07:03
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I will have to go looking for the yellow dutch iris - sorry it has escaped my notice lately
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
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Jacqueline
assistant gardener
Australia
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Posted - 11/09/2008 : 22:05:34
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I would love to give dahlias a go Gail....any tips? When to plant sun/shade/water/dry?
Jacqueline, Brisbane |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2008 : 05:50:38
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Jacqueline if they grow at my place they will grow anywhere  Mine don't get anything special done to them - they are mostly in full sun, rarely water them or feed them. They only problem they have is they will sometimes fall over. It is only in the last year or so that I have tried new colours but I have had a dark red one for years. It is so tough that one time I split it up and threw some in the back corner meaning to come back later and plant them but totally forgot about them... they grew and flowered well If you want I can send you some of the dark red one. I'll find a pic of it and post it later (nearly time to go make school lunches now)
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2008 : 13:27:05
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I have a few dahlias in the garden and yes mine get top heavy and flop over to, must replant all my minis soon
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 27/09/2008 : 10:35:36
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I grow a few dahlias also mind you I think most of them rotted last year.
Very pretty Iris Gail
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 27/09/2008 : 14:02:30
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THanks Mary-Anne
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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