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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 28/11/2008 : 04:55:41
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The hydrangeas are starting to flower again.
At last these ones are getting big enough to see behind the golden duranta hedge - the hedge grew much faster than the hydrangeas so has looked a bit strange  The brom next to them is just sitting in a pot waiting to be planted elsewhere.
So are the dahlias. I only have a couple of colours but this one is always the first to flower and stays flowering for many months.
Daylily question for Mary-Anne - was this one you gave me? It was mixed up with some other plain ones I had in pots. There is also another one but didn't take a pic of the flower when it was open  so have to wait until it flowers again.
Also another question, Mary-Anne - I just realised these both had Jan's Daylily on the label though one had Jans written on the back of the label - obviously not the same flower - were there two of Jans or do you do like I do and re-use the backs of labels? 
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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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
 Posted - 28/11/2008 : 05:52:10
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Lovely bright coloured flowers Gail.
Top one is not mine..
The second one is the pink frilly one I bought at Ian Wintles ? Open Garden
The Third one is Jan's from GW..
I try to scrub off the names with one of those Chux heavy duty scouring pads but the ink in those garden market pens lasts forever, so yes I often do that now as I am running out of venetian blind slats that I use for labels..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2008 : 06:49:28
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Nice pics Gail, love Hydrangeas !
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 - 28/11/2008 : 07:16:08
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Thanks Cheryl. I like the hydrangeas too so had to have some in the garden even if they don't fit the sub-tropical theme I believe a garden should be planted with what the gardener likes anyway, not what looks right or suits a theme
Thanks Mary-Anne for clearing that up... just wish you had given me that top one as now I'm going to be wondering were that daylily came from... scratching head I've got about 15 orangey coloured dls in pots that I had dug out of another garden (used to edge a bed) and have been wondering what to do with them. There wasn't any other colours with them but I must have had a couple of others in pots that I got from somewhere that got mixed up with them.
I just realised in that top daylily pic you can just see one of your petite pink frangis which are doing well
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 - 28/11/2008 : 07:23:26
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I love hydrangeas too and they will look so pretty with teh contrast of the yellowey hedge. I think Jan's was one of the day lilies MA gave me too and they are just coming into flower so I will also post. They are so lovely.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2008 : 08:06:11
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Thats wonderful news about Petite Pink my whites are coming on well also..
Got to tell you Gail the new leaves on my Petite Pink are starting to get those dark spots on them again I may have to resort to a chemical treatment of some kind..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 28/11/2008 : 15:23:10
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I also love Hydrangea but alas they do not do well this far north.I saw a specimen growing locally
but it was so poorly it should have been put out of its misery. Pitta. |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 28/11/2008 : 19:14:31
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Hydrangeas are a funny plant - I have seen some around here that are obviously very old and growing beautifully in full hot sun - we can get very hot in summer and humid sometimes but not as bad as further north - also can get cold with frosts in winter.
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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Some of my non-tropicals