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  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    They are brilliant @michael57

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    These have been in the same tubs for 15 years they get an inch of irish peat once a year

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    Dawnies astrantia

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    One of last years anual dahlias let the slugs demolish it to make it shoot more and for there help i buy them a can of beer

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,844 Championing
    edited May 26

    Glorious 😍

    Michael, is that a pond to the left of the post?

    Edit: Ok, I see it now. White Lobelia not the blue my eyes think it is!

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing

    No ponds here have a stone bird bath for the pidgeons and blackbirds and a little saucer one with stones in for the little flyers they can drink bath and then have a few soaked mealworms

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 3,998 Championing

    Not had much warm. Temps here

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    My husband came home with this today, I thought of you @michael57

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    I now need to decide where to put it.

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
  • SmellyBin
    SmellyBin Community Member Posts: 538 Empowering

    What lovely pics @michael57 Stunning flowers.

    And @Bluebell21 too, those dahlias. Do they attract bees, I wonder?

    I've got a fuchsia that I was hoping to be of use for bees or butterflies, but I haven't seen much activity around it. However, I did manage to propagate a few sprigs. They are already starting to root, so hopefully more pots in the garden with those.

  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    Yes bees are attracted to dahlias. @SmellyBin We also have a buddleia commonly known as the butterfly bush in the garden the bees and butterflies love it. Just have to try and keep Sam away from it. Although I am hoping if he gets stung once that will put him off.

    Fuchsias are good for bees and butterflies so hopefully you will get some. How lovely that you managed to propagate a few sprigs, I love growing things.

  • SmellyBin
    SmellyBin Community Member Posts: 538 Empowering

    Cool, I am hoping to see lots of them, they are very welcome @Bluebell21 the bees and butterflies.

    This year I managed to grow four butterfly bushes from cuttings. And last week I've also took some from a hydrangea and forsythia, but I've never tried to propagate these simply in water before. We'll see how that will turn out.
    I don't want to spend money on plants and most garden centers only have plants full of pesticides, here in the NL there is an online garden store that sells organically grown greenery. It is nice there are some people who think the same and try to swap.

    Well, good luck with Sam. One of our cats is very much a hunter and indeed was stung once, leaving her with a swollen and warm paw for three days. Did she change her mind? Nope, still running around after everything she can get her paws on. It is fun to watch her getting agitated and frown at a fly :)

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    From this

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    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    To this in a month

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    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
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    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing
  • Bluebell21
    Bluebell21 Community Member Posts: 3,658 Championing

    Lovely flowers @michael57

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 3,834 Online Community Team

    Thats some impressive growth in a month @michael57!

    My husband wants to make the front of our house look nicer with potted plants. Any ideas on what are easy to grow and care for? We don't have the best track record for plants.

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 2,908 Championing

    Ah get a nice dahlia haha heuchera do well in pots tolerate the sun well and there are some nice ones around bee magnet as well