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Bright Colours On A Grey Day !

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By louise1

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Here are some colours in my garden today that have brightened things up a bit !
The sky’s been dull and grey all day long, (warm though at 22 degrees), a nice cooling breeze has made it pleasant but oh so dull.
So, here are some pictures of the middle border aswell as some of the plants flowering at the moment …. oh and there’s a Millie cat in there too ;-)

Achillea ‘Rose Madder’.

This is part of the south facing ‘baked’ border, Lupin, Campanula ‘Bernice’, Centaurea and Scabiosa.

Dahlia ‘Pablo’

Monarda ‘Petite Delight’ (grows to about 12" and doesn’t seem as susceptible to mildew like the rest) grows in one of the middle borders.

Dahlia ‘Renoir’

On another side of the garden i have 3 waves of colour, this is in part of the pink wave of planting and shows another Lupin infront of an aucuba and euphobia.

Either side of my front path are the ‘middle borders’, they have mixed pernnial planting, this is one part of it.

Part of the right middle border, mixed planting again.

Millie !
She’s a very timid little cat and is always wide-eyed like this !

Now she thinks by closing her eyes i can’t see her !

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Beautiful, Louise, I love that pale pink dahlia especially.

1 Jul, 2010

 

You certainly have some lovely colour, really like the dahlias,I am so far behind you here in SW Scotland.

1 Jul, 2010

 

Even on a dull day, your garden looks beautiful Louise1, so much going on in there, and Millie is lovely sitting there like that.... :)))

1 Jul, 2010

 

garden looks lovely louise and so much pretty colour, do you leave dahlias in or take them out for winter, iv got some for the first time and not sure what to do,
millie is beautifull to ;o))

1 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks girls :-)
San, this is the first time i've planted tubers and last year was the first time i'd bought pot grown dahlias from a garden centre.
I left the pot grown ones in the ground over winter and they came through just fine so i'm going to do the same with the tubers too ..... it's an experiment really, what with being new to them all !
I think you'd have to cover them with a thick mulch, what with you being further north, or they might not come through :-/

1 Jul, 2010

 

Pretty set of photos Louise.
Millie looks very pretty too :o)

1 Jul, 2010

 

Lovely photos of your garden.

1 Jul, 2010

 

thanx louise i will leave them in to then ;o)

1 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks girls :-))
Tt, Millie's so special, she wasn't expected to live very long what with her being a very sickly little rescue cat 7 years ago ..... but, she's as healthy as she'll ever be and a happy little soul :-))

1 Jul, 2010

 

It's all looking lovely - shame Millie runs away when I come to see you! This is the nearest I get to her. lol.

1 Jul, 2010

 

millie may sence henry on you barbara lol

1 Jul, 2010

 

She runs as soon as 'anyone' comes, Sandra! She's very timid.

1 Jul, 2010

 

aww bless, they never change once like that do they, must have been badly treated before louise got her, poor thing

1 Jul, 2010

 

Lovely pics, as always Louise......Love the pics of Millie....she is soooo sweet....I have Renoir this year!!!!...didn't know you had it.......Mine are no where near flowering yet.......

1 Jul, 2010

 

I like the Renoir too..very pretty.Lovely garden,and lots of colour,,and Millie is adorable...

1 Jul, 2010

 

Hello Miss Mill, your mummy has some lovely plants ! :o))

1 Jul, 2010

 

Great blog Louise, and your photos certainly brightend up my overcast day here!
Really lovely to see......... :~))

1 Jul, 2010

 

lovely plants,love those dahlias ...Millie is beautiful too

1 Jul, 2010

 

Hi Louise,
lots of colour, I hope the rain tonight wont affect the borders too much. The gardens certainly need it.

I love the dahlias - mine didnt come at all this year even though I planted them in pots in the greenhouse. I think they must have been too damp.

As for Millie well she could be Phoebe's sister! Sorry she is so timid

1 Jul, 2010

 

Your garden looks lovely...me think everyone is waiting for rain

1 Jul, 2010

 

Beautiful Millie and beautiful plants :o)

1 Jul, 2010

 

I love the dahlia Pablo! Great pix! Give Millie a pat from me, what a sweet cat :o)

2 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks everyone, it's another grey morning, (we've had a lot of lovely rain overnight too) so thank goodness for colour in the garden :-)))
If Millie wasn't so timid she'd say miaow and hello to you all - so i'll do it for her ;-)))

=^..^= miaow !

2 Jul, 2010

 

it's all looking lovely :))) I really like Pablo and Millie is so sweet.
We had torrential rain from about 5 last night, everything looks very sorry for itself this morning :(((((((

2 Jul, 2010

 

Yes, i'm going to go and shake some of the taller things now so they don't break :-/

2 Jul, 2010

 

it reached you eventually then :-( I know we needed it, but did it all have to come at once LOL

2 Jul, 2010

 

lovely pics... : O ))

2 Jul, 2010

 

Some lovely colours louise, I think I might have pablo, I bought a plant a couple of weeks ago from Home Bargains (cheap shop) it's got loads of flowers on and only £2.99, so couldn't leave it in the shop. I've got quite a few dahlias this year thanks to GOY, only bothered with the Bishop of Llandaff before 'cos you can leave him in the ground. He vanished after about 3 years:-( Never seem the little monarda before, always something new on your pics:-)

3 Jul, 2010

 

Beautiful pics and planting Louise and Millie seems to be taking it all in and enjoying the warm weather, and ready for a little shut eye by the look of the last picture.:o)

3 Jul, 2010

 

Lovely pictures Louise, I loeve that Achillea Rose Madder, you have some beautiful plants in flower, and little Lillie looks so sweet!

4 Jul, 2010

 

Lovely blog & some really lovely flowers!

7 Jul, 2010

 

lovely photos of a lovely garden,and beautiful cat.That mixed border is what I am aiming for.I live in hope
sheila

19 Jul, 2010

 

Thanks for the kind comments everyone :-)

19 Jul, 2010

 

Just as I expected Louise, it's lovel!

30 Jul, 2010

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