Delphiniums and other little joys
By mebennet
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Dont you just love how delphiniums have that lovely diaphanous quality about them? The petals shimmer like transluscent coloured silk. Reminds me of very fine sheets of opal. What a joy to observe up close.
The cosmoses are putting on a good show. I’ve tried my hand at the Ashton style of photography. I see why he does it now. Pretty!
I know I’ve just posted my penstemons…but I dont care. Here they are again. They were such a pain to get going from seed and I wasted so many packets that I feel obliged to go overboard on showing them off!
13 Aug, 2009
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Lovely pics :) And I agree, delphiniums are the most beautiful flowers :)
13 Aug, 2009
Yes show all you like.I have successfully raised from seed this year but so far only one in flower and its red like yours with a paler centre so I`m chuffed as well.Great photography ...........
13 Aug, 2009
Don't mind seeing your penstemons again Melanie...they're beautiful...a really different colour.
Delphiniums have always been a favourite of mine but the slugs have a field day with them in my garden tho' the cosmos thrive!
14 Aug, 2009
I grew Cosmos one year and they were so tall that they flopped everywhere - I think I should get seeds of a shorter sort.
I love Penstemons...I haven't tried from seed, though - I usually take cuttings (some from other people, with permission, of course!)
14 Aug, 2009
Spritz: I wouldnt try them from seed if my experience is anything to go by. The only reason I did is becuase I get free seeds and no money from parents means Im on my own. Its the cheapest way but also painstaking and laborious.
14 Aug, 2009
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Love your penstemons, what a pretty colour, well worth the effort! Show them off all you like!
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