delphinium

Beautiful colour Sanbaz,one of my favorites I love the dark blue one.

i do love delphiniums, i have this one which i dont know its name, no tag, i have a dark one which is called pacific, hybrids mixed. of which i have another lighter blue also, i have a white one called magic fountain, lovely pure white and the deepest is black knight, almost purple, im just hoping they all come back next year :o))

The water droplets really add to your photo. The colour is great, love the pastel shade.

thanx TOG, ive just watered the garden as we havent had rain in sept, which is great cause august was awfull here in blackpool

I had to water yesterday. Not today, back to the wind and rain.

Gorgeous! I love delphiniums, and that's a pretty one San.

bad news TOG, think we have till friday then it may change here to :o(
thanks Di, glad you like it, hows your new front garden doing?

Hi San...it's doing OK thanks....apart from watering the pots I don't really need to spend much time in it now :) I've been bulb planting round the back instead :))

Should do Sandra , as long as you protect it's new shoots from Slugs and snails in the spring!!

thanx paul, will do :o))
glad the front garden is doing well Di, its lovely :o))

It been brill here as'nt it Sandra,makes a change for us does'nt it, you know why its nice dont you, its because i covered my patio table up the other week, so i'm keeping it covered up, so we get some more, could get use to this weather.

your right carol, it has made a change, lovely, not done anything today in garden though, didnt feel up to it, keep that table under wraps lol

I've cleared the tomatoe plants as thee was'nt many left on them, and cleared my greenhouse out. Table definetly staying under cover.

good work carol, whats going in there next

Will be things to overwinter out of frost, then start about feb with seeds, when i do my tomatoe and cucomber seeds, i'll do enough so you can have some, this year was the first time i'd done cucumbers, and they are dead easy to do, and taste brill.

sounds good carol, im going to give tomatoes a go next year to, might try them hanging ones in baskets

That's a cracking pic San....

Never heard of these....poor novice I know!! Look nice though!

thanx Dan they are an old fashioned flower, cottage garden, i think vicorian era, dont quote me though but im sure they were on a program i watched on victoian gardens , lots of differant colours to :o)

How tall do they grow and better for border or pot - as in looks wise?

i think better in border amongst other plants, they can get really tall , up to 4 or 5 ft some, but mine are only a year old so not tall yet so i put them inbetween for some height, just dont put any low growers behind them, not seen them in pots

With the border I'm hoping to dig over in a few weeks ready for Spring, you will be able to see from both sides as it is along the path with the grass the other side so planting a few in the middle might be nice with low ones either side.....Just wish I had more space to plant but I'll manage, I'm sure!!

Thanks for that

yw Dan, nite

G'nite San

Love the colour of this one Sandra very pretty

thanx carole i wasnt sure what colour it was going to be, but i really like it :o))

They are beautiful plants , never had much joy with them as they have always been eaten away, but this year I have a rescued one in a pot [white] so I am going to risk planting out once it has finished flowering, and fingers crossed next year could be a good one all around!

hope so carole, i found a damn lily beetle today luckerly my lilies are finished so he went to beetle heaven lol

Well at least he wont be missing anything!. just got back from our mini break great time, but tired now but couldnt resist a small peep to see whats going on , hope you are ok, Sandra, will do a little blog on mini break adventures 2morrow xxx

glad you had a great time carole and will look forward to your blog XX

Nite Sandra xx

nite carole xx

This is georgous love it I want one he he tried the other day to get different coloured ones but alas to no avail.:(

i got this from my local nursery mogana, normally i only see the dark colours else where, have you tried ebay

No I have nt thanks Sandra will have a peek.:o))

Lovely colour Sanbaz, love delphiniums unfortunately so do local rabbit population, cover mine with wire netting which does help and also acts as bit of support to grow through.

good idea simbad,not had any probs with mine yet,apart from a couple of lily beetles, so i have to keep my eyes peeled for them as i love lilys in my garden and delphiniums to,