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Slaughter Of The Innocents


Slaughter Of The Innocents (Thalictrum delavayi (Meadow rue))

Look closely at this photo, on the face of it a pretty picture of thalictrum delavayi, one of my all time favourite plants. It's so delicate looking, golden anthers, lovely. But what's that? ......a rogue sweetpea has leaned away from its mates and is gently attempting to strangle my dainty meadow rue. No-one warned me of these homicidal tendencies when extolling the virtues of sweetpeas:-(



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Lovely Pic..do you refer to the orange flower Bornagain? This is Montbrecia..

4 Aug, 2010

 

Thalictrum is the pinky lilac one surely ? Train that menacing Sweet Pea away from it, gently though, tendrils are probably clinging on for dear life !

4 Aug, 2010

 

Hi Dieda, if you look really closely, you can see the sweet pea tendrils curling round the meadow rue. Orange flowers just trying to get in on the act and I noticed today a tendril reaching around them too. Shirley you are quite right, i've been out with my scissors! The sweet peas are almost over now the leaves are not looking too hot now, but only one has left the 'wigwam' and going bad ways lol:-)

5 Aug, 2010

 

The things we do for our plants eh ? More TLC goes there than elsewhere sometimes ... lol !

5 Aug, 2010

 

:-))

6 Aug, 2010

 

sorry Born..can see it now...

6 Aug, 2010

 

:-)

8 Aug, 2010

 

I came to look at your tomatoes but this is very nice :-))

17 Aug, 2010

 

You're hooked now Annella! :-)

17 Aug, 2010

 

So did I Annella......looks like we have been tricked again...a clever ruse to get us to comment on her other mad plants...Lol.Where do you get your compost from,Ba,.? have you got a nuclear reactor near you?. Very strange goings on in your garden...oh,and I agree ,this is very nice....

17 Aug, 2010

 

Lol Bloomer There are a lot of waste tips:-)

23 Aug, 2010



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