For Gnarly gnome

There's someting about red hot pokers (kniphofia) that takes me back to my childhood. I think just about every garden had one. Was it a 50's and 60's thing I wonder because you don't see them anywhere near as much now. Cosmos was another, we called them fairy flowers. Sorry, just taking a trip down memory lane for a minute there.

Yes it was I believe you did see them in nearly every garden back then even up to the 70s the red ones any way, I have grown Cosmos, not often you see the seeds as much as I use to any way they are in B&Q I seen them the other day but in pots, but not unusual ones like I use to see I think any thing that becomes a popular seller that's rare they go to the breeders like different coloured Hellebores seldom do you don't see these except on line in nursery s at a price or special garden centres the local shops only sell white ones. I shall find some of the Cosmos I have grown out for you later and show you. Also I think people are going for perennial s the older they get as they don't want the work of growing annual s and the youngester s hardly know about some plants we use to grow . Its lovely to go down memory Lane no harm it that. :o))

Now thats a huge clump , it reminds me of

" Royal Standard" as it ticks all the boxes with height and colour of the flower and I am 99.99 certain it is going from your photo

If possible can you do a close up of a flower for me ? from the top to the bottom.

I have added to favs for reference

I had a feeling you would have one

Thorneyside from what my mum told me her dad grew them in the 1930's 40's ...
I grow about 10 different varieties ? I would have to count them and some flower everyear and some occasionally !

Gg

I can't do a close up as they have been cut back but you have my permission to copy the photo and enlarge it your self if you want a bit next week when my grandson come I can get him to dig a piece up for you let me know .

is the photo from last year ?

No this year Gnarly gnome as they are being moved.

As in the redhot pokers being moved ?

Just call me Gg LOL

Gg

Yes the Red Hot pokers ok GG lol .

Upper case G Lower case g

lol

I thought that would get you going lol?? you can call me 3d then

three D LOL

Nope thrupence the old thrupenny bit I was Sixpence before I left I devalued my self lol I have now come back in the shape of the new £1.00 piece so I ve gone up in price?