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Someone's been shopping! (Alstroemeria Indian Summer..)

Found one at long last .Alstroemeria Indian Summer!! three Salvia...and a lovely variegated
Trachleospernum..and a pretty Potentilla Red Ace....(forget to put it in the photo)....



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You should rename your garden The Tardis :-)

23 Oct, 2017

 

Oh, excellent. Haven't seen Indian Summer locally. Now you've managed to get a var. Trachelospermum, maybe my cuttings will root at last!!

24 Oct, 2017

 

ha ha Andrew...he's right though Angela! ;)

24 Oct, 2017

 

Andrew it is surprising how many plants there are in this garden, we have removed/lost several over the years though, and constantly lifting canopies to squeeze in more.....
Karen I know ......still a few more spaces left yet!
Siris we were lucky that one of our favourite nurseries had a couple left....and very chuffed to find the trachelospernum.....?

24 Oct, 2017

 

Great selection! Love your garden :-)

24 Oct, 2017

 

My Indian Summer has been in flower since May/June & is still going - wonderful plant.

25 Oct, 2017

 

Agree with GF mine still in flower ...

Gg

25 Oct, 2017

 

Dawn it is not my garden, it is our daughter Charlotte's, we haven't got a Pizza oven lol
Gg and Gf I do hope our Indian Summer will do as well as yours!..

25 Oct, 2017

 

Given a sunny spot, space & your sheltered garden it will be terrific, DD.

25 Oct, 2017

 

Dotty

If you have a greenhouse I would keep over winter plant out when all frost are over .... IT WILL ESTABLISH QUICKER

Gg

26 Oct, 2017

 

Gg we don't have a greenhouse, only an unheated porch, and conservatory...or outside in a sheltered position, kept in the container..
Greenfinger I like your confidence in us, out of several Alstroemerias we only have two left!! so I am not counting my chickens!

26 Oct, 2017

 

Indian summer has survived in my Midlands garden last two years gorgeous plant, although seeing everyone's still in flower I'm bit jealous mine finished earlier than last year about mid August, but last year was still flowering September.

28 Oct, 2017

 

Hi Day lily havnt seen you for ages

I think it needs to be fed regularly as considering it produces so many flowering stems .... mine still in flower and its nearly November , I use tomato food

Gg

28 Oct, 2017

 

I lost mine this winter (wrong spot I'm guessing) Sarah Raven has them in the sale, 2 litre pot, half price £7.25.

28 Oct, 2017

 

Hi Gg nice too see you, yes I think I need to do my deadheading/pulling of old stems more frequently too but didn't feed it much really, hope it's as good next year ?

28 Oct, 2017

 

The slugs/snails here consider some alstroemerias very tasty. I haven't worked out yet why they eat some and leave others untouched. 'Indian Summer' was one of their favourites :-(

28 Oct, 2017

 

Oh dear Andrew! Maybe they got mine then. Meanie commented the other day they can be too vigorous, strange.

28 Oct, 2017

 

Daylily that is good to know it is hardy in the Midlands....
Oh dear Andrew! I don't want to hear that, we do have trouble with slugs/snails....
I shall certainly be feeding ours then GG!!
Dawn we paid 12.00 for a 3litre plant, it is now flowering it's head off, in our car! ready for home! will you buy one from Sarah Raven?

28 Oct, 2017

 

Yes DD I've ordered 2. They are happy in pots apparently so i can have one in the ground and one in a pot!

28 Oct, 2017

 

I've got 'Golden Delight' and 'Aimi' which they haven't touched, but 'Indian Summer' and 'Little Miss Jessica' were eaten. Perhaps they only go for the expensive ones!

28 Oct, 2017

 

Andrew, maybe your slugs are particularly fussy ones, lol.

According to my notes they 'tolerate several degrees of frost'. (that's Indian Summer not the slugs)

29 Oct, 2017

 

They certainly had a nibble but not too bad they prefer my kniphofia stems Grrrr :-/

29 Oct, 2017

 

HB no certainly not that radical lol!! we have been looking after our daughters house and dog.....

31 Oct, 2017

 

Dotty, I thought you'd got yourself a dog too lol. So no pizza oven or dog, phew. :-)

31 Oct, 2017

 

Dawn we don't have a dog!! we look after our daughter's dogs when needed.,...had dogs and cats for many years, but not now....

1 Nov, 2017

 

I see :-)

2 Nov, 2017

 

Wouldn't mind the oven though !!

3 Nov, 2017



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