By Poppylinda
leicestershire, United Kingdom
A border in PARIS,looking at some photos I took last year on a weekend in paris with my walking group I would love a border like this could someone give me a list of what you see
- 18 Feb, 2012
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They're a bit distant, but for yellows I see Rudbeckia and marigolds. The tall purple flowers are Verbena bonariensis. I can't make out the lower mauve flowers - might be stocks... and there's a red thing that MIGHT be a Dahlia.
In the pink border I see yellow Rudbeckia and assorted pink Dahlias, with what MIGHT be Phlox paniculata right in the middle of the photo, to the left of the tall baby pink Dahila. There might be some Achillea in there - the flat saucer shaped clusters of flowers, the tall pale blue thing is probably delphinium. I'm guessing that the darker pink spires of flowers on either side of the photo may be Penstemon. I'd love to know what that pale pink flower with an "eye" in the middle (between the Rudbeckias) is.
18 Feb, 2012
Too far away to be sure of what's there - I agree with Beattie's list above. The vast majority of it appears to be bedding type plants (lots of French marigolds) rather than permanent planting - including the grasses which I cannot remember the name of, but which might be one of the Pennisetums.
18 Feb, 2012
On another look, I'd add that the stripey leaved plant in the top pic is a Canna and the tall yellow flowered plant on the extreme right of that pic looks like golden rod (Solidago).
18 Feb, 2012
Yes, the dark grass is a non-hardy form of pennisetum.
And I think the shorter blue-flowered plant is a bedding salvia
18 Feb, 2012
You have just answered a question I was going to ask Andrew,non-hardy pennisetum.I got one from Gardeners World last year thought it wasnt hardy so I took some seeds off,they are somewhere in the shed(I,m not very good at the seed thing) so now how/when do I start them off and are they easy?they look so lovely in a boarder would like more than the "one" I had last year
19 Feb, 2012
My 'bible' says to start the seeds in early spring at 13-18C.
I've never tried growing it from seed; I used to lift the plant, pot it up and overwinter it indoors but this can be tricky. You need to keep it on the dry side (just a little water once a week) and then cut it right back in spring. And don't plant it out too soon - a warm spell in the second half of May onwards is plenty early enough
19 Feb, 2012
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YIPPEE did it without any help.....not quite sure how though!!
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