Aquilegias and friends..

what a lovely blog SL, that collection of aquilegea's is so pretty, i dont know which i like best but that metallic blue is stunning. your eucomis is doing incredibly well.

Like it SL...I loved it. I prefer the plum aquilegea but they are all brilliant. I should have brought some london pride with me from the last garden, a very easy plant. Had a word with my eucomis this morning over a cuppa.

A pretty selection of aquilegeas S/Lad I love them we have several growing in my gravel garden plus a tray full of seedlings which are starting to germinate ,we've no idea what they will be like the packet only says 'Mixed' There's nothing much happening with my Eucomis :o(

Lovely display of aqulegias SL, I've got the blackcurrant one too. Your Eucomis is way ahead of mine which are only just showing through the soil. I love London Pride, it spreads like mad but easy to control.

Lovely Aquilegias, my favourite flowers ... I think they are loving the weather conditions in the South ... mine have never had so many blooms before ... :o)

Lovely to see all the Aqualegia`s, I planted some new ones, grown from seed so waiting patiently and hoping to get some different colours, I love them all...

Wonderful blog, Surreylad.
You are so clever at growing plants from seeds :o)))

lovely Surreylad - we have lots of purple ones around on front - beautiful plants well taken pictures

Thanks Everyone :-)
Sticki the Eucomis and me share a cuppa twice a week...
Lol Pims, that did make me smile it's a bit hard to pick a favourite as i still have some to flower..if you want a bit of my london pride pm me i'll send you a bit..
Thanks Amy, my eucomis i started early, then fed twice a week, if your's is in the ground it may be coming through any time...
Thanks jaykaty i love the london pride as you say easy to control..
Thanks Shirley.T i think your right there loads on mine too...
Thanks Lincslass good luck with yours they are lovely to have..
Thanks Terra, i do love my seed :-))
Cheers Paul appreciated :-)

What a difference a few hundred miles makes. Our aquilegia are all still in tight bud and look like staying that way until Christmas, the way the weather is! Nice pictures, Surrylad, thank you.

What a great collection of Aquilegias you have. Very nice, SL.

Thanks Bulbaholic, this year the weather has been very unusual, hope yours open soon.
Thanks Kat :-)

i cant find where i put some of them surreylad

What Sticki, the Eucomis or a cuppa :-)

Nice blog S/L. Great set of aquilegia pictures.

surreylad are you giving me an even worse reputation???

i meant the eucomis !!! [i have spare cups !!!]

:-)) i'm sure they will pop up where you least expect them Sticki :-)

Thanks Cinders :-)

so long as they pop up i shant complain, it keeps raining and being cold so i havent been out there much.

i know what you mean, today is the first time i've seen the sun... well some of today that is...

yes little bits today but i was working morning and again for part of the afternoon ~ work should be while its raining or rain only at night.

yes that's an idea, rain at night :-)

should be law!!!

:-))

In Croatia it is always raining only in night during the summer. Or mostly. Days are sunny.

wish it was like that here Kat, had so much rain i'm almost growing webbed feet.... but i'm still in a hosepipe ban area....

they must be saving it up for an olympic event surrey???

I needed cheering up a bit..

A lovely selection ,S.lad..that blue one is my favourite..some of mine are just starting to flower too,but I only have a few...limited space :o(....thanks for sharing..I prefer to see pics as part of a blog..much easier on the eye :o)

did it work pimms?

It was interesting to see all those different aquilegias. They're beautiful with you.
I've never heard of that pasithea. I wonder what it's like ...

Fantastic pic..love tem all..but oh that black pansy! wow ! Like velvet

What a lovely selection of aqueligias SL....some beauties there. My are looking rather rotten at the moment. Thank you for sharing :)

great blog and pictures.Stunning colours:)))))

Thanks Bloomer :-)
Don't mention the Olympics Sticki, we have a bypass round our town, but they have reduced it to one lane for Olympic traffic and now it's all coming through the town, a right nightmare here now...
Lol Pimms :-)
Thanks Hywel, hopefully the pasithea will flower in the next few weeks as long as the weather is ok...
Thanks Pixi :-)
Thanks Scottish, sorry to hear that have they taken a beating then?
Thanks Mark :-)

oh my! i hadnt realised they were doing things like that surreylad, i can understand you will be glad when its all over.
my son works and lives in london, im not sure how much it will affect him yet.

one good thing though we have the torch coming through, so i'll take the girls to see that.. lets hope it's not to bad for your son in london..

he said he wasnt proposing to change his hours but we will see!!!!

[he will have other things on his mind that month as it turns out!!!]

fingers crossed then, with any luck London should be ok..

lets hope so!!

I just found some exactly the same as Blackcurrant SL, growing happily on wasteland..I love it in bud it has a green tinge..I will post a pic later.

Thanks Hb :-)
Sounds great Pimms :-)

Some beautiful Aquilegeas SLad and I`ve just googled the pasithea caerulea and it looks the most delightful deep blue, did you grow yours from seed.

i just googled more images of eucomis-how strange they are! reminds me of bananas! does it need a very hot climate do you have it in a greenhouse or something? :o) ooh and i love the aquilegia ive seen some really dark burgundy coloured ones in my catalogue - described as 'sinister'! very gothic :) - just updating this comment-it was actually penstemon chocolate drop what i ment sorry! lol spot the newbie! :)

i bought a new eucomis today ~ £2 at an NGS garden

Thanks Stroller, from a very young plant-let i couldn't get the seed.
Lol Leighleigh thanks, the Eucomis is quite hardy but needs winter protection :-)
which one is it Sticki :-) sounds a bargain for £2

it only says eucomis hybrid, there was at least one other type there, i chose this one because it was a more upright leaf and bright green colour, no sign of a centre spike though.

It'll be a nice surprise when it flowers then :-) flower spike should come in time it's not late yet...

Oh that's good, thank you!

:-)