travin's journal
Member since: Apr 11 | Last seen: Feb 13 | Years gardening: 42
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19 Aug 2011Leptosiphon, Large (N) Sprouting and Victorian garden
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Cloudy 17°C / 63°FThis is pretty wild; four days to sprout.
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16 Aug 2011Penstemon, Tubular Bells Rose Budding and Victorian garden
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Cloudy 18°C / 65°F
I’m so excited waiting for these two plants to flower. Every picture I’ve seen of them makes them appear absolutely stunning.
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15 Aug 2011Beech, American (N) and Victorian garden
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Sunny 19°C / 67°FThe tree folks finally came out on Friday, I wasn’t around and hadn’t looked up. Finally some attention for our grandad Beech. They did some pretty extensive shaping and counterbalancing to help him stay upright – he was beginning to lean a bit. And they said he’s not dise...
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15 Aug 2011Victorian garden
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Sunny 21°C / 69°FStrangeness continues. These seeds are documented as taking around 60 days to sprout. These – 7 days.
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15 Aug 2011Monkey Flower, White (N) Blooming and Shade garden
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Sunny 21°C / 69°FThis poor plant got the wind knocked out of it’s sails when it was wacked with a guitar case – it’s neighbor was decapitated. Yet it comes out blooming once again. I love this little shrub.
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15 Aug 2011Sunflower, Downy (N) Budding and Victorian garden
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Sunny 19°C / 67°F
Soon these babes will bloom and set the courtyard on fire. I can’t wait!
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15 Aug 2011Victorian garden
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Maybe it’s my memory continuing to fade, but I don’t recall ever seeing a Wisteria bloom a second time on actively growing whips, let alone in August.
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15 Aug 2011Yarrow, Yellow Blooming and Victorian garden
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Sunny 19°C / 67°FThe last flush of flowering heads were removed in June. Now it’s coming back for another swipe at glory.
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15 Aug 2011
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Blooming but I've no idea what it is.
Plumbago, Burmese Blooming and Victorian gardenSunny 19°C / 67°FDo this plant look familiar to anyone? Thanks for your help. Got the answer: Ceratostigma griffithii Thanks to SweetTendril for helping me to identify it.
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14 Aug 2011
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They said it was 'the sickness'
Beech, American (N) and Victorian gardenI’m not sure what might happen to this old duffer, but I hope it’s ok. It’s been getting sick more and more, and this year is probably the worst so far. Every summer we get our cold foggy weather, no stranger to this tree based upon age. But the last two summers have been somewh...Sunny 18°C / 65°F
