We are well into our second heatwave experience of the summer with the drought continuing. For other parts of the world these summer temperatures are normal as is the lack of rain, but England is usually cooler and wetter. I can tell you that there is often a cool damp spell in the first week of August, but not this year. What is still surviving in the garden?
First photo is of a hot pink Gladioli, sister to the purple one included in last week’s post. However, it needs admiring quickly as the dry made it fade before it was fully out.
Next pink specimen is of this Echinacea Purpurea (cone flower), this was a brought on from a parent plant purchased last year and separated to be nurtured to full growth. The parent plant has yet to show signs of flowering while this one has several buds.
Third photo is of what I hope is evidence of leaf cutter bees. Some of my roses have had small circles and semi-circles cut from their leaves. I have been stalking the plants to spot the bees but haven’t seen any. I hope the holes are not from weevils instead!🤔
Fourth photo is of my King Edward potato harvest. I had just 10 potato seeds, these are the produce of 6 of them as the other 3 I planted in a felt grow bag and I harvested them earlier. Not a bad haul from a few plants. The dry was pulling the soil away from the tops and exposing the top ones to the light making them green.
Fifth photo is of my onions. I pulled these so that I didn’t have so much watering to do. There are a mix of sizes in white or red. They may have grown a bit larger if we had had a wetter season.
Last photo goes to the multi-headed hydra which is one of my sunflowers. It has now grown far above the fence. It has a huge stem which I prop up against the wind.
Thank you for joining me for this #SixOnSaturday post. I hope that you enjoyed it. If you would like to know more about this hashtag, read founder Mr Propagator’s post here also find him on Twitter here.
Happy gardening
Rosie
Links:
- The Prop’s link post for all those taking part in this meme.
- Some lovely bright flowers from Off The Edge Gardening.
- Spring is showing through in Wellington NZ
- Lisa has a beautiful garden with butterflies and a reminder to save our seeds.
- It is late winter and early Spring in Sarah’s Australian garden.
- 30 Days Wilding has been rescuing an epiphyllum cactus.
- Graeme has a gardening themed poem for you to raise a smile.
- Granny’s garden is suffering in the dry with cracks in the lawn.
- Water and mulching for Hairbells And Maples.
- Take a walk with Hortus around her garden today.
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The gladioli is looking lovely. Good supply of potatoes too!
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Thank you, I put away a good half a bag for later.
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Hopefully, we will have some rain next week!
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It would be gratefully received!
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Definitely…
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Love the pinks, the impressive potato harvest and that towering sunflower! Hope rain comes your way!
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Thank you.
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I keep my fingers crossed for some rain (there and here)! I love pink and have a soft spot for sunflowers, so this week’s offerings are impressive, considering the heat. Oh, and haven’t the potatoes done well? Good work, Rosie!
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Thank you Olga. The potato variety have a pink tinge to them too!
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Your gladioli is beautiful, such a lovely pink! Well done with your sunflower, it has grown well in spite of the lack of rain, hope it arrives next week, we all need it!
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Thank you, the sunflower is a giant!
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New potatoes are always so welcome. Enjoy! Your pink gladioli is gorgeous. Sad that everything is going over so, so quickly.
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Thank you.
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I am sure your onions will have matured well given the sun we have had.
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I hope so, thank you.
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I see lovely and healthy potatoes… Your garden is quite the star 🙂
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Many thanks.
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I think you’re right regarding the work of the leaf-cutter bees. Quite a few of the leaves of my roses look very similar to yours at the moment. Wow to the sunflowers and your potato harvest.
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I would love to see a bee in action and then flying off with the leaf, apparently they roll it up to carry it.
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I love the pink of the gladdie. Strangely, the older I get the more I like pink. Reverting to my childhood perhaps! The hydra is wonderful!
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Pink is a great shade with lots of varieties.
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After 80 days of 32+ degree temps, we are finally back in the upper 20s. We do have rain but it gushes – our tomatoes did not do well and our zucchini died. Your garden is doing very well!
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Thank you Noelle, it is often more luck than planning.
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Love the pink gladioli. Flowers are going over far too quickly this summer here as well. Hope you get rain soon!
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Thank you, there is some forecast, but it may not get to everywhere.
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Your gladiolus is beautiful! I spied the first of mine just after my Six-on-Saturday post was done…….it will be in next week. Aren’t potatoes a wonderful crop to lift? Lovely, healthy vegetables and pretty flowers.
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Thank you, I shall look forward to your photo next week.
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Similar story with onions here. It’s a tough year but the gladioli looks perfect.
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Many thanks. Other veg have thrived so can’t complain.
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Lovely photos again, Rosie! The Gladioli are especially beautiful
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Thanks Wendy, glad theses posts are popular.
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Wonderful photos! I’m loving that Gladioli.
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Thank you, quite a favourite!
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Wow your potato growers bag crop is Impressive! 🌸🦋 I love the scrumptious colour of your glady!
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Thank you.
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Nice sunflowers! I hope next year mine will look as good!
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Thank you, I haven’t grown them for a few years. Glad to see their sunny faces.
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