4 Jun '06 10:50 am What a fabulous job you did taking these closeups! Isn't it sad how we wait so long for our flowers to bloom, then they die so shortly after? Too much rain or lack of water seem to shorten their blooming time even more... but talk about glory while they're in full bloom! Darlene[img]
moosey
head gardener
4 Jun '06 11:53 am Beautiful flower pix, inspiring. I am defnitely going to grow more aquilegias ths coming spring. Is the yellow one slightly fragrant? I particularly like this variety - perversely, possibly, as the blues are supposed to be the very best. I am SO sorry that I couldn't come and inspect all these beauties in person!!!
Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
Thanks for the lonicera!
4 Jun '06 10:36 pm Thanks Sjoerds - somehow I missed out on this thread and your reply with several stunning pics. I am going to do some research on whether it is available in South Africa. It is a particularly lovely leaf!
And then of course I go green with envy when I see your clematis. I grow the plain white montana spectacularly, but no others have survived for me. We now have a few specialist nurseries growing them in SA, but they are very expensive and, it seems, take more TLC than I can give them in my vast garden!
Sjoerd
nominate your own title
Hoorn, the Netherlands
5 Jun '06 12:04 pm Jacqueline - You are absolutely right about the covering of the poppy looking like a Sikh's turband, heh heh...what an astute observation. You know, I was so concented on the coming of the red flower that I didn't see that it at the time.
Darlene - Too right!...the glory of beholding them is the compensation for their relatively short "showing time". If I could I'd have only plants thet remain in bloom the whole summer. Ha ha ha. I know...I'm hopelessly greedy.
Oh well, thank you for the compliment, I'm just thrilled that you enjoy the pics.
Moosey - Thanks forthe nice words. glow. Good idea to have more aqueligias next season. I like to leave them to carry on in situ...wherever they spring-up (if possible). As for the yellow one: it has no fragrance, ...Funny thing is that when I first saw it, I fell down on my knees and sniffed it! I actually believed it'd have a scent; it just LOOKED like it would. Heh heh. It is a delicate thing isn't it?
BTW I would be happy to save some seeda for you if any form. I am on the lookout for another one and will place it close-by this one for a better chance of pollinating. It is a special tint yellow, isn't it?
Yeah, I was really sorry you couldn't make too. We were all ready for you. It would have been great to show you around the garden as well as this part of West-Friesland. Oh well... who knows, perhaps another time.
Jack - Hiyah, Yes, I was surprised that you hadn't seen the Lonicera series. Oh well, better late than never hahaha. It is a remarkable plant isn't it? It blooms so profusely and has little white fowers that yellow as they age. I plan to go back to where I got this one in a few days. I may look and see if they happen to have another.
Hee hee hee... you don't REALLY go green when you see the Clematis, do you? I am sorry and amazed to hear that they are so expensive there. They aren't inexpensive here, but they aren't whay I'd call expensive. Round about 5-7 euros. Having said that, some of the newer fancy ones are indeed dear.
AS for the TLC: I don't really do alot for them after the first year-- a little compost and fertilizer and i keep their roots covered with a roof tile (dakpan). Nothing more.
Anyway... good luck with the Lonicera.
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Darlene[img]
glow. Good idea to have more aqueligias next season. I like to leave them to carry on 
...Funny thing is that when I first saw it, I fell down on my knees and sniffed it! I actually believed it'd have a scent; it just LOOKED like it would. Heh heh. It is a delicate thing isn't it?