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Goldengirl · 28-05-2026 11:06AM

Blousy beauties, pity they don't flower for longer . Just starting to drop some petals now but love them for the few weeks in May they are out .

The Continental Op · 28-05-2026 11:26AM

It got there in the end - very windy here, on a wall the flower buds scorch before they come out.

Goldengirl · 28-05-2026 12:30PM

Wisteria . Are you going to plant it out TCO ?

The Continental Op · 28-05-2026 12:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124505904#Comment_124505904

No will stay in a pot. Don't have any good walls to grow it up, although it may eventually get planted as a specimen plant to grow on a single stem. The problem is the salty wind here. Even the young leaves get damaged. In comparison another bought at the same time growing on a wall and about 3m high had 3 flowers which were all damaged by the wind.

Sallythecat · 28-05-2026 01:00PM

I don't know what this is, but it smells gorgeous

Goldengirl · 28-05-2026 01:02PM

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Yes ,not so easy . I planted two (one after the other ) against a South facing wall and they both struggled and died . My neighbour planted hers against a West facing wall and it thrived . They had to cut it down because it was too much but beautiful.

OscarMIlde · 28-05-2026 01:04PM

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Is it orange smelling? It looks like a mock orange.

The Continental Op · 28-05-2026 01:08PM

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Because of the yellow coloured leaves I think we can be fairly definite in saying its Philadelphus coronarius Aureus.

The Continental Op · 28-05-2026 01:10PM

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I had them 30ft tall up house walls in the UK. They need pruning quite hard twice a year to get good flowering. Pruned correctly they can be quite compact and fit in anywhere. If left unpruned they can take over.

Sallythecat · 28-05-2026 01:16PM

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Yep, thanks that's the one. It's smells so nice just walking by it!

joujoujou · 31-05-2026 08:26AM

Ms jou's rhododendrons. Well, 2 of them.

The red one is barely visible. It would grow much better if it had more room.

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 12:38PM

This new climber appeared last year, presumably from a neighbours garden and I've just noticed new stuff growing that seems to be connected but totally different leaves, are these the same plant?

The Continental Op · 31-05-2026 01:24PM

Next door seems to have raspberries?

looksee · 31-05-2026 01:27PM

The main plant with orange flowers is a honeysuckle, not sure about the other one, some sort of bramble or raspberry?

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 02:44PM

Next door don't seem to have anything growing in particular. It's basically a wasteland full of weeds but I think I can trace the original growth of the climber coming from their area. The other stuff seemed to be growing from the exact same area which made me wonder were they the same plant but obviously totally leaves had me confused. Brambles are not something I'd want growing? Are they the yokes with the big thorns?

The Continental Op · 31-05-2026 03:19PM

I'd put money on that being some sort of Raspberry. Blackberries don't sucker off the roots in that way plus the leaves are wrong. These are blackberry leaves. Note how the rearward leaves get bigger on your plant but small in blackberries.

And these are raspberry leaves where the rearward pairs are larger than the ones in front of them.

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 03:45PM

Ah grand cheers yeah that looks and sounds like a match. I'll leave them alone so

The Continental Op · 31-05-2026 04:59PM

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They are easy enough to control but will get going and start coming up all over around that plant. I just hoe them off the ones I don't want when small.

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 05:13PM

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Stupid question but are they edible?

looksee · 31-05-2026 05:20PM

Raspberries are definitely edible, but you are unlikely to get any, birds love them.

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 05:36PM

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Wasn't too sure if there were different varieties, the birds can eat away as I'm not a big fan of berries.

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 06:21PM

Roses bursting into life the last few days. These flower for ages and are a really nice colour.

These randomly pop up in various places every year. Some don't get very big at all though unfortunately

The Continental Op · 31-05-2026 06:34PM

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This may sound a bit weird but bear with me. Mark the white ones and when they go to seed cut the seed heads and shake them around where you want to grow. Now I say mark the white ones as the next stage of my cunning plan is to rouge out (pull) all the pink ones before they set seed. Keep it up for a few years and you should get predominantly white foxgloves which can look a bit special. If you get a lot of white ones then you can start rouging out the pink ones as soon as they set flower.

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 06:43PM

I'll need a bit more info than that please! What is or when do they set seed? And by pulling do you mean pulling everything of the plant from above ground? Thanks

Mr.Wemmick · 31-05-2026 07:42PM

The wild flower patch I planted last year has returned. It looks lovely, but would’ve like to see more red poppies return. I’m assuming the oxeye daisy is a bit of a thug.

The Continental Op · 31-05-2026 08:02PM

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You'll easily notice when they are in seed. You can even see the seed by shaking the seed heads into you hand. Trick is to get the seed heads as they start to split open.

Digitalis are easy to pull out so when the pink ones have finished flowering just pull them out, they are biennial's anyway so won't flower a second year. Once you have a good stock of seed for the white ones in the soil you can pull the pink ones as soon as you see they are going to be pink. Looks like you have a good start on the much rarer white ones.

I've seen this in a couple of semi woodland gardens in the UK and the effect was stunning.

The Continental Op · 31-05-2026 08:03PM

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But its a good thug :-)

looksee · 31-05-2026 08:08PM

Re the wildflowers, it says in the notes on the Connecting to Nature site that the first year you get all annuals, the second year will be mostly daisies and other biennials, the third year might be a bit underwhelming, but after that the perennials will be established. They seem to suggest you need to sow the annuals each year, but I can't see why they would not self seed.

Obviously that's how they work naturally, all the rest of the weeds are only delighted to set seed! Not sure what the reasoning is.

The Continental Op · 31-05-2026 08:23PM

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They don't self seed because there is too much competition in the third and subsequent years. Many of the tradition annual wildflowers would have emerged in land after plowing or even heavy grazing.

Close cutting after flowering helps and removing the cut sward after its had a chance to drop any seeds is better still. Removing the cut sward stops soil fertility building up.

Worth rotovating or scarifying strips and seeding with annuals if thats the effect you want.

In the UK I noticed several CoCo's taking the top soil off strips of verge and sowing them with annuals. The other scourge of annual wildflowers being excess soil fertility.

Nigzcurran · 31-05-2026 08:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124515011#Comment_124515011

Excellent info thank you

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