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  • #212
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,705 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Redrubies wrote: »
    Our beautiful Ceonothus!

    Wow, looks amazing. Didn't realise they got that big.


  • #213
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,008 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    smacl wrote: »
    Wow, looks amazing. Didn't realise they got that big.

    I have one about 3m tall but skinnier than that, its colour peaked a couple of weeks ago and looks a bit drab now.


  • #214
    Roen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,620 ✭✭✭Roen


    Mine seems to be a ground hugger, spreading out the way, not up.


  • #215
    Maxton Sparse Cheesecake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ Maxton Sparse Cheesecake


    smacl wrote: »
    Wow, looks amazing. Didn't realise they got that big.

    They have a large range of species from Ceanothus arboreus and Ceanothus griseus that grow 12 to 18 feet high and 15 to 20 feet wide to Ceanothus griseus horizontalis that grows 1 to 3 feet high with a spread to 4 feet.


  • #216
    honeybear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    bloopy wrote: »
    Wildlife and pollinator garden I've been building over an old lawn starting to come into flower. Got sick of mowing all the time.

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    Bees!

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    Beautiful. I’ve just bought house with a lovely garden. There is also an extra bit of land adjacent to the garden. There is nothing in it atm. Looking at this pic makes me consider a wild garden. How difficult is it to grow and then maintain?


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  • #217
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,234 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    the garden a few weeks back, when the weather was a little better.

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  • #218
    Hazel Quaint Chair
    Posts: 0 ✭ Hazel Quaint Chair


    Not sure what this is , i cant actually remember if i planted it or did it just blow in from somewhere else.


  • #219
    New Home
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    Could be an agapanthus. Can we see the leaves, please?


  • #220
    Hazel Quaint Chair
    Posts: 0 ✭ Hazel Quaint Chair


    New Home wrote: »
    Could be an agapanthus. Can we see the leaves, please?

    Hello, there is no leaves just a long narrow stem, and what you see on top of it.


  • #221
    New Home
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    Maybe an agapanthus in bad shape? :pac:

    They are gorgeous flowers. :)


    https://www.google.com/search?q=AGAPANTHUS&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwqoHMxPDiAhUGTRUIHc3PAU8Q_AUIECgB&biw=1920&bih=938


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  • #222
    Maxton Sparse Cheesecake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ Maxton Sparse Cheesecake


    Could also be one of the alliums.


  • #223
    ShiverinEskimo
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    Devastation on the front porch this morning. :mad:

    Stripped bare. Two seperate trees.

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  • #224
    celticbhoy27
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭celticbhoy27


    ShiverinEskimo wrote: »
    Devastation on the front porch this morning. :mad:

    Stripped bare. Two seperate trees.

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    OMG was that in full leaf prior to attack?


  • #225
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,234 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i've seen this on a hedgerow recently, ermine moth caterpillars i think. about 20 foot of hedgerow stripped bare.


  • #226
    [Deleted User]
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    I've similar happen to my gooseberry bushes...saw fly caterpillars im sure.

    On a more positive note.....that's a pretty attractive stone wall you have :)


  • #227
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    Found this little creature peering in at me when I looked up from my book recently

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  • #228
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭ShiverinEskimo


    celticbhoy27 wrote: »
    OMG was that in full leaf prior to attack?

    Yep. Just starting to look perfect for summer. Damage done in about 36 hours.


  • #229
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Love this plant


  • #230
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Canna, if I'm not mistaken. :)


  • #231
    Stheno
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    New Home wrote: »
    Canna, if I'm not mistaken. :)

    Yes red velvet where we have our seating area in our new garden we have a few statement plants.

    I adore those flowers and the contrast with the foliage


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  • #232
    Pretzill
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭Pretzill


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    Spuds in bags this year - the lazy gardener :)


  • #233
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    the smart farmer


  • #234
    scarepanda
    Registered Users Posts: 3,435 ✭✭✭scarepanda


    This might be a silly question, but how do you deal with blight in back garden spuds?


  • #235
    Pretzill
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    scarepanda wrote: »
    This might be a silly question, but how do you deal with blight in back garden spuds?

    In my case I just hope they don't get it. If it's later in the season I'll cut the stalks back and try and save the crop. I have gotten blight lots of times used to spray them but even then it was hit and miss whether you'd protect them at the right time.


  • #236
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,819 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Beautifully uplifting :)


  • #237
    New Home
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    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    Beautifully uplifting :)

    Absolutely stunning (yes, I do say that a lot, but look at them!)


  • #238
    Mam of 4
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    New Home wrote: »
    Absolutely stunning (yes, I do say that a lot, but look at them!)

    Am quite proud tbh NH , they were left aside for many months , (weren't my plants ) . Found them , just watered them regularly and somehow they resurrected themselves , think me auld da would be lol at me :)


  • #239
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    Beautifully uplifting :)

    lily's ?


  • #240
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users Posts: 21,819 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    fryup wrote: »
    lily's ?

    Yep , Asiatic Lilys I think fryup , am open to correction on that though !


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  • #241
    [Deleted User]
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    My first crop of potatoes this year :)

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