tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post6997838834504580572..comments2023-08-16T18:56:13.685+10:00Comments on diary of a suburban gardener: the latest lookSue Catminthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-35997445161353969242010-11-23T16:10:52.601+11:002010-11-23T16:10:52.601+11:00Hi Bernie, thanks for the comment. Those everlasti...Hi Bernie, thanks for the comment. Those everlasting daisies do deserve praise - they just grow and grow and do their own thing with no demands on me at all.<br /><br />Hi Dennis, that gorgeous poppy is an opium poppy. You can't buy them (for obvious reasons) but a friend gave me some seeds decades ago and ever since each spring they come back again. <br /><br />Hi Carol, your time will come ... when the dark becomes light and the naked becomes lush ... it's already so hot here I fear my beautiful garden will get burned and also become dark and naked.<br /><br />Hi Tina, thank you for the compliment.<br /><br />Hi Phoebe, that tree is a tea tree, I'm not sure which one.<br /><br />Thanks Steph, for your comment.<br /><br />Hi RPS77, welcome back! You're right - it is rose campion or lychnis. They seed and spread themselves around. I've just been round pulling up the white ones and leaving the magenta ones.<br /><br />Hi Edith, thanks for the comment, yes I am delighted by how it's grown and how cottagey it is (at the moment!)<br /><br />Hi Wendy, yes they are everlasting daisies, or Xerochrysum bracteatum, Australian natives.<br /><br />Hi VW, old cyberfriend and photographic guru - thank you for the comment.<br /><br />cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-34631222537874110512010-11-23T05:11:15.549+11:002010-11-23T05:11:15.549+11:00Wow, those photos are so lush and full. Even the ...Wow, those photos are so lush and full. Even the areas without a lot of flowers are interesting and beautiful. Beautiful garden, Catmint!VWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539135776275337661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-18490620551394833962010-11-22T14:37:25.947+11:002010-11-22T14:37:25.947+11:00oooh, I love the flowers in the third photo. Are ...oooh, I love the flowers in the third photo. Are those the everlasting daisies that bernie mentioned? A beautiful spring!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232693432045335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-65141067277242297132010-11-22T04:45:49.555+11:002010-11-22T04:45:49.555+11:00Your garden looks great!
love the combination of c...Your garden looks great!<br />love the combination of colors, everything is so full of life.ferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307248426034018988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-83384512668172771642010-11-21T01:59:34.604+11:002010-11-21T01:59:34.604+11:00Dear Catmint, What joy to look at these beautiful ...Dear Catmint, What joy to look at these beautiful images on a cold, dismal and foggy day in London. The silvery foliage looks so magical and everything seems to be growing abundantly. You must be delighted with it all and, I agree, it certainly deserves a treat!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-70950058998866423652010-11-20T17:14:23.297+11:002010-11-20T17:14:23.297+11:00Beautiful - all that green makes me green with env...Beautiful - all that green makes me green with envy since it will be 5-6 months before I see anything comparable around here!<br /><br />There's one plant with bright magenta flowers and greyish-green foliage - is that rose campion (<i>Lychnis coronaria</i>)? The colors are right, but the leaves look somewhat different from the ones growing in my garden.RPS77https://www.blogger.com/profile/14698390366612218268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-31761679079419692662010-11-20T14:03:41.206+11:002010-11-20T14:03:41.206+11:00Your garden looks like one I see in gardening maga...Your garden looks like one I see in gardening magazines! It's looking so beautiful Catmint! Love your straw flowers. Thanks for posting up these pictures. Have a great weekend!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867061279916535777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-67890990156169842602010-11-20T12:21:46.918+11:002010-11-20T12:21:46.918+11:00Looks lovely! Maybe i should have sowed my poppy s...Looks lovely! Maybe i should have sowed my poppy seeds earlier!! yours are looking fantastic!<br />What is that large grey shrub in the 4th picture down? Is it a Tea Tree or moon lagoon Euc?<br /><br />Loos great!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613979981355164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-27169222477804655502010-11-20T10:29:42.242+11:002010-11-20T10:29:42.242+11:00Quite lush and woven together perfectly.Quite lush and woven together perfectly.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-90836880454110096562010-11-20T10:26:10.990+11:002010-11-20T10:26:10.990+11:00I love the textures, forms and colors of your love...I love the textures, forms and colors of your lovely garden! Just beautiful!! So lush and light filled, as I look out on my dark naked landscape.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-1934441861305360802010-11-20T10:13:57.470+11:002010-11-20T10:13:57.470+11:00Looks lovely.
I'm impressed with the lilac/pur...Looks lovely.<br />I'm impressed with the lilac/purple Poppy.<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-64374063792999377332010-11-20T10:03:15.489+11:002010-11-20T10:03:15.489+11:00Your Spring garden is looking fabulous ... I think...Your Spring garden is looking fabulous ... I think it deserves lots of pampering as a reward! Layers of rich smelly compost and few well-place compliments should do the trick. Those beautiful Everlasting Daisies deserve some special praise.BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.com