Garden pictures for October 2009
Last post 06-10-2009 5:03 AM by Foxnfirefly. 18 replies.
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01/10/2009 01:43 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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These are my pics for October, still lots of colour about in sunny Suffolk http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d134/Sue1002/Garden%20October%202009/
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01/10/2009 04:15 PM
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- BB
- Hereford
- 12 May 2009
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You certainly do have lots of lovely colour Sue. Your fig is looking good, really healthy - do they normally ripen around now?
The weather here has brightened up and I have just been and taken some shots:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15968012@N07/sets/72157622494494140/show/
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01/10/2009 05:48 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Thanks BB, I don't actually know for sure when the figs will ripen. I only bought the plant towards the end of January this year as a memorial plant for my dad who had passed away a couple of weeks earlier on the 7th. I thought my choice was quite apt as it contains his name and needs heat all year round for the fruit to ripen (he emigrated abroad when he retired as he couldn't stand being cold). I have read that once the weather starts cooling down, to remove any figs that are larger than pea size as they won't reach maturity, so I'm hoping they ripen up quite soon You still have lots of colour there too, your leeks are huge compared to mine but I did start mine off quite late. Seeing the pic of your Gazania reminded me that I have some in the front garden in full flower and I keep forgetting to take photos of the plants in the front garden. Is the white plant in one of your baskets the Bacopa? how many of those plants did it take to get that wonderful display?
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01/10/2009 07:24 PM
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Sue, your garden pictures are looking good down there in sunny Suffolk-you look as though you are fond of the red plants. Sasha seems to be enjoying herself lolling in the garden. Do you mainly start off new plants every year or overwinter them where you can.
Your garden pics are looking good also BB.We have the same brown ceramic decorated pots as yours. I think we have five of them in different sizes all around our circular paved area in the front garden.
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01/10/2009 08:25 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Yes, I do like the red plants Richard. In the garden itself, I try to keep it planted up with perennials and shrubs and fill in any gaps with annuals and I use a lot of annuals in the pots and baskets each year. I usually overwinter the orange and lemon plants and the Dipladenia. This will be the first year of overwintering the fig tree. Last year was my first year overwintering some Fuchsias and a basket of Lotus maculatus x berthelotti which did well and am hoping to do the same again this year.
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01/10/2009 09:13 PM
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- BB
- Hereford
- 12 May 2009
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Sue I'm really sorry to hear about your Dad. I think the fig is a really lovely way to remember him and very appropriate. I love the photo of Sasha and her half eaten apple! How many do you reckon she gets through before you pick them?
Yes, that is Bacopa in the basket. I can't remember if it was one or two plants I put in there - but it wasn't any more than that. They have gone bonkers and crowded everything else out! I am thinking I will have to lift those Begonias soon but they still look so colourful I find it difficult to bring myself to do it! The leeks are a nice size now but went in well before yours Sue, so it's hardly surprising that yours aren't as big yet.
I also have several different sized pots like that brown glazed one Richard. I have had them a few years now and they were quite cheap (from a supermarket I think). They have been very hard-wearing through summers and winters so were well worth whatever I paid!!
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01/10/2009 09:34 PM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Thanks BB, it didn't take me too long to find a suitable memorial plant and I chose right in the end, it's surprising how many plants come up in the Plantfinder and there were lots to choose from. Sasha gets through quite a lot of apples, there must be three already this week that I know of and on average it must be about 5 a week that she goes through and that's starting from around the time of the 'June drop', it's a good thing the tree produces loads of apples every year! Even if the Bacopa was two plants, it's done very well to fill the basket out as well as it has. I keep looking at my basket Begonias too, the leaves are dying off now and it's about the right time to chop them back to start the overwintering process.
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02/10/2009 09:22 AM
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- miranda
- Oxfordshire
- 17 Nov 2004
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That's all looking very good, Sue and BB! Lots of colour still, isn't there. Look at that shameless dog with her half eaten apple - five a week too. Just as well your tree produces plenty of them, Sue!
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02/10/2009 10:55 AM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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It's a good thing she doesn't go for the five a day
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04/10/2009 08:22 PM
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- miranda
- Oxfordshire
- 17 Nov 2004
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That's for sure! A few of mine from this month: http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg218/Miranda_broughton/October%202009/
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04/10/2009 08:42 PM
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Nice colourful shots of your garden Miranda. I've not seen dual coloured nasturiums before only the plain red ones. You have a nice stock pile of wood to keep you going through the winter - was that a picture of the cloudy cider that you had the other evening!
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04/10/2009 08:45 PM
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- miranda
- Oxfordshire
- 17 Nov 2004
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Want some seeds, Richard? Yes, it's that cider  Looks horrible, doesn't it.
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05/10/2009 05:42 AM
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Nice October garden shots, Sue & Miranda!! I like your dahlias, Sue and all the peppers & veggies you have, Miranda. Lovely gardens.
Not much going now but the fall foliage of the oaks, maples and others shrubs are begging to show colours now. It will peak the end of October/early November here.
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05/10/2009 08:38 AM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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Lovely pics Miranda, you still have lots of veggies there ready or almost ready to harvest compared to here. It would be interesting if you could find out from your neighbours if they knew what colour the Nasturtiums flowered last year. The ones I sowed last year from a packet bought on a market stall for 10p,all flowered red. I collected the seed off them and this year we have a lovely mix of yellows and oranges (and some multi coloured ones) from them which just makes me wonder what colour they will flower next year from this year's seeds.
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05/10/2009 09:45 AM
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- BB
- Hereford
- 12 May 2009
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Nice photo's Miranda. Those Nasturtiums are lovely.
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