Rain and grey and grey and rain

[swordznsorcery]

It is very wet and grey. I can't get anything done outside, and everything is squelchy, and starting to get cold, so here are some pictures of a few flowers from the summer.





New dahlia! Suppsedly it's black, but as you can see, it's really a dark red. And huge.



Livingstone daisies. Always cheerful, if somewhat bright!



This is a fuchsia called Sarah. She's still going strong, although I don't think she likes the rain very much.



An agapanthus, being obligingly blue.

Comments

[corvidology]

Lovely piccies. Thanks for sharing them.

[swordznsorcery]

Good icon! And thank you. I like photographing flowers.

[heartonsnow]

Lovely colours! My winter pansies are due on Thurs but everything else is dead!

[swordznsorcery]

That's late for winter pansies! Of course all the garden centres are struggling to supply demand this year.

[heartonsnow]

I usally plant them around now, of course they are plugs rather than fully grown from garden centre.

[swordznsorcery]

I like to get that kind of thing planted in September if possible, as it ensures they have plenty of time to get good root growth before the cold weather starts. But then London tends to be a warmer place than the rest of the country, so a week or two later likely doesn't matter.

[heartonsnow]

A;so my summer flowers were still in bloom so shame to dig em up!!

[swordznsorcery]

Good point! You have less space than me of course.

[heartonsnow]

We are only allowed to plant in pots so I have to buy compost for everything. The squirrels are so marauding that I feel like giving up!!!

[thisbluespirit]

Very pretty!

(It's being sunny where I am, but I don't think it's due to last more than one day, but my Dad was complaining about all the rain on Sunday and I was, well, we had one or two bad days last week??)

[swordznsorcery]

We had five inches of rain in one day! That is quite a lot of rain...

[liadt]

Beautiful flowers! Looks like you had a good range this summer.

[swordznsorcery]

Yes, not bad. Try to mix it up a bit, though obviously some are there every year,

[egret]

Love the bright daisies!

[swordznsorcery]

They're good. They like lots and lots of sun though, so they can be a bit grumpy in England!

[dimity_blue]

These are gorgeous! I love the pink daisies especially.

I had no idea there was a fuchsia called Sarah. That's my name and my mum loved fuchsias.

[swordznsorcery]

Don't be silly, your name is Vera!

It's quite new, so it's not a surprise you haven't heard of it. I think this is the third year I've had it, and it was new when I got it. It's Scandanavian, so hopefully pretty tough, as it's not always easy to get fuchsias through the winter.

Here's another picture:

[dimity_blue]

> Don't be silly, your name is Vera!

Of course it is. What was I thinking? *shoves Swordz off her chair*

Your fuchsia's pretty. I hope you get to keep it.