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Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 2:11 pm Post subject:
MINT
I currently have a trio of different mint varieties:
- Nepeta Cataria(aka Catnip )
started from seed in 2022 which self seeded into the large railing planter. The original plant doesn't look like much but it's still doing ok,
however the self seeded one is really taking off and is up to ±80cm (from soil level). I am just going to let it grow and I am very curious
how tall the flower spikes are going to be.
- Calamintha nepeta(aka lesser Calamint)
started from seed this year or technically sown at the end of last year but didn't germinate until this year. It could use some pinching to get
it to bush out a bit but because it's tucked between some plants I'll let it grow up, otherwise it wouldn't receive much light at all.
I like that it has rounded leaves unlike the other two mints.
- Calamintha grandiflora(aka greater Calamint)
The 3rd time I bought one of these and so far I have managed to keep it alive. Not only that but it is flowering and those flowers are the main
reason I got it.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 3:10 pm Post subject:
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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2025 2:54 pm Post subject:
purple flowers
in order of bee popularity:
- Solanum dulcamara, the bees use vibration to extract the pollen from the flowers resulting in happy bee noises. ~bzzZzzZZz~
- Phacelia tanacetifolia, always a big favourite among the bees.
- Erysimum linifolium, which isn't getting as much attention now but it is putting out new flower shoots while the older ones are still growing taller.
- Lavandula angustifolia, I actually haven't seen any bees on it but I also can't really see it unless I lean over the railing.
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:10 am Post subject:
PHOBoS wrote:
There is one more plant I'd like to add this year which is a foxglove.
I had a hunch they might be available now and I needed to get some more dried mealworms for the birds anyway.
Was hoping for a pink one since the color of the closed flowerbuds is almost identical to the Henbane flowers and
(if it flowers this year) the Monkshood. The open flowers are white though and I don't really mind it.
Also got some other plants because, well,... you can never have enough plants even if you already have too many
Digitalis Purpurea That's the foxglove.
Nemesia the flowers look a bit like small snapdragons and have 2 colors.
Brachyscome multifida has purple daisy like flowers and will go in the large railing planter replacing the white daisies.
Those are passed their best time anyway and will struggle with higher temperatures and more sun.
This Brachyscome should be fine with dryer conditions and hot sunny weather.
Festuca glauca compacta blue small blue grass (cue Banjo music). Was looking for some kind of grass to put in the small hanging planter.
That one currently has some sedum in it which is doing great but it's starting to get a bit tall and crawl over the edge. If it keeps growing it
will just result in pieces breaking off. It's also becoming rather flat on top. I was thinking about getting some kind of Carex with variegated
leaves but couldn't find any small ones. I think they generally get pretty big. This blue grass seems to be a small variety.
The plan for the sedum is to cut it into pieces and plant those in the alpine planter, some parts had already made their way into it.
Cosmos bipinnatus I tried growing cosmos from seed this year but didn't have much success with it. This appears to be a fairly small
one and is probably going to have light pink flowers or maybe a bit of a mix.
Sempervivums got two large ones for my alpine planter but in hindsight I only needed one. The green one has a lot of pups/chicks
though and I might try to seperate those so I can plant them out separately, maybe between the herbs.
Cactus 'Mexicaner' appears to be an Echinopsis. I hate it when they glue hats or eyes or anything directly on to plants. Or pierce them
with fake flowers or worse; paint them
I already felt bad for it having a plastic sombrero glued to it and it was also discounted thus close to being trashed so I had to take it home.
Will try to remove the hat with some alcohol and then it can take up the vacant spot that was left behind when one of my Peyote cacti died.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 12:41 pm Post subject:
I am starting to fall behind in posting again as is usual around this time. Partly because it's just too warm which makes me rather lethargic but also
because the start of summer is often also when plants start to struggle and wither away which affects my mood. I am getting a bit better a dealing
with it though. (actually I just by more plants)
I did take a couple more photos that I need to sort out but first of all an update on the
WEEPING WILLOW
initially it seemed to be doing fine and was putting on a lot of green leaves, however after a while those started to look a bit yellowish, most likely
caused by a nutrient deficiency. I gave it some fertilizer which I think helped a bit but the effect is sometimes only visible on new growth.
Then it started dropping its leaves, which is not that uncommon with newly planted trees because of transplant shock and it can take a couple
of years before it is adjusted to its new location. On top of that the afternoon sun was also starting to scorch the leaves. Initially it was starting
to put out new growth where the leaves had dropped but with the sun getting hotter and hotter that new growth also got scorched.
At the moment it has no leaves left but it does still have a lot of leaf buds. I don't know if those will manage to grow into new leaves or if the sun
will be too much for them as well. Willows are pretty resilient trees though and as long as the root system isn't damaged it will probably be ok, but
it may not look very fresh anymore until next year.
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I BTW today noticed that there were a lot of fallen leaves on the streets-today; probably because there has been a bit of wind a while ago in the thundery aftermath of the nasty little heatwave we had (saw plenty small twigs broken off too) - that's not your issue though, I'd guess.
Also saw a coupleof hazel trees that did not seem too hapy, it had not been very dry here though .. yeah well .. a bit .. but not enough for trees to let the leaves go.
Then my leg got pulled, as I did not recognize the leaves as being very willow like .. looked almost like betula like tree .. or beech like .. the two willow sorts that I know have have long narrow leaves ...
So I looked stuff up a bit .. your's seems to be a mini willow .. saw it being named as weeping pussy willow. Seems handy for on the balcony
Anyway - may it raise from it's, near, death _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:30 pm Post subject:
This one is better known by the name Salix caprea 'Kilmarnock' and yeah, the leaves kinda caught me off guard as well.
I was expecting the long narrow leaves like you see on a Salix babylonica which is one of those large weeping willows
and those leaves enhance the 'weeping' effect.
I think it'll be alright, it has plenty of moisture and the pot itself hardly gets any direct sun so the roots stay relatively cool.
It might even try to grow some new leaves this year (and lose them again in fall).
didn't really get much of a thundery aftermath here btw, just some slight rumbling and a bit of rain, but at least it lowered the
temperature a bit. I was expecting more wind and maybe hail so did place a couple of plants inside beforehand just in case. _________________ "My perf, it's full of holes!" http://phobos.000space.com/ SoundCloudBandCampMixCloudStickney SynthyardsCaptain ColliderTwitchYouTube
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:34 pm Post subject:
The alpine plants are doing a lot better than the willow. The edelweiss didn't make it though; leaf miners + aphids + hot sun was just too much for it to handle.
Can't really do much about the leaf miners, which also devoured most of the edelweiss I had last year, so I won't be trying to grow it again.
Too bad because I really like the flowers on it.
It did create some vacancy so I replaced it with an Armeria pseudarmeria. Initially I wanted to get the more common Armeria maritima but I like the fleshier leaves
on this one instead of the thinner grass like foliage*. Especially since I already have the blue grass (Festuca glauca 'Compacta Blue'). speaking of grass:
PHOBoS wrote:
I was thinking about getting some kind of Carex with variegated leaves but couldn't find any small ones. I think they generally get pretty big.
well, I did find one and it appears to be from the same 'inimini series' as the blue grass, so a small(ish) variety. It's a Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
and it looks great, just haven't found a good spot for it yet. I'd like to hang it up like the blue grass but don't have a suitable shallow planter.
* in hindsight the Armeria maritima might have been a better choice as the Armeria pseudarmeria also struggles a bit with the afternoon sun
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:27 pm Post subject:
It's nice to have such memories,.. I don't think I really have those.
My grandparents (from my dads side) did have a relatively large garden, though I was small so everything seemed larger, which I recall was mainly used to grow food.
It did have a shallow path which led to a dusty shed at the end of the garden. Inside that shed were, besides a lot of rubble, a couple of wooden cages with rabbits,
also grown for food. I actually don't know if they were ever let out or just spend their entire lives there, though they probably didn't get very old. I am not sure if I really
realized what they were for at the time or probably just didn't think about it at all. There must have been some flowers too, probably more towards the house side
of the garden or maybe just weeds as I do recall my sister making 'perfume' with them. oh and there was a conservatory with grape vines.
I never really got to know my granddad from my moms side as he passed away when I was very young but I think his dna makes up a large portion of me.
From what I remember my grandma only had a fairly small garden and I think at least 2/3 of that was paved and the other part was grass. (I might be wrong)
It did have a couple of planters with flowers and I mostly remember fuchsias, lots of fuchsias.
as for summer time blues,.. summer always feels a bit like the beginning of the end, at least for the balcony.
There is not a lot too do anymore when it comes to gardening, mostly just trying to keep things alive and remove plants that didn't survive.
I do enjoy doing a bit of maintenance though, at least when it's not too warm; deadheading flowers, trimming of brown leaves, tidying up a bit
just keeping things a bit in check.
Also most of the earlier flowering plants are now passed their best and there are less to look forward too. I did try to mitigate that this year by having taller,
later flowering plants but most of those are the ones that didn't make it. I do always have a bit of a vision at the beginning of the year of what it might become
and although I know that it will always work out different its still discouraging when things start to go wrong,.. again.
I am getting better at not letting it bother me too much though and simply getting new plants when possible helps as well.
There are some plants that might still flower (one has just started) and I am keeping my fingers crossed for the Aconitum which seems to be content so far.
Morning glories are just starting off and not close to flowering yet, and there is a sunflower that might get quite a bit taller before it flowers. Also a Datura metel
(maybe 2) of which I don't know yet what the color will be. I suspect purple judging by the dark stem. There are actually quite a few flowers around at the moment
and it's fun to watch the occasional bee trying to get a taste of them all. _________________ "My perf, it's full of holes!" http://phobos.000space.com/ SoundCloudBandCampMixCloudStickney SynthyardsCaptain ColliderTwitchYouTube Last edited by PHOBoS on Sat Jul 12, 2025 9:36 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:51 pm Post subject:
an example of a little maintenance on the blue grass by removing the brown parts.
It's not really necessary but I enjoy doing it and does help in keeping it all just looking a little bit more fresh.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 2:40 pm Post subject:
In previous years when I grew Phacelia I just let it die off after flowering, maybe collect some seeds, but that was the end of it.
However, it only needs 6~8 weeks to grow from seed to flower and there is plenty of time left for that in this growing season.
So this year, as soon as most of the flowers had gone over I removed them* from the planter, added a bit of fresh compost and
sew some more Phacelia seed. I also added Fagopyrum (aka Buckwheat) as I know that can grow quickly as well and bees love
it too. They do appear to be outcompeting the Phacelia at the moment but I think it'll work out great (if I don't let it dry out).
on the photo I noticed that there are quite a few Datura stramonium seedlings in there as well and at least one Nicandra physalodes
seedling. The latter one could get quite large and I may have to remove it but I'll just let it grow for now. I usually allow at least one
of those to grow every year if it comes up (they happily self seed and the seeds can stay dormant for many years).
* I thought it would have been too early for them to set seed but I collected the spent flower buds just in case and by the looks of it
I now have plenty of seeds for the following years.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 4:22 pm Post subject:
almost forgot about this Eryngium that's still to flower and has started to become recognizable as a sea holly instead of just being a rosette of leaves.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:10 am Post subject:
Free Plant
found a plant today, tossed out next to a trashcan.
According to Pl@ntNet it's a Bougainvillea which I am completely unfamiliar with. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with it apart from having
lost most of its flowers but it looks healthy, be it a bit neglected maybe. Judging by some of the photos I saw they can get huge, though that may depend
on the variety and of course growing conditions. They don't seem to be frost hardy so best to be taken inside during the winter or maybe covered.
Or grown as a houseplant but it looks like they do need a lot of sun.
I trimmed off all the death flower stalks and a couple side shoots and then bend it into a more manageable and presentable shape.
Not sure yet if I'll keep it, will have to create room on my balcony first, otherwise I might be able to give it away.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 11:30 am Post subject:
MINT, AGAIN
The Mint family or Lamiaceae is starting to become my 2nd favourite family of plants, 1st one being the Nightshades or Solanaceae.
It is a huge family of course.
- Nepeta Cataria(aka Catnip )
It had a lot of flowers attracting attention from (bumble)bees and hoverflies. With most of the flowers gone over I cut it back so it can put more energy
into new growth (maybe even more flowers). The spent flower buds have a very nice lemony fragrance. The much smaller original plant gets less sun
and is currently flowering.
- Calamintha nepeta(aka lesser Calamint)
Also started flowering and its flowers are actually the same shape as the Calamintha grandiflora but smaller (± 1cm), which makes sense of course.
I think I like these even more. The flowers on the Nepeta Cataria are also very similar but even smaller (± 6mm).
- Calamintha grandiflora(aka greater Calamint)
It did start dropping all its leafs after flowering, which worried me a bit since I've lost 2 of them before, but it is also producing new growth at the base
so I just trimmed most of the bare stems away.
I also have some other plants that belong to the Mint family; Coleus, Ajuga, Lavandula, Thymus and Agastache.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:05 pm Post subject:
PHOBoS wrote:
Also most of the earlier flowering plants are now passed their best and there are less to look forward too. I did try to mitigate that this year by having taller,
later flowering plants but most of those are the ones that didn't make it.
The Agastache 'Blue fortune' is one of those taller later flowering plants but I got it earlier in the year as a replacement for the Veronica longifolia 'Zoe'.
That is one of the plants that didn't survive but to be honest, it was hardly a plant when I received it. Just a small twig with some tiny new growth at the bottom
which wasn't strong enough to survive on my balcony so early in the year.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:02 pm Post subject:
some photos from the past month.
The Purple daisies are doing great and combine nicely with the Marigolds, which are also doing great and just keep on flowering.
The small snapdragons didn't flower very long after I got them so I cut them back and then the red ones decided to put on another show.
I have cut it back again but I don't think there will be many more flowers if any at all.
I am really loving this planter with all the different flowers incl. the Herb Robert, which I've cut back now but I don't think it's quite done yet.
Even the strawberry, although small, is still alive and growing some new leaves. Too bad that most of the flowers are facing outwards
so I only see the backsides and have to look at the photos to see how they actually look. They're pretty from the back too though.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:17 pm Post subject:
and here is how that looks now after pruning the Catnip, Herb Robert and a large part of the hanging planter.
There are still a lot of flower buds on the Marigolds and I let some go to seed for future planting.
Now that everything is trimmed back the alpine gutter will be getting more light and I can get a slightly better view of it.
Something else I am getting a better view of now is the Dianthus 'Lucky Lips' which is hanging from the railing in the corner
of the balcony. I occasionally lift it up for a bit of deadheading and to check if it needs water but for the rest it's just doing its
own thing there, hidden behind the railing, and it seems to like it.
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