That's lovely @josusa47 . I'm trying to persuade our local council not to cut the grass on the large verge outside our house, it's a mass of daisies and buttercups
@josusa47 it has indeed done it better than us for the past billion or so years
what is the name name of the pink and white flower? I salvaged some from the front of my garden to grow elsewhere and I love it (as do the bees). I only have pink and was hoping to find it or buy it in different colours but have no clue what it is called.
@josusa47 it has indeed done it better than us for the past billion or so years
what is the name name of the pink and white flower? I salvaged some from the front of my garden to grow elsewhere and I love it (as do the bees). I only have pink and was hoping to find it or buy it in different colours but have no clue what it is called.
Centranthus ruber ‘alba’
There is also a red as well as the pink version.
The local authority here grew a mix very similar to that on some roundabouts and roadside beds and they self-seeded for several years. 😊
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@Dovefromabove thank you so much! I’ve noticed it never takes you long to identify plants! There needs to be a forum sticky dedicated to you and your plant identification
That picture illustrates beautifully why I encourage plants to self seed, some of the combinations that it creates, are far better than I would come up with.
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chill will wake you, high and dry You'll wonder why.
My verges coordinate their ribbons of colour and form beautifully... whether thats setting off the purple aquilegias against vivid green euphorbias, pairing yellow helianthemums with white flowering thyme and a taller white airy one I don't know, or just the most enormous swathe of red poppies...
Nature gets succession planting so right too, just as one thing fades...
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what is the name name of the pink and white flower? I salvaged some from the front of my garden to grow elsewhere and I love it (as do the bees). I only have pink and was hoping to find it or buy it in different colours but have no clue what it is called.
There is also a red as well as the pink version.
The local authority here grew a mix very similar to that on some roundabouts and roadside beds and they self-seeded for several years. 😊
Chill will wake you, high and dry
You'll wonder why.
Nature gets succession planting so right too, just as one thing fades...