16 Saturday Jun 2018
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cytisus battandieri, David Austin Roses, Rose "Lark Ascending", Sambucus Nigra, Saturday smile, Sweet cicely, Thalictrum Elin
All together, mingling.
Thalictrum, pineapple broom, black leaf elder, Roses, sweet cicely.
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Beautiful and what a gorgeous rose.
There are three in there, all LA a gift from a dear friend. It’s funny but I would never have chosen the colour myself and yet now it’s a firm favourite. Glad you like it Chloris.
Presently I am enjoying Suffolk gardens
Where are you? It would be nice if you could call in here?
Wrentham
Oh goodness that’s up near Beccles isn’t it? It’s a bit off my beat. But if you are ever down my way do let me know.
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A lovely mixed planting. Must smell delicious too.
Thanks Christina and yes it really does. The pineapple broom is a rather sulphuric colour but the scent redeems it.
I have one I’ve had for some time; it was a very sickly plant when I bought it but at last it seems to be doing what it should.
Hey! You have ‘Black Lace’ elderberry too! That is rad. I inherited one. I am not too fond of it, but I want to see what it does.
I love this plant. Great foliage and pretty flowers. When it begins to get too big I can chop it and it doesn’t mind. A good addition to any garden in my view
I wold like to cut out the old canes to the ground annually, just like for the native blue elderberry. The problem I have seen with them in other landscapes is that they get shorn, which deprives them both of their vigor, as well as their naturally graceful form. There really is no point in growing something like that if it is to be shorn. This will be my first ‘Black Lace’, so I hope it cooperates. The reason I had not grown it in the past (and would not grow it now if I had not inherited this plant), is that I can find no information about fruit production. I really do not care if this one produces fruit, but in my own garden, it would be more important. I suppose I will find out now.
As far as mine is concerned there is only s few berries which the birds take
That is sort of the impressions that I get. Birds take many of the blue elderberries, but there are just too many. If I see that ‘Black Lace’ is productive enough, I might want to let it grow to full size (while still taking out the old canes) to at least try the berries to determine if they are as good as the natives are. I doubt that they are. I also doubt that it would be as productive, even if birds do not take the berries.