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Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Pale

My garden is going through a "pale patch", with lots of white / pink flowers in evidence at present.

Philadelphus

The Philadelphus (Mock Orange) is in full bloom at last, about a month later than normal.


I have noticed that most of the flowers are infested with little black Pollen Beetles. Anyone know whether I should be worried about them? Are they harmful?


The White Rose is looking nice too. The buds have a definite pink tinge to them:




Hydrangea flowers are green when at the bud stage, like this:


But then they take on colour as they get bigger. These ones of mine are just beginning to turn pink.


Lots of my potatoes are flowering too. This light mauve-coloured one is "Sarpo Axona":




And this is "Sarpo Shona":




Soon the colour palette will turn towards the reds and yellows of high Summer, but that's a story for another day...
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8 comments:

  1. Vesna Maric1 July 2015 at 13:53

    You have some lovely flowers in your garden. My Philadelphus finished flowering some time ago. Now it is ready for pruning. That's what I have been doing all the week, pruning spring flowering shrubs.

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  2. Daphne Gould1 July 2015 at 14:50

    Right now I have oranges and purples taking over the garden. But then I have very few pale things. With a white picket fence as a backdrop, I tend to go for the stronger colors so the flowers don't fade into the background.

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  3. Jo1 July 2015 at 15:39

    I love the rose, that's so pretty. Do you know what kind it is?

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  4. Margaret1 July 2015 at 17:25

    I really love white flowers - there is something so clean and pure about them.

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  5. Sue Garrett2 July 2015 at 12:47

    Pollen beetles are more of a nuisance than anything else.They shouldn't damage your plant. They can be nuisance when they infest sweet peas. Our white roses are looking good too.

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  6. Miss Bougie2 July 2015 at 12:55

    The flowers on my Philadelphus have come and gone about a month ago.Yours look really vigourous. As for the beetles, there are everywhere. Cross country infestation?
    Your hydrangeas fare much better than mine, although there are mainly in the shade; it has been way too hot over here.

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  7. Lowcarb team member2 July 2015 at 21:54

    I like white flowers, they play their part in a garden. Your photo's are lovely to look at.
    Thanks for sharing

    All the best Jan

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