It is noticeable that the evenings are darker and the mornings are colder, but we have the sunflowers doing a job to keep things looking sunny. This and a large batch of Amaranthus which are giving a bit of red within all the green. That plus all the daisy type flowers, bright white which is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Amaranthus’
28 Aug
Amaranthus Points the Way
Last year I had never heard of Amaaranthus until I bought some seed and had a go at seeing what they were all about. They are I suppose not the prettiest cottage garden type flower in the world but they do the job of being a no-nonsense flower ok and I thought last year that [...]
7 Sep
Amaranthus looking good
A note to make for next year, plant flowers in groups. The Amaranthus I am really pleased with, giving something different in the garden now that it is coming the end of the gardening year, and espically this year when things that have not been ruined by the constant rain have been wrecked by the [...]
20 Aug
w18 Amaranthus is focal point
I am really pleased with this Amaranthus stuff. It seems quite robust and during the time now when most plants are past their best, these are still going strong and putting a different focal point onto things.
11 Aug
w17 Amaranthus starts to flower!
I really don’t know what these plants are, and I forget how come I bought them and planted them. There is nothing wrong with them at all (although some websites suggest it is a weed), I just don’t know what to expect. Well, last week I just happened to see an Amaranthus plant in full [...]
23 Jun
Amaranthus Planted Out
It really needed doing weeks and weeks ago, but I finally got round to planting these things out. I am still not too sure what to expect, they are green with strange little red bits that come out of the top. Well, we shall see. I have planted them in little clumps in various places [...]
4 Jun
@Seven Weeks – Amaranthus
I am sure that by now I should have had thinned and/or repotted these… but I haven’t yet.
8 May
@Three Weeks
We are certainly in business now. Sunflowers have been outside for a week and while we have lost three of them, the remaining ones are still going. We have planted a couple of new ones straight into the ground and are awaiting them to appear, we still need to plant one indoors and then [...]
30 Apr
Amaranthus starts to show
I will have to look up info about these plants as today we saw the first shoots of the seeds we sowed just a couple of days ago! They are red, I remember that much.
