Show Us Your Pictures: 5 Alive

[AnneKipanki]

Morning!
Other thread is nearly full .
Show us your plants , garden , trees or ornaments.
We love it all .

My cherry tree has cherries!

Am not bothered by spiders and find it all interesting Sweetpea but appreciate for some that it is a real fear 😱

Here is my offering for today Dahlia with ? hoverfly?
Rose with a nice contrasting background

There is a limit. 3 on the app . 20 , on desktop, I think.

Hydrangea. Some blooms are blue, others purple, same plant

Lovely hydrangeas! I don't tend to see that colour here, only dark blue or pink but not in between @AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet

Sunshine finally here and everything looking well.

@Sweetpea1532 not sure if you r come across them before but the "melons" are small grape sized more like cucumbers with a lime twist

I can't seem to add any new photos but loving the others shared!

Loving my front garden hydrangeas this year

@AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet
@bettyfloormop
Light blue, dark blue, lavender, dark purple, pink..I'm in hydrangea heaven!
@Containergardener..no, I've never seen your little melons before....I've learnt something new today... they sound very interesting
@SuziLikeSuziQ I love your little cherry tree...so many delicious looking cherries...what is the little purpley blue flower?
@applecatchers36 your dahlia does not look real...it's perfect! And a lovely rose..is that jasmine growing in the background?

Ooh that’s a really lovely hydrangea bettyfloormop what variety is it?

I’m not as into the current vogue for hydrangeas as most people seem to be, mainly because I am very fussy about pink and really don’t like any pale/baby pinks at all and much prefer stronger/brighter colours full stop. But that deep blue and violet is gorgeous. I know it’s a pH/soil issue…..I wonder if you can keep blue hydrangeas blue with the right mix in a container and the right specialist feed?

@Sweetpea1532 They're borage. Great for pollinators!

I like hydrangeas too . I do not have one .

Hydrangea heaven 😂 Sweetpea

Fabulous, vivid blue @bettyfloormop

This is my favourite (in a pot). Leaves are looking a bit crispy. It needs so.much.water

Try again with a new days allowance - dahlias ahoy!

Argh! Sorry for clogging up the thread with my non-postings!

Beautiful colour @AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet.
If you are on the app @WobblyLondoner , it is sometimes unpredictable.
Photos? Maybes yes , maybes no .🤷🏻‍♀️

Thank you! I'm sure it was more pinkish last year, but spread some of our home made compost on it this year, so maybe it's altered the PH balance?

Not sure what variety it is actually. I'm a bit hopeless at flower names!

Also have this pretty white variety in a pot.

That’s so frustrating @WobblyLondoner I would love to see your Dahlias.
Is it too early for Echinaceas? I haven’t seen any. Mine were absolutely devoured when they had grown through the ground in late spring

Our wildflowers. I can never keep the grass or the weeds from winning, but the bees still love them

Lovely @AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet

It looks like a paniculata type.

Paniculata , @bettyfloormop

David Austin’s “Mary”

Gorgeous @AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet!

Lovely @applecatchers36! What a delicate Dahlia.

Absolutely gorgeous Hydrangea @AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet. I've been anticipating them as I remembered that you're a big fan and that last year yours were spectacular! I also adore them but sadly have had no luck at all trying to grow them. Stunning wildflowers too.

I'm loving your front garden Hydrangeas too @bettyfloormop!

I have echinacea Green Jewel in the purple border, as a contrast but it’s not flowering yet. I bought tiny plug plants off eBay about 3 months ago, grew them on and then planted them maybe 6 weeks ago….they’re getting there with buds but no flowers yet and are still pretty small, but they are babies.

I don't have any new pictures, the rain is still torrential here and although my house is fine as we're up high, our town has been hit pretty badly by the flooding now 😔

@beautyisfoundwithin
I am thankful that you and yours are okay...so sorry to hear about your town, though...praying for you all!

Some lovely hydrangeas here - that blue /purple one is amazing @bettyfloormop.

Finally, this is my dahlia!!

My mention of a front garden earlier @Sweetpea1532 - it's an odd one, a planting area c 4m by 80cm above a steel bike/bin unit, only 20cm deep in terms of soil. In full sun - so on a day like today it is ludicrously hot! Have never had a sunny area to think about and am swimming in lists of plants etc. It does have irrigation so I don't have to worry about that!