Up at 5am ish ...to dash up to the shed to see if Epiphyllum Marilyn Monroe has bloomed yet ...It's a very foggy morning .
Also to check for snails on my beans and butternuts 🐌and my newly planted out Passion Flower plants .
Hopefully the sun will come out later on .
I had some spare bean seedlings which I thought might as well go in with the Passion Flowers .
I grew these from seed , so I feel very protective over them !
Passiflora mollissima (pink) and Passiflora manicata (red)
A couple of Scarlet Pelargoniums for a splash of colour .
Posts with a trellis would have been the ideal thing for these Passion Flowers ....but fixing up posts and trellising , hammer, nails , concrete...just not my thing ....sigh ....so some sort of a teepee made from left over bean poles and hazel branches will have to do !
It'll be fine ! It will ! Wait and see !
What do you think ?
Anyway
If they do grow away really well , they can always climb over and scrabble through the climbing rose bushes on the garage wall .
I used to buy Passiflora mollissina ( the pink one ) every year from the boot fair in Truro ....I never kept them going over winter . I have not grown Passiflora manicata (the red one) and I have never grown these from seed before .
I'm hoping that these will survive the winter, with some protection .
I got them all planted yesterday evening . This morning I picked off six snails !
I have sprinkled sparingly some slug pellets . Also gave the young shoots some support with these clip things that I found on Amazon .
It all looks a bit untidy at the moment. There are a couple of Pelargoniums and I think there might be a Dahlia coming up that I had put in there last year . The bulbs that I threw in last Autumn were beautiful through the Spring , their leaves have all withered away and will come back next spring .
I put a nice fresh layer of compost over the top of them .
The bees are loving them what ever they are !
UPDATE - Thankyou Jane 💐 These are Allium siculum / The Sicilian honey lily 🐝🐝
Other news -
Up in the shed -
A fresh pot of lettuce seedlings are waiting to be pricked out and potted on . This makes me so happy !
Yes , sorry , it was still quite dark when I went up to the shed !
A third and very late attempt to get some Courgettes to germinate ....
...........and ...here we go ! 🌱 .... almost !
....and 🤩 we have the first little tomato ! ❤️
Snack size Party Time Cucumbers on the way ! 💚
The one remaining lettuce from the last batch 💚.....oh no I can see a hole ! 🐌
And a first Strawberry ....
Safe from slugs and snails ....but Mr Blackbird is probably watching and waiting....he knows when they are at the most perfect juicy stage !
This pretty thing ,with no name , is still in full bloom this morning .
Epiphyllum Marylin Monroe however , is keeping us all waiting .
I will update as soon as she blooms !
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