Lazy of me I know, but can someone give me an id on this.

http://i41.tinypic.com/epgmu0.jpg

Bought a pink and a white from a market stall, and they had no labels.
I'm assuming some kind of geranium, but I need to know whether they'll
grow in semi shade. Many thanks

Am 31.05.2013 18:51, schrieb stuart noble:
Lazy of me I know, but can someone give me an id on this.

http://i41.tinypic.com/epgmu0.jpg

Bought a pink and a white from a market stall, and they had no labels.
I'm assuming some kind of geranium, but I need to know whether they'll
grow in semi shade. Many thanks

Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:


Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.



--
Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 31/05/2013 19:32, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:


Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.

On 31/05/2013 19:32, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:


Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.



Thank you both. I'll go out and plant them right this minute :-)

On 5/31/2013 2:32 PM, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:
Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.

Mine grow in deep shade, semi-shade, full sun, in cracks in the tarmac,
between paving stones...

On 31/05/2013 21:28, S Viemeister wrote:
On 5/31/2013 2:32 PM, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:
Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.

Mine grow in deep shade, semi-shade, full sun, in cracks in the tarmac,
between paving stones...




As do mine. They're glorious wherever they grow. Bees love them. If
you dead-head them, you get a longer flowering season; if you don't,
they seed themselves around. I do a bit of both, depending which plants
I wish to promote.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

On 2013-05-31 22:26:13 +0100, Spider said:

On 31/05/2013 21:28, S Viemeister wrote:
On 5/31/2013 2:32 PM, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:
Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.

Mine grow in deep shade, semi-shade, full sun, in cracks in the tarmac,
between paving stones...




As do mine. They're glorious wherever they grow. Bees love them. If
you dead-head them, you get a longer flowering season; if you don't,
they seed themselves around. I do a bit of both, depending which
plants I wish to promote.

They happily seed themselves all over but I do shake the dry seed heads
when I remember. We have some currently growing in a container on top
of a pillar. We certainly didn't put them there!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 31/05/2013 21:28, S Viemeister wrote:
On 5/31/2013 2:32 PM, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:
Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.

Mine grow in deep shade, semi-shade, full sun, in cracks in the tarmac,
between paving stones...

Actually I need something like that. Over the years I've been reluctant
to plant anything I couldn't control, with the result that things look a
bit regimented

On 2013-06-01 10:12:40 +0100, stuart noble said:

On 31/05/2013 21:28, S Viemeister wrote:
On 5/31/2013 2:32 PM, Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:50 +0200, Willi wrote:
Columbines. (Aquilegia) The wild ones grow in the woods. So semi-shade
would be fine, I guess.

Grows well even in deep shade IME.

Mine grow in deep shade, semi-shade, full sun, in cracks in the tarmac,
between paving stones...

Actually I need something like that. Over the years I've been reluctant
to plant anything I couldn't control, with the result that things look
a bit regimented

I really like things plonking themselves wherever they wish. If
they're a real nuisance, they're usually easily plucked out if caught
quickly. The foxgloves that decide where they're going to go, joined by
the Aquilegias, the Alchemilla mollis, the Welsh poppies etc. do give a
relaxed charm to the garden which is my personal preference. We even
have myrtles and Hoherias that arrive unannounced and take up
residence. Only one or two have had to be taken out because they
obstructed a path or steps and most seem to have a knack of going just
where most needed! Irritatingly, I saved seed from a white foxglove I
particularly liked and scattered it on a bank where two large
Macrocarpa were felled a few years ago. Not one blasted plant has come
up there!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk