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Flowers delight the eye and should be grown alongside vegetables as companion plants and cut flowers for the home. Share your love of them here!
Members: 28
Latest Activity: Feb 22
An introduction
Hello and welcome to Flower power which I started as I love flowers.
On my allotment I find space to grow lots of them including californian poppies, cosmos, love in a mist, nasturtiums, poached egg plants, pot marigolds, sunflowers and sweet peas.
All these are important for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects which is another good reason why flowers should be grown alongside vegetables on the allotment or in the garden.
Happy gardening...Flighty!
Discussion Forum
Sunflower 'Giant Single'
Started by Flighty. Last reply by Flighty Feb 22. 9 Replies 0 Likes
I grow lots of sunflowers on the plot, of various varieties, but this one has to be the fun one to grow as it's always a focal, and talking, point.As always I've grown several and this one is…Continue
Cornflowers
Started by Flighty. Last reply by Flighty Feb 20. 12 Replies 0 Likes
Blue is my favourite colour but not where flowers are concerned as I prefer white and yellow. I feel that blue doesn't generally contrast well against green foliage, however vivid blue annual…Continue
Poached egg plant...
Started by Flighty. Last reply by Flighty Feb 20. 6 Replies 0 Likes
is a lovely annual which I always grow, and is beloved by bees!Yesterday I did this post over on my Flighty's plot blog …Continue
Love-in-a-mist
Started by Flighty. Last reply by Flighty Feb 20. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Nigella damascena has been in our gardens for over four hundred years and is a popular annual with showy flowers and feathery leaves.…Continue
Comment Wall
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Comment by Zoë on August 17, 2010 at 12:49 -
I certainly found growing French Marigolds with all my aubergines, toms, and peppers worked a treat. The Hoverflies went bonkers for them, and as a result, I haven't seen a single aphid on my vegetables, or my roses all summer! Result! Worked well at the allotment too on all the various beans, no blackfly, just masses of hoverflies and ladybirds.
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Comment by Damo on August 17, 2010 at 21:18 -
My greenhouse is stuffed full of french marigolds around the tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and aubergines. Not a pest in sight, the power of companion planting!
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Comment by Carrie Gault on August 28, 2010 at 18:01 -
yipppeee, i love flowers :) must post lots of pics
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Comment by Carrie Gault on September 4, 2010 at 10:59
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Comment by Carrie Gault on September 4, 2010 at 11:00
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:) Happy insects at our plot...
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Comment by Flighty on September 5, 2010 at 16:10 -
Carrie I love the photo, and can see why you've happy insects! xx
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Comment by Damo on September 5, 2010 at 19:42
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Great photo Carrie, lovely colours.
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Comment by Flighty on September 18, 2010 at 20:07
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My California Poppies (Eschscholtzia californica) don't seem to mind this almost autumnal weather as this photo taken today shows!
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Comment by Damo on September 26, 2010 at 8:26
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Dahlias have made excellent cut flowers this year. After the sweet pea debacle it's a relief to find I'm not allergic to them!
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Comment by Flighty on September 27, 2010 at 19:34
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Damo that's a wonderful looking dahlia!
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