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Post by debbiem on Apr 22, 2007 6:55:40 GMT 1
:)I just wondered what red, yellow, orange, white flowers everyone had in bloom in their garden at the moment. Hubby and I noticed yesterday that our garden is a sea of blue with the odd exception - Speedwell, Grape Hyacinth,Bluebells, Geranium, Lithospermum, Forget -Me-Not, etc etc. We have some brightly coloured lilies in pots, a few alpines in flower , a couple of other plants in bloom, and a few pink and yellow wild primroses but it's not enough to break up the blue and add contrasting colour to the flower bed. We can't grow the brightly coloured primroses as the slugs always eat them but funnily enough leave the wild ones alone.
A trip to the GC's in order I know( ;D) but I was interested to know what evreybody had out in flower at the moment.
I bet later on in the season we get all the colours of the rainbow in the flower bed apart from blue!
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 22, 2007 9:24:14 GMT 1
I haven't got much that's colourful at ground level at the moment as my flower garden is a sea of weeds  but the blossom above me is wonderful - white, pinks and purple abound. I have a patch of bright yellow Leopard's Bane which is lovely but mostly the predominant colour at the moment is green!  |
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Post by The witch on Apr 22, 2007 10:55:44 GMT 1
My garden is a bit like yours at the moment Debbie - blues and purples. I do have quite a bit of white too thanks to my Viburnum and Spiraea Bridal Wreath. I have orange, red and yellow tulips still in flower too, and I mustn't forget my pink Camellias which are in full bloom now. ;D I've just noticed my Pasque flowers are just coming into bloom now - white, purple and deep crimson.  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 22, 2007 11:08:12 GMT 1
Actually I've been and looked and I've got purple/blue/pink Pulmonarias everywhere, purple Honesty and White Lilac too so it just shows how unobservant I am! I thought there was a reason colours come in waves like that at this time of year - something to do with the pollinating insects as they hatch? I'm sure nature has arranged it thus.
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Post by The witch on Apr 22, 2007 11:24:24 GMT 1
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Post by maggyd on Apr 22, 2007 11:57:30 GMT 1
Apart from the yellow and red tulips most of my garden colour is from the pink cherry, deep pink pollarded crab apple and the heathers white and pink. my camellia has all gone rusty and the flowers are dead Peter Seabrook was telling someone that it is petal virus and I will have to tale away the 2 top inches of soil and put fresh compost I hope that cures it for next year! also my 3 acers are all in leaf 1 pale green and the other 2 or copper.
I also have forget me knots that are just starting to flower. Im looking forward to planting up my tubs but will have to wait till after the May Banks holiday then it should be alright here in the N.E.
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Post by debbiem on Apr 22, 2007 12:40:45 GMT 1
Thanks everyone - the garden's not that unusual then for the time of year. I do have a deep pink geranium which has just started flowering too. I wonder if Nature really has arranged for the colours to come in waves - that's amazing. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 22, 2007 12:47:28 GMT 1
I'm not sure if that's something I've invented or something I've read! I think it might be true though as I think insects are attracted to specific colours at certain times of year, something to do with the light available like moths and white flowers. Of course I may be talking total baloney  |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 22, 2007 12:54:23 GMT 1
Sounds good to me 4P. |
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Post by plocket on Apr 22, 2007 16:35:37 GMT 1
Clematis Pink Flamingo; Clematis Pink Champagne; Clematis Primrose Star; Clematis Constance; wallflowers; tulips; an aquilegia which I think is a bit early! Lots of different primroses in shades of yellow through to red; auriculas; azaleas and rhodies; and my hardy geraniums are starting to come too. Hope that helps a bit! |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 23, 2007 11:05:29 GMT 1
Thanks Plocket - I do have some wallflowers but they are just foliage at the moment. The rest sound lovely. I've got a rhodo too which I've had for a year but is yet to flower, but it's oh so close. |
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 23, 2007 13:59:06 GMT 1
I have a Pink Rhodo in a pot flowering now, Purple lilac, Yellow Forsythia, white appleblossom, orange tulips, and purple ones too, Purplish snakeshead frittilarys yellow/purple Uva Vulpa frits, my pink Dicentra is blooming extremely early and cowslips are blooming too . The primulas are almost done but there are a couple of pink and purple ones still flowering their socks off. Grape hyacinth is still going as is the last of the Daffodils, and theres a purple Iris out, and of course the Hardy geraniums are busily flowering. Flowers are forming on the Pink Peony that was supposed to be red, and there are buds on the purple and white Hebes almost opening Aquilegia which self seeded last year is also flowering but its a drab pink , I wont let those seed. |
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 23, 2007 14:10:22 GMT 1
I'm not sure if that's something I've invented or something I've read! I think it might be true though as I think insects are attracted to specific colours at certain times of year, something to do with the light available like moths and white flowers. Of course I may be talking total baloney Ive read something similar, also that flowers that rely on moths for pollination favour blues and whites as these colours zing at dusk, and reflect light at the right frequency for the moths to find easily. Dont know where I read it, either  |
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 23, 2007 14:19:36 GMT 1
I'm not sure if that's something I've invented or something I've read! I think it might be true though as I think insects are attracted to specific colours at certain times of year, something to do with the light available like moths and white flowers. Of course I may be talking total baloney Ive read something similar, also that flowers that rely on moths for pollination favour blues and whites as these colours zing at dusk, and reflect light at the right frequency for the moths to find easily. Dont know where I read it, either I've always understood that purple is the colour that most beneficial insects can see best. And that is why so many plants in the wild have purple flowers - rhodadendrons, purple loostrife. rosebay willow herb, buddliea... |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 23, 2007 18:24:46 GMT 1
Wow, Sleepy, your garden's a riot of colour! Hubby's just been telling me about a programme he saw - apparently butterflies see in ultraviolet light and the programme saw flowers through the eyes of a butterfly. Apparently blue flowers are dazzling to them, which agrees with what Sweetleaf had read too. |
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Post by sweetleaf on Apr 30, 2007 10:49:03 GMT 1
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Post by debbiem on Apr 30, 2007 14:45:44 GMT 1
What a great site! Full of facts and those kind of questions you think you know the answer to but don't really, like all bees dying after stinging and it being the female wasps doing all the stinging. And, of course, the flower colour enigma-brilliant!
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 30, 2007 17:16:52 GMT 1
"No two spiders webs are the same" I've never thought about that before but isn't that absolutely amazing??? And there's me moaning that all new pop records sound like something I heard 30 years ago......how many spiders are there in the world? WOW.......
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but the blossom above me is wonderful - white, pinks and purple abound. I have a patch of bright yellow Leopard's Bane which is lovely but mostly the predominant colour at the moment is green! 
