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14-10-2007, 07:36 PM
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Home at last, WAB that is! 
Thanks Wiccy for the compliments you gave last night. I was stoked to read that you have the field scabious looking beautiful and full of nectar juice for the Bees & Buttterflies i think i have id the plant though the annual mow? The base of the leaves look different to the ones above as you'll know i guess. I managed to buy some wild Majoram for the garden as recommened by a nice WAB member and i can't remember who  Everyone on WAB is fantastic & the Meadow Browns have been supping from it aswell as the bees . Last year my Wild flower perenial border was a right party for bees and butterflies- plants included small scabious betony meadow cranesbill, Hummingbird Moth, Comma and Whites all over! I added Devils Scabious in the Autumn and this year there flower has delighted me and the Bees were firsty for it at least, but i know because of the bad summer it wasn't going to be a Butterfly year  . Hope to have a Fair Summer 08 to keepthem busy. All the best-Jez  P.s Good Nectar Source plants are Dames Violet, Scabious variety's like Macedonia Melton Pinks, Cephalaria, Sweet Wills, Fritillarys like Violets. I think i need to PM you Wiccy 
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14-10-2007, 08:04 PM
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Would just like to say thanks for the amount of Views i have recieved.
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16-10-2007, 07:57 PM
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Oi get off My Hedge Hog's sleep easy! 
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17-10-2007, 10:39 AM
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Thankyou for your reply and suggestions Jez, I think I have a little bit of Google searching to do...
I'm not entirely sure what type of scabious I have, but it sure is pretty and well loved by bees and butterflies. The couple of clumps I have out front have a really thick chunky crown, and are quite early to flower (roughly May). After the plants had dried out and seemingly dropped their seeds, I trimmed them right down to the ground, but have been pretty surprised to see the crowns have risen up again since with fresh green foliage???
I have the same variety of scabious in my back garden, which is more of a shady dank haven... it hasn't done even a quarter as well as the one in poor, dry soil at the front. I'll go and find out what type they are...... 
I can't wait to see picture of your meadow in bloom next year. I'm sure it will be well worth your efforts and become an inspiration to many!
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18-10-2007, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Wiccy  Thankyou for your reply and suggestions Jez, I think I have a little bit of Google searching to do...
I'm not entirely sure what type of scabious I have, but it sure is pretty and well loved by bees and butterflies. The couple of clumps I have out front have a really thick chunky crown, and are quite early to flower (roughly May). After the plants had dried out and seemingly dropped their seeds, I trimmed them right down to the ground, but have been pretty surprised to see the crowns have risen up again since with fresh green foliage???
I have the same variety of scabious in my back garden, which is more of a shady dank haven... it hasn't done even a quarter as well as the one in poor, dry soil at the front. I'll go and find out what type they are......
I can't wait to see picture of your meadow in bloom next year. I'm sure it will be well worth your efforts and become an inspiration to many!
*sings* "One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow
One man and his dog *woof woof* went to mow a meadow" | You could always take a photo of the scabious and post it on the Wildflower board to be identified! One man went to mow with a bottle of pop and a sausage roll went to mow a meadow!
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21-10-2007, 02:46 PM
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A pic of my Garden in Sept! I had just created these circles around the Mushrooms planted wild Thyme (Good Bee Plant) next year they should be pinky/purple and also made one of the circles into a sunken bird bath! 
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21-10-2007, 07:45 PM
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Watch those crocosmia...they jump the fence very very easily ...we have them in the woods along the edge of the drive.
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21-10-2007, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Watch those crocosmia...they jump the fence very very easily ...we have them in the woods along the edge of the drive. | Yer i know i'm forever keeping them down-Cheers!
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25-10-2007, 11:48 PM
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What an idyllic place to live Jez... I'm well jealous!
Can't wait to see how your meadows turn out as you've obviously put alot of thought into how you've planted them up
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29-10-2007, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Cazzie What an idyllic place to live Jez... I'm well jealous!
Can't wait to see how your meadows turn out as you've obviously put alot of thought into how you've planted them up | Thanks . It is still looking somewhat fertile though, as creeping buttercup has managed to hang in there and . It's pretty enough but can be thugish so i hope it doesn't become to invasive also there seems to plenty of sorrel though Pam Lewis holds this plant in high esteem. So i wait nervously 
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