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| Creature on marguerite |
I can't believe the drought is still carrying on. I have to water things in pots, new plants and one or things that will die if I leave them unwatered. So what in the garden doesn't need watering in long periods of drought?
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| Dandelions are a beautiful yellow and much loved by wild creatures |
First of all there are all the wild flowers I've planted and are dong well. They are used to making the most of what's there and don't need watering. I have several of those now which are attracting lots of smaller life.
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| A group of pinks which don't need watering |
There are the pinks which need dead-heading but will carry on flowering without water for ages.
The cardoon given to me by a friend is not so tall as usual but is flowering well and loved by bees.
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Clematis Mme Julia Correvon
Clematis jackmanii |
The two summer-flowering clematis are both doing really well without water.
I found a brown ladybird but don't know what it is. Perhaps it is a young one waiting for it's colour or perhaps it is a brown one. Does anyone recognise it?
I believe that might be a ladybird cocoon in the last picture! The ladybird nymphs go inside them before metamorphosing
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