Hot molten patio pots
Danger danger, my pots have erupted! I'm calling them Mount Vesuvius Pot #1 and Mount Vesuvius Pot #2. Both pots contain Cannas, which I removed from the greenhouse and split up in spring. This is the first year they have flowered for me and so they should, as I have spoiled them with with lashings of water and a weekly liquid tomato feed. I think they were too squished where they were previously. [Penstemon Volcano 'Etna', Canna lost label, Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata'] The Penstemon flower buds were ready to pop when I purchased them from Falmouth Garden Center in early summer. Being a thrifty tight arse, I sliced them clean in two and trimmed them right back. It seems this rough treatment worked, as now I have two lovely plants as opposed to one, albeit flowering a bit later. [Penstemon Volcano 'Etna', Canna lost label, Gypsophila muralis 'Tenny Deep Rose] Mount Vesuvius Pot #1 has pink Cosmos in it, purchased not long after the start of lockdown ...