Flowers M - O
These pictures have all been taken in our garden over the years. Please let me know if I have labelled any of them incorrectly. Some of them will be duplicated where I know both the Latin and "common" name. Apologies for not knowing the exact details rather than the generics - a lot of the flowers were here when we arrived, some of the others were from "mixed" selections etc.
Mahonia
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Our Mahonia lives in the gravel bed but we seem to have a couple of other bushes establishing themselves in other parts of the garden. The leaves are a lovely spiky shape and the flowers (come out in Spring) are very pretty.
Marigold
We generally have some sort of Marigold (Tagetes or Calendula depending on the species) or other in the garden in the summer - not always orange/yellow ones. They come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes from the smaller French Marigolds to the larger African (pot) marigolds. The latter self seed so pop up every year, sometime where you least expect them to!
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Narcissus
Daffodils (Narcissus) are by far my favourite flower. I love everything about them and we had them (tete a tetes) as our table centres for our wedding in 2005. They really brighten up the garden and you just know the warmer weather and longer days are on the way when the garden's full of these beauties.
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Nasturtium
Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum) are very good for ground cover as they self seed and grow in number year by year. They don't seem to like the damp much, preferring the keep their feet relatively dry. They come in a range of yellows and oranges and add a bright spot of colour wherever they decide to grow.
Nemesias are pretty little flowers that spread quite well but they are annuals and don't last past the season. They come in a multitude of colours - white, pinks, yellows etc and generally add colour in a summer bedding kind of way.
Nemesia
Nicotiana
We grew Nicotiana (Tobacco plant) for the first time in 2005 and were really pleased with the result. Plenty of different colours, not too short to disappear from view but not too tall to take over. The flowers are delicate and range right through from pale white/pink to the darker red on the left. Yellow is also possible.
The flower on the right (I think) is Nigella Damascena (Love-in-a-Mist). They self seed and settle wherever in the garden so unless you want a lot of them make sure you deadhead regularly.
Nigella
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