Flowers P - R

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.


Pampas
We have a love/hate relationship with our Pampas (Cortaderia) - I love it and Jonathon hates it! The grass leaves are razor sharp but the fluffy fronds are wonderful, providing an element of drama to the garden all through the winter. The fronds grow several feet taller than me - guess about 8-9 feet high and provide a great screen for our food beds.
Pansies (Viola) always seem to have such pretty little faces. They seem almost oriental somehow with a serious sort of look. They come in a wide variety of colours and are good for tubs and beds. They also come in winter and summer varieties so you can enjoy them in your garden most of the year round.


Pansy


Petunia
We've grown Petunias in both the beds and in pots/tubs. As you can see from the photos, they can be simple or multi-layered. Again, you can get them in a number of colours - we like the shocking pink ones in the silver bed as they set of the eucalyptus tree very well.
When you think of Poppies (Papaver) you think of 11 November and field poppies like the first photo on the right. The flower on the far right was labelled a Shirley Poppy but I always thought they were a bright orange colour - Oh Well. you live and learn.

Poppy


Pulsatilla Vulgaris Alba
Pulsatilla Vulgaris (or Pasque Flower) is incredibly pretty. It looks lovely when it's in full bloom (as per the photo) but also as it's coming into flower and when it dies back it becomes all feathery. As the name implies, it flowers around Easter time.
The rose on the right is one of many we have in our garden, most of which we inherited when we bought the house. This one was a moving in present from my Mum and Dad and is the rose that was used to celebrate the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Rose
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