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My name is Shahnaz Ahmed , and I ’d like to partake some pictures of flower in my garden with you . I ’m a cracking gardener from Coventry , England , and have been gardening for about nine years . I ’ve got a total of 72 dissimilar flowering industrial plant in my back garden , and worry for them is an absolute delight for me all throughout the year . I trust you enjoy looking at my flower !

Malvasylvestris‘Zebrina ’ ( zone 4–8 ) . Called the unwashed mallow or tree diagram mallow , this relative of hollyhocks is well-situated to grow and blooms for a long time of year with these unusual stripy blooms .

Erysimum‘Winter Orchid ’ is a hybrid wallflower that blooms through the winter and other natural spring in areas with meek winter ( zone 8–9 ) . Though we call mass who wince into the background wallflowers , this is not a plant you ’ll overlook in the garden ! In addition to the beautiful colors , it boasts a tremendous fragrance .

Hardy to Zones 4–8,Geum‘Totally Tangerine ’ is a hybrid geum that is sterile , which imply that instead of putting energy into produce seeds , it keeps flowering over a farsighted season .

Garden phlox are always beautiful . Phloxpaniculata‘Sweet Summer Sensation ’ ( Zones 4–9 ) is shorter than most varieties ( only 18 to 24 inch marvellous ) and has better disease resistance . However , garden phloxes are always go to have some problems with mould on the folio .

Though audacious in Zones 3–7 , delphinium , such asDelphiniumelatum‘Pacific Giant ’ , grow best where the summertime do n’t get hot , and even in the best consideration , they are not usually very long - hold up perennial .

Ranunculusasiaticusis another plant that choose to grow during cool conditions . If you are in Zone 7 or warm , it can be planted in the fall to grow through the wintertime and peak in the spring . In colder climate , plant it early in the spring to enjoy the incredible flowers in the garden and to cut for the vase .

The sweet blue peak of Siberium bugloss ( Brunneramacrophylla , zone 3–7 ) .

Alliumoreophilum , the pinkish lily scallion , Zones 5–8 .

Polemonium‘Bressingham Purple ’ ( Jacob ’s ladder , Zones 3–8 ) . These beautiful grim bloom are backed up by purple - flushed leafage .

Oriental poppy ‘ Patty ’s Plum ’ ( Papaverorientale‘Patty ’s Plum ’ , Zones 3–7 ) .

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