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New Year’s Day Flower Count 2019

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
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Each year some of us make a list of plants that are in flower on New Year’s Day. 

We’ll be away for a few days and not back until New Year’s Day  and I’m pretty sure my house sitting son won’t be able to identify plants even if he noticed them  ;) so I may have to post my list on 2nd Jan. but here’s the thread all ready and waiting for your flower counts ... 

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I'm ready, 2 people to ID, plus one to take pics and one to take notes. Wine a mulling spices ready to warm us up after the count.


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    Enjoy your few days away Dove, and I am sure we won't mind if your count is on 2nd. January - we will be doing the same here, and hopefully take a few pictures too.  We had 29 in our garden last New Year's day, but I don't think we will have so many this year as we have been a bit thin on sunshine during the past few weeks.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'll be heading to the sun, so won't be able to take part. 
    As we've always been away at this time of year, my garden isn't really aimed at " winter interest" but my daphne is about to burst open and I've still got the odd penstemon and even a zantedeschia or 2 in flower.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I for one have no objection if you do yours today/tomorrow @Hostafan1 ... it’s be a shame to miss you out  ;)

    @Guernsey Donkey2 I think our list will also be way down on last year ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I think we'll be down as well. A high count here always includes a lot of leftovers from the summer but many plants had a short flowering due to the heat and drought


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    When I visited her garden the other day @WonkyWomble still had cosmos blooming merrily  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Gardengirl..Gardengirl.. Posts: 4,172
    edited December 2018

    Hello all waiting to do mine will see from this year to last which has more flowers out
    May count garden and allotment
    Hampshire Gardener
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Oh dear, won't have much. Since the week when it was -5° to -7° for a few days followed by pouring rain the garden has been a mush and I've cut a lot down and manured it.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    No high hopes here in sunless Scotland either!

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I like this idea. There's not much in flower in my garden at the moment and some of the plants that are flowering shouldn't be but it's still so mild here.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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