Close up of flowers

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  October 2023 edited October 2023

  @LunarSea Love those Rudbeckias ... and your close-ups in general!

  My close-ups of the day...

  

  Saxifraga fortunei 'Shiratama' (S. fortunei ‘Tama botan’ providing the pink bokeh in the background!
  

  

  Hoverfly busy feeding on flower of Fatsia japonica 'Spider’s Web'

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• LunarSea Posts: 1,923

  October 2023 edited October 2023

  Papi Jo said:

  @LunarSea Love those Rudbeckias ... and your close-ups in general!

  
  

  
  Thankyou @Papi Jo
  
  What a gorgeous little flower that Saxifrage has!

  Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 
  
  I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  October 2023

  That's the wonderful thing about this thread. It makes you stop and look at your own plants.

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  November 2023 edited November 2023

  This is one of orchids that is flowering now (Paphiopedilium schaetzchen) I just love the richness of the colours.

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  November 2023 edited November 2023

  I was looking back at the first pages of this thread. @pitter-patter 's first pics have 33 likes. Is that some kind of record for the forum? Really, the most  mad beautiful pictures...
  

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• LunarSea Posts: 1,923

  November 2023

  Cosmos still blooming
  
  
  

  Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 
  
  I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  

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• NormandyLiz Posts: 788

  November 2023

  LunarSea said:

  Cosmos still blooming
  
  
  

  Mine too, albeit mostly a bit battered. And with some sun, out come the insects too.
  
  
  
  
  
  10/10 for determination.

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• rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612

  November 2023

  Chrysanthemum this morning, in the early morning sun.
  
  
  
  
  

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• Plantminded Posts: 3,580

  November 2023

  Erysimum still going strong.
  
  
  

  Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.
  
  
  

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• LunarSea Posts: 1,923

  November 2023 edited November 2023

  A few bits of colour still.
  
  
  Rudbeckia 'Rustic Dwarf'
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Persicaria 'Darjeeling Red' - been flowering profusely since May
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Helenium flowers just keep coming
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ..... and dying beautifully
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Maybe not great close-up but Agastache 'Blue Boa' just keeps flowering & bees love it
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Murphy watching me taking photos
  
  
  
  
  

  Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 
  
  I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  

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