We have a few Wollemi pines in the Univ. of Bristol Botanic Garden,Fidgetbones. BizzieB that is such a pretty picture of many flowers all complementing each other colourwise. Well done. So sad about your daughter, Pat. And her sister must be sad she cannot share her 50th celebrations with her sibling.
I had a very pretty orchid for Xmas which has just dropped the last of its ten flowers that were in bud when it came. It has three seedpods and this morning a new flower has opened. It seems to me that there must be pollinators in the jungle where it originated all the year round as it is so determined to flower all the year round. I will take its picture next time the camera is out. Or perhaps breeders od phaelanopsis have bred repeat flowering in to keep sales going. Either way I am enjoying it.
Hi fidgetbones. Yes, WA is renowned for their sandy soil. Our Australian weekly gardening show has a segment from WA, so I get to see some of their challenges on TV. I'm several hours drive from the Wollemi pine valley - down in the snowy mountains area, while the Wollemi area is reasonably close to Sydney. Did you enjoy your time in Australia?
Hi Marion. You must be good at managing your orchid. I saw your photos in the earlier posts and really admired them. I'm not sure, but I think I remember seeing ages ago that moths pollinate orchids - not really confident about this.
Thanks for your comments about Susan. My other daughter has suffered badly over Susan's death, but like everyone, she has managed to find ways to cope.
Awww the first flower has opened on one of the hemerocallis my friend of the tiny garden dug out for me as his garden is too small for them. I have three new buds opening on my hardy gerberas and here are pictures of my new flower on my orchid.
Lovely photos Marion. I have a nice double orange Day lily. I'm not sure where I got it from, but think it was given to me years ago, and just appeared again 2 summers ago, in amongst my single ones. If I can get hubby to trawl through our photos, I'll put it up. Not now though - watching some chit chat on the coming Tour de France.
We've had a look and can't find the photo I'm thinking about, so don't hold your breath. I will, repeat will, send some summer flower photos, but goodness knows when! We seem to get bogged down with other priorities. Our daughter wants us to bring some wood up to Canberra for the BBQ she is planning for her party. so, we need to go out the back again and cut some more wood of a specific size and get it to her. Also, our local fire captain wants hubby to go out with him tomorrow to inspect a fire trail, so he'll be gone for some hours. oh well, who said retirement would be boring!
I thought I might be able to stay up till the football match but it starts at half past midnight and may take two hours or more if it goes on to extra time and penalties so it is bed for me. Did quite a lot of work in the garden with a break for a very good final of the Ladies Tennis at Eastbourne in the heat of the afternoon. Wimbledon should take my mind off the heatwave restricting my time outside next week!
Marion, if I lived a lot closer to you, I would buy some strawberries off you , your pictures are lovely Marion I like the last cream flower, what is it called?.
its been the first time I've got some sun on my skin this week, I was working this am so just did some reading and put my feet up in the garden
Brr! Minus 6 today and minus 7 predicted tomorrow. I refuse to go out into the garden until the sun breaks through the fog - it's very damp. I made a big pot of Pea and Ham soup - that'll do it. Our local butcher does his own ham hock smoking and does a very good job of it.
Watched the blue wrens scavenging around my bird feeding station ( through the window, I might add) and it's fascinating to see the little male bravely perching on the highest branch so that his females and little ones flitting from one spot to another. They are all fluffed up against the cold.
Still no sun breaking through the fog at 1.50pm. Think I'll turn the TV onto Monty's DVDs on 80 gardens around the world. At least it'll be warmer than watching about the little ice age.
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We have a few Wollemi pines in the Univ. of Bristol Botanic Garden,Fidgetbones. BizzieB that is such a pretty picture of many flowers all complementing each other colourwise. Well done. So sad about your daughter, Pat. And her sister must be sad she cannot share her 50th celebrations with her sibling.
I had a very pretty orchid for Xmas which has just dropped the last of its ten flowers that were in bud when it came. It has three seedpods and this morning a new flower has opened. It seems to me that there must be pollinators in the jungle where it originated all the year round as it is so determined to flower all the year round. I will take its picture next time the camera is out. Or perhaps breeders od phaelanopsis have bred repeat flowering in to keep sales going. Either way I am enjoying it.
Hi fidgetbones. Yes, WA is renowned for their sandy soil. Our Australian weekly gardening show has a segment from WA, so I get to see some of their challenges on TV. I'm several hours drive from the Wollemi pine valley - down in the snowy mountains area, while the Wollemi area is reasonably close to Sydney. Did you enjoy your time in Australia?
Hi Marion. You must be good at managing your orchid. I saw your photos in the earlier posts and really admired them. I'm not sure, but I think I remember seeing ages ago that moths pollinate orchids - not really confident about this.
Thanks for your comments about Susan. My other daughter has suffered badly over Susan's death, but like everyone, she has managed to find ways to cope.
Awww the first flower has opened on one of the hemerocallis my friend of the tiny garden dug out for me as his garden is too small for them. I have three new buds opening on my hardy gerberas and here are pictures of my new flower on my orchid.
Lovely photos Marion. I have a nice double orange Day lily. I'm not sure where I got it from, but think it was given to me years ago, and just appeared again 2 summers ago, in amongst my single ones. If I can get hubby to trawl through our photos, I'll put it up. Not now though - watching some chit chat on the coming Tour de France.
We've had a look and can't find the photo I'm thinking about, so don't hold your breath. I will, repeat will, send some summer flower photos, but goodness knows when! We seem to get bogged down with other priorities. Our daughter wants us to bring some wood up to Canberra for the BBQ she is planning for her party. so, we need to go out the back again and cut some more wood of a specific size and get it to her. Also, our local fire captain wants hubby to go out with him tomorrow to inspect a fire trail, so he'll be gone for some hours. oh well, who said retirement would be boring!
I thought I might be able to stay up till the football match but it starts at half past midnight and may take two hours or more if it goes on to extra time and penalties so it is bed for me. Did quite a lot of work in the garden with a break for a very good final of the Ladies Tennis at Eastbourne in the heat of the afternoon. Wimbledon should take my mind off the heatwave restricting my time outside next week!
Marion, if I lived a lot closer to you, I would buy some strawberries off you
, your pictures are lovely Marion I like the last cream flower, what is it called?.
its been the first time I've got some sun on my skin this week, I was working this am so just did some reading and put my feet up in the garden
Brr! Minus 6 today and minus 7 predicted tomorrow. I refuse to go out into the garden until the sun breaks through the fog - it's very damp. I made a big pot of Pea and Ham soup - that'll do it. Our local butcher does his own ham hock smoking and does a very good job of it.
Watched the blue wrens scavenging around my bird feeding station ( through the window, I might add) and it's fascinating to see the little male bravely perching on the highest branch so that his females and little ones flitting from one spot to another. They are all fluffed up against the cold.
Still no sun breaking through the fog at 1.50pm. Think I'll turn the TV onto Monty's DVDs on 80 gardens around the world. At least it'll be warmer than watching about the little ice age.