I had a fully developed grape hyacynth in my garden two days ago BUT the slugs (yes, still very active) sated their appetite before I could dodge the monsoonal rain & get a photo!! "Plus ca change, plus la meme chose..." as they say in "'Alloallo" Land!! Zut!!
Lovely pictures, great to see that some things seem determined to flower whatever the weather conditions. Guernsey your Poinsettia looks amazing. I've never managed to get one to flower the following year after purchase. I guess the different light conditions you get over there must help.
It could be the light daydaisy - or just pure luck. I had a couple of poinsettias that were really healthy last year from Christmas 2014. I thought I would follow the instructions that were given to me so I put them in a dark place about October time to help to force the leaves to turn red. Within a few weeks both of the poinsettias were dead - so this year I just left the plant in natural light, watering a feeding well and now we have this, which is a bonus.
lovely pics Chicky, must be really mild down in Surrey. Not too bad here in Cheshire but with this warm weather the slugs have enjoyed my Kale. I planted out about fourteen plants and now have one left. I don't suppose that will survive much longer unless the weather changes
Chrissy your winter Jasmine looks great too. It really is a miracle plant the way it performs in winter Isn't it. Mine is doing OK but not quite so spectacular as yours. If the weather stays mild a sprig will look great on a Christmas table but a frost will set it back a bit.
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I had a fully developed grape hyacynth in my garden two days ago BUT the slugs (yes, still very active) sated their appetite before I could dodge the monsoonal rain & get a photo!! "Plus ca change, plus la meme chose..." as they say in "'Alloallo" Land!! Zut!!
Lovely pictures, great to see that some things seem determined to flower whatever the weather conditions. Guernsey your Poinsettia looks amazing. I've never managed to get one to flower the following year after purchase. I guess the different light conditions you get over there must help.
It could be the light daydaisy - or just pure luck. I had a couple of poinsettias that were really healthy last year from Christmas 2014. I thought I would follow the instructions that were given to me so I put them in a dark place about October time to help to force the leaves to turn red. Within a few weeks both of the poinsettias were dead - so this year I just left the plant in natural light, watering a feeding well and now we have this, which is a bonus.
Happy Christmas all,
ive just took these photos this morning before I start the next round of present wrapping ,
The best year yet for my winter Jasmine
penstemon still in flower, it's been flowering since early summer.
Lots of colour on here - inspired me to go searching round the garden for the first time in weeks (not often here in daylight atm
)
found a brave little primrose self seeded in our steps - it must cower every time we clump down the path
and the viburnum bodnantense doesn't photo well, but is pumping out honey scent like theres no tomorrow
lovely pics Chicky, must be really mild down in Surrey. Not too bad here in Cheshire but with this warm weather the slugs have enjoyed my Kale. I planted out about fourteen plants and now have one left. I don't suppose that will survive much longer unless the weather changes
Chrissy your winter Jasmine looks great too. It really is a miracle plant the way it performs in winter Isn't it. Mine is doing OK but not quite so spectacular as yours. If the weather stays mild a sprig will look great on a Christmas table but a frost will set it back a bit.
Just a few flowers blooming or hanging on today in the lovely sunshine
Golden Oldie rose, red cyclamen, Anemone de Caen, white pelagonium & My Mum rose.
I love the primrose Chicky, even ours are not flowering yet.
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None of my others are flowering GD - think this one is being warmed up on account of it being surrounded by concrete
My iceberg rose has a new flush of flowers. Probably due to the unseasonal mild weather up here.
Primroses are in flower. They have been in the pots for years now and are reliably early.