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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 12, 2013 12:20:48 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 12, 2013 12:28:26 GMT
I'm going to start a new garden thread in a minute, but I just had to pop this on here.  Jillyx It's so beautiful Jilly and a wonder to see with all the horrible weather we've had.   Marvellous Jilly - it is so nice to see something pretty growing...  RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 12, 2013 12:36:36 GMT
 from me Jilly - what a cheery sight!
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Post by Jilly on Jan 12, 2013 12:43:25 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Jan 12, 2013 18:00:33 GMT
I nearly gave this a nom on your garden thread and I'd give it a 4th if I could - love the colour  |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 12, 2013 18:02:48 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 14, 2013 9:20:24 GMT
Daffodils in the snow....  |
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Post by Auricula on Jan 14, 2013 9:26:54 GMT
Awww sweet |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 14, 2013 10:06:25 GMT
They're so beautiful Jasmine, you've lots more to come. It looks really cold there.
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 14, 2013 10:13:46 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Jan 15, 2013 7:46:42 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 15, 2013 8:08:42 GMT
Yehh! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Jan 15, 2013 17:10:18 GMT
Not a flower, but...all m hydrangeas are now in new leaf and there are flower heads forming already on the really sheltered one  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 20, 2013 14:09:43 GMT
It's a pity we don't have smelly vision here on our new board, well who knows, maybe one day. I thought I'd share my prepared Hyacinth that I grew over the winter. They're giving a wonderful but not overpowering scent.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 20, 2013 14:47:30 GMT
What a beautiful - and colour coordinated - bowl of hyacinths Ladygardener
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Post by Jilly on Jan 20, 2013 15:56:14 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Jan 20, 2013 16:25:08 GMT
Lovely LG the colour is beautiful. Mine are just getting flower heads, I hope they bloom before I go away |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 20, 2013 16:47:24 GMT
 Thanks very much Jasmine Jilly Auricula I love the shad of blue they are too. Auricula I hope yours bloom for you too, I brought mine inside when they were about an inch tall.
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 31, 2013 14:37:47 GMT
Couple of spring things from me... My rescued Pallida is doing well despite unwanted pruning by boinging border collies!  G. John Grey and Violet The Czar.  |
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Post by Barbara on Jan 31, 2013 14:39:36 GMT
My snowdrops have just peeped open.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 31, 2013 14:43:20 GMT
Jasmine they're just lovely. The snowdrops look so pure don't they. Do the Violets smell? I've never seen live ones before, nobody that I know has grown them.
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 31, 2013 14:48:04 GMT
Thank you Ladygardener. They are so white aren't they? John Grey has certainly done well in that spot. I think I only started with 1 a few years ago! I'm not sure if the violet smells, I remember getting the seeds after a recommendation that the flowers were a good size to make a posy. This is the first time they've flowered...I have some spare if you have a little space. I could pop one in with your bulbs when I send them! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 31, 2013 14:53:51 GMT
Jasmine do I remember you buying John Grey off the internet a while back? They're obviously very happy where they are and taking tips from the bunnies and multiplying. I've quickly had a little google of the Violet and I can't see any reason why I've never seen it over here. I'd love some if you have a litle to spare. It does say they're richly scented, I've often wondered if they smell like the parma violet sweets.
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 31, 2013 15:32:24 GMT
I think I got John Grey from a seller on Ebay Ladygardener a couple of years ago. I have a little violet plant in a small pot which I will send to you with the bulbs. They get bigger by sending out runners so are easy to keep small if you want. I was reading an article on a violet farm in Dorset or Devon and there are Parma Violet plants - they have to be kept warmer and dryer than ordinary violets. |
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Post by Auricula on Jan 31, 2013 16:01:08 GMT
Gorgeous snowdrops Jasmine they look like water-ice |
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Post by Jilly on Jan 31, 2013 16:07:23 GMT
I love John Grey Jasmine, such lovely plump flowers & they must increase well, if you've only had them a couple of years. I've got violets out atm, my neighbour gave me a clump years ago.... just be careful, I now pull up a bin bag full every year. I think mine are just the common (what they call Dog Violets) but they spread like wild fire. |
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Post by Auricula on Jan 31, 2013 16:21:19 GMT
I love violets, so delicate |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 31, 2013 17:42:28 GMT
I'll be delighted with them and look forward to giving them a go. If they provide a bit of ground cover that's ok too. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 31, 2013 18:14:47 GMT
My oldest violet was the size of a saucer when i bought it LG and now it is a dinner plate...with tentacles!  They are lovely though - delicate like Auricula says. |
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Post by Tig on Jan 31, 2013 18:52:27 GMT
I had to read you last post again Jas, can't tell you what my mind read the first time  Lovely to see the Pallida, being as I thought I'd got one, and didn't  x Tig |
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They are lovely though - delicate like Auricula says.
