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Post by isabella on Apr 20, 2009 19:29:09 GMT
A friend gave me this Orchid a couple of years ago - this is the second time it has flowered ;D  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 21, 2009 5:52:28 GMT
Beautiful shade of yellow/orange Isabella, well done for getting it to flower.  |
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Post by Tig on Apr 22, 2009 19:36:25 GMT
Another one who can grow orchids and get them to flower  ;D Well done Pam!! More sweet smelling wallflowers from me - just common stuff    x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 23, 2009 11:54:28 GMT
Another one who can grow orchids and get them to flower ;D Well done Pam!! More sweet smelling wallflowers from me - just common stuff  They may be common Tig but the colours are smashing and I bet they smell good too. |
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Post by bagpuss on Apr 23, 2009 13:01:06 GMT
Another one who can grow orchids and get them to flower ;D Well done Pam!! More sweet smelling wallflowers from me - just common stuff They may be common Tig but the colours are smashing and I bet they smell good too.  I agree LG |
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Post by Plocket on May 1, 2009 15:17:28 GMT
I couldn't decide whether to put this in the red or the white flower thread. So I've put this one here, and a different photo on the white thread ;D  |
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Post by torontotrini on May 5, 2009 13:16:21 GMT
My frits are doing OK. Here is "Imperialis"  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 5, 2009 13:42:07 GMT
Ooo TT you have done it again - a lovely one and not a beetle in sight!! RF |
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Post by torontotrini on May 5, 2009 13:52:56 GMT
Thanbks Rf. I've really been after them; the beetles I mean. It looks like they're up and hungry and "active" (if you get my drift  ) early this season. And since they lillies are still on the small side, they're going after the fritillarias like serious business. But I've suspended the Geneva Convention and declared unconditional war on them. ;D |
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Post by Tig on May 5, 2009 14:43:22 GMT
My frits are doing OK. Here is "Imperialis" Lovely TT - keep up the 'war' effort! I planted one of these, but I think it must have rotted in the soil, not even a leaf appeared! |
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Post by Barbara on May 5, 2009 15:03:07 GMT
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Post by torontotrini on May 5, 2009 15:27:37 GMT
Lovely TT - keep up the 'war' effort! I planted one of these, but I think it must have rotted in the soil, not even a leaf appeared! They seem to be a bit tricky Tig. For one thing, I understand that they're supposed to be planted at a sort of 45 degree angle so that water doesn't settle into the stem notch at the top of the bulb, which causes it to rot. Even so, I've planted the orange and the yellow. Last season I only got the yellow ones blooming; no sign of the orange.  This spring it's the orange ones in bloom, and only a couple of small bloom-less plants around which might be the yellows. The year before that I had the yellows come up in one spot and the oranges in another, even though I had planted both colour bulbs in each of the 2 areas. I have no idea what's going on with them.  |
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Post by Tig on May 9, 2009 18:06:28 GMT
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Post by Ruthie on May 9, 2009 19:43:35 GMT
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Post by Tig on May 13, 2009 19:41:04 GMT
These are just lush ;D  x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on May 13, 2009 22:21:12 GMT
Gorgeous flowers, Ruthie. Beautifully photographed - they look like crepe paper! |
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Post by Tig on May 16, 2009 14:35:46 GMT
There are a few more reds coming out ..   |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 17, 2009 5:46:05 GMT
Some really vibrant colours around at the moment...  RF |
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Post by Ruthie on May 19, 2009 17:20:12 GMT
Here's an old faithful, Paeonia officinalis rubra. I've had it for years and noticed a couple of years ago it was hardly flowering and was being overtaken by Euphorbia (which does look lovely with it). I think I may have rescued it from the brink!  Ooh, sorry Tig, I didn't notice yours there! But there's always a little repetition on these threads! |
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Post by Tig on May 19, 2009 18:43:48 GMT
No probs Ruthie, yours is a far better photo and captures the richness of the colour (my piccie was in full sun and the plant belongs to the neighbours  ) Here's an old faithful, Paeonia officinalis rubra. x Tig |
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Post by Sunnygardener on May 20, 2009 10:49:20 GMT
No probs Ruthie, yours is a far better photo and captures the richness of the colour (my piccie was in full sun and the plant belongs to the neighbours ) Here's an old faithful, Paeonia officinalis rubra. x Tig Isn't that a lovely colour, my Mum has one. sunny |
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Post by Tig on May 20, 2009 10:56:03 GMT
Couldn't miss this great big frilly blouse this morning ..  And a trailing begonia which is flowering well, shame I can't put it outside just yet ..  x Tig |
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Post by Tig on May 24, 2009 22:11:13 GMT
Not everything that is beautiful is expensive ... cheap as chips and pretty as a picture ;D  x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on May 26, 2009 21:12:43 GMT
A few flowers in bloom in my garden.   this salvia hot lips was red and white last year, but is all red this year for some reason,  |
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Post by Tig on May 30, 2009 23:06:58 GMT
It's doing its own thing this year PJ One of my good little do-ers - I look forward to it flowering every year ..  x Tig |
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Post by bagpuss on Jun 1, 2009 13:32:55 GMT
My Anthylus Coccinea (not sure if that spelling is right)  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 1, 2009 14:35:35 GMT
A few flowers in bloom in my garden. I think that is really lovely PJ. RF |
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 1, 2009 19:41:36 GMT
Love Oriental Poppies!  |
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Post by Tig on Jun 2, 2009 18:54:15 GMT
Me tooo Ruthie (even the frilly bright orange one in my 'pink' border :  Loads of colours everywhere, I nearly missed this one Rosa Southampton, beautiful scent but the greenfly were having a nibble of the bud before it opened (they are all dead now!)  Couldn't miss these, stop you in your tracks  And not quite so brash ...  x Tig |
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 2, 2009 20:34:18 GMT
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;D Well done Pam!!
) early this season. And since they lillies are still on the small side, they're going after the fritillarias like serious business. But I've suspended the Geneva Convention and declared unconditional war on them. ;D 
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