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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 17, 2013 9:43:43 GMT
  I agree, such great shots, well done your OH Jilly. |
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Post by Dutchy on Jul 20, 2013 9:20:54 GMT
PING Just because I think this deserves another potm  |
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Post by Chuckles on Jul 20, 2013 11:25:31 GMT
PING Just because I think this deserves another potm You are soooooooo right Dutchy   |
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Post by Jilly on Jul 20, 2013 11:33:02 GMT
Thanks for the noms girls  & isn't that a gorgeous Poppy from Jasmine seeds? |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 20, 2013 12:08:55 GMT
I love the bee and the welsh poppy picture picture Jilly. Well done on getting some of the purple poppies to grow - I haven't seen one in my borders yet! |
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Post by Jilly on Jul 20, 2013 13:06:22 GMT
You would laugh Jasmine, I sowed nearly the whole pack in a pot with some other poppies & calendula & they are up & coming out but are tiny (my fault for not thinning out well enough) I just had a tiny sprinkle left & threw them into the bed I was making for the Dahlias so as not to waste them, just got the one come up but it's huge. I'm cutting the seed pods off of all the red ones & leaving all the pods on the plum one in an attempt to get some more.
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Post by Dutchy on Jul 21, 2013 9:56:51 GMT
Ah but the bees will have sneaked in. Just like in the photo. And they will have pollinated all flowers alike.
Saving the plum poppy seed heads only tell you about mummy but dad.... he might have been a bright red or a white even.
Ooh wouldn't that be good, to have a white with a plum edge.
Rosefriend had whites with a red edge and those were real pretty. A plum edge would be fab as I have never seen one before.
I love all poppies although some of the doubles are too much for me.
Somehow poppies won't do for me at the lottie, the annual ones that is. Slugs or other hungry creatures I suppose. In the gravel at the front of the house they do grow but I now have only doubles growing that have a hint of purple but not a nice hint. I must not let them seed and get fresh new seeds for next year.
I will look out for a plum single one as I think yours are fab. Do yours have a name or are they happy accidents?
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Post by Tig on Jul 27, 2013 15:22:51 GMT
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Post by Dutchy on Jul 29, 2013 7:57:30 GMT
Lovely tig. I have a little one too.  |
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Post by Geranium on Jul 31, 2013 5:49:06 GMT
My Echinops were favourite bee-magnets yesterday.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jul 31, 2013 5:58:17 GMT
Love this pic Tig and I see you have got loads of white bums in your garden as well!!  Dutchy - that's what I am hoping for with Teasel - 2 in one - well done!! This is great Geranium - well done, it's a good shot.. All get a  from me.. RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 31, 2013 19:57:29 GMT
Love this pic Tig and I see you have got loads of white bums in your garden as well!! Dutchy - that's what I am hoping for with Teasel - 2 in one - well done!! This is great Geranium - well done, it's a good shot.. All get a from me.. RF And this from me. My Echinop from Tig is full of heads just starting to change colour. |
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Post by Dutchy on Aug 2, 2013 7:50:17 GMT
Thanks Ladies. Rosefriend this is a minor number of visitors on the Tassel. Often there are more than 5 fighting for a table at the restaurant . I will gather seeds for you. |
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Post by Tig on Aug 5, 2013 18:57:23 GMT
For Dutchys teasel and Geraniums echinops buzzies I've been trying to catch some which haven't got white bums  Here are my latest efforts  Hurray an orange bum  Oi you ... come back!!! Pesky little things  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 6, 2013 6:00:34 GMT
We've got loads of white bums as well - I do love them.... This is great....can you hear him - nooooo not another pic - or - wait until I make myself presentable!! |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 6, 2013 10:51:18 GMT
I managed to just get a white bum but it turned around at the last minute...  These were a little better..    RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 6, 2013 16:28:27 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 8, 2013 12:09:51 GMT
Think it is a soggy bee waiting to dry out??!!  RF |
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Post by Tig on Aug 9, 2013 19:22:36 GMT
Did it recover RF? Poor thing ... Took these today, bit of a bumble feeding frenzy going on here - some plants are just irresistible to them    |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 9, 2013 19:30:46 GMT
There do seem to be tons of them around this summer.
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 10, 2013 6:35:34 GMT
Did it recover RF? Poor thing ...Took these today, bit of a bumble feeding frenzy going on here - some plants are just irresistible to them Yes it did - the strange thing is that the bees tend to go on the way tablecloth early mornng - it is a red and white gingham pattern which I absolutelyx hate but OH wanted and for some reason they tend to meet up there. After a while they just fly away - perhaps it is the equivalent of the local coffee shop for them!! Loads and loads of bees this year and now butterflies but the honey bees are still rare visitors.. Love the 3-some RF  |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 10, 2013 12:23:59 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 11, 2013 6:06:01 GMT
I had to do this now I've come back again Tig. And this, this Bee is so covered in pollen Jilly and your Agapanthus is smashing. Good shots everyone.  |
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Post by Tig on Aug 23, 2013 14:29:42 GMT
They are lovely Jilly, I love the one coming in to land on the penstemons and this is a gorgeous shot of the agapanthus too I've seen the first few honey bees recently, but not when I had the camera out Had to make do with another bumbly ...  |
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Post by Tig on Sept 24, 2013 18:58:23 GMT
Almost got eye to eye with this one today  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Sept 25, 2013 5:52:07 GMT
Tig he looks like he's wearing sunglasses.  Because it's a great shot and made me smile.
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 25, 2013 5:56:17 GMT
Tig he looks like he's wearing sunglasses. He's got goggles and a moustache Tig and he is pouting his lips...great shot !! RF |
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Post by Tig on Mar 3, 2014 16:08:27 GMT
I saw a butterfly today and dashed out with the camera.... of course if flitted off before I could get a piccie, but there was a lot of buzzing around  and plenty of pollen to be had  |
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Post by Jilly on Mar 3, 2014 18:27:12 GMT
Isn't it great to see them back again, love the white crocus with the delicate blue veins too. I had several fat bumbles flying around yesterday, but by the time I'd finished mission Dahlia, it had started to rain & they'd all buzzed off again. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 4, 2014 5:55:39 GMT
I agree, it's smashing to see the bees again and that little Crocus is beautiful. No sign of any over here yet although all the Crocus were opened yesterday. |
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& isn't that a gorgeous Poppy from 
