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Growing => Gardens => Topic started by: dyedinthewool on November 19, 2011, 07:12:13 pm
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I still have a red lupin, two beautifull heads of pink/white floribunda roses and a pink rockery geranium flowering.
I've also seen some tulip leaves coming up... ???
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English marigolds (Calendula) have been wonderful and keep going.
The primroses in the boxes by the door have started flowering again :D As has the winter jasmine.
I'm at 1000ft in Cumbria - where you :)
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One rose is still flowering, plus the fuschias and the weigela 8)
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We are a bit windswept 120 mtrs above sea level 9 miles in from the coast but with light scrub woodland to the north & hills two and a hlaf miles beyond , Caerbryn hill immediately to the West , another hill set called the Brecon Beacons seven miles or so to the east and Bettws mountain five miles to the South .
We are on what is known as rim of the Amman valley .
In our garden late July planted flowers that managed to become established are blooming .
They are :-
Galddoli to four feet tall , Dhalia threee types each about two feet tall , Begonia with slightly browned tops but a few emerging flowers .
Freshia and several others whose names I've forgotten , but they are all from bulbs or corms .
Elsewhere are two different types of deep red fuchia ,one a dwarf and one that will hopefully go to at least four feet hight and five across.
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Hi,
I'm in east yorkshire at the foot of the yorkshire wolds. this area was once sea bed so has a very light sandy soil. allways hungry and thirsty but warms up quickly in spring and is great for growing veg and weeding!
A very slight frost a couple of weeks ago polished off my everlasting cosmos and marigolds which I grew from seed. I have a few training gerainiums left in flower on the muck heap as I heve cleared out all my pots and filled them with spring flowering bulbs.
Winter solstice is a month away cant wait for the days to start lengthening again :D
Veg patch is the focus of my attention today :farmer:
wish me luck!
Buffy
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heve cleared out all my pots and filled them with spring flowering bulbs.
I'm in awe :D My bulbs get put into pots when they've started sprouting in their bags ::)
Have fun with the vegetable garden today :)
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We're in suffolk and I still have roses blooming well in the garden, and picked another harvest of lovely red tomato's out of the greenhouse this week, I thought they should have died and been pulled out weeks ago. :yum:
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I have daffodils :o
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ive just found a purple rhodedendron flowering in the woods, it normally comes out in feb. looks nice tho.
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Got roses and Peruvian lilies still flowering and some wonderful fungi this year.
We've also still got some leaves on the trees!
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West Cornwall:
Jasmine, azalea, roses, fuschia, campion, blackberry, daisies, hyacinths..... and those are the ones I recognize! To my inexperienced eyes it looks like the camelias are starting to bud as well
Tish
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Oh wow, horticultural jealousy :D
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gorse :) lots of it.
but I spose thats not unusual.
That said I have seen loads of trees looking like they are starting to bud again - you can tell the weather has been mild for sure.
I've seen a few things flowering - but I dont know any of their names - will have to make a point of learning them.
Baz
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The gladiolia's have finally succummed to a couple of sharp frosts , both fuchias are still in flowerr and my supposedly non bolting broccoli has sprung into flower like an Easter brides bouquet cos ther's more yellow than green .
The caulies have flowered making them " Cauliflowers " ;) but they are still only a couple of inches across . I bent the headder leaves over them yesterday to see if I can get them to develop bigger & still have white tight heads.
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From the garden this morning
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Roses, lavatera, an alpine has sprung into bloom. Clematis budding. What on earth is going on?
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Wow thats beautiful :trophy:
So far I can see in your display - Roses (several species) - Daffodil - Varigated Periwinkle - Japanese Quince - Viburnham botenese 'Dawn' and another Viburnham?
Is that Sarcococca (Winter Box) I can see? possible a Camelia ?
Garrya Elliptica (Silk Tassel Bush) Envy-Envy all ways wanted one of those...
What are the small creamy-yellow flowers?
And is that the leaves from one of the Daphne's.
And wild Strawberry plant in the centre???
I still have Roses a bit battered now but thats about all. :'( :'(
You must have a wonderful flower arrangers garden, maybe in the spring/summer/autumn/winter you could post a piccy so we can all see the beauty.
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Darkbrowneggs that is so beautiful a real picture, far better than any shop bought bouquet you could ever buy. I'm soo jealous, really need to get planting in our garden. :thumbsup: :trophy:
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We are supposed to have propper winter here....central european weather. Its the first non-white christmas in ages, the animals are a bit confused, but I've not seen too many out of season flowers yet. The forsythia I pruned and brought in did develop flowers in time for christmas and I have a few stray penstemons left over but no spring bulbs yet...thank goodness because I'm sure it will get cold soon. Jan usually only has the odd day above minus four....but were on plus one today!
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Darkbrowneggs inspired me to go search in the garden for what I could find. Not quite such a beautiful array but I was so pleased with what I did find. Thanks for the inspiration. :thumbsup:
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(http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a415/fandange/philsphone014-2.jpg)
ggrrrrrrrrr!!! periwinkle! oh how i hate this plant!
(http://i1033.photobucket.com/albums/a415/fandange/philsphone004-8.jpg)
crocus and a mini iris