Stunning! I learnt this year that to insure cacti bloom here in the UK, I have to stop watering them completely in about October time and start...
What a lovely drive out! Those mountains are just gorgeous and take me back to my skiing days. The last photo is my absolute fave!
The poppies are wonderful. LIke Eileen, mine have big fat buds full of promise but are still tightly closed. I reakon I will have to wait...
Fabulous photos and how fantastic to have orchids in bloom in your garden! Wish they would blow into mine and thrive like that. Wonderful!
Lovely pictures and fab flowers. I find it funny how with you, you are enjoying what are over here in the UK might not expect to see in our...
Soooooooooo cold here in Essex at the moment - we had that hot spell a couple of weeks ago and it has been yuck ever since. Very depressing. We...
oooo, don't like the idea of being buried alive!
Hi there everyone. Another scorching day here in Essex with highs of around 26'c. The forecast predicts another stonking day tomorrow, and then...
At first glance I wondered if it were a stephanotis or I have a Hoya with leaves just like that.
Thanks for your good wishes everyone. It has been bad again today, but I have suffered it gladly as it has been so fabulously hot and sunny here...
Will you eat that yummy morel? I adore the iris. Such a rich colour. Yum.
Sorry, I should have put the names. Pic 1 is a saxifrage which grows from lovely rosettes along a gravel bed. The flowers are actually teeny...
Netty, yes it is a lilac. It was quite chilly that day, but it was suprising how many things were in bloom already. Peas in a pod people tell...
We went to Devon for the long weekend as it was my nans 80th and we went down to suprise her. As you can imagine, there were an awful lot of...
The second one is my rosemary Eileen. I grew it from seed 2 years ago and have it growing through some trellis on our deck. It smells great!
Mine are still in the greenhouse, but I am hardening them off now with a plan to get them on the allotment next week. We don't have racoons, or...
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Could the white one be a member of the allium family?
Yup, I like the spiderwort also. Rather fancy that by my pond....... looks like I need to go shopping....what a shame. :)
What a lovely collection of flowers your mum has. I have a trillium which I thought I had lost, but it has shown itself again, but the flowers...
