The white growth is the top of the root. You can just about see the top of the old stem from when it was growing. That is one very poor quality...
Certainly the juice is sticky, but very definitely not good for you. The effect is reported to be like having a mouthful of sharp needles. Never...
To sow the seeds successfully you need to remove the red pulp and wash the seeds. they have double dormancy protection, the pulp itself and the...
Nice form of Cyclamen persicum that one.
One thing is for sure, I would not have taken any pictures today, we have very strong winds, heavy rain, snow (not sticking) and Hailstones. I...
I think it is my nose which is at fault rather than the shrubs. Other people say that they are scented, but I just do not get it.
The purple flowered Hammamelis (probably has a name but cannot find it) was eaten down to a stump just after we bought it (only time we have ever...
And some more [img] Helleborus thibetana [img] Helebore hybrid [img] Hamamaeilis Red flowered
Thunked you might like to see a few of the things in flower in our garden this week, before the extreme cold arrives. [img] Early snowdrops...
Still got the avatar, but no longer have the hens. After 25 years of keeping them we decided to stop. We don't eat that many eggs now and we were...
I was trying to find some of the early posts.
7 years on here. Well not continuously, but you know what I mean! I feel quite old now.
Thanks folks. As usual we ignored the day, except for cards from family and Birthday wishes on here. We went out for the afternoon to a garden...
If you lived in Britain or Europe, I would suggest that you remove the stems as soon as they are dead. The dreaded Red lily beetles can over...
I do the same as Sjoerd and I also have the original ICY box where I put photos separately. Still put them on DVD's though, belt, braces and string.
And, unless the old Hard Drive is physically totally ruined, most of its contents can be retrieved. We had one crash a few years back. I fitted a...
We have alarms in our sheds. Great, except that you cannot hear them from in the house. Mind any burglar who could stop in there when one goes...
When the battery on our alarm is getting low, the alarm goes off to warn us. Why is that always in the middle of the night?
The fruits on Euonymus and some Cornus are very similar. There are some American Euonymus too. Euonymus americana and Euonymus atropurpureus...
Seeds/fruit looks like a Cornus of some description.