ragdall
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Post by ragdall on Jan 18, 2009 9:32:37 GMT
There is nothing blooming out of doors in January in North Central British Columbia. I do have an Azalea in a pot which has been blooming almost non-stop since December 2005. It usually has only two or three blooms at a time, but it's lovely to see anything blooming at this time of the year.
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Post by Staff on Jan 18, 2009 20:33:11 GMT
Today in the wood I discovered the first snowdrops in bloom, there are also primroses in a very sheltered corner. The winter flowering honeysuckle is in blossom and smelling sweet.
'If winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' (Shelley)
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Post by maryinkentucky on Jan 19, 2009 15:57:48 GMT
My geraniums are still blooming indoors. Also, I rooted and planted a pink impatiens that has a tiny bud.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 20, 2009 4:56:54 GMT
My littlest begonia has 2 pretty pink flowers! The bigger white begonia is flowering, and my new fuschias are growing nicely - lots of green tips to the 3 leggy plants! The geranium is still flowering.
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Post by ragdall on Jan 20, 2009 7:40:19 GMT
My littlest begonia has 2 pretty pink flowers! The bigger white begonia is flowering, and my new fuschias are growing nicely - lots of green tips to the 3 leggy plants! The geranium is still flowering. Sandra, are your plants blooming outdoors?
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Post by maryinkentucky on Jan 21, 2009 19:18:22 GMT
Here's a view of the geraniums from the outside looking in. The ones in the window on the left are in a planter on a stool. The middle window has an identical planter sitting on a radiator, but they quit blooming. I don't know if they are too hot or too dry or what. There is another window facing west which has a large pot of red geraniums.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 30, 2009 4:47:49 GMT
Rags, all my plants are inside as I live on the 3rd floor in a flat with no balconies. Most plants live behind the north-facing window, other 3 windows face east & things grow well, too, tho not as madly as those facing north. Some pics here - my.opera.com/sandra%20in%20sydney/albums/show.dml?id=369530 - begonias & zygos face north, hoya faces east, other plants are not mine.
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Post by Pip Freeman on Mar 2, 2009 14:35:40 GMT
The flower garden is really coming to life, there are pansies, primroses, miniature deep blue irises, snowdrops, and muticoloured polyanthus. The daffodils are growing fast, and tiny green leaves are showing on the roses and honeysuckles. The trouble is that the weather forecast now says a return to the cold weather and frosts.
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Post by Pip Freeman on Mar 5, 2009 10:55:02 GMT
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Post by maryinkentucky on Mar 5, 2009 23:22:09 GMT
hmmmmmmmm....can't see your link, Pip.
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Post by ragdall on Mar 6, 2009 0:06:20 GMT
I can see Pip's link, but access to that page is verboten.
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Post by Pip Freeman on Mar 6, 2009 10:39:43 GMT
Oh dear!! When I put the link on I checked that it was alright, I'll try and find another one not gwaharddedig!!
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Post by maryinkentucky on Mar 10, 2009 23:59:02 GMT
The jonquils are finally blooming. I planted some pansies in a basket outside today.
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Post by Pip Freeman on Mar 16, 2009 12:30:11 GMT
Celandines are blooming along the hedgerows, a beautiful little flower with bright yellow enamelled petals. www.thewesternisles.co.uk/wildflowers1.htmThere is a Flower, the Lesser Celandine, That shrinks, like many more, from cold and rain; And, at the first moment that the sun may shine, Bright as the sun itself, 'tis out again! When hailstones have been falling swarm on swarm, Or blasts the green field and the trees distressed, Oft have I seen it muffled up from harm, In close shelf-shelter, like a Thing at rest. Pansies, Lilies, Kingcups, Daisies, Let them live upon their praises; Long as there's a sun that sets Primroses will have their glory; Long as there are Violets, They will have a place in story: There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine. Verses of poems by William Wordsworth.
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Post by Pip Freeman on Mar 31, 2009 9:24:24 GMT
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