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Post by duffy on Oct 15, 2018 6:49:57 GMT
 This flower has come out in the back garden but I don't know what it is. There's a few of them, they're just okay, they add a bit of colour. |
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Post by joono on Oct 15, 2018 7:13:50 GMT
I have no idea what that is Duffy and neither does plantsnap. It's very nice though.
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Post by joono on Oct 15, 2018 7:15:42 GMT
The flower reminds me of a hellebore.
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Post by duffy on Oct 15, 2018 7:17:12 GMT
The others are orange and white, not red and white like the one in the pic.
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Post by joono on Oct 15, 2018 7:24:24 GMT
Oh, I thought you were talking about the purple one. The red and white one looks like a kind of Clivia.
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Post by maggiemay on Oct 15, 2018 8:15:43 GMT
hippeastrum?
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Post by Carmella on Oct 15, 2018 8:19:12 GMT
yes. what maggie said
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Post by Carmella on Oct 15, 2018 8:21:44 GMT
snails love them i know that.
we had an invasion of snails last year . and the buggers ate my hippeastrums.
mine have only just opened in the last few days.
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Post by deb on Oct 15, 2018 9:25:24 GMT
I like that one Carmella but it grows too tall for my veranda spot.. I wonder if it can be kept smaller with pruning.. It could be OK on the fenceline
Thank you for keeping an eye out for me Carmella
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Post by Carmella on Oct 15, 2018 10:03:55 GMT
i deleted those posts.
what about a creeper of some kind deb.
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Post by Carmella on Oct 15, 2018 10:06:10 GMT
or Deb what about a frangipani?
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Post by cydoniaquest on Oct 19, 2018 7:39:06 GMT
I have one of these growing in my garden. It ate me finger...   |
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Post by prim on Oct 22, 2018 3:32:42 GMT
Good for Halloween  I have picked up the Kardinals. I am armed with the rose food and instructions on how to keep them alive. The roses already on the bush do not have long stems but I am assured that if I keep it well fed and happy, future roses will have a long stem. |
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Post by Carmella on Oct 23, 2018 10:14:43 GMT
That's great news prim that you got your roses.
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Post by prim on Oct 29, 2018 1:49:37 GMT
Something loves my tomatoes, really loves them … and beans. Happy healthy plants planted 3 weeks ago are now skeletal leaves which when I pull off, leave a couple of healthy leaves at the tip, ready for the bug to feast on. I have looked and can't find traces of caterpillars, no mites fly up when I shake the plants, no signs of anything, yet something is feasting on them. The beans are a little more resistant at the moment, the lower leaves are gone but the top half still looks healthy. I googled but there does not seem a resolution there. I might have to plant a more resistant variety.
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Post by deb on Nov 2, 2018 21:41:30 GMT
I wonder what that is Prim
the last time we grew tomatoes. possums ate them
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Post by deb on Nov 2, 2018 21:44:46 GMT
a couple of years ago I bought a small pot of pink alstroemeria from a local church fete and planted it out where I had a spot in the garden.. when I came back from my holiday it had come into bloom and it will keep flowering for quite some time. I'm surprised by how prolific it is. I never expected it would grow so well and so easily
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Post by deb on Nov 2, 2018 21:49:58 GMT
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Post by prim on Nov 2, 2018 23:07:27 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlstroemeriaWell that was an interesting read. I have seen those flowers but not paid too much attention. They seem like a great addition to a garden and something that does not need pampering. I especially like that they are good for cut flowers. That was a good buy Deb.
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Post by joono on Nov 3, 2018 1:14:03 GMT
That's beautiful, Deb. Perfect for a cottage garden.
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Post by pennybanger on Nov 3, 2018 6:19:25 GMT
DD has threatened promised to come round next weekend and help us do a garden clean-up. It's sweet of her to offer and it does badly need doing, so somehow between then and now we have to "stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood' and gird our loins for the task - neither Mr Penny nor I are what could be described as gardeners.
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