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Post by Moonlight on Jul 5, 2015 0:09:53 GMT
It wasn't as dark as it looks from the photo by a long way but this is my Barbarry Surprise. It is paler than I remember from the shows and the other thing that I felt was that the petals themselves looked delicate - reminded me of tissue paper - don't know if it was the colour or what but they looked finer.
Heard a russeling in the bushes which I hear quite a lot and head poked out. I very softly went 'oye (I'm here rather than shout and scream at it). Took one look at me and nipped back behind the bushes.
Girls have been very keen to go camping in a tent in our back garden but there is no way I'm going to let that happen with foxes in our garden, especially as I've seen one in the daytime.
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Post by Cherry on Jul 5, 2015 7:07:53 GMT
That is a shame, but I share your worry.
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 5, 2015 11:07:57 GMT
It's been absolutely pouring today! Yay!
Interestingly gone shopping for hose ends.
detour for breakfast...
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Post by roofgardener on Jul 5, 2015 18:38:30 GMT
Could a fox hurt the ladies ? I would have thought it would have stayed WELL away ?
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 5, 2015 23:38:32 GMT
Could a fox hurt the ladies ? I would have thought it would have stayed WELL away ? |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 6, 2015 0:04:48 GMT
Fairy:
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 6, 2015 6:51:23 GMT
Garden Friends
Barbarry Surprise
Barbarry Pip - lovely colour but one of the strangest plants I've grown, going to wait for my Dad to see it before I chop it's top off. (Sorry Pip)
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 6, 2015 6:52:38 GMT
*You may well want to skip this - seedling notes - You have been warned!*
Bill S/C - Notes
1 - Eastwood Moonlight - Dark stems
2 - Eastwood Moonlight - regular green stems + a bit nibbled
3 - Peach Delight - 'petit' and light green - jaggedly leaves
Peach Delight - Stems
7 - Regular green
Slightly darker: 8, 9
Mid dark 4, 6,
DARK 5 and 10
10 - Peach Delight - Rounded leaves ala Brenda T
Ryecroft Zoe
Regular green stems: 11, 12, 15
Slightly darker stems: 13, 14, 16, 18,19, 20, 21
DARK stems: 17
Ryecroft Zoe with Hairy Stems : 16 and 12
 
Since Dad noticed some hairy seedlings I've spotted a few now. Weird.
That's it on the S/C notes other than to say I'm interested in seeing if dark stems = dark flowers and whether pale leaves = light flowers.
Also interested in spotting potential DNA parents - family resemblances at all etc.
*Wake UP!*
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 6, 2015 6:53:47 GMT
Seedling News - I have some buds - so ages yet but some flowers are on their way!
 - Dark bud on a Nuland's Josephine seedling - 17
 - earlier green bud on a Willo's Violet seedling - 4
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Post by ian on Jul 6, 2015 8:48:48 GMT
Exciting times Christmas is on its way and Moonlight will be mummy to a healthy (lets hope no abnormalities)brand spanking new Dahlia bloom never seen before. Hoping to pass the compost bin before collecting £200 Hehe
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 6, 2015 8:57:31 GMT
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Post by roofgardener on Jul 6, 2015 18:35:47 GMT
Wait... hold on... you mean Moonlight will be creating a hitherto unknown strain of Dhalia ?
Do you get naming rights ?
Could it have... like... Special Mutant Powers ? A sort of..... X-Dahlia ?
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 17, 2015 8:53:22 GMT
Wait... hold on... you mean Moonlight will be creating a hitherto unknown strain of Dhalia ? Do you get naming rights ? Could it have... like... Special Mutant Powers ? A sort of..... X-Dahlia ?
(Sorry been a tad quiet recently.)
This is something else that makes me  and cheers me up.
There is a list of questions for a son or daughter to answer about their Mummy - the only 'rule' is that you have to write down their very 1st answer to each question, it has to be the very 1st thing that pops into their head.
Here is part of Fairy's answers...
Question:
8. What is Mummy's favourite thing to do?
9. What does Mummy do when you're not here?
10. If Mummy becomes famous what will it be for?
14. What makes you proud of Mummy?
If only it were that easy. Well after now putting the mockers on my ever having any good seedlings.
I've got all her answers on a sheet which I keep in my Diary because reading it cheers me up and makes me smile . When I read the whole thing it is like a great big hug and we all need Great Big Hugs sometimes.
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 17, 2015 9:09:20 GMT
Wait... hold on... you mean Moonlight will be creating a hitherto unknown strain of Dhalia ? Do you get naming rights ? Could it have... like... Special Mutant Powers ? A sort of..... X-Dahlia ?
It's all about The Birds  Bees and theBees!
(Either that or the paintbrush and I haven't done that.)
They create the DNA mixtures and so pretty much all the important stuff. We just go round squeezing seed heads, collecting seeds, sowing, pricking out and potting up those seedlings. Then we just wait with our fingers crossed.
Ultimately if we are very, very lucky and get something keep-able we get to name it.
Special Mutant Powers? hmmm bet you are looking out for a Mind Control presse? or an Invisibility Potion?
You really are out for world domination but then again you have competition, now that we have ian Cruise secret agent 007 (with Sean Connery accent)
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Post by roofgardener on Jul 17, 2015 10:48:56 GMT
Wow... so you COULD - in principle - get naming rights ? That is just AWESOME.
As for X-Dhalia's ... well... it would have to be some sort of mutation that is useful to the survival of the flower.
Well, if the X-men can have "Storm", perhaps the Dhalia world would have "Light Shower" ?
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humph!
- still feeling +itive.
and cheers me up.
