Flowers & foliage May 2023

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,745	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 8, 2023 3:09:59 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on May 8, 2023 3:09:59 GMT that's a lovely tree Cherry

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,912	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 8, 2023 11:51:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on May 8, 2023 11:51:08 GMT That is pretty Cherry! 😊

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Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 8, 2023 12:27:57 GMT Cherry, grindle, and 3 more like this

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Post by balc2 on May 8, 2023 12:27:57 GMT

Some years ago, possibly 9 or 10, one of my brothers ordered some rose seeds online from China.When he got them he decided to share some with me & so we both sowed them on the same day. Unfortunately none of his germinated & only one of mine came up. I managed to keep it alive for its first year in a pot but later I planted it out in a big square tub on the balcony. It took about 4 years before I saw the first flowers & I almost dug it up & threw it away but now I'm glad I didn't give in to that impulse because for at least the last 5 years it's produced these beautiful butter yellow flowers during the last days of April & the first days of May each year.

A lady on another gardening forum identified it for me a few years ago but somehow I've since lost its name so I refer to it as the "Chinese Rose" because of where the seeds came from.

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Eli Top Member Posts: 5,140	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 8, 2023 20:54:43 GMT grindle, SueA, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on May 8, 2023 20:54:43 GMT That's a very pretty rose balc2 Jasmine Primula vulgaris 'Captain Blood' Loropetalum Ajuga Doronicum White heather
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balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,378	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 10, 2023 20:35:51 GMT Eli likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on May 10, 2023 20:35:51 GMT Eli Thanks! Your flowers look very nice, too!

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,912	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 11, 2023 13:16:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on May 11, 2023 13:16:34 GMT Love that Chinese rose balc2, very pretty. 😊

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Post by balc2 on May 12, 2023 14:24:00 GMT

Thank you, SueA! Glad you like it! It lights up the balcony just after the Daffodils have finished & being a paler yellow than most Daffodils it sort of makes the transition to the summer flowering plants a little easier!

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Post by balc2 on May 21, 2023 19:55:39 GMT

Although the Easter Cactus flowers don't last even a week they are really lovely to look at & I look forward to seeing them every year! They have a habit of closing up at night & opening once again the next day!

This is a cutting that I took perhaps 2 years ago which has now flowered for the first time. It only produced two flowers but I'm looking forward to seeing more next year as it has now finished flowering for this one.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,968	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 22, 2023 9:35:22 GMT grindle, SueA, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on May 22, 2023 9:35:22 GMT

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,378	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 22, 2023 14:04:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on May 22, 2023 14:04:24 GMT Wow, Cherry, that's a really beautiful blue poppy!

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,745	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 23, 2023 3:02:58 GMT balc2 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on May 23, 2023 3:02:58 GMT so envious Cherry they are such pretty flowers

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Post by Cherry on May 23, 2023 8:44:16 GMT

When I visit my son in Scotland, I bring home a bag of plants on the train. They come from Abriachan Nurseries, which have a stall on the square in Elgin. Trilliums and Rodgersias are good buys here. They don’t know how lucky they are in Elgin, as ours seem to be all the same sort of garden centre with a restaurant. Unfortunately, Abriachan have stopped their mail order side of the business. They are next to Loch Ness.

Eli Top Member Posts: 5,140	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 23, 2023 19:05:29 GMT Cherry, SueA, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Eli on May 23, 2023 19:05:29 GMT Clematis 'Multi Blue' Clematis 'Niobe' Clematis 'William Kennet' Clematis 'Dr Rupel' Centaurea montana with a bee Pink Primroses

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,378	Flowers & foliage May 2023 May 23, 2023 20:01:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on May 23, 2023 20:01:21 GMT WOW, Eli, so many Clematis flowers! Are they flowering now or are they photos from last summer?
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Post by balc2 on May 23, 2023 20:09:13 GMT

My Orchids are starting to flower again this year. This particular one must be 4 or 5 years old by now. I have 2 others, one in bud & the other one struggling to keep alive. I repotted all 3 of them in Orchid compost a couple of months ago & it seems to have done them well!

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