Flowers & foliage December 2023

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,916	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 1, 2023 14:15:22 GMT Cherry, grindle, and 3 more like this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Dec 1, 2023 14:15:22 GMT Not been out to take any photos yet so here's one taken through t he patio doors the other day looking at the frosty garden! 😀

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Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 1, 2023 16:43:04 GMT steve, grindle, and 3 more like this

Post by SueA on Dec 1, 2023 16:43:04 GMT

Took a quick pic. of a patio rose when I was feeding the birds! 😊

Not a flower or foliage but we have 2 squirrels visiting & this is today in the sunshine, the youngster with a scrawny little tail, very cute! 😊

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Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 1, 2023 21:29:54 GMT Cherry, grindle, and 2 more like this

Post by balc2 on Dec 1, 2023 21:29:54 GMT

My 'Bird of Paradise' has just started to open its very first ever flower today! I've been growing this in our kitchen for about 5 years. It came from some seeds my son brought me back from a holiday in Spain. There were only 3 or 4 seeds in the packet but only 2 germinated. One of those died a few weeks later. So this one has had to endure life with me all this time.

I repotted it in a big pot this year, in the spring, & even put it outside on the balcony for a couple of months. I had to bring it in again as the leaves being so big took up far too much space & I found it difficult getting around it.

When I sowed the seeds I knew they would take a long time to flower, if ever, so I thought of it more as a foliage plant than a flowering plant. So I was surprised a couple of months ago when I noticed a l-o-n-g, what I thought was a leaf growing. As it began to curve sideways I hardly dared to hope it might be a flower stem! It's developed much quicker than I thought it would; I didn't expect it to open till well into January at the earliest! Well it's opened today - an early Christmas present!

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 2, 2023 3:55:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Dec 2, 2023 3:55:40 GMT great job getting it to eventually flower balc2

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,384	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 2, 2023 21:15:20 GMT grindle likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Dec 2, 2023 21:15:20 GMT grindle thanks for liking the photos! I should have waited another day as now the blue petals have opened!

derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,460	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 4, 2023 22:08:21 GMT SueA and balc2 like this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Dec 4, 2023 22:08:21 GMT Nice pictures,Sue. I like the bird of paradise

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,916	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 5, 2023 18:59:00 GMT balc2 likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Dec 5, 2023 18:59:00 GMT The Bird of Paradise plant belongs to balc2 Derek, it is lovely & I did grow one years ago, I'm tempted to try again now!

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Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 5, 2023 19:02:05 GMT grindle, seaburn, and 2 more like this

Post by SueA on Dec 5, 2023 19:02:05 GMT

Ventured into the garden to feed the birds again today & took a quick photo looking back to the patio, the echinops flowered a second time very late & is till hanging on but not much else has survived to frost, snow & rain.

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,384	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 7, 2023 21:38:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Dec 7, 2023 21:38:33 GMT How strange, the photos are not showing up on my computer today!

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Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 8, 2023 21:45:26 GMT Cherry, grindle, and 3 more like this

Post by balc2 on Dec 8, 2023 21:45:26 GMT

Here are a couple of pictures I took this morning of the 'Bird of Paradise' in our kitchen. I don't know just how long the flower will last so I'm taking some photos almost every day!

I hope the flowers will be bigger next year & that there will be more of them!

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,916	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 9, 2023 20:30:58 GMT grindle, Eli, and 1 more like this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Dec 9, 2023 20:30:58 GMT View of the garden yesterday morning in the sunshine & showers before the rain started properly!

balc2 Top Member The countdown has begun! Posts: 3,384	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 10, 2023 20:24:06 GMT SueA likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by balc2 on Dec 10, 2023 20:24:06 GMT I hope your plants were OK after the heavy rain you were expecting. We only had 1 or 2 showers though perhaps the first was the heaviest.

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Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 17, 2023 16:35:36 GMT grindle, SueA, and 1 more like this

Post by balc2 on Dec 17, 2023 16:35:36 GMT

My 'Flamingo Lily' is flowering better this year than in the past 3 years since my son gave me it. Here are some pictures I took a few days ago.

I'm wondering if I should repot it in the spring next year as the growth is getting rather much for the pot it is in at present which is the pot it originally came in.

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Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 17, 2023 20:35:54 GMT balc2 likes this

Post by Eli on Dec 17, 2023 20:35:54 GMT

Nice to see one flowering, I am pleased for you Balc2. They are a vibrant colour.
I have one from which I took a cutting many years ago, and neither of them have ever flowered, except for the flowers on the original one when I bought it..

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Flowers & foliage December 2023 Dec 18, 2023 4:15:18 GMT balc2 likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Dec 18, 2023 4:15:18 GMT lovely colour balc2

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