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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Tee Gee on January 22, 2008, 14:17:16

Title: a bit of colour;
Post by: Tee Gee on January 22, 2008, 14:17:16

Even after all this rain I still have a bit of colour around the place;

Polyanthus;

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/Flowers/P1020830.jpg)


(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/Flowers/P1020831.jpg)

Snowdrops;

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/Flowers/P1020855.jpg)

The first crocus;( sorry it is a bit out of focus)

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/tgalmanac/Flowers/P1020870.jpg)

Title: Re: a bit of colour;
Post by: Lauren S on January 22, 2008, 14:53:33

Flowers are looking cheerful Tee Gee
Your soil looks absolutely sodden.
It's dryish here today for the 2nd day, just a few spits and spots now and again....Hurry up longer days and a bit of warmth pleassssseeeeee  :)
Clocks change March 20th \o/...Yippee
(68 days to go)  ;D

Title: Re: a bit of colour;
Post by: Grandma on January 22, 2008, 15:09:16

Lovely, Tee Gee! Thank you. We all need a bit of colour at this time of the year!
The sun actually shone here today - so here's my 'bit'!

(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2365/crocusjanuarygk4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6921/pansiesjanuaryfd4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6921/pansiesjanuaryfd4.a42fd08289.jpg) (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=514&i=pansiesjanuaryfd4.jpg)

(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1692/jasminejanuarytp9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

Title: Re: a bit of colour;
Post by: tim on January 22, 2008, 15:14:17

Heartening!

Title: Re: a bit of colour;
Post by: lorna on January 22, 2008, 18:46:03

Now those pics have cheered me up, thanks folk for posting.

Title: Re: a bit of colour;
Post by: Hot_Potato on January 23, 2008, 21:39:00

what a cheery sight Tee Gee - just love looking at them and the size of those pansies!! :o

I bought a couple of 'instant flowering' baskets from my local farmers' market stall with pansies in but my baskets are now, just full of green leaves with the odd flower head amongst them (& I do/have dead-headed them as necessary) will they ever pick up?......they don't get any sun tho this time of year - I'm in a very shady spot so maybe that's why (mind you, we've not had much sun anyway even here in the South) but even when we get the odd bit - my little patio doesn't get it :'(

Title: Re: a bit of colour;
Post by: floraldi on January 25, 2008, 18:49:10

Thank you for posting those photos. I really enjoyed them. I grew a lot of polyanthus from seed last year (found them easy to do).  I prepared a large hanging basket with them a few months ago but when I checked lately I noticed there was no draining and the soil was sodden.
What I do have in full flower is a hazel (the one with the hard to spell name). Must remember to use my digital camera more!