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14 Nov 2009Vanilla lily flowering Vanilla lily Flowering and Container gardenSunny 30°C / 86°F
This is looking really healthy with 3 flower stalks. The flowers are much smaller than the chocolate lily flowers – around half the size, but just as fragrant.
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05 Nov 2009My waterlily has flowered! 6 7 Water lily red Flowering and Water bowl gardenOvercast 19°C / 66°F
It is more a soft pink than a red, but I love this flower. Because of the cold weather, I haven’t been able to get one of these to flower before, so i am really happy with this one. Will have to wait and see if any of my other waterlilies flower.
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04 Nov 2009Geranium flowering 2 Geranium johnsons blue Flowering and Ornamental garden17°C / 63°F
This flower is much bigger than the flower of the cranesbill geranium, very similar to the Sandy’s chris canning geranium. It also dies back completely unlike the cranesbill geranium.
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04 Nov 2009Cranesbill geranium flowering geranium cranesbill Flowering and Ornamental garden17°C / 63°F
This geranium is doing extremely well, and is spreading nicely
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04 Nov 2009Harvested last of the onion red florence 2 1 Onion long red florence Harvesting and Edible garden17°C / 63°F
I really like these onions and have put in a few bunches for next year.
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04 Nov 2009Vanilla lily starting to produce buds Vanilla lily Budding and Container garden17°C / 63°F
I hadn’t realised that this flowers later than the chocolate lily
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04 Nov 2009Swingtown flowering 3 Bearded iris swingtown Flowering and Ornamental garden17°C / 63°F
This is one of the more intensely coloured irises, and one of my favourites.
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04 Nov 2009More bearded iris photos 1 2 Bearded iris mulberry punch Flowering and Front garden17°C / 63°F
Mulberry punch is flowering. This is the first time that this has flowered, as I planted it in the front which has really poor soil. One of my goals for this year will be to start working on improving the soil in the front.
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02 Nov 2009New shoots on the purple fountain grass 2 Purple fountain grass Breaking Dormancy and Ornamental garden22°C / 72°F
I am always pleased when these grasses start to reshoot, as I am never sure that they are going to come back each year.
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02 Nov 2009First tomato! 6 3 Tomato rid fig dwarf Setting Fruit and Edible garden22°C / 72°F
Just noticed that the first tomato has appeared on one of the cherry tomatoes. At least half of the tomato bushes have started flowering. The ones in the no-dig bed are doing better than the others.
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