Budding journals
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Viburnum Budding, Corsican Hellebore Budding, Small Daffs Jet Fire Budding, Cotoneaster , and Christmas Box...
01 Feb 2013
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Mostly Cloudy 5°C / 41°FThese insignificant little tufts of flowers (Christmas box) but with a delicious scent would have been my Jan bloom – just missed it! 2) Cotoneaster Lacteus providing a bit of welcome colour 3) ‘Jet Fire’ budding. Ditto Hellebore argutifolius (4) and Viburnum tinus (5)
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Sinningia leucotricha Budding, Mimosa 'Summer Chocolate' Growing, Astrophytum myriostigma var. quadricosta...
28
Jan
2013
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Windy 8°C / 46°FYes, even the 12 inches we got up near Tom’s house, which made the drive from Grantham to Farnsfield an absolute nightmare (a lot of skidding and car-pushing), had completely disappeared thanks to the surprisingly warm Sunday and Monday. However, now it’s horrid and windy and rainy an...
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Hippeastrum 'Red Lion' Budding, Hippeastrum 'Apple Blossom' Budding, and Clivia miniata Budding
12
Jan
2013
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Scattered Clouds 3°C / 37°FBut happier now. Some time has elapsed, and now I have less time to wait before I can move in with Tom. It’s still so frustrating, but… believable now. At the last moment my mother sent me her address and I am still able to rent a room there, which is a relief. At the moment I’m...
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25
Nov
2012
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Another Amaryllis bulb budding!
Amaryllis Budding and Home gardenRainy 8°C / 46°FAnother of my Amaryllis bulbs is now showing another bud, too! We had been away for two weeks in Spain,where the weather was little different from here in the UK! It may have been a little warmer but we also had a lot of rain & some very cold days as well! When we got back I found another bul...
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Amaryllis Budding and Home garden
30
Sep
2012
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Partly Sunny 16°C / 61°FI have 2 more Amaryllis budding which will flower during October! One is in the living room, in a window that faces more or less East, the other is on the kitchen windowsill. The first of the two is the most advanced as the bud is now about 30cm/1ft tall. The one in the kitchen windowsill is only...
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AV Nursery garden , African Violet Collection garden , Saintpaulia 5g ionantha ssp pendula (SJ115) Budding,...
06
Aug
2012
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Indoors 28°C / 82°F(And I think this one will bring me up to date!) I’ve done a bit of violet work over the past three days, and I will combine them all in this journal. I’ve been working out trades for next month when the weather cools down with several friends in my on-line Violet group. It’s a ...
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Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Rhapsodie Susi' LEAF (OP111) Sprouting, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimar...
04
Jun
2012
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Rainy 13°C / 55°FA cold and rainy day outside – perfect for updating the violet inventory inside. Some new blooms, some buds waiting to bloom, some new sprouts. We had one very cool night and I forgot and left the windows open. Most of the flowers on the violets in the south window ended up drying and shriv...
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Valeriana officinalis - Garden Heliotrope Blooming, Fuchsia 'Shadow Dancer Rosella' Moved, Tanacetum parthe...
03
Jun
2012
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Sunny 27°C / 80°FThese are flowers that have bloomed over the past week. Pics to document the milestones. AND… it seems like overnight, my Valerian in the BBB is about 6 feet tall and blooming. Smells wonderful! I went to two of the local nurseries that I frequent to pick up some annuals for pots and window...
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27
May
2012
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Sweetpeas ‘Royal Family’ now budding
Gerry & Dave's allotment garden , Sweet pea 'Royal Family' Budding, and Our Greenhouse gardenStorms 27°C / 81°FThe Sweetpeas, ‘Royal Family’, that my brother planted out in the allotment for me a couple of months ago, are now budding. In fact one or two plants even have a flower or two. I shall wait a couple of weeks more before posting on them flowering.
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07
May
2012
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A Bit of Blooming Outside and In
Tulipa - Parrot Tulip - 'Flaming Parrot' Blooming, Erysimum (Cheiranthus) allionii - Siberian Wallflower B...Sunny 19°C / 66°FA few new bloomers around the gardens. Outside – I think this is the last Flaming Parrot Tulip that still blooms. I planted a lot of them a number of years ago. Siberian Wallflower and Silene in the Butterfly-Bee-Bird Garden. This is the first time blooming for this Wallflower. Lilacs! The...
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Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Powwow' (PP123) Repotted, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Irish Mystery' (PP122...
05
May
2012
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Overcast 18°C / 64°FIt was raining this morning, though it was supposed to clear by afternoon. I took some time to do some violet work. All the babies needed to be watered and all the leaves needed to be checked to be sure the potting mix was moist and none of the leaves were starting to rot. I continued with the re...
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Saintpaulia 5g ionantha ssp pendula (SJ115) Branching, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Texas (III)' ...
30
Apr
2012
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Indoors 16°C / 60°FI’m very excited! Besides all the Violets that are now blooming, there are also several Violets that are budding, many for the very first time. I can’t wait to see what some of these first-timers look like in person. Blooming right now: Ballet Snowcone 1, 2 & 4; Rhapsodie Rebecca;...
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Stylophorum diphyllum - Celandine Poppy Blooming, Rubus strigosus - Everbearing Raspberry Showing True Leav...
25
Apr
2012
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Sunny 16°C / 61°FA few flowers and buds around over the past few days.
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Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Powwow' (PP123) Treating, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Mellow Yellow' (PP121...
23
Apr
2012
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Indoors 16°C / 61°FI bought three new violets at the AV show on Sunday – Powwow, Yellow Mellow, Irish Mystery. They have been sprayed for pests and are currently in isolation for a while. They are all in bloom, but the foliage is a little bunched up from being in those cellophane sleeves. They will fall out q...
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Welcome garden and Pulsatilla vulgaris - Pasque Flower 'Red' Budding
08
Apr
2012
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Cloudy 13°C / 55°FI don’t celebrate Easter, but these are right on schedule… to celebrate Spring! I’m particularly pleased as I have never been able to get these to survive before.
