Flower journals
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06 Apr 2013
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Crocus Blooming with a Vengeance
Yellow Crocus Blooming and Frontyard Kidney gardenThe Yellow Crocus are in full bloom and are continuing their spring show. No daffodils or tulips yet, but the crocuses are definitely doing their part.
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2013
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Spring Sowing - March 13, 2013
Through the inspiration of the Miramar Community Garden (which we (my son and I) have volunteered with for just over three years), we started a garden in our backyard in 2011 and finally, this year, I feel like we know what we’re doing … a little anyway. We actually had a bit of a yie...Windy 24°C / 76°F -
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Morning Glories, Cosmos, Pepper Blossoms ... and thrips?
Kid's garden , Main garden , Eggplant garden , Aji 'PI 439400' (eggplant garden) Flowering, Sunflower Bloom...Sunny 29°C / 84°FI spent a few minutes today photographing what I had blooming in the garden, and ended up capturing not only flowers, but some insects as well. I saw the flower fly on the cosmos, and captured it in frame #2. What I didn’t see until I was posting these pictures were the thrips on the pepper...
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2012
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Our pear tree is blooming in September!
pear tree and Backyard gardenOur pear tree is blooming in September. I never seen this before. this is an old tree it is about 25 years old.
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May
2012
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Exposure: North-East (a few plants on the left side receive no direct sunlight at all, by noon no part of this garden is receiving any sun) Plant varieties: Anemone ‘De Caen’, Aquilegia flaballata ‘Biedermeier’ Dwarf, Aquilegia ‘Yellow Star’, Caladium ‘W...Cloudy 20°C / 68°F -
Grapefruit Blooming and Greenhouse garden
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2012
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Rainy 11°C / 52°FI’m astonished to see a flower on a yearling from a supermarket fruit pip. And it’s the best-smelling thing in the greenhouse (or outside) right now. Mmmmmm. Photos: 1: The journey over the past year. 2: My current bloom, the fragrance of which is just to die for. 3: The bloom and t...
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Mar
2012
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Papa Bear's Paradise: Cleaned Out Our Future Hummingbird Garden
Square Foot Vegetable gardenWe moved in to our new house in October of 2011 and have not had a chance to do much until this Spring. The Square Foot Garden is still on schedule, and today we cleaned up an area in our front yard, right in front of our big living room window, that will soon become our new Hummingbird Garden. ...Sunny 27°C / 80°F -
Driveway Garden garden , Borders garden , Welcome garden , Hellebore - Lenten Rose 'Double Queen Mix' Bloom...
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Mar
2012
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Cloudy 7°C / 45°FHellebore, that is. It has bloomed and it is lovely. Why did I wait so long to decide to plant these? No answer. There is one large flower, about 3 inches across, and several more large buds to open. Nice! There are a few other signs that Spring will soon be here: Buds on the Daffodils Hyacinths ...
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Pink Baby's breath and Billy Button
23 Jan 2012
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Rainy 10°C / 50°F
I have never been a fan of baby’s breath in flower arrangements but when I saw them in my seed catalogue, I couldn’t resist. Also they are pink!!
Also in is group of plantings, I am trying billy button again. I could not get them to work for me last year but I would really like to fig...
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11 Jan 2012
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I have been trying to figure out if there are any non-toxic flower bulbs that would be safe for young children, non-toxic, to force inside? Traditional thoughts elude me – most are toxic but maybe someone has ideas or knowledge?Cloudy 9°C / 49°F -
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Sunflowers, Morning Glories, and Cosmos for Bloom Day
Garden Cosmos 'Seashells Mix' Blooming, Morning Glory Blooming, Volunteer Sunflower Blooming, Main garden ,...Rainy 11°C / 52°FI did a short, evening survey of what is blooming that I could post and I came up with these. Two of which I did not have as a planting, as they came up volunteer this year and I wasn’t tracking them. The Sunflowers are volunteers from last years crop of volunteer sunflowers. I don’t ...
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Aug
2011
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First time bloom - I think it's 'Texas'
Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Texas (III)' (OP109) Blooming, African Violet Collection garden , Sa...IndoorsOP109 has just opened its buds for the first flower ever. It is single semi-double pansy, deep purple-blue with frilled edges. From the description and photos on the Optimara website, I think this is Texas. I can’t find the AVSA description for it but here is the description from the Optima...
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Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Virginia II' (OP106) Blooming and African Violet Collection garden
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Jul
2011
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IndoorsThis is the first to bloom of the Optimara Violets that I received last year. The lady who sent them had lost the tags. so wasn’t sure which was which. In checking the photos and descriptions on the Optimara site for the currently active varieties, this one looks very much like ‘Rhap...
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2011 Flower garden
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Jul
2011
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Partly Sunny 23°C / 73°FI took today off and not feeling guilty at all about it! LOL My strawberries are ripening, so I’ve been able to enjoy a few batches here and there. I have to say, fresh berries directly from your garden are fantastic! So sweet and so juicy. My garden is blooming with roses, lychnis and a fe...
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12 Jun 2011
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TANGO LILY 'Olina' only 1 left, moved to North Wall Garden
LILY 'Tango' Olina and Round Raised Bed Center Court gardenTANGO LILY ‘Olina’ only 1 left, moved to North Wall Garden.32°C / 90°F
