Flowers journals
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May
2013
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Bloom Day - Strawberries are Flowering
Fragaria x ananassa - Strawberry 'Berri Basket' Flowering, Fragaria x ananassa - Strawberry - "Sequoia" Flo...Scattered Clouds 11°C / 52°FI was surprised to see the flowers on the Strawberries so soon, especially since we have had such lingering cold weather this spring. There has been a frost warning for the past few nights, and though I haven’t actually had any frost, the temperature was only 32*F this morning when I got up...
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Yellow Currant Flowering
02 May 2013
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Clear 2°C / 36°FAnother spring storm dropped 11.5" of snow in the yard yesterday… and on the flowers and plants trying to get growing. These yellow currant flowers are indicative of the struggles that the plants have been having this year. The snow and the cold temperatures set a record here. 11.5&quo...
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Viola - Pansy. mixed Blooming and 2013 Container garden
15
Apr
2013
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Partly Cloudy 6°C / 43°FAlways love these… Spring’s happy little faces!
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Patio Conatiners garden
27 Mar 2013
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Clear 11°C / 52°FMy 2013 garden is in full swing! I’m happy that I chose a lot of perennials last year when I started gardening last year. All most all of them have made it to this spring with no problems, including some petunias that I nursed through the winter. All of my Osteospermums are blooming with a ...
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African Daisies (Mixed Colors) , African Daisies (Mixed Colors) Sprouting, and Flower Garden garden
17
Mar
2013
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Saintpaulia - African Violet 'White Madonna' (Baker) (VR1112.5) Blooming and African Violet Collection garden
15
Mar
2013
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Sunny -1°C / 30°FI have to say I think this is one of my very favorite African Violets. It blooms regularly and fairly often and just always looks wonderful!
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11 Mar 2013
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Much needed rain and some flowers!
Star jasmine , Zebrina (Hollyhock) , Grandpa Ott's Morning Glory (flower) , Bee's Friend in the backyard fl...The past weekend we finally got some much needed rain! It was a welcome sound on Sunday morning to hear the rain coming down after 2+ weeks of very low humidity and dry cold days. The garden responded in kind. The most dramatic was from the Amish Snap peas. When I went out late in the morning to ...Mostly Cloudy 15°C / 59°F -
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Feb
2013
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Watering, Windbreaking, Working, Wishing, Waiting, Wife harvesting flowers
Henbit for the Bees- Setting Seed! Harvesting, Gerbera daisy x7 Harvesting, Lantana 'Trailing lavender purp...Windy 8°C / 46°FArose before dawn today to get my watering and garden windbreaking done before heading out to work. Decided to water by bucket, because the exercise is good for me. Windbreaks were things I already had: *A wheelbarrow, turned upside-down *A small toolbox full of cheap old rusty tools, placed on ...
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IRIS are blooming Potting Up and IRIS BED garden
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Feb
2013
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Feb
2013
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Seed starting on a shoestring going pretty well. Mood: Happy :)
Windowsill gardenGermination updates for 72 cell sowing of older seeds done on Friday, 08 Feb 2013. 23 out of 72 cells have produced sprouts so far. That’s about 1/3 of them. Pic 1: Entire 72 cell tray Pic 2: Tiniest Sprouts I’ve Ever seen!! Aussie Tea Tree, Melaleuca. The stick in upper left of the ...
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Amaryllis Blooming and Home garden
15
Jan
2013
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Cloudy 0°C / 32°FYes I’m spoilt – spoilt for choice as to witch of the many photos of my Amaryllis to upload & post for the Bloom Day badge! I have 5 different plants in flower on the table in front of the small East facing window in our living room. In the end I decided for one where all 5 plant...
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Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Arctic Frost' (VR112.1) Blooming and Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Emerald Lo...
15
Dec
2012
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Scattered Clouds 6°C / 43°FThere is nothing in bloom outside at this time. I have several African Violets that are blooming. This Arctic Frost is blooming for the first time and it is awesome! The flowers are huge and snowy white with just a tinge of purple at the eye, and very fluffy and frilly. Emerald Love is also bloom...
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Aster tartaricus - Tartarian Aster 'Jindai' (2) Blooming
15
Nov
2012
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Mostly Cloudy 8°C / 46°FIt is bloom day again. Hard to believe that a full month has gone by since I last posted here on Folia. And such a month it has been! After 36 years, I find myself single – unpartnered – without a spouse, completely and shockingly unexpected. This is not the place for bloody details, ...
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Nov
2012
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Writing About Orchids Will Make Me Feel Better
Odontocidium 'Hansueli Isler' Budding, Phalaenopsis 'Pink' Branching, and Huernia Macrocarpa GrowingHeavy Drizzle 6°C / 43°FAh, and I will dreamily think about my ultimate future aspiration: growing orchids commercially… well, it has been my goal for six months now, so that’s pretty good going. In fact, I can’t really remember having any long term, growing-old aspirations before, so this is progress....
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Eupatorium rugosum - White Snakeroot - "Chocolate" Blooming, Patriot Pots Blooming, Dahlia pinnata - Dinner...
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Oct
2012
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Clear 9°C / 48°FBloom Day honors for October will go to my Eupatorium ‘Chocolate.’ It is a lovely plant, with the white flowers glowing above dark burgundy foliage and stems. It hangs out in the background all summer and only comes into its own as others die away. It stays pretty well behaved in its ...
