Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?
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Blackberries are ripening nicely here.
Seems early in the year?
The plants grew well in the spring rain, in the hedges and among roses, but the berries aren't big & juicy like supermarkets sell, due, I reckon, to the summer drought.Foraged about three punnets just from the back garden.
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Blackberries are ripening nicely here.
Seems early in the year?
The plants grew well in the spring rain, in the hedges and among roses, but the berries aren't big & juicy like supermarkets sell, due, I reckon, to the summer drought.Foraged about three punnets just from the back garden.
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I love this time of year when blackberries are everywhere and free.
Sometimes in winter they (and raspberries) are ยฃ15/kg in the shops, so the little plastic punnets with maybe 25-30 berries costs over ยฃ3. (Blueberries are always cheapest at ยฃ9-12/kg, and stay fresh longest). -
Beautiful photos everyone!
Some of you might remember that I was worried about something eating our black eyed susans before they had the chance to bloom... Well whatever it was decided that they didn't actually like the black eyed susans, so this is what it looks like now.
They are actually trying to take over, so when fall comes, we're going to have to figure out how to rein them in. But for now, they look so cheery, right outside the front door.
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Black-eyed Susans and glads. Classic late summer flowers!
My Susies are going great guns, now that I've eliminated the rabbit menace. They used to eat them down to the ground by June and I never used to see any flowers. I'll divide and move some around either later this fall or next spring. They've been flower for three solid weeks and show no signs of slowing down.
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That rose is just perfect!
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Seen in a field some miles west of the worldโs largest truck stop.
Turns out itโs birdโs foot trefoil which is planted as a cover crop and also harvested
for silage.
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@AndyD Beautiful! I was very much into orchids for a while but ran into difficulties. The environments they come from are so varied that unless one has thousands to invest in a super good, large greenhouse, it's a challenge trying to accommodate all their needs. I am down to one Dendrochilum and one mini Cattleya. The Cattleya was on the discard bin and one day I noticed new growth, so I started watering it again and it's growing! Orchids are so darn fascinating and the colors so stunning, it's hard to resist. I was in the supermarket yesterday and brought home a pink Phal. This happened after I was rummaging upstairs and came across a book on orchids that I sat down with. I think it's rekindled a desire to get more. Heaven help me.
Another favorite of mine is Streptocarpus. This one has almost doubled in size since I bought it earlier this year. It's outgrowing it's small terrarium.
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They are irresistibly beautiful, but tricky. I am reliably informed by MrsA that this white one needs little water and lives pretty much off air! Others she's had have needed a moist bathroom environment. Back in Malaysia one of her uncles had a huge greenhouse devoted to growing them.
As it happens there's an orchid show in Durham next Sunday which will be fun
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There's a sweet autumn clematis way back in the yard. There was a trellis there but it fell over and broke over the winter. I never got around to putting another one in, so the clematis ended up becoming part groundcover/part climbing vine. It even headed over to a nearby arbor where I have a couple of other sweet autumns started.
I'll do something different next year, but for now I think it looks kind of neat! Smells wonderful, too.
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That's the nicest ground cover.
Theres nothing much but green in our garden, however the orchid show last week was colourful
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Those orchids are lovely.
Years ago I had my own little collection of orchid plants. I think my favorites were the Oncidium Sharry Baby โSweet Fragrantโ . The whole house would smell like vanilla when the plant was in bloom.
We also enjoyed searching for yellow lady's slipper orchids in the woods in Door County. They are very fussy about where they will grow; we were lucky enough to have the perfect conditions in several areas of our property and they came back reliably, year after year.
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