Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?
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As I understand it, anything done structurally or cosmetically to the building has to be in keeping, sympathetically undertaken and effectively not change it architecturally.
You retain the character or can return it to a more original condition. And ought to maintain it appropriately. Hence the Virginia creeper was doomed.Once listed grade 1 (highest with most restrictions) or 2 there are statute laws to be obeyed.
But there may be even more rules e.g. in one case/area I know about, a committee had to be consulted.
You can't replace victorian patterned wood parquet flooring with practical industrial hospital type lino. It will have to be new same parquet that costs a fortune and takes weeks to lay, as happened in the Library in the same building with the v creeper on the outside wall.Of course H&S and Equality means you can, with permission, install new lifts (elevators) and ramps.
You probably have something similar in the US.@AndyD Someone I follow on YT, visited her Aunt and Uncle's place in Suffulk (I believe) a few Christmases ago and they talk about the work involved in owning a Grade 2 structure. Their son did some amazing work on the place. . . (starting at 2:33 in the video) . . .
Link to video
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Exquisite.
A Suffolk tithe barn, what a privilege to own, restore, furnish and inhabit.
And such a lovely couple.(What Christmas decorations...)
Philip pans past a corner cabinet and a very old looking grandfather clock. Then it's a sensory overload of paintings, ancient beams, acorns capping every newel post.
Everywhere objects of interest.I've never stopped a video so many times wanting to zoom in at antiques.
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Your roses look fantastic!
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Lovely roses. I've given up on hybrid roses. My family in Oregon can grow them spectacularly, but my luck with them in New England has been kinda heartbreaking.
My bloomscroll today is the native blue flag iris.
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Lovely roses. I've given up on hybrid roses. My family in Oregon can grow them spectacularly, but my luck with them in New England has been kinda heartbreaking.
My bloomscroll today is the native blue flag iris.
@rustyfingers said in Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?:
Lovely roses. I've given up on hybrid roses.
I'm trying own-root roses from this outfit:
https://heirloomroses.com/blogs/about-us-ordering/about
Costco had them online last year and I bought three of them. Everybody made it through the winter, though there was a fair amount of dieback. I had planted one is what turned out to be too much of a shady area, so I moved it this year and it's rebounding nicely.
OTOH, I'm now remembering why I stopped growing roses years ago...they seem to be susceptible to every imaginable disease and insect that's out there....
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Bayer Rose and Flower systemic works very well.
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#2 I know as Agapanthus Africanus - Lily of the Nile.
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Only one of the four roses I planted last year made it through winter unscathed. The one that did, however, is really looking good!
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@AndyD thats's a cool photo. @Steve-Miller , Love those yellow roses.
Today I present blue-eyed grass, a New England native, and a member of the iris family
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Nice!
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Potted up some flowers today.
Back patio. The iris in the background were an Easter egg left to me by the guy who designed my yard. I’ll have to ask him what kind they are. Geraniums are a gift from my neighbor. I swapped him for an oak leaf hydrangea that I never really bonded with:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e89XbypnA0WQ3B710xSITYUg
Next to the fountain:
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0daLMleLrzMLwlIO8YcAEv3lA
Side of patio. The tall plants (“thrillers” for those of you also watching YouTube videos on arranging such things) are Japanese iris. They’re pouting and the flower buds died. Maybe next year.
The dark purple spikes are Salvia “Hummingbird Falls.” They weren’t in the pot two hours before the hummingbirds found them and they’ve been visiting on and off all afternoon.
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Two little fuchsia. (Fuchsias?) All of the larger ones were either a dull orange or sold out.
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Only one of the four roses I planted last year made it through winter unscathed. The one that did, however, is really looking good!
@Steve-Miller That rose is beautiful, I love the color. The winter was harsh to my roses this year. The climber that had reached heights over my head lost all its tall canes. There is new growth along the base of the plant, so I'll try and save it. I must wrap and stuff with straw this November. The white rose lost all but one cane and I accidently strimmed that one off. I don't know if the rose is salvageable now. One other rose is down to practically nothing. I'm lucky that my yellow rose survived and is doing well.
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@AndyD thats's a cool photo. @Steve-Miller , Love those yellow roses.
Today I present blue-eyed grass, a New England native, and a member of the iris family
@rustyfingers I love blue-eyed grass. Once in a while I'll come across one that has popped up on its own.
