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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?

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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.
    OMG their paintings.

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      In London for daughters birthday and it's summer here. Roses...
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        Even the small areas around street trees are flourishing. Here self seeded poppy and malva(?)
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          Steve Miller
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          Your roses look fantastic! ๐Ÿ‘

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            They're not mine alas, just walking the dog in London admiring some gardens near our flat.

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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.
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                @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....

                When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumรดnier

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                  Bayer Rose and Flower systemic works very well.

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                    Iris are so beautiful, ours aren't flowering yet, while in old Londinium they're all but finished.
                    Except these two from my early dog walk around Woodford

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                      And some other blooms I came across (help me with names please)

                      Red hot poker
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                      Judas plant?
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                      And a stunning bottle brush(?)
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                        #2 I know as Agapanthus Africanus - Lily of the Nile.

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                          Noticed daughter's rose in three stages of bloom

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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!

                            https://share.icloud.com/photos/098J-W3udZcr1ckYBPk7nEIvQ

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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! ๐Ÿ‘

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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. Iโ€™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 (โ€œthrillersโ€ for those of you also watching YouTube videos on arranging such things) are Japanese iris. Theyโ€™re pouting and the flower buds died. Maybe next year. ๐Ÿ˜•

                                  The dark purple spikes are Salvia โ€œHummingbird Falls.โ€ They werenโ€™t in the pot two hours before the hummingbirds found them and theyโ€™ve been visiting on and off all afternoon.

                                  https://share.icloud.com/photos/05e2R5nPIrEwxCQwXJK15j34Q

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                                    Two little fuchsia. (Fuchsias?) All of the larger ones were either a dull orange or sold out.

                                    https://share.icloud.com/photos/04eAuREJcmqccxvpQpabUbDWQ

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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!

                                      https://share.icloud.com/photos/098J-W3udZcr1ckYBPk7nEIvQ

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                                      @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
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                                        Bernard
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                                        @rustyfingers I love blue-eyed grass. Once in a while I'll come across one that has popped up on its own.

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                                          I planted some a few years ago that disappeared. I found a volunteer on the hellstrip this season and found these really healthy specimens at a native plant sale. Figure I'll put them on the hellstrip if that's where they want to live. Do yours volunteer in a sunny spot?

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