Flower Power
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It's been lovely following this thread while I've been isolated upstairs most of the last two weeks! Although felt a bit sad at times that I was missing the outdoors and lovely weather.
Today I went outside for the first time for two weeks. Carefully! The flowers in the front are all gone now but my chives are out and a little potentilla bush (shrubby cinquefoil) is flowering. Plus my strawberry hanging basket has a few flowers. The rest is an overgrown jungle! There's another potentilla in the front which is the standard yellow. This one is a dwarf version - with pinky red flowers - I can't remember the name of it - something like Crimson Dawn I think.
There's also a giant rabbit hole in my small vegetable bed and I suspect nothing will grow in there now.
Today I went outside for the first time for two weeks. Carefully! The flowers in the front are all gone now but my chives are out and a little potentilla bush (shrubby cinquefoil) is flowering. Plus my strawberry hanging basket has a few flowers. The rest is an overgrown jungle! There's another potentilla in the front which is the standard yellow. This one is a dwarf version - with pinky red flowers - I can't remember the name of it - something like Crimson Dawn I think.
There's also a giant rabbit hole in my small vegetable bed and I suspect nothing will grow in there now.
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As I never seem to be able to keep on top of gardening these days, I'm tempted to let it turn into a wildflower meadow 
Rather than try and keep a tidy bed and a grass area. The bird bath has disappeared completely - it's somewhere under the potentilla which has gone crazy.
Rather than try and keep a tidy bed and a grass area. The bird bath has disappeared completely - it's somewhere under the potentilla which has gone crazy.
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After all the oranges & yellows I love purple & blue flowers too, here’s the scabious just starting to bloom with some delicate little erigeron.
I even have some pink flowers
Not such a bad pink really & does look nice against the foliage, my black elder which is now more of a tree than a shrub as I haven’t pruned it for a couple of years.
I even have some pink flowers
Not such a bad pink really & does look nice against the foliage, my black elder which is now more of a tree than a shrub as I haven’t pruned it for a couple of years.
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Oh, what gorgeous photos!
Why do everybody else's plants look so healthy and mine always look struggly..
Coco, that yellow rose is stunning and the foliage so green and healthy.
Maz, going outside to look at your lovely flowers must have given you a boost. Let's hope the nice weather continues.
Elusive, those colours are beautiful and the pink blends in.
Why do everybody else's plants look so healthy and mine always look struggly..
Coco, that yellow rose is stunning and the foliage so green and healthy.
Maz, going outside to look at your lovely flowers must have given you a boost. Let's hope the nice weather continues.
Elusive, those colours are beautiful and the pink blends in.
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I only take a photo of their best side, lol.
I wished it would rain so everything turns green and lush and i wouldn't suddenly remember at midnight that i've forgotten to water the plants again.
I wished it would rain so everything turns green and lush and i wouldn't suddenly remember at midnight that i've forgotten to water the plants again.
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Lovely Coco, all the better for getting out of hand too!
I wish it would rain too Beryl, there was a time when I thought I would never say that, but after what must be a decade of cold wet summers my garden is planted with things that can cope with that & lots of pots, no way I can water them all every day, it would be nice if it just rained at night though.
I wish it would rain too Beryl, there was a time when I thought I would never say that, but after what must be a decade of cold wet summers my garden is planted with things that can cope with that & lots of pots, no way I can water them all every day, it would be nice if it just rained at night though.
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The aubrieta at the end of the garden found its way there from the front I think. I brought it from my previous home as I liked it so much. The rockery stones there, I have realised, were originally put there when my H created a rockery garden to celebrate the birth of our daughter. She will be 32 later this month…oh help! Over the years it has become somewhat overgrown there but the photo is the best of it.
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I didn't know you could get robins at this time of year! What is the plant on the wall above with the deep red flowers? Is it a clematis?
There is a swallows nest in the eaves right above my bedroom window. I've been watching swallows coming and going all week.
There is a swallows nest in the eaves right above my bedroom window. I've been watching swallows coming and going all week.
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