Tuesday 31 December 2013

A year in my garden in 2013

January 2013 got off to a snowy start

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My spilling pot finally cracked with the frost

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February Dogtooth Violets

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New to my garden, Crocus Cream in March

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A fresh covering of snow arrived as the purple Crocus popped through.

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  And snowdrops in bloom at same time

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End of March /April we had more snow

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Mid April Crocus Opened

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Daffodils started to bloom in May

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And Trilliums

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Helebores

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June addition to garden

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Goldflimmer opened

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July the perfume of rockery pinks 

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Ceanothus Delighted the Garden in August

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We had a Solar Eclipse (Heuchera) in September!

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October still my fuchsias bloomed

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 November still got roses in bud

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And 30th December Goldflimmer in bud again and still the roses are in bud.

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Goldenshowers

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Wishin a Guid New Year and happy Gairdinin in 2014

Wishing all a Good New Year and Happy Gardening in 2014

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Monday 2 December 2013

My Journey of Orchids over the years

I had never had Orchids until my husband came back from a business trip and brought back cut Orchids from Bangkok and and then I became hooked on these beautiful flowers.

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I was amazed how long the cut flower Orchids lasted. I can remember still having some blooms left after 6 weeks! Having got the bug, I started looking at Pot Orchids and started to buy.

Let me share what I have had over the years, some I have lost but I am now happy to say that I can get re-blooms consistently on my Phalaenopsis plants. It is so exciting!

I have it down to a find art now and feed my Orchids according to this simple advice:

When pots are light and roots are white…

its time to feed to make them bright!

 

I have also had Dendodriums and Cambria but so far no re-blooms yet. I did have a Cymbidium one year but didn’t have much luck - I may try again sometime.

I also had this Odontonia in 2009

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Cymbiudium 2008

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Orchid

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A birthday gift in 2010

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 Miltonia

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Another Miltonia

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Dendodrium

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My only success with Vanda but bloom never opened then finally a pleasant surprise…

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when she did

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This one of my re-bloom Orchids

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My new Dendodrium

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