Tuesday 17 March 2015

Amaryllis Nymph in 2nd Year growth finally opened

 

It has been exciting to watch this amazing growth finally bloom since my last blog of its growth.

http://trowelslgblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/amaryllis-nymph-in-2nd-year-growth.html

I had never grown one before never mind have the success of getting it to bloom a second time.

So I shall keep doing this every year to see how long I can keep her growing.

As you can see at the base there is another bud growing.

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This was this morning

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And taken again at 4pm

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The leaves are so big. It has been growing so fast since January of this year - must be with all the feed of the summer of 2014 stored in the bulb.

I have one more called Black Pearl which was in Flower for the first time early Feb. It is now starting to loose its leaves. So I shall start the cycle again in May by re-potting then start to feed the bulb in May until October 2015 then let rest till January 2016 and start to water again. Watch this space.

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Saturday 7 March 2015

Aldi plug plants

A shop I use but never for plants and was surprised to see plug plants at only £1.99 for 6.

So I was delighted to pick up Marikina and Matt Busby fuchsias.

Marikina

 

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Matt Busby

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I shall let them grow in their little house until they outgrow it and then I shall multi pot them and repot until final 5inch pot.

As they grow I shall update blog photos.

The final pot will be a hanging pot with all 6 plants growing as 1.

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Amaryllis Nymph in 2nd year growth

For Christmas 2013 I received a gift of an Amaryllis and I was so delighted as I had never grown one before but now I think I am hooked.

Well I planted her in January of 2014 and she grow ever so well for me and happy to say here we are in 2015 and she is in bud once again.

This is a photo of it in bloom for the first time last year.

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And this is a photo of it taken just a few days ago…

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You can follow the growth on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1589408167965379&set=pcb.1438610373097421&type=1&theater

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Tuesday 10 February 2015

Snowdrop walk at House of Dun

Here we are into February and we are getting some lovely days for walking  and today was one of them to visit the House of Dun snowdrop walk.

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Sunday 28 December 2014

A Beautiful walk on a Frosty Day

 

Its so great to get wrapped up and go out for a nice fresh air walk.

Come and enjoy the last weekend of 2014

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Saturday 1 November 2014

Autumn Colours

This year all around we have had a stunning Autumn and still have some beautiful colours to see. Here are some of my recent photos of the foliage.

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Sunday 5 October 2014

October Heucheras starting to change colour now.

 

I have many pots of Heucheras all growing so well. You can see my last blog http://blog.trowelslg.com/2014/08/heucheras-of-2014.html

In the Spring of 2015 I shall start to add new Heucheras in to my raised beds to

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Heucheras