Trowels Blog: 2013

Tuesday, 31 December 2013

A year in my garden in 2013

January 2013 got off to a snowy start

My spilling pot finally cracked with the frost

February Dogtooth Violets

New to my garden, Crocus Cream in March

crocus cream1

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

And snowdrops in bloom at same time

End of March /April we had more snow

Mid April Crocus Opened

Daffodils started to bloom in May

And Trilliums

Helebores

June addition to garden

Goldflimmer opened

July the perfume of rockery pinks

Ceanothus Delighted the Garden in August

We had a Solar Eclipse (Heuchera) in September!

October still my fuchsias bloomed

November still got roses in bud

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

Goldenshowers

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.

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