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    Flowers still in bloom.

    Just been having a look around the garden after the very cold weekend and have been very surprised to see so many flowers still in bloom.
    Summer bedding Begonias, Lobelia, Geraniums, Pansies, Fuschias, French Marigolds and of course Dahlias.
    I would have thought the frost would have killed them but they are still going strong and this is a north west facing garden.

    And when your back stops aching,
    And your hands begin to harden.
    You will find yourself a partner,
    In the glory of the garden.

    Rudyard Kipling.sigpic
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    I was just thinking the same thing today Bramble. Still flowering in my garden are roses, snapdragons, erigeron karvinskianus, ox-eye daisy, a little rockery campanula which has been flowering since spring, various geranium, calendula and lobelia. Maybe the most surprising of all are sweet pea matacuna plants, which I'd left to collect seeds, but they're still producing new flowers.

    We've had a few very cold mornings here, but not enough to frost the car windows....when that happens I guess the annuals will die pretty quick.

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    • #3
      Yes still got some flowers clinging on including some last yellow flowers still on the Rose of Sharon shrub. Most surprising are the roses. We planted a bright pink Pomponella bush this year which OH wasn't all that keen on because it has tight pom pom flowers rather than the traditional open rose - but it has flowered twice and the 2nd flowering is only just dying off now. It's really given a terrific burst of bright pink in the middle of two other rose bushes that had stopped flowering way back.

      Another rose bush Summer Beauty with pretty apricot colour flowers, photographed below two days ago, was really disappointing in the summer and I was tempted to move it elsewhere. I left it and it has had a very late 2nd flush, better than the 1st.

      I bought some winter pansies in for the garden in blue and orange. They're all doing nicely and flowering well. But the cyclamen have been very disappointing and not done well with the wet weather - mostly turning to brown mush. I will buy more winter pansies next year.

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      LOVE growing food to eat in my little town back garden. Winter update: currently growing overwintering onions, carrots, lettuce, chard, salad leaves, kale, cabbage, radish, beetroot, garlic, broccoli raab, some herbs.

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      • #4
        I have geraniums (zonal pelargoniums) still flowering in troughs at the front of the house. Shame really as the frost will nail them

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        • #5
          But, isnt it great to see them blooming and adding colour this time of the Year.

          And when your back stops aching,
          And your hands begin to harden.
          You will find yourself a partner,
          In the glory of the garden.

          Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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          • #6
            It's 19th December and I've just picked a bunch of ox-eye daisies from the garden.

            Noticed my pot of alpine strawberries is covered in flowers ...

            What a strange winter this is turning out to be

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            • #7
              Perpetual wallflower is still going strong
              He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

              Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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              • #8
                One of the camellias is in full flower. Really brightens the winter up, A second one is just starting to flower.
                Fuchsias, that seem to flower 12 months of the year.
                Pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) covered in vivid red flowers - gorgeous.
                Sweet Williams, wallflowers, begonias, pansies, vinca, double feverfew.

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                • #9
                  I can't compare with VC, but I went round and took some pics today. Some of them are still flowering, others are flowering out of season.

                  Still colourful...

                  Gazanias:


                  Self-seeded Lobelia:


                  This half-hardy blue daisy thingy:


                  OK it's not actually a flower but the Pyracanthas are looking good:


                  In the greenhouse, some chrysanths hanging on and trying to make it till Christmas:
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                  My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
                  Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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                  • #10
                    While I'm on, here are some things that are being rather precocious this year:

                    Anemone De Caen:


                    Daffodil (obv):


                    Ceanothus:


                    Primula:
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                    My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
                    Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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                    • #11
                      A friend just posted on book face his lotty pics, full of daffodils. Amazing, as were his leeks, sprouts, cabbage and parsnips.
                      Nannys make memories

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                      • #12
                        Took some photos today of my plants that are still in flower. Geraniums,one nasturtium & nemesia. One other nasturtium suffered with the frost a few weeks ago but this potted plant on the patio has some healthy new leaves on it.
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                        Location : Essex

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                        • #13
                          A few photos from here. It was quite dark so they are not the best!


                          Finally, rose buds
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                          • #14
                            Be thankfull you have some colour all the flowers in my garden are finished
                            it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

                            Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Martin H View Post
                              I can't compare with VC, but I went round and took some pics today. Some of them are still flowering, others are flowering out of season.

                              Still colourful...

                              Gazanias:
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                              Self-seeded Lobelia:
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                              This half-hardy blue daisy thingy:
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                              OK it's not actually a flower but the Pyracanthas are looking good:
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                              In the greenhouse, some chrysanths hanging on and trying to make it till Christmas:
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                              Martin, the blue daisy is Swan River Daisy as far as I can tell.

                              And when your back stops aching,
                              And your hands begin to harden.
                              You will find yourself a partner,
                              In the glory of the garden.

                              Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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