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Kev
05-07-2007, 04:06 PM
Here's we go skids. I thought about starting a separate thread for plants and flowers. Speke Hall Daisy:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/488312689_3c46f2543f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/488312689/)

PhilipG
05-07-2007, 04:24 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/205/488376437_c37950bd64_o.jpg

PhilipG
05-07-2007, 04:26 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/230/488376445_48e136e94d_o.jpg

drone_pilot
05-07-2007, 04:31 PM
Couple I took in sefton park.

ChrisGeorge
05-07-2007, 04:34 PM
White tulips and blue pansies etc. in Washington, D.C. with the Smithsonian Castle on the Mall in the background. You can also see the white pinnacle of the Washington Monument beyond the sandstone Castle. . . .

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/485395402_44f9944d98_b.jpg

drone_pilot
05-07-2007, 04:52 PM
Nice image of the White Tulips have'nt seen them for years.

this on is also taken in sefton park but I have used Photoshop on it. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

ChrisGeorge
05-07-2007, 05:54 PM
Nice image of the White Tulips have'nt seen them for years.

this on is also taken in sefton park but I have used Photoshop on it. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

tut tut, just what a roof-hopping spring-heel jack would do ha ha, thanks, drone :PDT11

theninesisters
05-07-2007, 08:41 PM
Does the grass count? :PDT_Piratz_26: With a big fat pigeon trying to lift off after too much bread :PDT10

2814

phredd
05-07-2007, 09:17 PM
The seat was a living plant until the vandals got to it.
The Lady is my wife.

lindylou
05-07-2007, 10:17 PM
Nice pictures everyone. :PDT11

Chris, your photo is particularly stunning :)

Max
05-08-2007, 12:04 AM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/218/462770323_2e26d98152_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/462770323/)

Kev
05-14-2007, 07:25 PM
Court Hey Park:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/498291109_165625ee3a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/498291109/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/498291367_9767eb75fd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/498291367/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/498255926_0274ab2784.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/498255926/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/498290945_318a47bd1f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/498290945/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/498255824_c6fda8526e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/498255824/)

phredd
05-20-2007, 06:34 PM
Beautiful looking garden Gerard.
I was going to show my little bit of handywork but now, hanging head in shame, NO CHANCE.

Phredd

Lady
05-20-2007, 06:43 PM
I have really enjoyed looking at these excellent pictures, quite educational too:handclap::handclap:

Jona,what can i say.............Great..............PMSL :handclap:

Thankyou everyone :)

Jacky

phredd
05-20-2007, 07:00 PM
Not a big garden as you can see but it is an island of tranquility for us and a place to down a glass or two.
And its all my own work.
Phredd

naked lilac
05-21-2007, 03:04 AM
Your gardens are just so manicured and lovely... I one day hope to be able to play in a garden and create a lovely space.. I live in a condominium and have a lanai.. growing lettuce ...whoopie do!!! lol...NOthing like yours... Thanks for sharing...

naked lilac
05-21-2007, 03:10 AM
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r276/redhot10/Amsterdamtulips.jpg



Amsterdam tulips 2006

naked lilac
05-21-2007, 03:12 AM
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r276/redhot10/CoffeeinAmsterdam.jpg

A beautiful lone tulip..Amsterdam 2006 .. what a lovely coffee break..

MarkA
05-21-2007, 12:52 PM
Summer 2006, West Derby...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/DSCF0607.jpg

PhilipG
05-26-2007, 01:03 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/513697795_af7a105eb0_o.jpg

steveb
05-26-2007, 02:31 PM
My megre offering, a Christmas cactus starting to flower

shytalk
05-26-2007, 03:15 PM
Red Roses.

Sloyne
05-26-2007, 03:25 PM
The brides bouquet.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7949/rosesqi6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

marky
05-27-2007, 01:18 AM
Large bush, Caryl Street/Hill Street. There are a few of these bushes along the street.

ChrisGeorge
05-28-2007, 12:57 AM
African daisies photographed near the ferry terminal, Gosport, Hampshire.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/248/516214704_7c45df2162_b.jpg

MarkA
06-01-2007, 12:07 AM
Japanese Gardens at Calderstones Park 31/5/07

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/DSCF0949.jpg

ChrisGeorge
06-01-2007, 01:07 AM
Sorry. I don't know the name of the pale blue flower growing on the wall outside of Stanlaw Grange, the oldest structure in Liverpool, on Aigburth Hall Avenue that I photographed on my trip to the 'Pool eleven days ago. I will be posting more photographs of Stanlaw Grange in another thread dedicated to this interesting old building.

Chris

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/524146327_7f9b53ceaf_b.jpg

Kev
06-03-2007, 01:27 PM
Calderstones Park this very morning:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1087/527584390_e8016a3abc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/527584390/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/527676317_2238da611d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/527676317/)

ChrisGeorge
06-03-2007, 01:34 PM
Great pics, Kev!

Chris

ChrisGeorge
06-03-2007, 02:59 PM
Lilies. . .

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1229/527613666_e2df461e48_b.jpg

Kev
06-03-2007, 06:50 PM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1151/528038210_344c8508a0_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/528038210/)

PhilipG
06-03-2007, 07:27 PM
Sorry. I don't know the name of the pale blue flower growing on the wall outside of Stanlaw Grange, the oldest structure in Liverpool, on Aigburth Hall Avenue that I photographed on my trip to the 'Pool eleven days ago. I will be posting more photographs of Stanlaw Grange in another thread dedicated to this interesting old building.

Chris

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/524146327_7f9b53ceaf_b.jpg


Campanula - Canterbury Bell.
Lovely photo, Chris.

ChrisGeorge
06-03-2007, 09:37 PM
Campanula - Canterbury Bell.
Lovely photo, Chris.

Thanks, Philip. This was shortly after I met you at Dingle on Sunday morning and I thought to swing around and get some shots of my old haunts.

Chris

scouserdave
06-03-2007, 10:15 PM
:handclap::handclap::handclap:

What a cracking set of pics! Just catching up with this thread. My missus is kipping on the couch at the moment, but she'd be watering the flowers (if you get my drift!) if she saw these pics. She loves her flowers. The colours are superb, thanks.

Love them all. Mark, love the bee pic
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/DSCF0607.jpg

Gerard mate, love the "Variegated Hebe macro" shot. Is this a photo term or the name of the flower, FFS!:unibrow:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/FLOWERS%20AND%20THINGS/DSC03420.jpg

Your first pic is a cracking compo mate, but no flowers. Kev, it has no place on this thread. <Inna Dalek Voice>"Delete! Delete! Delete!":unibrow:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/FLOWERS%20AND%20THINGS/DSC03293.jpg

Brill!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Sloyne
06-04-2007, 12:20 AM
A pair of Iris taken a few moments ago in my back yard. Just love the colour of this first variety. Number two aint so bad either.
http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/5127/pict0005zk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/4976/pict0002rj0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Max
06-04-2007, 01:40 AM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/528835543_bf767d063c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/528835543/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/526387708_a7c97e5997_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/526387708/)

In Greenbank Parks Ornamental gardens.

Max
06-04-2007, 01:43 AM
:handclap::handclap::handclap:

What a cracking set of pics! Just catching up with this thread. My missus is kipping on the couch at the moment, but she'd be watering the flowers (if you get my drift!) if she saw these pics. She loves her flowers. The colours are superb, thanks.

Love them all. Mark, love the bee pic
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/DSCF0607.jpg

Gerard mate, love the "Variegated Hebe macro" shot. Is this a photo term or the name of the flower, FFS!:unibrow:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/FLOWERS%20AND%20THINGS/DSC03420.jpg

Your first pic is a cracking compo mate, but no flowers. Kev, it has no place on this thread. <Inna Dalek Voice>"Delete! Delete! Delete!":unibrow:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/FLOWERS%20AND%20THINGS/DSC03293.jpg

Brill!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

I should do Macro shots of flowers In my backyard, my mum loves her flowers too.

The cat sleeps In part of the mini greenhouse too!

ChrisGeorge
06-04-2007, 01:10 PM
A hanging fuschia in the gardens of the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/249/524219149_f140a2ab42.jpg

MarkA
06-06-2007, 06:13 PM
Palm House Sefton Park...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/palm074.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/palmhouse077.jpg

steveb
06-06-2007, 06:23 PM
This is in my garden, no idea what it is called...


http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/steveb_04/flower.jpg

ChrisGeorge
06-06-2007, 06:34 PM
Hi Steve

It looks like Echinacea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea), a species of aster which is used as a herbal medicine.

Chris

steveb
06-06-2007, 06:40 PM
Hi Steve

It looks like Echinacea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea), a species of aster which is used as a herbal medicine.

Chris

Thanks Chris.. I know nothing about plants that is my sisters department :snf (41):

Gerard
06-06-2007, 06:41 PM
I think Chris its a Osteospurnum.."Cape Daisy".
It is perenial but will not survive british winters unless you have it in a really sheltered position or live down south..you can lift it and pot it and put it in the shed and keep it watered and plant it out again this time next year
Keep it well watered steve and dead head when the flowers fade..
Just pinch it back with a finger and thumb to a new bud and you will get a new flush of flowers till the 1st frosts.
Nice piccie Lad. :handclap:

steveb
06-06-2007, 06:52 PM
I think Chris its a Osteospurnum.."Cape Daisy".
It is perenial but will not survive british winters unless you have it in a really sheltered position or live down south..you can lift it and pot it and put it in the shed and keep it watered and plant it out again this time next year
Keep it well watered steve and dead head when the flowers fade..
Just pinch it back with a finger and thumb to a new bud and you will get a new flush of flowers till the 1st frosts.
Nice piccie Lad. :handclap:

Thanks Mate, a bit wiser now, the plants are really starting to come
up now, pic taken with the new toy the Fuji S9500...

Gerard
06-06-2007, 07:05 PM
""""

ChrisGeorge
06-07-2007, 01:52 AM
Roses in the Smithsonian Gardens, Washington, D.C.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/533852838_250b6e6c77_b.jpg

PhilipG
06-07-2007, 05:30 AM
Hardy Geranium.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1418/534067182_def45a2c0a_o.jpg

Icelandic Poppy.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1383/534167497_0f39df3557_o.jpg

Diascia.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1419/534067084_62b0f6ea8f_o.jpg

Armeria (Thrift).
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/534067020_7fa89bb729_o.jpg

lindylou
06-12-2007, 09:43 AM
Some more Poppies and a hanging basket.

ChrisGeorge
06-12-2007, 10:08 AM
Great photos, Philip and Lindy. A hanging basket in the Smithsonian Gardens, Washington, D.C. --

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/541623294_3c09157bdf_b.jpg

PhilipG
06-12-2007, 10:24 AM
That's a big one, Chris!

Lindy.
What are your poppies called?
They're beautiful.

Here's one of my roses this morning, after last night's rain.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/542193913_577d7ee407_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/542193919_f796ad7415_o.jpg

ChrisGeorge
06-12-2007, 10:42 AM
Fine pictures of your rose, Philip! A beauty indeed. :handclap:

Chris

lindylou
06-12-2007, 04:14 PM
That rose is gorgeous.


Philip, I don't know the name of those Poppies.

lindylou
06-13-2007, 03:04 PM
This is quite a common plant but it looks pretty when it spreads and thickens out.

PhilipG
06-17-2007, 01:24 PM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1231/558125486_065ea73f13_o.jpg

phredd
06-21-2007, 08:19 AM
I can not remember the name of it.
Can anyone name it ??

Phredd

PhilipG
06-22-2007, 11:48 AM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1093/588021420_4f5216fa59_o.jpg

ChrisGeorge
06-22-2007, 01:06 PM
Hi Philip

I am not saying you are wrong in your designation, in fact I think some flowers have the same name for different plants from country to country, but here in the U.S. what we call, the Rose of Sharon is a different shrub. See

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&hl=en&q=%22Rose%20of%20Sharon%22

All the best

Chris

PhilipG
06-22-2007, 01:26 PM
Hi Philip

I am not saying you are wrong in your designation, in fact I think some flowers have the same name for different plants from country to country, but here in the U.S. what we call, the Rose of Sharon is a different shrub. See

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&hl=en&q=%22Rose%20of%20Sharon%22

All the best

Chris



I live in England, and the Royal Horticultural Society agree with me! :PDT10
(see attachment).

Besides, I knew what it was without doing a Google search.

Chris.
This is supposed to be a friendly site.
What if I was a newbie and had made a mistake?

ChrisGeorge
06-22-2007, 01:29 PM
Hi Philip

I only did the Google search to show you some photographs of what is called a Rose of Sharon here. Absolutely fine that the Royal Horticultural Society calls a different shrub the Rose of Sharon. I have learned something, so thanks. These things may blur between countries. I think another case is what is called a "daddy longlegs" which in England I would have used to designate a crane fly but that here is used as a name for a harvester spider.

Chris

naked lilac
07-04-2007, 01:12 AM
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r276/redhot10/kinaatgraduation.jpg


Many flowers adorn my friend at her graduation...Honolulu, Hawaii

ChrisGeorge
07-04-2007, 06:39 AM
More photographs from the Smithsonian gardens in Washington, D.C., where I take a lot of my pics:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1306/688887363_41c48b19c3_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/688708287_71402ac34d_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1047/688887297_815fe8ae6a_b.jpg

PeteS
07-05-2007, 06:38 AM
Geranium on a Greek Island

PeteS
07-05-2007, 06:52 AM
Unidentified in Greece

ChrisGeorge
07-05-2007, 11:14 AM
Unidentified in Greece

Hi Pete

This appears to me to be another geranium only a bit more exotic looking than the one you showed in the prior photograph.

Chris

Gerard
07-05-2007, 11:22 AM
Hi Pete

This appears to me to be another geranium only a bit more exotic looking than the one you showed in the prior photograph.

Chris

Its an Ivy leaf geranium Chris..the type you see hanging from verandas and the like in exotic places around the world.
Better known as trailing geranium in the UK..
I had a few in pots on a warm west facing wall and they came back year after year although not fully UK hardy.
Some are fragrant and when you brush the leaves it gives of an amazing lemonie like fragrance.
An excellent plant.

ChrisGeorge
07-05-2007, 11:37 AM
Hi Gerard

Thanks for confirming what I thought. :)

Chris

ChrisGeorge
07-05-2007, 11:53 AM
Once more in the Smithsonian Gardens:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1086/689519618_92a2499154.jpg

Steven
07-05-2007, 03:36 PM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Collectingthehoney.jpg

Collecting the honey

ChrisGeorge
07-06-2007, 02:36 PM
Once more at the Smithsonian on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1022/688887389_1bd5d8ee4c.jpg

phredd
07-10-2007, 07:28 AM
A pic to brighten up what maybe a dull day (10 July 07) >>>>

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/tropus/Captured2007-7-700001.jpg

Phredd

ChrisGeorge
07-10-2007, 10:17 AM
Lovely, Phred! :handclap:

ChrisGeorge
07-12-2007, 04:38 PM
Lilies. . .

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/550560367_5e6a2dfdd7.jpg

lindylou
07-12-2007, 05:50 PM
Lovely pictures from everyone - I love this thread :) :)

ChrisGeorge
07-12-2007, 06:16 PM
This is a large gardenia in blossom in the gardens of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. I walk past it each morning and like to sniff the fowers on my way to work!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/688737449_4379707b98_b.jpg

shytalk
07-20-2007, 06:18 PM
The first and last pictures are the American version of the Rose of Sharon, I know they are a completely different flower to the ones of the same name in the UK.

The middle two are strange plants which are locally known as Naked Ladies. I don't know the real name. They come up in spring with masses of long thin leaves, similar to Daffodil leaves. They die and a couple of months later the flowers appear. If anyone can tell me the real name I would appreciate it. They are a deeper pink than they appear in the picture.
Just Googled them, real name Amaryliss of the Belladonna species so quite poisonous.

lindylou
07-20-2007, 07:40 PM
I know those Amaryliss, they are popular here at Christmas time.
Didn't know though that they are from the Belladonna family and poisonous :shock:


There are few plants that are said to be poisonous, ie; Laburnum (Ladies Fingers).

shytalk
07-21-2007, 08:23 PM
I only found out by looking them up on google. Need to keep the dog away from them.

ChrisGeorge
07-22-2007, 07:46 PM
North American pee gee hydrangeas in the Smithsonian Gardens, Washington, D.C.:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1340/870538302_16855753b7.jpg

Steven
07-26-2007, 11:58 AM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Liverpool%20Pickies/PlantersinOurStreet-1.jpg

Our Street in the Dingle

Steven
07-26-2007, 11:59 AM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Liverpool%20Pickies/MybackYard-1.jpg

My Back Yard (Dingle)

Steven
07-26-2007, 12:02 PM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Liverpool%20Pickies/MyFrontStepbutGrownintheBackYard-1.jpg

My front Step (Dingle)

Steven
07-26-2007, 12:03 PM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Liverpool%20Pickies/MyFrontStepbutGrownintheBackYard-2.jpg

Front Step Again.

Steven
07-26-2007, 12:06 PM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Liverpool%20Pickies/MymatesfrontstepWellIwaterthem-1.jpg

My mates step (Well I water them. lol)

phredd
07-26-2007, 12:37 PM
A bouquet I bought the Mrs to-day.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b13/tropus/Captured2004-3-2800002.jpg

Phredd

Steven
07-26-2007, 12:44 PM
Superb Phredd:PDT_Piratz_26:

lindylou
07-26-2007, 03:39 PM
yeah, lets keep this thread going. I love plants and flowers.

Maybe we should have a gardening thread with plant question time. Ha!

Gerard
07-26-2007, 03:44 PM
yeah, lets keep this thread going. I love plants and flowers.

Maybe we should have a gardening thread with plant question time. Ha!

Great Idea lindylou..
I'll start it of eh..
Why is "Windrock" dangerous to Roses and what can be done to prevent it..

lindylou
07-26-2007, 03:51 PM
OMG ! lol ! I don't know.

lindylou
07-26-2007, 03:56 PM
Here's a problem :

Vine weevils :PDT_Xtremez_42: they are a bladdy pain !!
They appear most summers, but this year I've noticed more than usual.
They are playing hell with my Bizzie Lizzies which they love to munch. I'm finding all my lovely petals chewed every morning :angry:

They tend to hide away at the back or underneath pots. I know where to find the little blighters now.
seriouly though, if you get the Vine weevil grubs in your roots it can severly undermine your plants growth. You can usually tell there are grubs in the roots if you see the plant developing kinked or curly leaves.

Gerard
07-26-2007, 04:00 PM
OMG ! lol ! I don't know.


Windrock Lind is a danger in the winter when the winds get up and "Rock" the rose bush which leads to the roots moving and small air pockets forming which hold water and turn to Ice..which can kill the bush.

Solution...Prune the bush Early January and give it a good dollop of Bonemeal
Yes in January..trust me...I've got an ology in Garrrrrdnin:)
And the Rose will flourish..

Gerard
07-26-2007, 04:04 PM
Here's a problem :

Vine weevils :PDT_Xtremez_42: they are a bladdy pain !!
They appear most summers, but this year I've noticed more than usual.
They are playing hell with my Bizzie Lizzies which they love to munch. I'm finding all my lovely petals chewed every morning :angry:

They tend to hide away at the back or underneath pots. I know where to find the little blighters now.
seriouly though, if you get the Vine weevil grubs in your roots it can severly undermine your plants growth. You can usually tell there are grubs in the roots if you see the plant developing kinked or curly leaves.



Vine weevils generally attack plants in pots and containers.
They are a horrible little whiteish grub.
Buy Nematodes to get shut.

lindylou
07-26-2007, 04:09 PM
:PDT11 I love people to take an interest in their gardens. :PDT11

the beauty of nature is a wonderful thing and should be encouraged. :)

My dad has got a mysterious flowering plant which has appeared in his garden. No one knows what it is or where it came from. My dad says a seed must have somehow got into the soil - maybe blown in by the wind or carried by a bird. Anyway, the plant is growing huge like a triffid :shock:

it has blue lantern type flowers on a shiney black stem. yes- black !!
we havn't seen anything like it before. The flowers are sort of like a hanging Chinese Lantern style.

Perhaps it's an alien landed, Ha,Ha!

Maybe it will turn out to be somekind of 'orrible weed, but he is letting it grow until we can find out what it is.

I'll post a photo of it soon as I can, but I'm not going 'till next week.

Gerard
07-26-2007, 04:16 PM
""""

lindylou
07-26-2007, 04:20 PM
Vine weevils generally attack plants in pots and containers.
They are a horrible little whiteish grub.
Buy Nematodes to get shut.

Thanks Gerard. Do you think any time of the year is ok to add the Nematodes ? Do you just mix them in with the soil? I've never used this before.

Yes, the weevil grubs are horrible white things like maggots.
The mature Vine weevils look like smallish black beetles.

lindylou
07-26-2007, 04:22 PM
I look forward to scrutinsing this specimen Lind in the next edition of Geds Gardening clinic..Ha Haaaaaaaa..Lol

Sounds like some kind of Mother Natures Hybrid

Gerard, we should call it 'Compost Corner' like Tizwas (remember that !)

Gerard
07-26-2007, 04:27 PM
Thanks Gerard. Do you think any time of the year is ok to add the Nematodes ? Do you just mix them in with the soil? I've never used this before.

Yes, the weevil grubs are horrible white things like maggots.
The mature Vine weevils look like smallish black beetles.

Have a blimp on here Lind..

http://www.greengardener.co.uk/weevil.htm

This stuff used to be very expensive...
It's gone down in price so it wont be that dear in Rapid or a decent Garden Centre..
Go to Williams' in Gateacre and ask the Staff..They are very helpful.

Gerard
07-26-2007, 04:28 PM
Gerard, we should call it 'Compost Corner' like Tizwas (remember that !)


Widgeddy gwwuubbsss...woooooohhhhhhhhhhh...

phredd
08-02-2007, 08:57 PM
taken today.
Dont know which one I like the best ? Help pls.

Phredd

lindylou
08-02-2007, 11:19 PM
Very pretty :)

The first pic is probably the nicest, although they are both ok. the second reminds me of a sea creature like a jelly fish, or it looks a bit like a slice of kiwi fruit :)

taffy
08-02-2007, 11:38 PM
Perhaps someone can enlighten me as to what flower it is !!

Gerard
08-02-2007, 11:44 PM
Perhaps someone can enlighten me as to what flower it is !!

Id say that is a Hydrangea Taff

Gerard
08-02-2007, 11:49 PM
taken today.
Dont know which one I like the best ? Help pls.

Phredd


Im unsure about this one..Readers Digest Encyclopaedia coming out again me thinks..

Now decided phredd its a "Pusteblume"

"The flower matures into a globe of fine filaments that are usually distributed by wind, carrying away the seed-containing achenes. This globe (receptacle) is called the "dandelion clock", and blowing it apart is a popular pastime for children. In German it's called a Pusteblume, translated as "blow flower". The number of blows required to completely rid the clock of its seeds is deemed to be the time of day."

ChrisGeorge
08-02-2007, 11:50 PM
Id say that is a Hydrangea Taff

Definitely a hydrangea, Taffy. My grandmother had a number of them in the front garden of 76 Aigburth Hall Avenue when I was growing up. :)

Chris

ChrisGeorge
08-03-2007, 12:06 AM
I have posted a similar photo of this before but I have just learned the botanical name of it, so I am going to post this new view. I photographed this plant in the Enid A. Haupt Gardens of the Smithsonian on the Mall in Washington, D.C. At the western end of the Arts and Industries Building they have an attractive gathering of tropical plants including this one. It is, I have learned, Heliconia rostrata, otherwise known as (appropriately, I think you will agree!) Lobster Claw.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1378/869719443_cfa03c9c9a.jpg

taffy
08-03-2007, 09:47 AM
Id say that is a Hydrangea Taff

Thanks Gerard. You'll have gathered I don't have green fingers and can barely tell a buttercup from a daisy.

chippie
08-03-2007, 01:09 PM
Taffy, if that is a hydranger, and it certainly looks like one, I,d say it is the best one I,ve ever seen. You haven,t photoshot it have you. :)

PhilipG
08-04-2007, 12:37 AM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1358/973075971_2d621ab4f2_o.jpg

taffy
08-07-2007, 10:50 PM
Taffy, if that is a hydranger, and it certainly looks like one, I,d say it is the best one I,ve ever seen. You haven,t photoshot it have you. :)

Thanks for the compliments. The photo is straight from my Sony H9 and reduced in size from 3mb to about 200kb. Yes it is a good camera. Still getting used to using it.

steveb
08-07-2007, 11:13 PM
In my garden

taffy
08-07-2007, 11:25 PM
Liverpool street scene

lindylou
08-07-2007, 11:29 PM
lovely bright colours. very nice taffy :)

Steven
08-12-2007, 05:58 PM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Amsterdam/Koekenhoff-flowernurseryc.jpg


Koekenhof, just outside Amsterdam.

Gerard
08-12-2007, 06:18 PM
Nice piccies Taffy,Steven :handclap:

ChrisGeorge
08-12-2007, 06:22 PM
Crepe myrtle in bloom in Washington, D.C., on a recent morning. The flowering shrub, which also blooms in lavender and white, blooms at the height of the hot and humid U.S. summer. . .

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1380/870910060_7a1b9b332f.jpg

Steven
08-12-2007, 06:34 PM
That is beautiful Chris. Cheers for sharing.

drone_pilot
08-12-2007, 07:09 PM
took this in Sefton park as part of my course work (Digital camera).

Dont know what it is but it's has very vivid colours.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/drone_pilot/gash/DSC_1672.jpg

ChrisGeorge
08-14-2007, 04:25 PM
took this in Sefton park as part of my course work (Digital camera).

Dont know what it is but it's has very vivid colours.



That's a begonia, drone_pilot. My grandad used to grow them in Mossley Hill. Fine photo, drone! :handclap:

Chris

ChrisGeorge
08-14-2007, 04:30 PM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1385/1115836423_a7ce8951e1_o.jpg

More flowers photographed in the Enid A. Haupt gardens at the Smithsonian on the Mall in Washington, D.C., this time taken with my new Samsung picture phone.

drone_pilot
08-17-2007, 03:39 PM
That's a begonia, drone_pilot. My grandad used to grow them in Mossley Hill. Fine photo, drone! :handclap:

Chris


Thanks Chris :handclap:

taffy
08-20-2007, 08:54 PM
In the walled garden at Reynolds Park, Woolton, Liverpool

MarkA
08-25-2007, 12:45 AM
Some from Chirk Castle yesterday...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/Mix055.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/Mix054.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/Mix066.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/Mix069.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/Mix070.jpg

naked lilac
08-25-2007, 04:59 AM
Beautiful photos.. the colors of Mother Nature are spectacular.. thanks for a bit of sunshine .. :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

Steven
08-26-2007, 10:30 AM
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/Steven1_bucket/Liverpool%20Pickies/MybackYardb-2.jpg


Getting them started in my back yard

phredd
08-26-2007, 10:48 AM
Taken two days ago at Frodsham.

Phredd

taffy
10-06-2007, 11:04 PM
Anyone know what these are

PhilipG
10-07-2007, 03:59 PM
Anyone know what these are

Chinese Lantern (Physalis).

CHRISMIZ
10-07-2007, 04:19 PM
I knew it was some sort of Chinese Lantern, but I've never seen one like that. Trawled through my plant books which are very old now and couldn't find it so trawled through some web sites and found it. It's Abutilon Megapo tamicon (Chinese Lantern)

http://abutilon gallery

CHRISMIZ
10-07-2007, 04:20 PM
Forgot to say, great picture :handclap:

taffy
10-07-2007, 05:21 PM
Forgot to say, great picture :handclap:

Thanks. All down to the macro setting on my Sony H9 camera really.

taffy
10-07-2007, 05:22 PM
Chinese Lantern (Physalis).

Thanks Phil. As you can tell, I barely know a buttercup from a daisy.

phredd
10-18-2007, 02:20 PM
Went Mushroom hunting this morning and came across these :-

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5330/captured2007101700003ob7.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=captured2007101700003ob7.jpg)

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8858/captured2007101800003qi0.th.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=captured2007101800003qi0.jpg)

The first one I know "Shaggy Ink Cap, Edible)but the second one I am not sure of.
Any idea ??

Phredd

lindylou
10-18-2007, 07:04 PM
amazing ! :handclap:

ChrisGeorge
10-18-2007, 07:32 PM
Waterlilies photographed this summer in Baltimore.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1308/869876209_8e9eb01611.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1157/869876071_a269a3d266.jpg

chippie
10-19-2007, 06:24 PM
Hey Chris, I wonder why I haven,t got any lovely plants in my garden like the ones you show us. Perhaps it,s because I,m not a gardener eh?
but I try, or is it I,m trying!!!!!!!!!:ninja:

naked lilac
10-19-2007, 06:40 PM
Magnificent photos of the waterlilies.. ta.. Always loved such a flower growing on water beds.. just marvelous.. :PDT_Aliboronz_24: It makes one feel tranquil seeing a calm pond of them... :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

Steven
10-19-2007, 07:19 PM
They remind me of Monet's paintings Chris. I have them all around my house and on my canal boat. Don't think of breaking in ,,,,, lol, They are only prints.

Brill photos Chris.

ChrisGeorge
10-21-2007, 08:45 PM
They remind me of Monet's paintings Chris. I have them all around my house and on my canal boat. Don't think of breaking in ,,,,, lol, They are only prints.

Brill photos Chris.

Thanks, Steven. I am partial to Monet's impressionist paintings, so I appreciate the compliment! :PDT11

All the best

Chris

ChrisGeorge
10-21-2007, 08:46 PM
Ornamental honeysuckle photographed this summer in Washington, D.C.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/538866472_db9c9ad5c3_b.jpg

ChrisGeorge
11-01-2007, 04:42 PM
Thrift growing outside the Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., this past spring.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/477045891_7d1963295b_b.jpg

gregs dad
02-15-2008, 11:25 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2264851395_9517061e3f_o.jpg
they are all up in St Chads graveyard now.

Atany
02-15-2008, 11:15 PM
there are a few sides in the web, where you can upload your pictures and sell them.

quincyg
02-25-2008, 10:46 PM
a few tropical numbers from the Palm House in 'Sevvy' Park

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture423.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture420.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture403.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/blogging%20pix/Picture424.jpg

naked lilac
02-26-2008, 05:58 PM
You can find all those lovely tropical plants here in Hawaii.. nice pics there .. Nice to see them in Liverpool .. wowie :handclap:

shytalk
03-11-2008, 10:07 PM
The snowstorm last week flattened these but they came right back within 2 days.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/sc0use/imag0124.jpg

John(Zappa)
03-11-2008, 10:33 PM
Need I say it...."Brill pictures all" :handclap:

gregs dad
03-24-2008, 06:14 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020578.jpg
Looks like a daffodil tree in Keswicks high street

ChrisGeorge
03-24-2008, 06:34 PM
Great pics, all! Enjoyed! :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Chris

kerry
03-30-2008, 05:35 PM
http://www.kerrysphotos.co.uk/ssp_director/albums/album-11/lg/nature-4.jpg

gregs dad
04-10-2008, 06:17 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020719.jpg
Part of the flower beds in Vale Park on the Wirral

ChrisGeorge
04-10-2008, 06:24 PM
Lovely photograph, gregs dad! :handclap:

Chris

gregs dad
04-10-2008, 06:52 PM
Thanks Chris

lindylou
04-10-2008, 06:55 PM
All those colours remind me of sweets. :)

John(Zappa)
04-10-2008, 07:59 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/P1020578.jpg
Looks like a daffodil tree in Keswicks high street

I have often been to Keswick.What a lovely place.What a fine pic of the "sidekick".:PDT_Piratz_26:

naked lilac
04-28-2008, 08:05 AM
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r276/redhot10/DSCI0075.jpg

Yellow Hibiscus. Hawaii

ChrisGeorge
04-28-2008, 08:17 AM
Lovely photograph, naked lilac! :handclap:

Chris

PhilipG
04-28-2008, 08:35 AM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2442855096_3c0f1b3262_o.jpg

PhilipG
04-28-2008, 09:10 AM
All those colours remind me of sweets. :)

Here's a bouquet of Uncle Joe's.
(Seen in Southport).
Spot his Mint Balls.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2442041285_62cc26eaaf_o.jpg

lindylou
04-28-2008, 11:55 AM
Great pics everyone :)

naked lilac
04-28-2008, 10:23 PM
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r276/redhot10/DSCI0076.jpg

A pretty Pink Hibiscus.. Honolulu, Hawaii..

Samp
04-30-2008, 08:38 PM
This was on an apple tree in a garden centre.

PhilipG
05-01-2008, 01:57 AM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/2455584588_f6f76ce1a9_o.jpg

lindylou
05-01-2008, 07:11 AM
Very nice Philip. Bluebells remind me of my nan - she loved them.

naked lilac
05-01-2008, 07:16 AM
very lovely bluebells.. nice :handclap:

gregs dad
05-01-2008, 06:47 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2092/2457427900_a664f65c69_o.jpg
A magnificent cherry tree in blossom in St Andrews churchyard,Maghull

John(Zappa)
05-01-2008, 08:00 PM
Mines in blossom too but nowhere as big and bushy as that.
Good pic (again) GD:handclap:

lindylou
05-02-2008, 09:22 AM
That blossom tree - Beautiful ! :handclap:

taffy
05-06-2008, 04:31 PM
No idea what these are !!!

Gerry
05-06-2008, 06:21 PM
One of the gardens at Glenveagh Castle, Co Donegal

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8713/summer0875iz6.jpg

phredd
05-06-2008, 07:23 PM
Vale Royal gardens Taken today.

My first time out in days:)
Phredd

lindylou
05-06-2008, 08:27 PM
Gorgeous pics everyone :)

shytalk
05-12-2008, 06:31 PM
My lonely peony.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/sc0use/imag0001.jpg

I've got 5 huge plants with dozens of buds but only one has bloomed so far.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/sc0use/imag0002.jpg

John(Zappa)
05-12-2008, 07:05 PM
Gorgeous pics everyone :)

Yeah I will second that.
Shytalk,I know if you bury Peonies too deep the wilt and don't flower as much ,or is that if they're not buried deep enough they wilt and hardly flower?
It's one or the other anyway.
Good pics once again:handclap:

shytalk
05-12-2008, 07:11 PM
Yeah I will second that.
Shytalk,I know if you bury Peonies too deep the wilt and don't flower as much ,or is that if they're not buried deep enough they wilt and hardly flower?
It's one or the other anyway.
Good pics once again:handclap:

They are just slow to open, the buds don't show on the picture but there are dozens of them. I didn't plant them, they were there when I got the house. I try to avoid planting things it seems to be a death sentence on the plants.

Samp
05-12-2008, 08:07 PM
Taken last year in the back garden!

shank
05-16-2008, 05:46 PM
took this pic in garden dont no what it is

John(Zappa)
05-16-2008, 09:25 PM
took this pic in garden dont no what it is

They are a wild ornamental poppy those yellow ones.Nice.:PDT11

quincyg
05-16-2008, 09:41 PM
we put this in today...Calceolaria...sunset bi colour.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/quincyg/Picture442.jpg
reduced to 1.99 in Homebase so I thought why not.

John(Zappa)
05-16-2008, 09:53 PM
we put this in today...Calceolaria...sunset bi colour.

reduced to 1.99 in Homebase so I thought why not.

What a bargain for beauty:handclap:

quincyg
05-16-2008, 09:55 PM
What a bargain for beauty:handclap:

exactly. I hadn't seen owt like them before.

shank
05-17-2008, 08:38 PM
They are a wild ornamental poppy those yellow ones.Nice.:PDT11

Cheers thought they maybe some relatsion