Along with the winter vegetables, here's an update on the winter flowers. The snowflakes are going nuts - every winter their clumps get thicker and thicker (this is what they looked like last winter).
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My species tulips are just starting to wake up too. I start watering them again in the winter, knowing they wake up quite early. The first growing tip has appeared! Can you find it in this photo?
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My colmnara orchid is still growing away. They seem to rotate between putting out flowers and putting out new pseudobulbs. I bought it last year in August just when it was blooming. It doesn't look like it will blossom again by August, it's still working on several new pseudobulbs. But I can't complain as it seems to be green and happy! Maybe I'll visit the orchid show again and get another pretty orchid in bloom.
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My three hellebores are blooming one at a time. The first ones are coming in very pale this year for some reason; last year they were dark purple-black. Maybe the next flush will come in darker?
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On the other hand the second plant appears to be coming in dark. The third one's sulking a bit but I know it will get there soon enough.
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The nearby gaura has finished and is looking a bit scraggly. After this photo I went in and trimmed them back a bit. One of them had a bit of dead growth which I cut out, I hope that doesn't mean it's dying.
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I haven't shown you the succulents in ages. I went through a phase where I was growing quite a few, but I decided they're rather boring plants. They grow very slowly and don't change much; I like a plant with a bit of personality. But this little bowl of succulents has slowly filled in. I like that in the winter the ones on the left turn red.
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That's about it in the garden at the moment! That and major pruning but that's not very interesting for the blog.
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Sunday 26 June 2011
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