What's Looking Good December 2022

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  1. shiney

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    Foliage still brings colour
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    Even the Cyclamen that are spreading like mad across a lawn
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    How about an egg plant? :roflol:
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    Some of the plants we're gathering together for this month's trip to the charity garden centre - they train people with learning difficulties in crafts and gardening

    Some Sisyrinchium for them to split
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    They sell quite a lot of succulents as their pottery section make some nice pots for them. Our succulents tend to grow like mad so we give them some every month
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      :wow: @shiney you have a lot of flowers still! Your Daffs are coming on well too! :) :thumbsup:
       
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        Thanks, it's a big garden so there is always something that is blooming, or trying to. It takes a lot of work though and gets harder every year :old: :doh:

        Yesterday I spotted a few snowdrops just poking up through the soil.
         
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          December with beautiful flower i liked your flowers
           
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            Sure they weren't snowflakes??? :roflol:
             
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              A surprise here today. I got some Oxalis triangularis corms from Bulgaria in August which started off slowly as I have them planted out in front of the house where we sit. But today ...
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                The flowers are perfumed Victoria. :)
                 
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                  I did not know that. :smile:
                   
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                    Blueberry
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                    Polyanthus growing in the patio
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                      What's looking good on the balcony today? How about plants covered with snow???
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                        I've just been out to check on them - most of the snow has melted off of them but they will be just mush tomorrow! :sad: They've done extraordinarily well to survive at least 3 nights with temps down to -2C & 1 night down to -4C! Unfortunately they won't survive any longer! (If they do I'll save the seed from next year's flowers to sell them to T&M & make a fortune on royalties! :roflol:).
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                          Sage plant
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                            Has the icy weather affected that @Logan ? I'm thinking of getting one in the spring.
                             
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                              No it hasn't been affected, it's ordinary sage, grew from seed a few years ago now, i let it flower the bees love it.
                               
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