What's looking Good In November

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Who would believe Bougainvillea would carry on flowering through all this rain. 20231117_111218.jpg
    Fatsia , lots of flies this morning. 20231117_111203.jpg
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      We are having lots of flies now, normally they come in October wet weather, which wasn't wet.
       
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        Gorgeous melianthus @pete
         
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          Parrotia Persian spire
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          My Acer winter flame is doing quite well now after initial scare, the leaves did go a bit more orange yellow but the wind/rain took them off before I got a pic.
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            Iochroma with new shoots following its cut back two weeks ago ...
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            Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (I call Candy Floss) opening ...
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            My rocking chair in the sun ...
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              Mrs Shiney has started on making Christmas door wreathes with all proceeds going to charity. They are made to order with a list of what is available to go in them. Nearly everything is from the garden but some people want baubles etc. added.

              These are the first two

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              Some people only want leaves and others want lots of colour. Eucalyptus is popular this year with someone wanting only that and nothing else :rolleyespink:.
               
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                These are some previous years' ones

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                Some people want stars
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                This person brought along a toy robin to be put into it
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                And someone wanted a Menorah to stand on their windowsill
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                  Wonderful wreaths! Mrs Shiney is very talented. You must have a big callicarpa plant to supply all those stems. Which crab apple is that please?
                   
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                    We have two Callicarpa that are about 6ft tall and 5ft wide. We thought one had died in the big freeze last winter (really looked completely dead compared to the one next to it) but has come back with a vengeance. :blue thumb:

                    The crab apple is wild and in the hedgerow just by us - so we don't need to grow one :whistle: :heehee:

                    Mrs Shiney then gives them a choice of ribbons to be attached. :dbgrtmb:
                     
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                        Viola flowering on balcony railings 14th November 2023 001 (Macro).jpg
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                        A couple of photos of the only Viola flowers open at present on the balcony railings.
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                          But the Cyclamen are really looking good!

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                            Impressive callicarpa @shiney !
                            @Balc your cyclamen are doing far better than mine - just a couple of flowers left :frown:
                             
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                              @CarolineL Thanks, I'm glad you like them! :) Perhaps my plants are younger than yours! I only bought them a couple of months ago & they were quite small plants then. They have grown since then & in some of them there are quite a number of flower buds well beneath the leaves at present. I hope they will keep on flowering for sometime yet.

                              As this is the first time I've grown more than one I don't know yet how long they will flower for, not even really sure if this specie is frost resistant as we haven't had any here so far this autumn. Well last week I did see some frost on the roofs of the houses across the road from us but none so far on the grass in front of the balcony.
                               
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                                The Candy Floss Hibiscus rosa-sinensis now fully opened from yesterday (it will have died by tomorrow) ...
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                                Orange Trees through Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' ...
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                                Cyclamen ...
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