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128/365 Pinks and blues

08 Wednesday May 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, flowers, nature, spring, wildflowers

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#365DaysWild, blue flowers, blue wildflowers, British flora, pink flowers, pink wildflowers, wildflowers

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Rain, rain, rain today but I managed to get out for a local bimble without getting too wet.

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Due to the risk of rain damaging my good camera, I just took my point-and-click and, as there weren’t many insects braving the weather, the subject today had to be inanimate, in this case wildflowers, for no particular reason in shades of pinks and blues. Can you name them?

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Green fingers?

06 Thursday Dec 2018

Posted by sconzani in flowers, nature, plants

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cyclamen, flowering cyclamen, green fingers, growing cyclamen from seed, growing houseplants, growing seeds, pink flowers

It seems constantly to be raining here at the moment, which is limiting my opportunities to get outdoors with the camera. Luckily, lovely little things are happening indoors and so I’m taking this opportunity to show off my green fingers … though, in truth, I didn’t actually get this process right and it’s all happening in spite of my efforts rather than because of them.

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I bought these beautiful cyclamen plants almost two years ago, to add some colour to my new flat and, except for a short rest period each year during the heat of summer, they’ve flowered almost constantly ever since. (I really must re-pot them next time they rest.)

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When I noticed a couple of the expired flowers had developed into seed heads, I thought I’d have a go at growing more plants. I googled for instructions, extracted the seeds, popped them in some potting mix and waited.

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Initially, nothing happened and I had actually given up on them but, it seems they need the cold to trigger their growth as, since the cooler weather has arrived, they have begun popping up.

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The earliest sprouters are now about thumb height, with tiny second and third leaves just coming through. On yet another grey day, I sit here imagining a whole windowsill of pink lusciousness!

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October pinks

06 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by sconzani in autumn, flowers, nature, wildflowers

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#FloralFriday, autumn flowers, British wildflowers, lilac flowers, pink flowers, purple flowers, wildflowers

‘I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,’ exclaims Anne one Saturday morning, in L.M. Montgomery’s classic story Anne of Green Gables.

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Floral intoxication

24 Friday Mar 2017

Posted by sconzani in flowers, nature

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Bute Park camellia garden, camellia, pink flowers, Vita Sackville West

‘Flowers really do intoxicate me.’ ~ Vita Sackville-West

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In the pink

17 Friday Jun 2016

Posted by sconzani in nature, wildflowers

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pink flowers, pink wildflowers

A couple of weeks ago I seemed to be surrounded by yellow on my walks; now the pink wildflowers have taken over. For the most part, they’re softer on the eye, more delicate in shape, and range from the merest pink blush of the Common bistort to the almost purple of the Foxglove, the aptly named Digitalis purpurea. Some that I’ve noticed are Common bistort, Dog-rose, Foxglove, Grass vetchling, Herb Robert, Hedge woundwort, Ragged robin, Red campion, Red valerian, Red clover, the many and varied Geraniums, and, in my photos, a couple yet to be identified.

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