what's looking good in April 2024

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  1. Oreti

    Oreti Young Pine

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    Strawberries are waking up and the Blueberries are doing well too.
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    Gracie and Spencer are looking good too!
     
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    The lupins are looking good, there's 3 plants in each pic, the larger ones i planted last autumn.
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    What is the name of those strawbs, Oreti?

    Healthy-looking Lupins, Loggie.
     
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  5. Pacnorwest

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    Daniel thanks for the compliments on Gracie and Spencer, dogs posing-vogue along with peony’s.

    Picked these peony’s this am. White with pink tinge.
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    Snapped the dogwood bracts
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    and the Ajugas
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    Pac—Mate, you’ve got some smashing blooms there at the minute.
     
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    Thank you.. these pony’s are the ‘Bomb’. I keep them in the frig at night they last for weeks , way longer than if I left them on the plant.
     
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    Sorry couldn't tell you @Sjoerd as I've had them years and years. ,I tend to keep the plants a couple of seasons and also plant up a few new runners each year. I have them in hanging baskets as it keeps them free of Vine Weevils....horrid things!
     
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    Thank you Sjoerd.
     
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    Oreti—Oh well, I was just curious.
     
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    Illuminated plant I ordered two, here they are glowing tonite, I’m illuminated :) too.
    ‘Firefly’ petunia. Glowing in the dark.
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    Sorry I don’t have a better camera to take photos in the dark just used my iPad. They look much brighter than the pic shows.
     
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    No apologies needed @Pacnorwest your pics are great!!!:like:
     
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    They look amazing Pacnorwest.
     
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