Yup, the twilight hours, cool with dew can be quite another world
Am looking forward to those long torrid Summer nights, when it is too hot to go out during the day. To ogle the fireflies, night bloom tropical...
Would rather think about Summery stuff! Counting days to planting out tubers of stored tropical waterlilies! [img]
Even a dandelion in bloom is a welcome sight when it thaws :::ducks:::
I'll probably lose a fair bit this Winter, temps have been down to 9°f this week and there's much worse on the long range forecast
That is Golden Club, a native aquatic plant of ponds and bogs, a perky sight flowering soon after the last frosts Not my favourite word at this...
With successional planting a water garden can be perking with unexpected surprises throughout the year, right from the get go when Winter thaws......
Lotus can be a bit tetchy in hot climates, nowhere near as heat tolerant as the night bloom tropical waterlilies which can cope with midday sun...
Not that the hardy and tropical waterlilies have it all theiir own way, they have some way to go to match lotus blooms. [img]
Prevention and all that, preferable to Lyme disease, encephalitis, medical bills...
Apparently the spores are good at necrotising cells, so might try it on tick bites to stop the bacteria from being irritating, also on cuts, to...
It's one I'll be listing spares of on ebid, bonanza, webstore :) Needless to say, there is a Queen of Siam which has a more girly tone to its...
ahah, many thanks, it seems EarthStar is the likely identity, it has an interesting herbal history. Shall dash out and stash a few spoons of...
Post your weirder wackier unknown flowering objects! Nope, I have no idea what this one is. Half a dozen bulged out of the ground after a...
It has to be said, that blue one, Star of Siam is probably the most distinctive of the blue violet waterlilies. The King of Siam is not so...
Any idea what the blue tropical waterlily was named? Given a position they like, it usually takes a month to go from sprout to blooming when...
Among the whopper size blooms, fragrance is quite the extra perk... [img]
oh, I wonder what may have kept it from going into bloom. Fish nibbling at the roots, self crowded with too many sprouts, a dull cool Summer, too...
Have always been partial to a good red hardy waterlily [img]
The first blast of Summer warmth pops the buds [img]
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