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« on: March 24, 2020, 17:52:38 »

We're fortunate to have a garden - "Just us" and now that we're at "Dun Roamin" for a while, I took the opportunity to take a few pictures of flowers and other plants today.    I'm not a gardener or horticulturalist, so I haven't a clue which are cultivated and which are weeds - just love the beauty of them all.  Not really a railway competition, but how many of the plants from "Travels around our Garden" can you identify?

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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2020, 18:04:38 »

9 Dandelion.

I will leave some others for the time being.
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2020, 18:06:30 »

Weeds? Is that still an acceptable term with no trigger warning? I call them volunteers.
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2020, 19:17:15 »

11 Narcissus

Had a delivery from Sutton Seeds over the last couple of days so plan a day in the garden shortly to get them all planted (if I get time!).
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2020, 19:29:42 »

I'd say 6 resembles a super coronavirus but I hope it isn't.
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2020, 19:31:23 »

2.  Celandine (or pilewort !).  Strictly speaking, this is a weed.
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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2020, 19:34:54 »

11 daffodils and narcissus
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2020, 19:37:47 »

Bit different to my trip to my 'garden' this evening.

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=23126.0
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2020, 19:47:08 »

The differences between flowers and weeds is that flowers are the seeds and bulbs you plant, while weeds are the indestructible vegetation someone else asks you to get rid of.
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« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2020, 20:17:04 »

A weed is a plant in the wrong place!
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« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2020, 20:29:04 »

The differences between flowers and weeds is that flowers are the seeds and bulbs you plant, while weeds are the indestructible vegetation someone else asks you to get rid of.

In my case the weeds are the things that flourish.  The seeds and bulbs I plant seem to fare less well. 
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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2020, 20:37:19 »

I’ve some of these in my garden. No idea what
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« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2020, 20:57:38 »

I think 10 is a grape hyacinth. Odd name, which is probably why it sticks in my mind.
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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2020, 21:16:07 »

5 in an anemone
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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2020, 23:47:11 »

4 might be a form of primula while 6 and 7 look a bit like the same plant in different stages of flowering.
The spring flowers planted either side of the path to my front door are currently going through what could be described as their flamboyant stage.
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