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Post by 4wd on Dec 20, 2018 9:12:32 GMT
Just took this in very poor light - should try to get another at some point but it can't be moved or flower buds are likely to fall off. This Christmas Cactus came from my Nan's when she died in 1967 - it looked much the same then at least it was already a very large plant quite woody in the base. In other words it must be getting on for 60 years old which is rather hard to believe. It has been repotted - once - when the original clay one broke while it was on its summer holidays in the garden and wind or something knocked it over. Small bits fall off and one side of it died right back but it sprouted up again and filled tha area in.
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Post by Joyce on Dec 20, 2018 17:05:34 GMT
My 2 Christmas cacti together don’t make one of yours! They have been flowering prolifically but already finished. I was lucky they held their buds as started while I was away and room chilly, then of course I heated the room when I came back. I knew it was risky, but have been lucky
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Post by 4wd on Dec 20, 2018 17:28:25 GMT
Ours sits in the hall in fact right by the front door so it's on the cool side, it usually just gets going about now and is at it's best for a couple of weeks or so starting at Christmas.
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Post by 4wd on Dec 24, 2018 12:27:35 GMT
Lambs waiting for feed this morning
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Post by 4wd on Dec 24, 2018 16:22:39 GMT
Christmas Eve at Ralphs Cross On a clear day it's surprising how easily you can see the North Sea some 20 miles away, including ships (and turbines at Redcar)
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Post by rgsp on Dec 25, 2018 12:22:32 GMT
Agapanthus, still flowering out-of-season Arbutus Unedo. Something about the flowers makes my camera reluctant to focus on them. Arthur, and two of his sons coming on as breeding rams. Liriope muscari - a strange little thing, but a determined flowerer through the winter. Chaemonanthus Praecox. Another tricky one to focus on, but got it this time I think! Hybrid cyclamen in a stone trough by the back door. Double gorse. This plant has been on its way out for a couple of years, but still flowers nicely. Galanthus Elwesii - early and large snowdrop Hazel catkins These are particularly long and luxuriant ones, and some female flowers are just visible if one looks hard enough. I'll post some more after lunch.
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Post by rgsp on Dec 25, 2018 12:58:04 GMT
Christmas pictures continued... Heleborus Niger. Leycesteria Formosa - strictly bracts rather than flowers. Mahonia Aquifolium. Osmanthus spp. Small periwinkle. Primula. Siberian crab applies. Tiny red rose (1" across). Viburnum Bodnantense. Violets. An unusual one: Water Hawthorn. White Rose - outer petals transparent with frost. Winter Jasmine - this plant is just getting itself properly established. Witch hazel - not the usual yellow one, which dies in our soil.
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Post by 4wd on Dec 25, 2018 16:08:55 GMT
Are the Hazel just normal wild ones? Unopened ones are noticeable here but won't be opening until about Feb I would think.
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Post by Joyce on Dec 25, 2018 23:13:37 GMT
Wow re number of flowers. Sheep all look good too
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Post by rgsp on Dec 26, 2018 9:01:53 GMT
Are the Hazel just normal wild ones? Unopened ones are noticeable here but won't be opening until about Feb I would think. The hazels were bought-in 18" tall as part of a batch of mixed hedging in about 1995. They are a bit earlier, and the tassels are longer and yellower than those along our nuttery, where the coppiced hazel stools are huge and a couple of hundred years old +. The ones I photographed are spectacular enough to be selected garden ornamentals, but live in the normal hedge quite happily, and are starting to produce nuts.
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Post by 4wd on Dec 26, 2018 18:12:22 GMT
Lastingham near sunset this afternoon.
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