After a successful thread started back in March 2020 at the start of the first lockdown, its probably about time to start a new one for 2022. Thank you to all for your contributions, no matter how small or big, each has been valuable and interesting, and hopefully you will continue to contribute to the 2022 thread.
The old thread: Plants, flowers and shrubs; Share your photos here can be viewed on the link below
https://community.rspb.org.uk/chat/f/the-tea-rooms/206836/plants-flowers-and-shrubs-share-your-photos-here#pifragment-4313=1
I'll kickstart this thread with some snowdrops that have come out in flower, crocuses will be out in many places soon, and then daffodils, and many more to follow throughout the year, and it will be nice to see what wild or garden plants, flowers or shrubs you come across on your wanders or around your garden. Without these plants, flowers and shrubs, nature would struggle to survive, they all a part of the valuable cycle of life, insects need them, birds need the insects, and so on through to the mammals,
I mentioned daffodils, these shoots are growing very well among the snowdrops, and it won't be long before the bluebells start showing shoots...
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
I planted 2 seedlings before heatwave one didn’t survive but then another one grew in the shaded part of the pot
that one managed to endure the heatwave better than the previous seedling but after the heatwave in July
it dried up and died I had none left cause the rest had already grown in Spring and Summer
and then passed there time. The most resilient plants were dogwood, Budlea, holly and whatever the last seedling was.
But just cause all the Wildflowers I planted died and spring and summer is over
doesn’t mean there can’t be growth and re birth of Widflowers just cause the season of new beginnings growth and rebirth is over. I decided to start a new generation of Wildflowers. There’s wildflowers that can endure Autumn and Winter and cold weather
that grow in Autumn and Winter so I still have a chance.
I still have some Wildflower seeds and a cornflower seeds and Nasturtium and as a result this is what I got so far
Pot
Border
Second pot
Looks like you are doing very well there Zo ...
When you take a photo if you want to focus on a particular subject the background might go blurry but if you don’t focus
in on both the subject and background your subject will stand out even better in the photo
With one thing and another, I've not posted any plant photos for a while, so here is one autumn flowering plant, the constant cheer, that always give a good display every year.
Billysdad said:Nice to see a bit of bright colour, now the days a getting a bit colder - only 8˚ here today and a damp feeling in the air.
Thank you.
The overnight temps have dropped to a max of 5ºC, but the daytime temps are still reaching the mid to higher teens.