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[callmemadam]

Chaenomeles speciosa or Flowering Quince. I think this one is ‘Geisha Girl’. It’s a huge shrub here and very pretty just at the moment. I took the photo yesterday afternoon when I got back from the Spring Flower Show. Oh dear. Entries and attendance were both down and I felt bad about not entering anything. I could fully have won the class for Primroses and I’m sure my patterned socks would have beaten the only other knitted entry.

I see from Jane Brocket’s blog that she’s already picking large bunches of tulips from her garden. So far I have one in flower.






Tulip 'Cairo', gorgeous. Looks like another good gardening day so I must gee myself up to do some. I hate to say it but down here in the south we could really do with some rain.

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[land-girl.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures.

We could do with rain too, but for now I'm happy just to be watering everything!

I felt just the same when we entered our flower and produce show in the autumn; there were many categories where we could (and did) walk away with the prizes, as well as the ones where the professional growers seemed to have it all sown up. I felt bad for all the years we hadn't entered (although usually for good reasons like being away). It is a wonderful institution.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I used to be a real busy bee in the hort.soc. but events got in the way and I haven't really got back into it. It is wonderful as you say, because you get all sorts of people involved; it's totally classless.

[gghost.livejournal.com]

What glorious colors!

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

And so much more to come!

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely tulip! I've got several in containers, but not nearly enough to be picking! Also, sadly, I no longer have any idea what they are: I got my labels mixed, and I ended up utterly confused.

I hope you got some good work done in the garden. I got some work done, anyway; we'll have to see whether it turns out to be good. :-)

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I mixed the tulips up when planting (deliberately) so I had to refer beack to the catalogue for the name! Some gorgeous dark red ones about to open.

Yes, thank you, I did quite enough; didn't realise you were a gardener!

[geraniumcat.livejournal.com]

It was a good weekend for gardening, almost too hot yesterday. Only one of my tulips is even thinking about being out yet, and today's distinctly gloomier weather may dissuade the rest - I'm not at all sure what I've got this year, apart from quite a few greenish-white ones :)

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

The weather has certainly turned today. I have some gorgeous red-purple tulips just opening, where I can see them from the kitchen window. I can't walk past without stopping to gaze and enjoy. Someone told me deer sometimes nip the heads off but so far I've been lucky.