New Year's Day Nuthatch on the bird feeder |
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Indoor Flowers; early January 2018 |
Birthday Present: Bromeliad |
Pat's birthday present (from August) |
Orchid, also from Pat's birthday |
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Outdoor Pelargonium, grown from a leaf |
Ponsettia, second time round |
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Snowdrops February 2018 |
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February Snow 2018 |
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The Squiirel at the feeder |
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March Flowers and Snow 2018 |
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Simnel (Easter) Cake |
Daffodils |
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Hibiscus |
Pineapple; beginning of the fruit |
April 2018 |
Camelia |
Tulips |
Primulae |
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Tulips |
Grape Hyacinths |
One of the three Kastens |
The first Amarylis |
The large Pelargonium |
Echinocereus, flowering |
Monstera cuttings |
Singapore orchids |
Three cacti, flowering |
Rhododendron |
Bluebells on the way up to Keele |
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May 2018 |
The final tulips |
Garden bluebells |
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A rich white rhododendron |
Amaryllus |
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Large Pelagonium flowers |
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ordchids |
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The pink rhododendron |
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Amaryllis on show |
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Pieris |
Tree Peony |
Tree Peony and white rhododendron |
Tree peony flowers |
Apple blossom |
Crab apple blossom |
Following week: bluebells on the way to Keele |
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Another Echinocereus, flowering |
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Breakfast in the sunshine |
The last Amaryllis |
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The last Singapore orchid |
The Lilac and the Rowan |
Bog/pond iris |
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June 2018 flowers |
Roses in abundance |
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Peony |
Barry's gift |
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July 2018: flowers |
Clematis |
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Rose: Oranges & Lemons |
Welcome home from Buxton with four cactus flowers |
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Now there are five! |
Geraniums to decorate the shed |
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The complete display |
A new leaf on a Monstera Cutting |
A new, unindented, leaf on the old Monstera plant |
August 2018 More Cactus Flowers! |
Dismantling the 33 year old Monstera Four leaves have been propagated in earlier years |
The rmains of the old plant |
With the leaves removed |
Extracted from the pot (with difficulty) |
The potted plant, sawn up |
Four new plants from the remaiing leaves |
Dorothy Clive Garden August 2018 |
The Waterfall |
Hibiscus revived (at home) |
Rugosa Rose Hips... |
... with some roses as well |
September flowers, 2018 |
roses |
Second flushes all round |
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Another cactus flower |
October tomatoes |
Pollarding the Willow Tree November 2018 |
The Willow |
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Hibiscus |