Coronavirus situation

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Charithea

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #285 on: July 01, 2020, 12:53:04 PM »
Hilary as usual you produce a very interesting posting. I love your success story of the people's playground.  Has anybody, to your knowledge,  used the Kumquats to make glyco you koutaliou?
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

Hilary

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« Reply #286 on: July 01, 2020, 02:15:41 PM »
I don't know and, since I am only a visitor, I don't know the people who would have planted the Kumquat tree
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

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John J

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« Reply #287 on: July 02, 2020, 06:57:22 AM »
Strict lockdown rules may be relaxed but their influence lives on. Apples from our tree and mint from the garden result in apple/mint sauce and jelly.
Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

Hilary

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« Reply #288 on: July 02, 2020, 05:06:10 PM »
MAUVE IN JULY

Only two today

Hibiscus syriacus

Verbena
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #289 on: July 03, 2020, 12:19:55 PM »
DEEP PINK IN JULY

Osteospermum and Water Lily

We saw the water lily somewhere in Malta, July 2007, when I realized that everyone we knew had been to Malta but us. It was a memorable holiday surrounded by everyone else, or so it seemed, on holiday
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #290 on: July 04, 2020, 04:22:43 PM »
FUCHSIA PINK IN JULY
Aptenia cordifolia. A much-enlarged photo of this tiny flower which is turning up all over the place in my plant pots
Brachychiton discolor. This tree was growing in our Town Square which is being reconstructed, I don’ t know it has survived  the upheaval
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #291 on: July 05, 2020, 05:05:07 PM »
PINK FLOWERS IN JULY

1 Albizia julibrissin
2 Justica carnea
3 Catharanthus roseus
4 Begonia semperflorens
5 Convolvulus arvensis
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #292 on: July 06, 2020, 11:53:35 AM »
WHITE FLOWERS IN JULY

1 Stephanotis floribunda
2 Abelia grandiflora
3 Iphiclides podalirius
4 Datura stramonium
4 Rose from Madrid
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #293 on: July 07, 2020, 12:15:28 PM »
RED FLOWER IN JULY
Pelargonium peltatum
Only one flower today and I don't know where I got the name from, maybe I should just leave it as Pelargonium
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

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Charithea

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« Reply #294 on: July 07, 2020, 02:14:43 PM »
Hilary the white flowers were lovely but the red Pelagonium has brought such contrast.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

Hilary

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« Reply #295 on: July 08, 2020, 07:42:20 PM »
YELLOW FLOWERS IN JULY

Mirabilis jalapa
Nicotiana glauca
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Goldilocks’
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

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Charithea

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« Reply #296 on: July 09, 2020, 01:06:16 PM »
Hilary, Mirabilis jalapa  can look wonderful but we had an area overrun by it.  Nicotiana glauca was used as a kind of disinfected on cuts in my childhood. They are still around but not inside the gardens.  Rudbeckia  I adore but does not grow in our garden.  I have tried and tried and tried...
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

Hilary

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« Reply #297 on: July 09, 2020, 03:28:59 PM »
PINK HOLLYHOCKS IN JULY

These hollyhocks used to grow down a narrow stretch of land which doesn't go anywhere and which doesn't look as if it belongs to anyone. The owners of the houses backing onto this piece of land used to cut down the plants after they had flowered but now, even the roots seem to have disappeared.
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #298 on: July 10, 2020, 03:47:29 PM »
MORE WHITE FLOWERS IN JULY FROM  YEARS PAST
6 Hibiscus syriacus
7 Nerium oleander
9 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
8 Alcea
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

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« Reply #299 on: July 11, 2020, 07:47:15 AM »
Love to see the spontaneous Hollyhocks we sometime spot along the verges of roads. They always seem so healthy with none of the dreaded rust.
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