Coronavirus situation

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Hilary

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #585 on: October 03, 2021, 09:22:10 AM »
trying  to send a post
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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Charithea

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« Reply #586 on: October 03, 2021, 10:59:57 AM »
Just to prove me a liar there was somebody at church with a large pot of White (small flowers) Chrysanthemums at a mnimosino.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

Hilary

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #587 on: October 04, 2021, 07:49:52 AM »
 
Still some problem with the photos

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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

David Dickinson

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« Reply #588 on: October 04, 2021, 08:16:56 AM »

I just tried to send a post. It looked like the photo had attached but when I hit "post", neither the message nor the photo was sent. I got the error message which read:

"Your attachment couldn't be saved. This might happen because it took too long to upload or the file is bigger than the server will allow.

Please consult your server administrator for more information"


It was not too big and it attached, or appeared to do so, in normal time. Do we have an administrator still?
I have a small garden in Rome, Italy. Some open soil, some concrete, some paved. Temperatures in winter occasionally down to 0°C. Summer temperatures up to 40°C in the shade. There are never watering restrictions but, of course, there is little natural water for much of June, July and August.

Hilary

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #589 on: October 04, 2021, 05:21:10 PM »
ORANGE FLOWERS IN OCTOBERS PAST

 These are the orange flowers, Chrysanthemum and Gazania seen at the rest stop outside Kalambaka in October 2011
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Hilary

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #590 on: October 04, 2021, 05:22:23 PM »
Whew, at last!
Both the text and photos have been posted


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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
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Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #591 on: October 05, 2021, 06:08:59 AM »
YELLOW FLOWERS IN OCTOBERS PAST

One from the rest stop outside Kalambaka in 2011, Arctotis, and Nymphoides peltata seen the next day at Prespes
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Both plants identified by this Forum, if I remember correctly
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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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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #592 on: October 06, 2021, 06:24:17 AM »

A PINK DAHLIA AT THE KALAMBAKA REST STOP
October 2011
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Hilary

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« Reply #593 on: October 07, 2021, 06:26:25 AM »
SHADES OF PINK, FLOWERS AT KALAMBAKA REST STOP
October 2011

I make cards, using some of these flower photos, to give as presents. The photo which causes the most feedback is this two toned Dahlia
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Hilary

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« Reply #594 on: October 07, 2021, 06:53:23 AM »
And a photo of the tall Dahlias at the Kalambaka rest stop in October 2011
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Charithea

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #595 on: October 07, 2021, 05:21:49 PM »
Hilary, the two tone dahlia is unusual so it captures ones attention.  We visited our local Nursery today  and there were lots of  Chrysanthemum/i]. I love the ones that look like their name ( gold flowers) especially when the sunlight plays on them. We bought leucophylla to replace some other plants on our hedge.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

Hilary

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« Reply #596 on: October 08, 2021, 06:02:54 AM »

I looked up Leucophylla but what came up didn't look like anything you would buy for your hedge
Do you have a photo of it?
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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 #597 on: October 08, 2021, 06:04:28 AM »
WHITE FLOWERS IN OCTOBERS PAST
In Sparta

Zephyranthes candida
in a pavement

A white rose in the central division of one of the main roads
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John J

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« Reply #598 on: October 08, 2021, 08:56:40 AM »
Slight technical hitch on Charithea's posting, Hilary. The plants are Leucophyllum frutescens.
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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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #599 on: October 08, 2021, 10:22:47 AM »
I don't think I have ever seen that plant
Looks pretty
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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