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Hilary

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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #855 on: January 01, 2024, 08:55:41 AM »
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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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« Reply #856 on: January 02, 2024, 09:00:08 AM »
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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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« Reply #857 on: January 03, 2024, 11:53:02 AM »
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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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« Reply #858 on: January 04, 2024, 09:10:50 AM »
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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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« Reply #859 on: January 05, 2024, 06:00:08 AM »
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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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« Reply #860 on: January 06, 2024, 07:19:14 AM »
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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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« Reply #861 on: January 07, 2024, 06:30:31 AM »
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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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« Reply #862 on: January 08, 2024, 07:11:10 AM »
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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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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #863 on: January 09, 2024, 07:07:49 AM »
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Xanthorrhoea australis, Grass tree
This drawing by Peter de Figueiredo is on page 6 of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 108 April 2022

In the article
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, CRANBOURNE, AUSTRALIA:
THE CHANGING FACE OF BOTANICAL GARDENS
By
Peter de Figueiredo
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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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« Reply #864 on: January 10, 2024, 08:35:39 AM »
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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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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #865 on: January 11, 2024, 06:34:40 AM »
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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 #866 on: January 11, 2024, 06:35:50 AM »
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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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Re: Coronavirus situation
« Reply #867 on: January 12, 2024, 07:36:49 AM »
FLOWER ALPHABET 2023-2024
I made this list mostly for myself and there might be some mistakes in the names of the plants, I am no expert.
Hopefully the flower photos cheered up, those of you who live in the northern hemisphere,  through the darkest days of winter.
       WHAT           WHERE           WHEN
Abutilon pictum   Sparta, Lakonia   Greece   2012-05-13
Brugmansia suaveolens   Seville, Andalusia   Spain   1997-07-05
Camellia japonica   Madrid,     Spain   2018-04-05
Disocactus ackermannii   Xylokeriza, Corinthia    Greece   2017-05-15
Echinacea purpura
‘Rubinstern’   RHS Garden, Hyde Hall,
Essex   U.K.   2015-09-26
Fritallaria meleagris    Sherbourne, Dorset    U.K.   2008-03-30
Globularia alypum    Corinthia   Greece   2019-03-03
Hydrangea   Crofthandy, Cornwall   U. K.   2005-09-27
Ipomoea x sloteri   Ai Theodori, Corinthia    Greece   2011-10-23
Justica adhatoda   National Garden, Athens   Greece   2011-03-29
Kniphofia rooperi   RHS Garden, Hyde Hall 
Essex   U.K.   2015-09-26
Lathyrus nissolia    Galataki, Corinthia    Greece   2011-03-25
Mimulus cupreus   Ancient Corinth   Greece   2015-05-28
Nerium oleander   Kalamaki, Corinthia   Greece   2021-06-06
Orchis anatolica    Mount Parnon, Lakonia   Greece   2009-04-19
Portulaca grandiflora   Corinth   Greece   2011-10-21
Quercus pubescens   Harold Wood, Havering   U.K.   2015-09-13
Ruellia brittoniana   Ancient Corinth   Greece    2013-06-19
Schlumbergera   Corinth   Greece   2011-06-01
Tradescantia pallida   Corinth    Greece   2010-09-06
Ulmus glabra   Madrid   Spain   2015-04-05
Viburnum opulus   Sparta, Lakonia    Greece    2013-04-23
Wistaria   Sparta, Lakonia   Greece   2013-04-23
Xanthorrhoea australis   THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN       100
April 2022
Yucca   Corinth   Greece   2010-08-10
Zephyranthes    Sparta, Lakonia    Greece   2010-10-01

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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 #868 on: January 13, 2024, 07:14:10 AM »
Stapelia snapped at the local plant nursery in September 2021

Stapelia is mentioned in
COSTA BLANCA GARDENS TO BE VISITED DURING THE 2018 AGM
By Alan & Carol Hawes

THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN Number 93 July 2018

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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 #869 on: January 20, 2024, 07:30:23 AM »
Narcissus
Two kinds of Narcissus from a friend’s garden
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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