Awful weather - typical Brits talk

pink_poppy

Lovely flower pics, wort. I thought the last one was vinca, with flattened crocus underneath - I didn’t realise they were the same plant and I didn’t know crocus opened that wide - it’s lovely.

On closer inspection, my ‘not dandelions’ look more like yellow daisies. Anyone know what they are??

Dustyevsky

pink_poppy said:

Lovely flower pics, wort. I thought the last one was vinca, with flattened crocus underneath - I didn’t realise they were the same plant and I didn’t know crocus opened that wide - it’s lovely.

On closer inspection, my ‘not dandelions’ look more like yellow daisies. Anyone know what they are??

Wort's last picture has a crocus peeping out from under a foxglove, and there's an aquilegia leaf there too.

As for your flowers, they're going to take some serious work to identify!

EDIT: Didn't take long, despite 2 glasses of wine I'm afraid I have some bad news:

https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1519

Very invasive.

YoungBlueEyes

Your sheep pic made me laugh Dusty Good was that. (Love the attentive dawg too.)

I like your flowers wort, especially the raggedy daff (?) and that crocus is very pretty. Such delicate colours and markings   I asked for secateurs for my birthday and I'm glad I did, they made short work of those brambles! 

The sunset was a real surprise 2p, we've had nothing in the sunrise/sunset department for ages. It was very welcome  

Are marigolds the ones you grow to get eaten by bugs and critters so they don't attack anything else? I think I remember watching something about a French fellah and his vineyards, he had them at the end of every row as a sacrifice. Possibly. 

The weather didn't improve yesterday, it was damp and grey all day even when the wind got up mid aft. Looks brighter this morning already, but there's a bite to that wind. Might have to get me big coat out for it'll be cold doing mum and dad's flowers. Nice and dry though  

Also - happy International Womens' Day gals

Dustyevsky

A pretty good sunrise here this morning:

Nippy old east wind though!

pink_poppy

That's beautiful, Dusty

Hope you enjoyed your wine last night - red or white?? We are having a dry March, so I'm looking forward to April   

Can you type the name of that invasive plant/weed, please. I don't click on links - I'd rather google. At least I don't have to worry because it's not in my garden and it's far enough away for it not to be a problem.

A dry morning here, but a lot of cloud and just a bit nothing really. It's supposed to be a moderate breeze, but there's nothing moving out there (apart from the very cute bunny that went hopping past a while ago).

Dustyevsky

pink_poppy said:

Hope you enjoyed your wine last night - red or white?? We are having a dry March, so I'm looking forward to April   
Can you type the name of that invasive plant/weed, please. I don't click on links

Thanks. It was red (Rioja) and if it hadn't been so expensive, I'd have enjoyed it even more!   (Local meeting in pub.)

The plant is Coltsfoot. A friend gave us some, but when I saw how it multiplied  I got it out, fast!

wort

Ah nooo I blame my menopause brain😂😂😂😂 can’t even finish a sentence sometimes as I forget what I’m saying. So happy birthday 🎊 Pas 
and happy women’s day and I best say happy men’s in case I got it wrong! 🫣
a lovely pic Dusty great framing with the tree . Hope the wine was enjoyed. 

Feeling mighty chilly here in the house , looking windy through the window ,need to head to the shop for some bits shortly.

Dustyevsky

wort said:

happy women’s day and I best say happy men’s in case I got it wrong! 🫣

No, it's OK, you have it all; we get the other 364 (this year 365) days!

 I'll let you into a little secret...When I was employed and employable, the ladies at work made me an “honorary woman.” This didn't mean I was seen as effeminate, or anything like that; it just meant it was OK to talk openly in front of me, secure in the knowledge I'd divulge nothing to the other men on the staff!

Still very 'us and them,' even in the early naughties.

Farway

Blue sky & on a promise of a nice warm day ahead.

PP as others, your yellow plant is Coltsfoot, I like it, but then I like daises, dandelions & buttercups in my lawn so you should take that into consideration when I like plants.

Lovely evocative dawn pic Dusty

YoungBlueEyes said:

I asked for secateurs for my birthday and I'm glad I did, they made short work of those brambles! 

Are marigolds the ones you grow to get eaten by bugs and critters so they don't attack anything else? I think I remember watching something about a French fellah and his vineyards, he had them at the end of every row as a sacrifice. Possibly. 

Nice birthday pressie then, are they car park cutting shrub trimming sized to fit in your pocket / handbag?

There are two types of marigold, the sacrificial ones are Tagetes, AKA French marigold. These are tender  & half hardy.

The hardy, post Brexit , ones, pot marigolds, AKA English marigolds are the ones to self seed & generally look after themselves. And as the name suggests, you can eat them, posh people add the petals to salads, but I expect you could float some in your Pimms along with Borage flowers.

Any sunny spot & you have them forever, generally pest free and dead easy

If the sun continues, I hope to sow some tomatoes later, and squelch around outside checking Farway not a Park. I spotted some lilies poking up yesterday, and germinating weeds, which is the number one sign it's time to sow seeds

Farway

Woo Hooo, e mail update on my tree planting request to Hampshire Highways

"Thank you for your tree planting request for [my road here] I stopped by yesterday and have plotted a crab apple (Malus sylvestris) and a rowan (Sorbus aucuparia ‘Cardinal Royal’) for planting in the next planting season, so roughly some time between October 2024 and March 2025."

So looks like I'll have the current ornamental cherry plus the two new ones come next spring