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Fred
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Gardens, insects, seeds, nature and science ...(photography is a hobby-most of posts are in English for fun ...and from my French garden in Normandy ).
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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · Mar 9
Crocuses and birdsong from my garden
#crocus 🌱
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#Abutilon Blushing moonlight lighting up #MyGreenhouse this morning. Freshly grown from seed.

#Flowers #Gardening #HandsOffGreenland #Plants #GYO #FlowerReport
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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scottzona.bsky.social
I am in awe of the dazzling diversity of Proteaceae in Australia. Hakea sericea has tough, awl-like leaves, a world away from the broad leaves of H. victoria that I posted earlier today. Just amazing! 📷: Dave Richardson CCBY4. #Proteaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a woody shoot with needle-like leaves. Clusters of white flowers are visible at the tips of the branches.
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Balsam Fir cones. #Newfoundland, Canada. #trees #botany #plants
Photo of 6 partly mature balsam fir cones. The cones are blue/black in colour with many layers of white frilly structures on the cone surface.
January 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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gardenopus.bsky.social
🌱🌹By Courtesy Only - a very LOOSE 😄 interpretation of #RoseWednesday with Pereskia grandifolia (Rose Cactus). This favorite species of a basal, leafy Cactaceae genus blooms on & off indoors through Winter, despite actual Roses being 🥶🥀 freeze dried outdoors. Despite lush foliage has sharp thorns.😱
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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ilenagm.bsky.social
I really love the freckles on this cutie which is why I originally added it to my collection😍 tag is under the leaf protection somewhere 😂

#Flowers #Gardening #StandWithGreenland #Plants #FlowerReport #Hellebore #Winter
January 20, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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rickmartin.bsky.social
Borage 🌱

#Bloomscrolling #TuesdayBlue #BlueTue #ColirADay #EastCoastKin
A single, blue, star shaped borage flower above some quite hairy unopened flower buds
January 20, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Pitcher plant pitcher. Some insect meals are visible on the water. #Newfoundland, Canada. #botany #carnivirous #plant #bog
Photo looking down at the opening of the pitcher of a purple pitcher plant. The pitcher is red and green,with wine coloured veigns running throughout. You can see water in the pitcher. If you zoom in you can see some dead insects on the surface of the water which the pitcher plant will use for food.
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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flutterbyflora.bsky.social
🌱 Just order this year's caladiums. I'm saving them this year just like the dahlias 💚🌸💚
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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venetiajane.bsky.social
The pansy has many old folk names such as: butterfly flower, cat’s face, Cupid’s flower, heartsease, Johnny-jump-up, kiss-me-behind-the-garden-gate, lark’s eye, love-in-idleness, monkey face, pensee, stepmothers, three-faces-under-a-hood & trinity flower. Which is your favourite?
A collage of close-up pansy flowers in shades of purple, violet, blue and yellow, showing the distinctive dark “face” markings against soft green garden backgrounds.
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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ilenagm.bsky.social
My #Hellebores have been off to a little bit of a slow start but another color, Anna’s red has opened now.🤩

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #Winter #KeepGreenlandFree #FlowerReport
January 19, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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n20gardener.bsky.social
So much rain of late, but I must do a little gardening soon! Here's #sixonsaturday from my #garden this week.
n20gardener.com/2026/01/17/s... six photos and a few words. Enjoy.
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#ukgardening
Six On Saturday: Time to trowel up
It may be hard to find six things in the garden at this time of the year but as I walked round this morning it was clear that the weeds are having a lovely time. They shine out as splashes of green…
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January 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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ilenagm.bsky.social
#SixOnSaturday Amaryllis forcing made easy. dig bulbs up and dry out, refrigerate, clean up bulbs and roots then pot. All ten bulbs are making buds. Here is the first one to flower 😃🙌

#Flowers #Gardening #GulfOfMexico #Amaryllis #Plants #FlowerReport #GYO
January 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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venetiajane.bsky.social
The garden’s coming back to life. Hellebores are blooming, Rosa ‘Lady of Shalott’ is stirring, Nandina glows with vibrant red berries, winter heath is in full bloom, Sarcococca’s gorgeous scent fills the air, and the Bodnant viburnum flowers blush softly pink. #SixOnSaturday
A collage of winter garden plants: creamy white hellebores, a rose bud tightly closed, clusters of bright red Nandina berries, pink winter heath flowers, glossy-leaved Sarcococca with dark berries and tiny creamy white finger-like flowers, and Viburnum buds flushed pink.
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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rickmartin.bsky.social
Snowdrops (with raindrops) 🌱

#FlowersOnFriday #FloralFriday #PurpleFriday #Bloomscrolling #Macro #EastCoastKin
A small huddle of rain soaked snowdrop flowers
January 16, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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a1isonmoore.bsky.social
The week when the birds arrived early
#SixOnSaturday #mylittlegarden
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My Little Garden 17th Jan 2026
My Little Garden 17th Jan 2026 We’re just over a week away from the big garden birdwatch, and a pair of Blackcaps have been regular visitors to the garden, along with a group of what I think are …
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January 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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In today's 'only just about managed to scrape together a #SixOnSaturday'... a Euonymus, Calendula, Coronilla, Campanula, a Rose & Hesperis 🌱
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A collage of six photographs of leaves and flowers: variegated cream and green leaves; a partly opened yellow Calendua with a large red/brown centre; grey-green pinnate leaves against a blue sky; a five petalled pale purple flower growing next to a paving stone; a tall thorny rose stem with a yellow flower bud; a rosette of narrow green leaves.
January 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM
frdvil.bsky.social
#sixonsaturday 17-01-26 : A pelargonium, a colocasia aloha, an edgeworthia, storm damage, many wheelbarrows of manure and a happy cactus guy. 🌱

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January 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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venetiajane.bsky.social
Some say the poisonous-fruited Euonymus is named after Euonyme who, in Orphic tradition, is the mother of the Erinyes, or “Furies”, the three sister-goddesses who represent vengeance. It is commonly called the spindle-tree because its wood was used to craft spindles, or distaffs.
A collage of spindle (Euonymus) showing the vivid pink seed capsules split open to reveal bright orange seeds, alongside pointed leaves turning pink and red against a soft green background.
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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scottzona.bsky.social
The bumps on the leaves of Psychotria punctata are called “punctae.” The leaf surface is described as 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲. Hence the epithet. #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of leafy shoots with glossy, ovate leaves, the blades of which are covered with scattered, pimple-like bumps. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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ilenagm.bsky.social
A petunia hanging basket is starting to bloom in #MyGreenhouse this is a little “wild” petunia that scrambles around #MyGarden all year long and produces plenty of #Seedlings 😍

#Flowers #Gardening #Petunias #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #GYO
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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rickmartin.bsky.social
Have a good #RoseWednesday everyone 🌱🌹

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
Four large fresh blooms of some kind of hybrid shrub musk rose with creamy pink petals, hanging over my neighbours garden wall
January 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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scottzona.bsky.social
Aloe ‘Lime Fizz’ is a hybrid cultivar that displays a 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗼𝘀𝗲 surface. It means “covered with small bumps or warts.”
Photo of a rosette of succulent leaves. The leaves are green and covered with red bumps. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
January 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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ilenagm.bsky.social
I love #Kalanchoes and have several pots of them in my collection, they are an easy plant to coax in bloom 🥰

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #MyGreenhouse
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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ilenagm.bsky.social
#ThursdayThoughts The weather has been nice enough here to leave the heat off in the greenhouse and to open the windows in the house during the day.😃☀️

#Flowers #Gardening #GulfOfMexico #Plants #Winter #FlowerReport
January 8, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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ilenagm.bsky.social
#FlowersOnFriday is one of my favorite pots with stock and pansies enjoying #PatioLife 😍💙

#Flowers #Gardening #MyPatio #GulfOfMexico #Plants #FlowerReport #Winter
January 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM