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@urbaneclectic87.bsky.social

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Prof gdnr Spkr/Writes/Draws Urban Env Plants. Wildlife ❤ dogs. Gay. Environment matters to me. . 2 many pots & tubs. Way 2 little ground. Ex clubber & gym bunnie. House, Funk, Trance etc. Birds, plants, bumble bees, bees. Hates Reform Labour, & Tories

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · May 2

Love these but always seem to end up with pink ones. Very nice.

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · May 2

Rosa Jens Munk.

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · May 2

The leaves - crinkly ones - are Teucruim hircaninum. Slug and snail - proof. Seeds gently. Purple Iranian Germander.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · May 2

Euphorbia Miners Merlot. My garden

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · May 1

The Dave Austin Wife of Bath x Rosa spinosissima hybrid.Rosa Rsaa Robbie Burns.Hard rosource

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 30

On .my plot
Shoulldj have attached

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yet another early rose. Rosa Jens Mink. On plot
Just now. A Rugosa/Explorer Canadian bred from

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 30

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 30

Dasiphora/Potentilla fruticosa Primrose Beauty. My garden just now.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 30

A Red Mustard. Growing on a compost heap. As pretty as any foliage or flower

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 25

Used to grow this. Loved it.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 25

No a ceanothus.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 25

I wanted the vid with Hot Gossip. Better entertainment and mix. No longer available to be downloaded unfortunately.

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 24

Not on his own in that. Gah gah. But has control of the red button. Not much sanity anywhere tbh. Not over here either.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 23

A Ceanothus hybrid this afternoon. #americanlilac #ceanothus

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 23

I'd say more LA. But yes.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 23

There is much to be said for French Disco and Funk.

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 22

Am not a huge fan. Nor of sweet things generally. But there is an excellent gooseberry trifle recipe. Worth every effort. A worthy use for them.

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 21

Ceanothus arboreus Trewithen Blue. Local back garden. The Tree Ceanothus. Native to the Californian Channel Islands. Home of very dwarf Gray Foxes, this Ceanothus and the tree that is Lyonothamnus asplenifolius floribundus. One ceanothus that you can prune h

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Cerrone - Supernature (1977) Single - Tv - 16.12.1978 /RE

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 21

Local Thames side Subtropical feel courtyard. But this weekend it was been grey and cold northerlies and easterlies.

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 20

Really? Not a few of those are declining.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 20

New Fashioned gardens is much of it. Plastic grass. Pizza ovens. Alll pre+existing established planting taken out upon moving house. Neat freakery. Neo nic poisons like Frontline in pets becoming all pervasive.

urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 20

So me kind of Jonquil I would guess.

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urbaneclectic @urbaneclectic87.bsky.social · Apr 20

One of several clumps I have of the tulip Tulipa Prinses Irene. All are in pots
It is a bit on the short side but very tolerant of gales. Happy Easter All