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Fred

@frdvil.bsky.social

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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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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 57m

Autumn embers Azalea never disappoints 😍

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Autumn #FlowerReport

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 3h

Žemyna, the Lithuanian goddess of the Earth, embodies all living things that grow from her soil. Oaks, lindens, and spruces are sacred to her, and in their highest branches, it is said, the secret of life itself is hidden. #FolkloreThursday #trees #nature

Collage showing three sacred trees linked to the Lithuanian earth goddess Žemyna: the oak, linden, and spruce. Images include mature trees, acorns, linden blossoms, and spruce saplings, symbolising strength, renewal, and the life hidden in their highest branches.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 18h

A month earlier than last year, I'm already harvesting the first red stigmas of my #saffron crocuses from bulbs my boys gave me. ( crocus sativus)
An original idea that continues year after year, it's fantastic! 😀🌱

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 1d

October roses in warm hues for #RoseWednesday

A collage of nine close-up photographs of roses in soft pastel shades of cream, peach, pink, and white. Each bloom varies in form, from single and semi-double flowers to full, ruffled blossoms, all set against green foliage.

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 1d

#RoseWednesday is the last pink and red bicolor rose for the year🌹

#Flowers #Gardening #Roses #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Autumn

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yes ! 😫

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Shannon Walsh @flutterbyflora.bsky.social · 2d

🌱morning glories! 💙💜💚🌞 #bloomscrolling #TuesdayBlue

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 2d

The wild sunflowers are blooming now! I have a couple of different varieties on our land. They also fill the roadsides with Autumn beauty 😃💛🌻

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #WildFlowers #GotToBeNC #FlowerReport #GulfOfMexico

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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 2d

The striking purple berries of a Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) #MagentaMonday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Autumn

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 2d

Hesperantha coccinea 🌱📷

#bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #ColourADay #PinkMon

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Devon Subtropical Garden @devonsubtropical.bsky.social · 3d

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Lots of great colour from the #passiflora in the greenhouse.
P. ‘Scarlet Flame’,
P. ‘Pretty Tina’
P. ‘Pura Vida’
P. ‘Buzios’ (a form or hybrid of P. princeps - used to be called P. racemosa)
All lovely but none are scented.

P. ‘Scarlet Flame’ a beautiful hybrid of P. vitifolia with brighter and bigger flowers which is also more tolerant of lower winter temperatures (testing this year but hopefully as low as +7C)

P. ‘Pretty Tina’ is a cross of P. tarapotina and P. caerulea by Martin Drews and is glorious

P. ‘Pura Vida’ a hybrid by S. Kamstra, a breeder from the Netherlands in the 1990s. Utterly gorgeous!

The second form of P. ‘Buzios’ that we have with slightly darker and smaller flowers. A truly top plant!

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Devon Subtropical Garden @devonsubtropical.bsky.social · 3d

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Some great scented passionflowers n the greenhouse today.
Here is one of our latest seedlings, an open pollinated seedling from P. ‘Fata Confetto’ so far free flowering,robust and well scented. We will see how it overwinters
&the glorious P. ‘Byte’ one of the best scented #passiflora you can grow

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 3d

Sichuan #pepper sharp thorns (and red berries ready to pick up !)
(Remember that the dry pepper is only the outer shell of each berry, not the black seed inside, which is inedible.)
#sichuanpepper 🌱

(zanthoxylum piperitum )

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 3d

Cyclamen nestled among ferns, for #MagentaMonday 🌱📷

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #GardensHour

Magenta cyclamen flowers amidst various green foliage

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Dave @mygardentalkstome.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning folks,
Some Monday colour for you. The Jerusalem artichoke is flowering nicely & offering a timely resting point for a somewhat late in the year butterfly. Planning for next year in the garden is well underway.
Whatever you’re doing, I hope the week ahead goes well for you 😀👍🏼

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 3d

My Cyclamen have awakened from their summer slumber 😍

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #MagentaMonday #GulfOfMexico #Autumn #Cyclamen

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GrowHouseDave @growhousedave.bsky.social · 3d

Have a great week everyone #MagentaMonday

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Alison Moore @a1isonmoore.bsky.social · 3d

A little late in the day, but here's some #SundayYellow
Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers' I think....
#bloomscrolling

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 3d

Haworthia collection for #SucculentSunday 🌱🌵📷

#Succulents #Houseplants #PlantSky

Zebra haworthia and ice lantern, multiple plants packed into a small terracotta pot

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 4d

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 4d

#SundayYellow is an eclectic mix of yellow this week. My Colocasia Esculenta was the most unusual for me as this long time variety never blooms for me 🙌

#Flowers #Gardening #Plants #GulfOfMexico #Butterflies #Autumn #October #FlowerReport

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 4d

Hibiscus syriacus / late blooming 🌱

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Sarah Griffiths @communitea.bsky.social · 4d

In today’s #SixOnSaturday autumn is in question with these pink beauties! #Beechgrove #Scotland Info in alt text 🌱🌸📸💕

Clockwise from top left: fluffy pink blossom-like flowers of Calluna vulgaris H E Beale, two-tone pink flowers of perennial Sweet pea, ‘red’ campion Silene dioica, the two-tone pink and green leaves of Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Pink Flamingo’, Nerine and deep pink Cosmos.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 4d

I’m fascinated by the colour variations in Canna leaves, often on the same plant! I photographed some and used them as inspiration to create this patchwork collage. Nature’s artistry never fails to amaze. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #art #nature

Collage of nine close-up photographs of Canna leaves, each showing bold striped patterns in different colours, including green, yellow, red, pink, orange, and purple.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 4d

Understood ! 😂 I know that feeling of struggling to make this jelly