Fred
frdvil.bsky.social
Fred
@frdvil.bsky.social
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 ).
#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
#sixonsaturday 10-01-26 : Snow, Storm Goretti, and frost: winter is here!🥶

Phormium, sedum, camellia, and especially ruscus are part of my Six today! 🌱

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January 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
10 cm of snow, -9°C this morning… what a winter! ❄️ ⛄️ 🥶
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Coleus neochilus in bloom in my greenhouse ( formerly named #plectranthus ) 🌱
January 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
A flowering #lavender plant right outside my front door!

It was -6°C this morning and it's still alive! 🥶🌱
January 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Here's the very pretty #palm tree in my parents' garden, dusted with snow this morning!
This Trachycarpus fortunei is over 30 years old. I planted it in the 90s, and look what it's become… ! 🌱🌴😀
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
#sixonsaturday 03-01-26 : Holly, lamb’s lettuce, hibiscus syriacus, fatsia, strobilanthes and the river Seine near home : fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/s... 😎🌱
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Happy New Year 2026! 🌱
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Not tired of frozen photos yet?
Here are a few more taken this morning at sunrise at home.
Seed heads, fruits and leaves ❄️🌱
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sunrise this morning in my garden.
Still -4°C 😎❄️🌱
December 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#Strobilanthes dyerianus :
One of the many plants I obtained after growing and pinching the cuttings that a friend had kindly sent me. 🙏😁 🌱
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
… and various other frozen things from my garden like :
sempervivum, hottentot-fig, Rhapidophyllum hystrix ( needle palm), nandina, rhodo flower, camellia buds, rubus lineatus ,phyllostachys nigra 🌱
December 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Various frozen ferns
-4°C this morning ❄️
December 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Winter buds of #camellia 🌱
December 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#sixonsaturday 27-12-25 in which I present some of the highlights of 2025 : fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/s... 🌱
December 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today’s pictures.
-2.5°C this morning and a beautiful winter sun. ☀️❄️🌱
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A perfectly blue sky and this #eucalyptus from my garden today to wish you all happy holidays and a wonderful Christmas.
🎄🌱☀️
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#Tamarin leaves 😍🌱
From seedlings a few months ago
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#mangave ‘Moonglow’ pollen and flowers 🌱
December 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#sixonsaturday 20-12-25 : acacia boormanii, hellebores, a weird tomato, agave, phormium and a flowering rhododendron 🌱

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December 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A little tour in the garden this morning of mid December and look what I found ! 🌱
#rhododendron #primula #roses #euphorbia
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#sixonsaturday 13-12-25:
A flower spike to my mangave ! And also plectranthus, tamarillos, new strawberry plants, lettuces and hydrangeas paniculata 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/s...
December 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Cambria #orchid now open in my living-room 🌱
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A similar picture taken years ago and posted on the other side.
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM