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Live in NZ Wellington. Love flowers and gardens. Not everything I plant survives. Here to share tips and tricks with fellow gardeners
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Good morning! Wishing you a wonderful day, whatever you’ll be up to!
January 20, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Good morning! Wishing you a wonderful day, whatever you’ll be up to!
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As the temperature continues to drop, I’m thinking spring! 💚💛💜
Happy #twosday to you 💜
#flowers #violets #plants #gardening #gardens #bloomscrolling #spring #photography
Happy #twosday to you 💜
#flowers #violets #plants #gardening #gardens #bloomscrolling #spring #photography
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 PM
As the temperature continues to drop, I’m thinking spring! 💚💛💜
Happy #twosday to you 💜
#flowers #violets #plants #gardening #gardens #bloomscrolling #spring #photography
Happy #twosday to you 💜
#flowers #violets #plants #gardening #gardens #bloomscrolling #spring #photography
Today’s rose is a scarlet red hybrid tea with a lovely fragrance- it’s aptly called Romeo
January 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Today’s rose is a scarlet red hybrid tea with a lovely fragrance- it’s aptly called Romeo
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I promised Graham @oldmanrambling.bsky.social I would post a Robin a day for a week in memory of his beloved wife, Janet. As she loved Roberto who is their little garden visitor. So for the second day #WinterRobin #ForJanet #birds #EastCoastKin
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I promised Graham @oldmanrambling.bsky.social I would post a Robin a day for a week in memory of his beloved wife, Janet. As she loved Roberto who is their little garden visitor. So for the second day #WinterRobin #ForJanet #birds #EastCoastKin
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January 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Yellow hybrid tea - diamonds forever
January 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Yellow hybrid tea - diamonds forever
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Ok folks going to get through as many #BirdOfTheDay entries as I can. Bear with me. Here’s one for #MacroMonday #photography #EastCoastKin
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Ok folks going to get through as many #BirdOfTheDay entries as I can. Bear with me. Here’s one for #MacroMonday #photography #EastCoastKin
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Bottle brush still flowering at Lyme Regis, and bees still out collecting nectar. Not bad for the second half of December.🌱
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bottle brush still flowering at Lyme Regis, and bees still out collecting nectar. Not bad for the second half of December.🌱
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Good morning & welcome to a new week.
This week's featured tour is Orchids of Sardinia, and it's the only 2026 orchid tour with any remaining availability! It's a guaranteed departure, and generates a donation to support the work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social. (1/2)
mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
This week's featured tour is Orchids of Sardinia, and it's the only 2026 orchid tour with any remaining availability! It's a guaranteed departure, and generates a donation to support the work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social. (1/2)
mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Good morning & welcome to a new week.
This week's featured tour is Orchids of Sardinia, and it's the only 2026 orchid tour with any remaining availability! It's a guaranteed departure, and generates a donation to support the work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social. (1/2)
mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
This week's featured tour is Orchids of Sardinia, and it's the only 2026 orchid tour with any remaining availability! It's a guaranteed departure, and generates a donation to support the work of @bsbibotany.bsky.social. (1/2)
mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
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It’s official, 125 plants and 65 fungi were named NEW to science in 2025!
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
January 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
It’s official, 125 plants and 65 fungi were named NEW to science in 2025!
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
Every year, our botanists & mycologists work with partners across the world to officially name & describe new species to science 🧪
See our list of the top ten! 👉 https://ow.ly/J7LY50XT51M
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Alongside their parent plants there are up to 20 million shiny black English Bluebell seeds on our woodland floor, & each has now extended their taproot in search of moisture
Many will not be successful, & even the ones that are take 5 years to form into a bulb & produce flowers
Many will not be successful, & even the ones that are take 5 years to form into a bulb & produce flowers
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Alongside their parent plants there are up to 20 million shiny black English Bluebell seeds on our woodland floor, & each has now extended their taproot in search of moisture
Many will not be successful, & even the ones that are take 5 years to form into a bulb & produce flowers
Many will not be successful, & even the ones that are take 5 years to form into a bulb & produce flowers
Looks like our Madonna Lillie’s ( Lillium Candium) should open this week
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Looks like our Madonna Lillie’s ( Lillium Candium) should open this week
Today’s rose is from my garden
Sheila’s perfume- yellow and red hybrid tea - with you guessed it a lot of fragrance.
Sheila’s perfume- yellow and red hybrid tea - with you guessed it a lot of fragrance.
January 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Today’s rose is from my garden
Sheila’s perfume- yellow and red hybrid tea - with you guessed it a lot of fragrance.
Sheila’s perfume- yellow and red hybrid tea - with you guessed it a lot of fragrance.
The hydrangeas are still flourishing
January 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The hydrangeas are still flourishing
We have the first of the gladioli
Pretty in pink
Pretty in pink
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 AM
We have the first of the gladioli
Pretty in pink
Pretty in pink
Today’s rose has a name I love - Bee 🐝 Scene
It’s a floribunda- it has a yellow centre which graduates to orange then red at the edge of the petals.
And YES bees love it - it opens up beautifully to give them good access to its pollen
It’s a floribunda- it has a yellow centre which graduates to orange then red at the edge of the petals.
And YES bees love it - it opens up beautifully to give them good access to its pollen
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Today’s rose has a name I love - Bee 🐝 Scene
It’s a floribunda- it has a yellow centre which graduates to orange then red at the edge of the petals.
And YES bees love it - it opens up beautifully to give them good access to its pollen
It’s a floribunda- it has a yellow centre which graduates to orange then red at the edge of the petals.
And YES bees love it - it opens up beautifully to give them good access to its pollen
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BREAKING NEWS, LITERALLY
As the mature English Bluebell leaf shoots break ground, last years shiny black seeds lying on the surface around them, extend their first ever roots
As the mature English Bluebell leaf shoots break ground, last years shiny black seeds lying on the surface around them, extend their first ever roots
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM
BREAKING NEWS, LITERALLY
As the mature English Bluebell leaf shoots break ground, last years shiny black seeds lying on the surface around them, extend their first ever roots
As the mature English Bluebell leaf shoots break ground, last years shiny black seeds lying on the surface around them, extend their first ever roots
The world is an uncertain place at the moment- this rose is a reminder of what’s gone before and a reminder of old men in power and what they can do to young fit men and women
This is Poppy - named after those famous flowers in the fields of France.
Scarlet red floribunda
This is Poppy - named after those famous flowers in the fields of France.
Scarlet red floribunda
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The world is an uncertain place at the moment- this rose is a reminder of what’s gone before and a reminder of old men in power and what they can do to young fit men and women
This is Poppy - named after those famous flowers in the fields of France.
Scarlet red floribunda
This is Poppy - named after those famous flowers in the fields of France.
Scarlet red floribunda
Today’s Rose is Wonderland-
A rose where the colour is stunning 😍
A brilliant magenta / purple coloured rose. It’s a floribunda that’s lightly scented
A rose where the colour is stunning 😍
A brilliant magenta / purple coloured rose. It’s a floribunda that’s lightly scented
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Today’s Rose is Wonderland-
A rose where the colour is stunning 😍
A brilliant magenta / purple coloured rose. It’s a floribunda that’s lightly scented
A rose where the colour is stunning 😍
A brilliant magenta / purple coloured rose. It’s a floribunda that’s lightly scented
Opened my lunchbox today full of freshly picked lettuce leaves 🥬 and hubby had placed one of the last of the billington plums on top.
It was a lovely surprise for the first Monday back at work 🥰🥰🥰
It was a lovely surprise for the first Monday back at work 🥰🥰🥰
January 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Opened my lunchbox today full of freshly picked lettuce leaves 🥬 and hubby had placed one of the last of the billington plums on top.
It was a lovely surprise for the first Monday back at work 🥰🥰🥰
It was a lovely surprise for the first Monday back at work 🥰🥰🥰
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January 11, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Looks like either candy can or scentimental
January 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Looks like either candy can or scentimental
Post something beautiful to combat the awful.
This is called Poppy - in memory of those French fields.
This is called Poppy - in memory of those French fields.
January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Post something beautiful to combat the awful.
This is called Poppy - in memory of those French fields.
This is called Poppy - in memory of those French fields.
We went to the Wellington Botanical Gardens recently.
This one is specifically bred for NZ- it’s called Massey University
Salmon pink - hybrid tea and fragranced.
This one is specifically bred for NZ- it’s called Massey University
Salmon pink - hybrid tea and fragranced.
January 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
We went to the Wellington Botanical Gardens recently.
This one is specifically bred for NZ- it’s called Massey University
Salmon pink - hybrid tea and fragranced.
This one is specifically bred for NZ- it’s called Massey University
Salmon pink - hybrid tea and fragranced.
Today we have one of my roses - this is solitaire. A couple of years ago it almost died. I struggled to keep the scale of it. Since we moved to our new house - it has flourished- even though it’s in a pot
It’s almost as tall as me
It’s almost as tall as me
January 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Today we have one of my roses - this is solitaire. A couple of years ago it almost died. I struggled to keep the scale of it. Since we moved to our new house - it has flourished- even though it’s in a pot
It’s almost as tall as me
It’s almost as tall as me