I didn't have a great many rose shots to show you. I got a terrible storm of pests on all my roses, and spider mites on my Angel trumpet which is suffering...
anyway... it's been mostly dealt with,...
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In updated news... I got a water lily.
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My amabilis phal had completely opened its blooms.
Here's a shot of it in the kitchen window.
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Purchased one final cymbidium for the pond.
It's a very pretty purple to burgundy colour depending on the lighting. Mainly purple.

It's also mightily fragranced.
But much...
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That veggie garden is doing amazing! wow... I had to push off my veggie planter because of the flood so I in very jealous.
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It's growing in a layer of sphagnum moss mixed with perlite. which is capped with a small layer of pure sphag.
and all of that is on top of a layer of pool filter sand.

Indeed. Wonderfully...
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And now for a update on the yard.
My camellias both impressed me this year and I can't wait to see them mature.
very very hard to capture though..
My phone does not like the contrast.

This one is...
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I've got one more flower bed to update you on and from then on its just growth progress.

Guess who flooded the upstairs bathroom, and found a soaking wet hallway (carpet), water pouring out of the...
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It's something to do with electricity.
It says "danger high voltage" on it.
It's the cities.

No.. those are white jasmine. The flower buds are red for some reason.

It's just strange. It's spent its...
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Here's my mailbox...
It's funny... none of the eyepopping blue and purple daisies really show up in pictures.

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The front... not really sure if I ever showed you this area...
tried...
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They come in other colors as well.
If you pick them and hang them upside down to dry they stay exactly like that forever.

I still have one I dried when I was six.
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I hadn't thought of it but it does look hungry lol...
It went from bright canary yellow with a red spot to yellow with a red lip.
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get a water Lily!
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how cute...
I love finches.

I'm not to familiar with the blue jays in your area... kinda looks like an island Jay.... possibly a Florida scrub Jay.
kinda hard to tell.
definitely not the same blue...
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Quick update on one of the cymbidium orchids over the pond.

It's changed colour.
the lip on the yellow one had gone from this.

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to this

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which is pretty...
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A little update.
My side planter has been planted, but my camera doesn't like taking pictures of it.
lots of dark green foliage in the shade, with light flowers that get lots of reflected light.
My...
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Well...
everything I buy dies. And I know I don't have a black thumb.
ok so not EVERYTHING dies.
about half off it did.
So I bought more... hopefully I'm done after this.

Bleeding heart are awesome....
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Went shopping again today.
I got a few plants.
Three fuchsias.
One has these really cute miniature flowers and leaves.

A bleeding heart in pink. Reported to not grow well in my area. I'm still trying...
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