Flowers 2022

[penumbra]

I battled mealy bugs for months

They have been bad this winter.

 

[Carol 83]

They have been bad this winter.

I have never had them on my orchids before and I have had them in my office for years. I secretly think the new manager there planted them, just like I think he killed out office cat. But maybe not....

 

[penumbra]

I have never had them on my orchids before and I have had them in my office for years. I secretly think the new manager there planted them, just like I think he killed out office cat. But maybe not....

That is a horrible thought.
Hope you are wrong.

 

[Carol 83]

That is a horrible thought.
Hope you are wrong.

I know, I probably am. He's just a sneaky snake and hates it that he has no authority over me and that I know a lot more than him. And he hated that cat, so even if he probably had nothing to do with my orchids..........

 

[tangledtanuki]

A beautiful Plum growing in the kibbutz. Definitely thinking about taking cuttings of this one.

 

[penumbra]

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A beautiful Plum growing in the kibbutz. Definitely thinking about taking cuttings of this one.

Beautiful flowers and I really like the rough bark.

 

[TinyArt]

Prunus x Bliereiana Mosera.
by Toichi Domoto in training since 1973
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Best
DSD sends

How I love to see this thread, especially in the morning!
-- And how I love this tree. If I were your neighbor, @Deep Sea Diver I'd bring offerings of baked goods, just to visit it now!

 

[ShadyStump]

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A beautiful Plum growing in the kibbutz. Definitely thinking about taking cuttings of this one.

That is GORGEOUS

 

[LittleDingus]

First of the season just starting to open

phragmipedium schroderae



I may end up snipping the spikes off this one this season so as to move it to the new house easier

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

How I love to see this thread, especially in the morning!
-- And how I love this tree. If I were your neighbor, @Deep Sea Diver I'd bring offerings of baked goods, just to visit it now!

It is an awesome thread!

Baked goods are always welcome! Yet while usually my photos are from our yard and neighborhood, this one isn’t. The back story is my wife and I both work weekly as volunteers at the Pacific Bonsai Museum and are blessed to work on museum quality trees frequently. Occasionally I get out of the shop to take a walk around to get a photo of a tree on display. The pink plum was one Marie touched up for display. Here’s another plum prepped at the same time that is also on display now.




Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Vin]

@Carol 83 My rose bush looks like doggie doo but wow does it produce some brilliant flowers. Sometimes I have to photograph it in the shade because they're just too bright.

 

[Carol 83]

@Carol 83 My rose bush looks like doggie doo but wow does it produce some brilliant flowers. Sometimes I have to photograph it in the shade because they're just too bright.

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It looks almost fluorescent!

 

[Vin]

It looks almost fluorescent!

It does! It looks Photo Shopped to me but it's not.

 

[Carol 83]

It does! It looks Photo Shopped to me but it's not.

You Florida people get all the good stuff!

 

[Vin]

You Florida people get all the good stuff!

Yeah, it can get pretty rough here at times though.

 

[Moridin]

Some pics from my girlfriend's house before we headed to the Bay area on vacation

 

[Moridin]

Huge quince at the Airbnb we are staying at

 

[Carol 83]

Yeah, it can get pretty rough here at times though.

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Yeah, that looks awful. I much prefer the sleet/ice/snow we got here yesterday.

 

[TN_Jim]

Apricot

 

[Crazy Diamond]

Tiny cactus tiny flower