Well as it stands the start of June, will be nice, with warm dry weather for most places. I'm not sure I buy what the French article has said, but...
I have one poking above the soil now, after being left in the ground over winter so now it seems is the correct time :dbgrtmb: Mine's in the shade...
I brought one in 2009 and it died in the harsh winter when we got -4.2C, so don't even bother. I suppose you could say it's frost hardy if it...
another Mediterranean offering.. this one from Giorgos Giannias (Greece) Ena Taksidi Akoma (roughly translated as 'still searching') [media]
Things that are doing well here are Cistus which is flowering profusely, Eucomis is really starting to grow.. it'll be flowering before June is...
Not really worth showing but on Tuesday I got an Impatiens tinctoria from Bodnant Garden centre.. anyone who grows it will know its foliage aint...
It's going to be a good bank holiday for most of the UK.. two in a row this year.. our climate has definitely changed :snork: Currently very...
watering really.. its so dry on the ground out there thanks to a mixture of sun, and wind.. it's been really sunny here this year no doubt about...
Nature's Last Stand [img]
cold and cloudy this morning, another winters like day to add to the ever growing collection!
I think general olives of the Olea europaea tree go through this ripe method; ie green is unripe, black is ripe.. in fact on the original olive...
Citrus blooms are definitely wonderful.. my potted Lemon 'tree' gives out the most wonderful scent in Spring-Summer (in fact it just flowers all...
That's the strangest thing, Choisya usually flowers late winter-early Spring here (this year was an exception), but we don't get much scent. I...
There are olive groves in the UK, so olives can be grown here and they are commercially produced. I don't think people living in the Mediterranean...
If anyone follows weather models/charts, you'll know at the moment there's a big stand off between the GFS model and the ECM model, for those that...
well lets wait and see if we get that little miracle :blue thumb:
very cold today in the breeze, just basically a hideous day. The outlook isn't good.. in fact it's dire.. there was originally a potential...
When the plant grows the seed leaves will fall off soon after anyway, so I don't think it matters much, the plant will continue growing
Is this recent Sal? I'm sure you'll agree with me then when I say we have the second worst climate in the world, too much excess of everything...
Global warming is what it says on the tin, global. However unfortunately, in history, whenever the world has gone into a warming event, NW Europe...
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