Patio Peach in bloom !!

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  1. Webmaster

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    Anyone else got one?


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    Hopefully we will be getting lots of fruit off it again this year.

    Nathan.
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Haven't got that type, but I do grow the variety Peregrine, which has now grown a bit large, and fruits better some years than others.
    Buds not broken on mine yet, its not really in an ideal position.
     
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    Now I know why they say "pretty as a peach". Nice gargoles too I'm a dragon girl myself.
     
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    :D looks as if you will get many a fruit on that this year Nathan.
    I have x2 victoria plum trees and a cherry called stella i think? al have to check on that, but there only just budding. i'll post up a pic when mine come into flower m8. Last year we had that many plums all are guests @ the bbq got to take some home :D
     
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    Tempting bloom ?

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    To Bees they are !!!


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    Surprising how much the blooms have come out in a couple of days.

    Nathan
     
  6. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Nathan
    Is that your Callistemon on the second pic near the gargoles with the rock in the pot?
     
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    Eagle-eye Pete,

    Yes, that is the one.


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    Needs to grow bigger, needs more room.
    Then it will start to flower well. When you buy them in flower, it seems to me that they have been treated with a growth hormone, similar to Chrysanthumums in pots, which makes them flower while still small. I could be wrong.
     
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