What's Looking good in March 2020

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  1. shiney

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    Some different tones

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      A few bits from the garden.

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        Hyacinths

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          @KFF love Hyacinth, never seen purple.

          Took some pics today, will post tomorrow after Dentist.

           
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            Hi @Victoria , it's called " Woodstock " . It's a fairly common one.
             
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              These Freesias are self sown ...

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                Beautiful!!! I bet their fragrance is gorgeous!!

                Hope all went as planned this morning.:dbgrtmb:
                 
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                  @Victoria looks great, how did you get on at the dentist?
                   
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                    :dbgrtmb: Upsy. They smell fabulous but are having to compete with the orange blossom! Walking about it is heavenly as the Brug is blooming. .Here are a couple more, a Freesia that hybridized and the Cercis coming into bloom ...

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                    Went well, thank you Logan. He did the two stages in just over an hour. Just have to have the crown put on. It's a lower molar so not really visible.
                     
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                      Must be fabulous! Stunning blossom ...and equally stunning blue sky too!

                      Glad all went well this morning for you .

                      Big smile now..:biggrin:
                       
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                        Hi @Victoria , I love Freesias. Your hybridized one is beautiful. I had never grown them before last year believing them to be tricky but they were absolutely stunning., bearing in mind we can only grow them in a greenhouse for the best results.

                        I just thought they flowered once and that was it ( eg like a Tulip or Hyacinth ), but I found the more I picked the more they grew. They must have flowered for about 3 months.one of them in the end had 6 side shoots on it.

                        I'm just replanting mine this week, last years and new ones this for this year.

                        A couple from last year.......

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                        This year I've got some of the more pastel like pale blue and pale pink.
                         
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                          Hi @KFF I find Freesias amazing. I love that hybrid. They are my favourite flower with Carnations rubbing shoulders. I have done Chaubaud mixed from seed, easy peasy. Have you tried them?

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                            Hi @Victoria , I don't believe it :)

                            Carnations and the Dianthus family are my favourites :)

                            I have about 80 different ones right from Wild Species to named varieties/hybrids.
                            I already have some of the florists types ( sprays and the large " buttonhole " types ) on order for the greenhouse for Winter flowers.

                            I have grown the Chabaud ones from seed but I was generally disappointed with them

                            If you want to grow some large flowered single ones from seed with a gorgeous scent try Dianthus " Rainbow Loveliness ".
                             
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                              @KFF T'other Half has bought me flowers twice ... once for my 21st/our 1st birthaversary, 20 red and 1 white florist Carnations and the second time for my 40th/our 20th birthaversay, 40 red/20 white florist Carnations. The latter (long stemmed) were delivered to my office ... and I had to drive home with them in my car ... an Austin Sprite convertible!
                              We have exceptional taste in flora me'thinks! :spinning:

                               
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                                That's great news, I've had to have a crown put on a molar. The tooth had broken and he built it up and put a crown on. It's just about hanging on because the gum has receded so much it's very loose but it's been about 3 years since.
                                 
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