Flower
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Tulip season
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May is the month when my tulips are the prettiest. The earlier varieties are still blooming, and the later varieties have just started opening, making the two small tulip beds colorful and full of flowers. This year the tulips started…
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Heliotropium arborescens – heliotrope
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Heliotropium arborescens, a plant that was in the gardens of our grandmothers known as “the cherry pie flower” or “bradarka” was once a very popular flower. The Peru native plants have been a part of every garden in Europe, as…
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Flowers in August
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Flowers bring color to our gardens. They break the green carpet of vegetables and bring joy to our beds and yards. August is the month when most of the flowers thrive and show their best suits.The same is in my…
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Orchid problems
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After an adventure with the new plant aka the orchid Keiki, my orchid has been blooming like crazy. It grew 3 stems with dozens of wonderful flowers that were flowering for months. And then out of nowhere, the plant started showing…
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Streptocarpus -cape primrose
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A few weeks ago I bought two plants of Streptocarpus. The delicate leaves and flowers have been badly beaten up from the boxed delivery, so I had no idea what to expect from the plants. A few weeks later the…