SoS: Flowers in March

Bromelia

This week, while I’ve been busy in my vegetable garden, I decided to focus on flowers for my Six on Saturday gardening update. One carrot looks the same as the next, as does spinach and kale, yes? We’ve had a mixed bag of temperatures ranging from 6C at night to 18C during the day. Sun and showers. As I write this, it is raining. The sun battling with clouds and temperatures hover around 16c mid afternoon. I am waiting for the next gap in the weather to check the new veg plugs I planted earlier in the week for slug and snail damage.

Cymbidium

Another bargain from the DIY store. I could not believe my eyes when I spotted a magnificent display of Cymbidium. I used to have several, and last year, for some reason, they all died. I was gutted. When I tried to replace them, I found a few weedy specimens without flowers for €19.99 and the larger flowering offerings for €49.00! Soooo I was delighted to find this for just €14.99! I was tempted by the huge plants at €45.00, I love a bargain. Hint hint, Mother’s Day is coming up shortly 🙂

At the moment, it is residing in my cool dining room while it acclimatises. Brrrrr… it is too cold outside at night.

Bromelia

After I bought my Bromelia, Mr. Piglet returned to Lidyls and bought this. We are waiting to see how it develops.

Geraniums (Pelargonium)

I was delighted to find these beauties in a DIY shop at just €3.99. AFter paying €6.99 the week before at a garden centre I snapped up three. I want to plant in a tall pot on our back terrace. All I need now is one of a trailing variety to complete the display.

Tradescantia Zebrina

A few weeks ago, I begged for cuttings of tradescantia zebrina on our local gardening FB group. I started them in water and then (after a suggestion from a fellow blogger) decided to plant straight into the soil. So far so good and it is so happy it has rewarded me with a couple of flowers.

Banana Tree Growing in a Pot

Albeit temporarily.

Last spring I planted this in a sunny location directly in the soil. It seemed to be doing okay; even sent out new runners. Then for no apparent reason it started to die off. Did die (or so I thought) I dug it up (aka Mr. P) and we planted in a pot. It sprouted one leaf as a thank you. Now we watch and wait.

A Happy Weed (Knapweed)

I am including this as it made itself comfortable in my succulent garden for years. The bees LOVE it. What is a weed?

That’s it for my Six on Saturday for this week.

Projects Mr. Piglet and I are embarking on a new project. I hoped to post ‘work in progress’ this week, but we are still discussing the details.

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  5. The €14.99 price tag is quite a steal compared to the other options you encountered. And your hint about Mother’s Day coming up is a clever one – Cymbidiums make wonderful gifts for loved ones who appreciate the beauty of flowers.🤝👍

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    1. thank you for identifying the new Brom. IT’s going to be interesting to see how it develps. I’ve been watering the broms via the trumpet and not the earth. Is that correct?

      I’ll keep an eye on the zebrina. thanks for the heads up.

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  8. Orchids are beautiful and when flowering is finished you still have a structurally pleasing plant with it’s large dark green leaves. You would be having warm days? Autumn here and mainly cooler nights and the days are still warm.

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      1. Yes, we have had more wind than normal, and strong. I think I’ve mentioned that we housesat near Faro and have been to Portugal a few times. A country I would go back to visit.

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  10. Lovely healthy looking pelargoniums, I think I will have lost mine this year as I left them outside and it has been so wet, but I am trying to wean myself off plants that need mollycoddling. Be careful with the Knapweed, it self seeds like crazy! I grew some for the bees, but then ended up pulling it all out as it is quite thuggish. Best left in the verges I think.

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    1. That’s a shame about the pelargoniums. When I was in the UK, I used to cut them right back in the winter and put them in the greenhouse. Not sure if I even watered them. 😦 My biggest worry with them is the moth that bores holes into the stems and lays eggs. I’m hoping after not growing them for several years the danger has past.

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    2. I’ve tried to leave a comment on your blog about the Snakeshead fritillary. It tells me I must login to leave a comment but does not offer the option. Curious. Probably just a glith. Either that or you are going to have the comment 5 times in your spam folder LoL

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  11. I’m smiling. Your night-time temperatures are warmer than our daytime temps at the moment. But your Cymbidium is very lovely, as well as being a bargain – and you’re right to keep it nice and toasty. The pelargoniums are dazzling – I love them! I hope your Banana grows well in its new home.

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    1. I don’t think I could survive in low temperatures now (for health reasons). I love the snow and enjoyed going to the alps when we went to France to see family. We are lucky with the weather here… especially for growing plants providing we heed the salt winds and give them shelter.

      I used to keep my Cymbidium outside under the shelter of the terrace. I am gutted they all died last summer.

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  12. The bromelia looks so healthy! We’ve been gifted an amaryllis by friends who went back to the UK and couldn’t take it with them. I’m charged with guarding it till it flowers and then sending photos. Not quite there yet.

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      1. I think they can, if you cut them right back, but I don’t think the flower is as impressive. I’ve just put it outside because when I moved it into the light this morning there were tiny ants scurrying on the soil. I live in horror of the little pests.

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  14. I was going to reply to your post with exactly what fredgardener said about the weed and the banana. My banana looks just like your right now but it is showing signs of waking up again. Your cymbidium is so pretty.!

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  15. For the banana tree, if it has some green, it’s because it’s growing! In winter here it loses its leaves and we only see the pseudo trunk but it’s starting again now. Nice shot, this cymbidium! About the “weed” it’s a cornflower (centaurea): pretty perennial flowers and cut off the seed heads once faded to avoid self-seeding.

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    1. Now you have me stumped over the cornflower identification. LoL. I was looking at the leaves and not so much the flower. Whatever it is the bees love it. We have them everywhere growing in the wild.

      The Cymbidium … I might sneak back and buy another.. I love them. Gutted when mine all died. Thinking back it was when I split them up and repotted. Maybe they like the roots snug.

      Bananna… we will see. I hope it survives.

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