Gaz gave me a challenge if could do a blog in ten minutes. Always up for a challenge, I took it on as it's a good opportunity for another random mix sort of post, albeit a really short one especially as I was on a timer...
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| Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. spectabilis |
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| Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex 'Plena' |
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| Peltoboykinia watnabei, Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride', and Begonia |
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| Dicksonia antarctica |
It's almost time's up so this will be it for now. So I can do a blog in ten minutes after all, didn't realise I could until now without resorting to being wordless. A miniature self discovery!
Mark :-)
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Since I know how much work a simple post can involve I am impressed. Love that bamboo. For a garden that does not depend on blooms you have some beauties in there.
ReplyDeleteI ought to feature more bamboos on our blog Shirley, seeming as we have loads of 'em.
DeleteThat 'Blushing Bride' is quite unusual and a nice, new surprise. I thought I had seen all the types of Tradescantias out there. Great find! I wonder if it is only in England and not here in the U.S. yet. You've got me curious.
ReplyDeletePosting in 10 minutes is to be commended. What always...ALWAYS slows me down is having to look up the spelling of the Latin words for plants. Ugh!
David/:0)
Hi David, the trick was to choose photos of plants that I knew the name already :) the tradescantia might be known by a different name there.
DeleteWay cool,. heavens those tree ferns are fabulous aren't they
ReplyDeleteCan't get enough of them Deanne!
DeleteI salute you for your ten minute discipline. I spend at least that much time staring at a blank screen !
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't easy doing it on time pressure, I still much prefer the longer easy pace :)
DeleteWhat a cool idea. Maybe you'd like to start a meme - The Ten Minute Challenge or something. That bamboo is beautiful as are your other images!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many would be up for that challenge Peter, hmmm...
DeleteYou didn't paint the bamboo that color?
ReplyDeleteNope Kris, it is that colourful in person :)
DeleteSpeed blogging, kind of like speed dating. Love the container weeds!
ReplyDeleteTalk about a quickie post Loree!
DeleteHello Mark and Gaz,
ReplyDeleteAnd here is a speedy comment.
Lovely pics.......thank you for sharing!
Sanguinaria........sigh....!
A pleasure Jane and Lance :)
DeleteNow why don't my weeds look like that?
ReplyDeleteAhh but not all of our weeds look like that either Jessica :)
DeleteLike the 10-minute rule - might try that myself, not including thinking time (oops, already failed). That bamboo is stunning - you don't find it too invasive? I've avoided bamboo because I feared it would get the better of me, but that one is really tempting.
ReplyDeleteThis one's not too bad Helen, just snapping off any wayward culm shooting where it's not wanted. This ones actually planted near a wall, possibly it has runners already under the paving. Very garden worthy this one :)
DeleteLove the volunteers! Are you certain that bamboo is Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis? That's a lot of green stripes for Aureocaulis -- mine has only the thinnest stripe on a few culms, but maybe yours is a lot more mature? Lovely whatever its ID. :)
ReplyDeleteUh oh, thanks for pointing it out Alan, it is spectabilis not aureocaulis. See what time pressure can do to a blogger!
DeleteWell your 10 minute post worked out real well for you. :) Those tree ferns always fascinate me, not being something we can have here. I do have a bunch of potted regular size ferns though.
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The hardy ground ferns when they send new fronds can be just as fascinating to watch Cher :)
DeleteI'd like a few of those weeds too please guys, much nicer that the blighters I get:)
ReplyDeleteWe get those blighters too Paul, just not on this pot :)
DeleteLove the speed blogging. I should take this challenge, though I have a feeling I'd fail spectacularly. I love all these plants, too. Nice weeds!
ReplyDeleteTry at least once Evan :)
DeleteLoving the 'Your challenge should you accept it" attitude guys! I once tried for 15 minute blogging but have failed dismally - it takes that long to resize my photos alone! I do wish bamboo wasn't so inclined to spread as I'd love to have a clump in the gardens here, next to the Cordyline that thinks it's a palm tree … and I'm loving the free plants that have seeded under the palm. Now, back to my own (not very speedy) blogging!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it nice and quite exciting to get seedlings popping up from the palm in your garden? No intentions of making it a habit to do blogs in just under ten minutes, far too short a time Caro :)
DeleteI'm impressed! Like Caro, just sorting out photos tends to take that much time. Glad you aren't making that the norm though, I enjoy your longer posts.
ReplyDeletePS love the tree fern fronds, all the more for remembering that pile of apparently dead logs!
ReplyDeleteI like the randomness of the post and I LOVE that bamboo!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, it definitely can be done even less than that. Yours doesn't look hurried though, because you uploaded nice photos. Is the choosing of photos within the 10 min time? My posts are mostly spontaneous ones, and they just come up when inspired, not obliged. It is choosing photos that got my time. By the way, I've long wanted to have that kind of bamboo, but those i find here have bigger stems, i love the one you have. And that fronds are gorgeous!
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