...I hope that they brighten your mood in the same way that they have brightened mine. I can see these from my kitchen window. I love-love-love my camillia - it's colour, its neat cupped structure and its glossy green leaves.
Oh and speaking of things that are uplifting, do you think that this might be a sign that my tree peony might flower for the first time ever this year?
I really hope so! I have had this plant for around 6 years, possibly more? It was a gift from my mother. Every year it has grown in size and got more leafy but it has never flowered. This is the first year that it has budded. 6 years is a long time, in a small garden, to wait to see how a plant will flower, so I very much hope that it will flower this year. I will feel so disappointed if these buds turn out to be blind.
Any suggestions on what I might do to encourage it to flower healthily? Ignore it or give it a feed of something specific?
Okay enough - back to the drudgery of the work document that I am trying to complete this weekend.
3 comments:
Your camelia looks gorgeous. Our neighbour has one that borders our property and he pruned it back hard last year so there's no flowers this year.
Peonies take a long time to establish themselves. They really hate having their roots disturbed and do take a long time to recover esp. the tree variety. They don't like too much wet otherwise the roots rot. And they only need a light feeding with a balanced fertilizer. Good luck and post pictures of the blooms!
WOW thanks for sharing your beautiful camellia photos! We cannot grow that where I live; in fact, at first I thought they were roses....So very beautiful!
Oh wow, your camillas are stunning! It's so great to see photos like this in spring....
-Julie
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