Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand
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Then it nipped over to another branch to duet with a friend (or spar with a rival?). Love the feather cloaks.
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Venetia King, in reply to
Spring at Fort Takapuna
Nora, do you know what those white flowers are called? I think they're the same as some that grow in the spring wildflower garden at the Botanic Gardens here. We had a lovely dark red one as our desktop picture for a while but I don't know what they are.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
Or gentians?
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Venetia King, in reply to
Looks like sparaxis
Yes! This was my red one (from spring 2007). Thanks :)
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Looks like sparaxis
Yup they were sparaxis – I’ve always thought of them as Spraxias, and was also confused about whether they were Spraxias or Ixias. I bought seven plants as ‘potted colour’ years ago and now get a purple and white display every year without any effort. It’s just starting up now.
Also – big Tui envy there!!! Amazed at how you all get so close and get such beautiful bird pictures!
Also, beautiful sunsets Chris Waugh – they look great in the pictures and must’ve looked even more amazing ‘in person’.
Oh and while there is still space …
Orange Spring
Pohutukawa Spring -
Yellow.
Here begins my Wellington Botanical Gardens series.
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Pink.
I thought about making that a question. Fuschia?
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Venetia King, in reply to
a purple and white display every year
That purple is gorgeous, I find it hard to get the velvety look of the petals in photos but that one shows it nicely.
Also – big Tui envy there!!! Amazed at how you all get so close
It's taken me years and many many bad photos of tui to get to these ones. The purchase of a point & shoot camera with an 18x optical zoom helped, I don't have to get quite so close now...
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Miscellany.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
I find it hard to get the velvety look of the petals in photos
Me too - the camera doesn't always catch what the eye sees : )
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
That top magnolia is a beauty Jackson : ) Like your categorisation, interested to see how that progresses.....
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Venetia King, in reply to
Pink
There's the magnolias I asked for - lovely :)
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Lilith __, in reply to
Pink.
Love the fluffy bud. :-)
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Jos,
Helibores!
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Jos,
and rocket flowers
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Jos,
How do you guys post more than one photo at a time?
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Go back and Edit after you've posted the first. Edit appears if you hover to the left of Reply. Then add your piccie and hit save.
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Does anyone know what this plant is?
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JacksonP, in reply to
There’s the magnolias I asked for – lovely :)
Thanks. Oh what the heck, here’s some more.
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Jos, in reply to
Ah I see also that editing needs to be done within 15 minutes of posting, cheers Nora!
:)Very pretty photos everyone, love the fat tuis especially!
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Leigh Russell, in reply to
and rocket flowers
Hi Jos, did you know you can eat the flowers as well as the leaves? They have a nutty flavour - rather good!
I cut my row of rocket back a couple of days ago - it had provided us with greens all winter long and was 'getting away' - tall and flowery.
From the huge mountain of cut off plant I harvested a kilo and a half of leaves, which I steamed lightly, put into portion sizes on a large flat trays, slid the trays inside large snap-lock bags in the freezer, and hey presto, we have rocket for dinner whenever we feel like it. Rocket is a fabulous green veg. I can't think why other people don't cook with it as it is delicious! When I was feeling tired and hungry a day or so ago I popped one of these pre-steamed portions into the pot with some baked beans - yum! The beans have never tasted so good! I'm always thinking about how to live better on less, and count the use of rocket as a particularly valuable and delicious discovery.
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I just love all these photos – glorious - thank you, everyone!
Vegies can be beautiful too. Yes, the carrots are back in the limelight – two of my excellent plants have finally leapt skywards and burst into flower. A few others still remain for eating – still tasty and tender, but I’m guessing not for much longer…
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Leigh Russell, in reply to
Celestial magnolias, Jackson!!!
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Abbie, in reply to
First one definitely Black Tulip, second one looks like Apollo, third one - can't tell from the bud.
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