Wildlife and garden pics from home

[gone]

Is that 2 dressers?

No, the same dresser, it is my Mother's parents dresser, my Grandmother was mad for bright flowery colours, my brother is after restoring and repainting it.

 

[Alicecow]

No, the same dresser, it is my Mother's parents dresser, my Grandmother was mad for bright flowery colours, my brother is after restoring and repainting it.

Ah, I thought it was the going the other way. He's done a good job on it

 

[Matthew]

This beauty comes up about once in 5 years. Looks artificial - but really isn't! First appeared about 5/6 years ago as a brown stalk, then the flower heads come. Jersey Lily?


and this shrub was a dead twig rescue.

 

[Phil the Dill]

and this shrub was a dead twig rescue.

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Mahonia I believe. Might have spelled it incorrectly though.

 

[Choochter]

Yes, Mahonia. Flowers in December up here.
Naive of South Africa, I believe

 

[Matthew]

Yes, Mahonia. Flowers in December up here.
Naive of South Africa, I believe

Yes it’s done well, as an unlabelled twig in a dried out pot.

The Barbie pink lily puzzled us though. No sign of it for 30 years, then a 4/5 year break until this year. We were worried that young Penny, Rachel’s lab x would retrieve it as a brown twig. . I think it’s a Jersey lily, but could be wrong.

 

[Lili]

This beauty comes up about once in 5 years. Looks artificial - but really isn't! First appeared about 5/6 years ago as a brown stalk, then the flower heads come. Jersey Lily?View attachment 21160


and this shrub was a dead twig rescue.

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Is that Jersey Lily related to an Amaryllis? It looks like something I've grown as a houseplant once.

 

[Matthew]

Is that Jersey Lily related to an Amaryllis? It looks like something I've grown as a houseplant once.

yes. According to wiki. Araryllis belladonna.

Amaryllis belladonna - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Old Boar]

The Acer before the wind...

The camera does not capture the pure scarlet of the leaf.
The apple tree that the children grew from a pip. Even after all the gales, the apples are still stuck firm!

 

[itsalwaysme]

Today

 

[Phil the Dill]

Cowslip, taken just now

 

[gone]

 

[4wd]

Barn owl triggered webcam and emailed me its own photo.

 

[Choochter]

A regiment of starlings