[margaret zanoni]

Hello to you xuxu987 - hope you enjoy all your visits to the TechGuy forums and it pleased me very much that one of your first posts was to my thread - thank you......regards Margaret

[margaret zanoni]

Today is Guy Fawkes Day here in England although most firework displays and bonfire parties took place over the past weekend. However my dahlias have had their own display not withstanding the frosts we have had recently. The dwarf Chrysanthemums too are now beginning to take pride of place in the border and the first of the winter heathers are showing colour.

The trees are such beautiful colours too and the berries this year are so bright they look as though they have been varnished.......the blackbirds are have a choice this year!

Kind regards to everyone who visits my thread......Margaret

[prime1]

thanks sooooooooooooooo much

[poochee]

Originally Posted by margaret zanoni

Today is Guy Fawkes Day here in England although most firework displays and bonfire parties took place over the past weekend. However my dahlias have had their own display not withstanding the frosts we have had recently. The dwarf Chrysanthemums too are now beginning to take pride of place in the border and the first of the winter heathers are showing colour.

The trees are such beautiful colours too and the berries this year are so bright they look as though they have been varnished.......the blackbirds are have a choice this year!

Kind regards to everyone who visits my thread......Margaret

Beautiful flower shots!

[ymfoster]

Your Dahlias & Chrysanthemums are lovely Margaret,
hope they flower for a few more weeks for you

[margaret zanoni]

Thank you ladies.......today is another glorious autumn day and so here are a couple of shots of my Coryopteris enjoying the sunshine.......these lovely days make you feel good to be alive and the aches and pains don't ache so much!!!!!

Hope your flowers are still as wonderful as ever Yvonne - I love to see the exotic blooms you post and am looking forward to the next batch.

kind regards as ever......Margaret

[poochee]

Margaret...lovely flowers!

[ymfoster]

Lovely Coryopteris Margaret,

Thanks for the compliments, I always enjoy yours too,
will be posting more soon

[margaret zanoni]

The leaves are falling thick and fast so mostly it is a clearing up operation in most English gardens at the moment. However I couldn't resist the charm of the late flowering Cosmos - lavender pink (most of you know by now that lavender is one of my favorite colours in the garden) and the contrast of the flowers, bud, and fruits on the Fuchsia......which led to admiring the dwarf yellow Chrysanthemum, the 'flowers' appearing on the Fattish and the 'find' of the month......a beautiful rose bud with a long stem which I cannot remember planting and has just appeared outside my bedroom window......and very welcome it is too.

Autumn has been kind to us this year and the colours amazing.......now for the winter show which has been promised by the weather forecasters!

regards to everyone.......Margaret

[poochee]

Margaret, more lovely flowers!

[ymfoster]

More beautiful Flowers Margaret,
we're preparing for some hot days next week, I'll have to put some shade cloth up

[margaret zanoni]

This must be a record for me - 2 posts in 2 days! However I would like to share this little tale with you........My husband came in a few minutes ago - very pleased with himself! He told me he had discovered a couple of pretty little yellow pansies and a dwarf Foxglove and he had taken photo's of them for me.

My husband is a lovely man but he is not very good at recognizing flowers......the 'pansies' are nasturtiums and the dwarf Foxglove is a little cosmo which has pushed up through the foxglove leaves! However he took a superb photo of our new rose so all is forgiven!!!!

Hope this brightens your day .......regards Margaret

p.s. Yvonne I envy your warm weather - we are expecting wintry showers and freezing fog!

[poochee]

Originally Posted by margaret zanoni

This must be a record for me - 2 posts in 2 days! However I would like to share this little tale with you........My husband came in a few minutes ago - very pleased with himself! He told me he had discovered a couple of pretty little yellow pansies and a dwarf Foxglove and he had taken photo's of them for me.

My husband is a lovely man but he is not very good at recognizing flowers......the 'pansies' are nasturtiums and the dwarf Foxglove is a little cosmo which has pushed up through the foxglove leaves! However he took a superb photo of our new rose so all is forgiven!!!!

Hope this brightens your day .......regards Margaret

p.s. Yvonne I envy your warm weather - we are expecting wintry showers and freezing fog!

Beautiful flowers!

[ymfoster]

Your Husband did well with the photos Margaret,
lovely flowers ......

It will be 35C in a few days & we are only allowed to water twice a week, so my plants will be a bit droopy, stay warm there,

Yvonne

[margaret zanoni]

Today we have very strong winds and driving rain - with a promise of more to come! This is the time of year when I am so glad to have found space for my Eucalyptus trees with their silver leaves - not only cheerful to look at but very handy to bring in for Christmas decorations!
The bush that really is the star of the show in my garden is the Garrya. With its long tassels covered in frost and glinting in the winter sunshine (we hope) it looks like a huge Christmas Tree. We hang a few candle lanterns on it for Christmas and New Years Eve providing the weather is ok and it seems to attract all the little birds too!

Apart from the bright red berries on the various bushes the cyclamen are well in bloom now and the first of the early wallflowers have just opened - both these have such a super perfume and are planted under the windows so we can enjoy them for longer than if I cut them to bring indoors.

Hope everyone is keeping well and looking forward to the festive season

kind regards......Margaret