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A SOS to any green thumbs out there
I have always found gardening to be therapeutic and it has given me great joy. However, after a major crisis with Mr Darcy's health I have not had been able to get back into it. Have other gardeners suffered from a similar hiatus and how have you recovered and got going again?
Darcy
PS have a spot that needs filling any recommendations for a 1m high cool climate white flower plant?
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AnastasiaSenior Contributor
Just beautiful @Sophie1 thank you for sharing 🌸
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SmcSenior Contributor
More weed pulling here today.... I consider weeds to be "free mulch", but ooohhh, sometimes the spring oversupply is a bit much! 😛
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Unknown userMember
Did a bit of weeding here too @Smc, other jobs included fertilising the lemon tree and planting another ranunculus that has flowered.
The running bamboo has started to shoot again so hit it with a round of weedkiller, hoping I can get on top of it and eradicate it before next autumn.
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Sophie1Senior Contributor
@Adge Just reporting back on the Hyacinth- it doesn't have a strong scent yet - maybe a slight scent in the mid afternoon but nothing super strong and absolutely no scent in the morning - will keep checking tho as it matures maybe it's will change ?
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I have found the scent of hyacinths to be overpowering indoors @Sophie1 .
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Former-Member @Adge @Sophie1... Hyacinths and Grape Hyacinths are different species altogether. (Hyacinthus and Muscarii.) I know Hyacinths are strongly scented, Grape Hyacinths less so, although some species varieties have a perfume. The common blue one is pretty mild though.
One of my favourite garden mind-images from a few years ago was a male Blue Wren hopping around among a patch of Grape Hyacinths. So many vibrant blues in one spot! 🙂
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Well spotted there @Smc I was referring to the true hyacinth in relation to smell.
@Sophie1 here is a picture of a hyacinth with muscari (grape hyacinth) in background.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Hello @Former-Member , @Smc , @Sophie1 , @Anastasia , @Adge , @Appleblossom , @Faith-and-Hope
well this afternoon we went orchid hunting at someone in town , they have 3 grren houses full of orchids , WOW
so we surprised my mum with 5 pots of different orchids , mum was over the moon
guess who has to look after them now -- they are beauiful , have to take some photos
The couple that gave me the orchids , i looked after her grandchildren years ago
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Sounds like a really beautiful day @Shaz51 with positive spin offs of flowers for the future.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
thanks @Appleblossom , the owners have known mum for years and have known me since i was little
so mum said that we could make another 100 pots from the babies they have given us 
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