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A FEW SHINING EXAMPLES.........

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Went to inspect the garden after a weekend of rain, decided to take some pics of some of our more usual and unusual plants dotted with jewels, I wonder how many can you recognize ?


Are you still looking, have you guessed all the above? here are some more for you, to get the brain cells working.


Not boring you yet…..am I?


Still with me then….how are you doing, only a few more to go .

Thats the lot…..did you guess them all, no cheating now!! hope you enjoyed my blog, will post the answers later.

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I flunked your test, DD....can I do that with flying colours? lol Maybe in a few years plants will be more recognizable to me...one can hope! :)

The photos look nice with all the droplets of rain...thankfully no rain falling here today....whew! And yes, I enjoyed your blog :)

4 Oct, 2010

bjs
Bjs
 

I have about half of them ,Its the first one that puzzles me.and the other stick like one part way down.

4 Oct, 2010

 

Ive got 3 for certain but now No. 3 is that crocosmia Solfatare or unripe rhubarb!!!

4 Oct, 2010

 

TT....I was thinking rhubarb (one not ripened..green...and one ripe...red) and then thought....na....it'll be some kind of flower or plant. I'll be pleased if rhubarb is amongst the photos.....then I'd get at least 1 right! lol

I can identify raindrops....does that help? lol

4 Oct, 2010

 

Enjoyed this Dd....yes got a few...a few hot clime ones there....:o) don't know thw last one though?????

4 Oct, 2010

 

Yes, I`m enjoying this, books are coming out later, not doing very well tho........

4 Oct, 2010

 

I recognized half but could I name any of them. Plants are like music, you never forget the tune but ..........

4 Oct, 2010

 

I think I saw a phormium, eucalyptus, and Ginko. Didn't get the rest lol but I enjoyed seeing the raindrops on them all :o)

4 Oct, 2010

 

I thought rhubarb at first Whistonlass like you..red and green! Duh! But I think the red is a cordyline and the green is crocosmia, maybe an aquiligea and that funny shaped leaf has to b e a fig leaf! Never seen a leaf sooo much like a fig in my life! (got to say that..the other thought was unmentionable) hee hee hee!!
And that lovely blue ball thingy beginning with E..can never remember it but there's a variety called Steel Blue?
And one I KNOW ive seen before but cant remember..oh! could be cotoneaster..(embarassing plant..first year in Horticulture I called it a cotton-easter - never lived it down!)

4 Oct, 2010

 

Anyone got them all yet? a clue no rhubarb lol

4 Oct, 2010

 

WE knew THAT!! lol didnt we Whistonlass (back me up here!)

4 Oct, 2010

 

Yessiree.....we knew....yep, we knew THAT!! Will that do TT?? lol

4 Oct, 2010

 

Perfik!

4 Oct, 2010

 

I don't think you are taking this at all seriously...........lol there will be prizes of some sort !! I am going to give you all 48 hours from Midnight tonight to guess them all, dont hide your light......... and of course there will be a booby prize Whistonlass ?

4 Oct, 2010

 

laughing.....out loud....I'm in with a chance then eh? booby prize :)

4 Oct, 2010

 

I hope you are not offended WL it is done in the best possible taste.....(Kenny Everet !!!)

4 Oct, 2010

 

Me? Offended? Not on your nellie....I'm enjoying the fun :)

4 Oct, 2010

 

It's no good asking me Dotty so I'll take the Booby prize Lol - but I bet I know someone who can get all of them right when she sees this - Spritz!

4 Oct, 2010

 

I think I know three, so it looks like that booby prize is going to be shared!

5 Oct, 2010

 

Can't wait for the answers as half of these are on my "to be identified" list lol.

Lovely pics. I do think we are very lucky in the UK, even the rain has beauty.

5 Oct, 2010

 

Mavis....I think you are right in your observations. I reckon there will be a scramble for the booby prize...I'm in the queue! lol

5 Oct, 2010

 

I only got six! Can't wait for the answers! Thanks DD....that was fun and lots of really beautiful shots too!

5 Oct, 2010

 

Whistonlass.... I even had a look at Spritzhenry's Autumn blog but still drew a blank, I reckon we will just have to wait for the answers!

5 Oct, 2010

 

Yes I agree with Karen, its been fun. Ive been looking thru our american cousins pictures to get a clue...and all you from the east and warmer climes...but only found one so far..
Im not sure I got 4 right anyway! So I might challenge for the booby prize yet!

5 Oct, 2010

 

Only 24 hours to go and counting.........I hope I can remember the answers lol

5 Oct, 2010

 

im with Hywel on the phormiium ginko and eucalyptus..maybe two types of eucalypt...black bamboo? mimosa? canna? astrantia? ivy? tulip tree and choisia????

6 Oct, 2010

 

euphorbia, Choysia sundance,maybe, I think young and older leaves on Eucalyptus,--- my brains aching---can't do grasses at all---aquelegia and ginko as said, maybe Larch-- larix decidua? phormium maybe black bamboo as said but I can't see any nodules phew--- will wait for the answers--- cracking quiz Dd...

6 Oct, 2010

 

Sandra and Pamg you are shining...........Hywel not far behind......

6 Oct, 2010

 

Right here goes then:- Scale insect on Black Sambucus (Lol!), sorry Dd...erm
Mimosa, Phormiums, Eucalyptus, Ginko, Canna leaf, stripey grasses (:o) )
Echinops, Fig, Oleander, Choisya and lots of don't knows!!

6 Oct, 2010

 

Echinops-- is that the globe thing that goes blue?

6 Oct, 2010

amy
Amy
 

Liriope variegata - Libertia peregrinans - Black Cornus - Phormium Jester -
Mimosa - Robinia - Ginkgo - Eucalyptus - Eryngium 'Blue Hobbit ' - Fig - Choisya - Rosemary ... and lots of grass .. ;o)) well I tried !

6 Oct, 2010

 

great blog dotty and lovely close-ups to, i can spot a few i know and some i recognise but cant name lol,phorniums i see, spelling rubbish sorry, one could be jester, also a red veined dock i think cause i have one and looks like it ,aqualigia leaves, calla leaves, grasses which i cant name, infact my heads gone dotty sorry but loved the pics hahaha ;o))

6 Oct, 2010

 

I GOT TWO! But I swear No,20 is a fig leaf!!!

6 Oct, 2010

 

prob got bt 3 lol gud pics

6 Oct, 2010

 

Well....I may as well confess....I thought maybe one of the photos could be shamrocks!! So...now you know who's bottom of the pile....I'll have to look up all the names you are mentioning....they're all 'french' to me as a beginner.

It's 8th photo down! :)

6 Oct, 2010

 

Ok folks.....going to put you out of you misery.
1. Colocasia esculenta Black Magic (Elephant ears)
2.Acacia Baileyana.
3 Phormium. Yellow Wave
4.Phormium. Pink Panther.
5.Grevillea Sulphurea.
6.Albizia.

...........................................
7.Eucalyptus glaucescens.
8.Aquilegia.
9.Eucalyptus gunnii.
10Canna Picasso.
11.Arundo Donax.
12.Colocasia esc Coco. (Elephant ears)
13.Bamboo.
14.Echinops ritro.
.......................................................
15.Hakonechloa macra.
16.Fatshedera Annemieke.
17.Ginko Biloba.
18.Black Bamboo.
19.Euphorbia.
20.Lirodendron (Tulip Tree).
21.Elymus Magellanicus.
22.Choisya Tenata.
23.Helichysum.
And thats it...........how did you do ? hope you enjoyed it, and it is the taking part, I think you are really good sports to have a go, have a easy peasy one for you next time.......if you dont mind another one.
Thanks all for your comments.

6 Oct, 2010

 

Well...that blows my answer out of the water....lol One day in the not too distant future I will get better at this. Thanks for your efforts, Dotty. There was a good response and I'll look forward to your easy peasy one next time! x

6 Oct, 2010

 

Your welcome Whistonlass, good night.

6 Oct, 2010

 

Night, night ..... Sleep Tight..... Don't let the bedbugs bite....
If they do.... Throw your shoe!

That was my little "ditty" as a child....don't know where I got those words from but they've always been in my head....lol

6 Oct, 2010

 

phew Dd--- at least I got a couple I suppose!--- whats that morecame & wise quote ' the right notes but not always in the right order--- thats me :0)))-- thanks , good fun!

7 Oct, 2010

 

I got the pink formium, the 2nd eucalyptus, and the ginko, so 3 out of 23 lol - better results than I had at school :o)

7 Oct, 2010

 

Me too Hywel........lol thanks for taking part, and you Pamg, as Rob Brydon says "just a bit of fun."
Whiston I said those very same words to our grandson last night, not the shoe bit, not heard that before, but will use it now...lol

7 Oct, 2010

 

I think in my childhood I must have made that up....or maybe my parents spoke those words to me.....seem to go together at any rate, DD. lol

7 Oct, 2010

 

i think we did well betwee us all...he he he

7 Oct, 2010

 

I think the last one is a curry plant ~ and the reason i think that is cos ive taken pictures of mine with rain drops on, its amazing how they stay on such tiny leaves and i think they look beautiful.
actually even my washing line looked attractive with raindrops on!!!!

10 Oct, 2010

 

great idea, i didnt do very well but i enjoyed trying! can you do an easier one next time for the likes of me?

10 Oct, 2010

 

Stickitoffee....you have a curry plant? Have you found the odour from your plant to be unpleasant?

I visited a GC last week and lifted up one of the curry plants and it took me ages to rid myself of the smell...made me feel unwell actually. Do you use it for seasoning when cooking?

Just curious.....

10 Oct, 2010

 

Stoffee......will be doing another this coming week and it will be much easier, honest. Whiston do like curry? I do not use our plant for cooking it is purely ornamental.

10 Oct, 2010

 

DD....I do like curry if it is mild but the smell of the curry plant was just too much. I did discover the smell from the plant had transferred to my t-shirt so that was probably why it bothered me so much. Just weird, that's me! lol

I note you do not use it for cooking....any reason?

10 Oct, 2010

 

WL it is called the curry plant because of the smell, you cannot use it for cooking, in the summer the smell is intense it is not everyones favourite aroma lol

11 Oct, 2010

 

Whew....I didn't know it wasn't for cooking....strange as it was in with all the herb plants at the GC. Glad you told me as I think my friend, Daisy bought one of them...I must pass that on to her.

11 Oct, 2010

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