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goose
Weekend Gardener
Coatesville , Auckland
More flowering at the moment1 Dec '06 10:04 pm
Thankyou all for your kind comments.
Here are some more flowers and interesting things I found on my walk this week.
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The first flowers on??
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Close up of Photinia
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Pelargoniums & Roses
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Another view of pelargoniums & roses
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Bambi
Slowly Learning Gardener
Kent, England
2 Dec '06 12:58 am
Goose, I love the latest pics, particularly your self-seeded rose pic, no. 10 – what a beauty! And I love the graded colours on your no. 15 too.
Oh, if only I had room for tons and tons of roses (sigh!), but I’m allowing myself only one for now – one rose, one little section of sweet peas (which are coming along very nicely now, by the way – lots of little green shoots and forming their second set of leaves now  ), one heather, one lavender, one rosemary… 
The problem is that there are so many different plants and flowers out there, there’s a limit to how many of each I can have at the moment!  Oh well, at least I get to see them in all your gorgeous photos – that makes me almost as happy as having them myself!
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Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
What a winner!2 Dec '06 2:40 am
Goose! What lovely pics! I suspect I've lost touch with your postings, and need to go back and pick up the thread... Love the hedge! Is it a zigzag, or like flats on a stage? Or must I go back and read to find the answer?? (Later: saw previous page (instead of marking) - will take up the challenge later in next week when I have finally cleared the school out of my rather tired mind! Now: back to work you naughty boy!)
I am green with envy of your self-sown rose. I have copied it, blown it up, studied it, and it looks to me like a winner! Does it repeat flower? How large is the shrub? Healthy? Is that lovely faded mulberry colour (at 10 o'clock near the center of the pic is a good example) before it pales as lovely as it seems in the pic? Time-span for fading from bright to near-white? The closed buds and stems seem a lovely colour too. MORE PICS! MORE NEWS! PLEASE!!
Are you asking about the red-edged rose busy opening? Is it perhaps Handel?
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goose
Weekend Gardener
Coatesville , Auckland
Hedge & Handel2 Dec '06 8:12 am
Bambi, it is surprising just how many plants you can fit in a small garden. I am sure you will choose only the best and it will look lovely. Thankyou.
Jack, yes I have checked my records and it is Handel thankyou, I couldnt remember last night when downloading.
The hedge - I wanted something different so I planted out 4 separate little hedges in half circles? 1 facing one way then the next facing the other .I was going to plant a tree in the centre of each one but as the hedge grew I loved it so much I decided to leave it as the feature. I have attached some more pics which might give you more of an idea.
I have several of these self seeded roses which all vary in colour. I have no idea where they come from as they all seem so different. But when I see another little plant I let it grow just to see what colour it is.Im sure they are from Wedding Day but cant explain why some are very bright pink.
They are all very healthy and grow huge (too huge).
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Self seeded looks like Wedding Day
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Self seeded more pink
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Self seeded even more pink
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Self seeded more mauve
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Full view of the original pic
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Anna
Gone to seed
Hamilton, New Zealand
2 Dec '06 5:35 pm
I'm impressed with your self sown roses, they're beautiful. My favourite being the pinkest one. How old are they? Are they all from the same 'batch' as it were? ie. self sown the same year, or were they from different years?
I've never had a rose self seed. A hebe once, but then it looked pretty much like the parent plant.
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Liza
gardening consultant
Waterloo, Belgium
Impressed by...3 Dec '06 2:36 am
Hi, again , Goose!
Well, this time I'm impressed by your "self-seeded" Roses, which are an excellent example of wild Roses or Species Roses! Your Photinias, are perfectly shining, following the meaning of their botanical name , which means : Photinia = She , who shines! Phos/fos/Φως= Light in Greek!
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moosey
head gardener
3 Dec '06 6:42 pm
I love the Photinia hedges. They look absolutely wonderful! Cheers, Goose - what a good idea.
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jacqueline
Thankful Gardener
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 Dec '06 8:00 pm
Wow, more beauties flowering!! Amazing and fascinating are your self-sown roses, though it's your Photunia hedges (especially shown in pic #35 against the splendid backdrop!) that captivates and enchant me so!! Thanks for posting, Goose!
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Bambi
Slowly Learning Gardener
Kent, England
4 Dec '06 10:23 pm
Love the hedges, Goose - such a great idea to make them the feature themselves, because they're so often relegated to the edges, aren't they?
And the roses are just so sweet - I love them all!
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goose
Weekend Gardener
Coatesville , Auckland
A few more pics27 Dec '06 9:15 am
Taken Boxing Day
Such a lovely relaxing day - the sun was shining,the frogs were croaking and the cicadas were singing.
What more could anyone ask for? 
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