Some pix as stuff blooms (feel free to add shots)

mike65

Mike.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

One from my garden a few weeks ago: link /edit: Firefox is draining the colours out of it big time though.

mike65

:eek: Frightening! What is it?

Mike.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

mike65 wrote: »

:eek: Frightening! What is it?

Mike.

I don't actually know, it was put in by a gardener ages ago. It's beautifully vibrant.

TequilaMockingBird

Lovely stuff there Mike. I'll have to get my camera out and get a few.

Keevy, I'm not sure if we're seeing what your seeing? It looks a bit Jurassic Park from the pic!

I've a honeysuckle that I spent an hour tying up yesterday, it should be good for a pic in a couple of weeks. Roses are cracking right now though.

mike65

Cheers, my honeysuckle is expanding skywards/outwards so fast you can watch it grow. The flowers should be spectacular when they let loose.





Mike.

TequilaMockingBird

mike65 wrote: »

Cheers, my honeysuckle is expanding skywards/outwards so fast you can watch it grow. The flowers should be spectacular when they let loose.



Mike.

Gorgeous Mike. Just goes to show the difference in weather in Ireland, I'm in Sligo and I won't see that type of display for another few weeks.

Sonnenblumen

mike65 wrote: »

:eek: Frightening! What is it?

Mike.

Thats a Mahonia, fabulous shrub, scented yellow flowers late Winter.

hairymolly

great pics guys, cant find my camera, lots of stuff blooming in particular wild iris. Mike where did you get the honeysuckle and how long has it been planted.

Sonnenblumen

Mike - are you sure that's a Honeysuckle, looks more like Pyracantha to me. An easy sign would be 2" narrow spikes almost needle like. It ain't no honey and boy it sure can prick:D

mike65

Thats not a honeysuckle its on the otherside of the shed! It was planted years before I arrived.

Mike.

TequilaMockingBird

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

Mike - are you sure that's a Honeysuckle, looks more like Pyracantha to me. An easy sign would be 2" narrow spikes almost needle like. It ain't no honey and boy it sure can prick:D

After seeing Mikes Honeysuckle, I had to google image my own , yup mine is indeed a honeysuckle. Whether Mikes is honeysuckle or not though, its gorgeous.

Curvy Vixen

Yep that's a Pyracantha ~ I have the same one that looks just like that at the moment! If I remember rightly it goes to orange berries in the autumn?

That Mahonia is gorgeous!

Minder

Sean_K wrote: »

One from my garden a few weeks ago: link /edit: Firefox is draining the colours out of it big time though.

Mahonia berries are apparently edible in some varieties - sour tasting, they sweeten after the first cold snap of autumn - it is easy to spot when they are sweet - the birds will snarf the lot in days.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Minder wrote: »

Mahonia berries are apparently edible in some varieties - sour tasting, they sweeten after the first cold snap of autumn - it is easy to spot when they are sweet - the birds will snarf the lot in days.

hmmm...don't know whether to risk it or not;)

crosstownk

Some of my current favourites........

Minder

Sean_K wrote: »

hmmm...don't know whether to risk it or not;)

I tried them, I have a couple of Mahonia in the garden, they are full of berries - which should have told me something about the taste - they were very sour, and the powdery blush on the skin is unpalatable. If they were any good the birds and squirrels would have made short work of them.

TequilaMockingBird

Quick question about the honeysuckle, I've just been pulling the "deadish" parts off the bud, is this correct, or should I snip the lot off, bud and all?

TequilaMockingBird

Loopy

mike65 wrote: »

Cheers, my honeysuckle is expanding skywards/outwards so fast you can watch it grow. The flowers should be spectacular when they let loose.





Mike.

This is fabulous Mike. Pyracantha blossom it looks like..

mike65

The summer garden in one shot.



Mike