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Ramblings of a retiree in France
Flowering Friday #1
My mother was blessed with very green fingers, sadly I am not. Buy me flowers or indeed a potted plant and no bookie would give you odds on how long it’ll last. Many, of course, fall by the wayside on one of my many trips. I water them before I go and return to find them shrivelled and way past any possibility of revival. It’s a standing joke among my beloved and our friends.
However, I absolutely adore flowers in situ and that’s what I’m going to be featuring over the next few months or so. Here’s a hydrangea bush that caught my eye while we were driving around Bordeaux’s magnificent wine areas.
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You should try a Coral Jade plant. Even I can’t kill one of them. 😀
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Good choice! I have plenty of those on my terrace.
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I so know the feeling. I hold the world horticultural record for managing to kill off a laurel hedge – they are virtually industructible.
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As far as I’m aware, I’ve not killed a hedge. At the moment I’m amazed that an orchid someone rashly bought me is alive almost 8 weeks later.
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Love Hydrangeas, and the pink blooms against the blue shutters makes for a lovely image.
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Thanks! I thought so too Helen
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That’s a gorgeous plant. It stands out even more because of the poor condition of the building next to it.
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Beautiful flowers. Amazing to see an old Hut type house behind which is pretty similar to the ones we find here in villages.
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This one was in Bordeaux
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Bordeaux is a country area. I have heard the name before.
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SW France
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That’s a gorgeous and vibrant one !
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I know!
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I am the same way, I so wish I had a green thumb. The only flowers I tend to buy these days are carnations because they can last for 3 weeks if I cut the stems and change the water every few days.
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That’ll work
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One of my faves. My grandmother had very large bushes and they were beautiful Sadly the one I had started didn’t make it.
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I can’t grow them where we live
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A gorgeous vignette with the weathered cottage in the background.
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Thank you Eliza
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I love hydrangeas! I have several in my cottage garden and I would love a cottage as well worn as this one! Cady
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Thanks
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Beautiful Sheree 😀 😀
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Thanks Cee
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I am not talented either, but I do love flowers, of course. 😊
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I love them too
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💜 Now that is a surprise from The Self Confessed Control Freak; cacti or other hardy plants like eucalypt et al 🪴 😳 🤔 😅 😄 😆 🪴 may be the answer because, like many humans, some plants demand excessive attention and a dead plant isn’t really dead
…💛💚💙…
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I do have better luck with succulents
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My neighbour has one but he was a bit overzealous in the pruning of it so it didn’t flower at all last year but it’s now a decent size again so should be back up to speed again this year. It’s right outside my bedroom window and is a sight to behold when in full bloom
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How lovely
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A beautiful colour blend between bush and door
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Thanks Derrick
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I was trying to grow a rose, and my partner mowed it =(
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Oh no!
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Hydrangeas are so beautiful! But they just don’t work in our climate. Beautiful photo!😃😺
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Don’t work in mine either which is too hot and windy, they need humidity
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Just too cold here for them to survive the winters. Too bad really, they are so nice!
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Agreed
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