Monday, March 30, 2009

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Purple Flower

When showing and take a while look to this photo, then one name comes up, peacock !!!, yes you right :) except this fanlike with yellow colour. Actually a little flower, but when take to macro mode, it's becomes more fun, and showing totally different.




When showing and take a while look to this photo, then one name comes up, peacock !!!, yes you right :) except this fanlike with yellow colour. Actually a little flower, but when take to macro mode, it's becomes more fun, and showing totally different.




Mysore clock vine - Thunbergia mysorensis. A truly exotic flower on vine.
Philippine islands are a paradise of exotic flowers and blossoms. Strange or exotic looking flowers and blossoms grow everywhere. All you need is to open your senses, open your eyes and heart to enjoy tropical exotic beauty of nature.
In album Beautiful tropical flowers - Tropical orchids

Poinsettia - Christmas flower core with the actual small / tiny blossoms. Euphorbia pulcherrima - Christmas flower turn red only in geographical zones with night darkness and day being approximately half. In geographical zones with longer daylight hours such as central Europe or similar, the red leaves around the actual flower remain green. To turn cultivated Poinsettia red while living in long daylight areas, cover the entire planet from 6PM to 6AM with a card box or similar to create an artificial long dark night.

In tropical zones such as the Philippine islands of course our days and nights are all year long approximately half. Thus we enjoy the Christmas flower all year with red leaves around the actual blossoms.

The previous photo shows the full "blossom" of a Poinsettia.
In album Beautiful tropical flowers - Tropical orchids
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Geoff rose and emily







Pansy
Pansy

Organic strawberry farming creates happy nature while the plastic and chemical method shown here creates imbalance and ill soil.
Soil is a living being - billions of micro organisms create the fertile soil and environment needed for a strong natural farming. Plastic destroys balance and kills nature's power to heal and produce healthy vitamin rich food.
Soil needs sunshine, soil needs to "breath" fresh air, all micro organisms need a natural environment to protect strawberry and other plants, flowers and vegetables.
In addition if the plastic once is torn and used up a huge quantity of plastic waste is created while the previous photo shows a natural way. The straw used in the organic farming turns into organic fertilizer for the strawberry fields.
When comparing organic farming vs chemical farming there is more than just the short time harvest to take into account.
Chemical farming kills nature
Chemical farming kills our all health
Hence even if we increase the short time harvest, the long time cost calculation always must include the health and medical expenses resulting in all farmers and field workers after a few year or full life time of chemical farming. Living amidst herbicide and pesticide infested fields and breathing or even eating part of the chemicals always leads to later health problems - even cancer and other painful illness.
However from the financial point of view, Wallstreet always wins. The same companies producing all herbicide, fungicide and pesticide also produce the chemicals to treat your later illness and intoxications resulting from your farm work amidst highly toxic chemicals. First they help you to get sick then they help you to treat your sickness and both times the chemical industry wins. And both times you pay! Finally with your life and health.
Hence organic farming is far more than natural farming, organic farming also is a health care and thus an illness prevention. Health CARE always is cheaper and easier than illness treatment!
In album Fruits of the Philippine islands
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Bridal bouquet monogram





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Bright yellow flower

Bright yellow flower


Pemba Puss

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Daisy

When showing and take a while look to this photo, then one name comes up, peacock !!!, yes you right :) except this fanlike with yellow colour. Actually a little flower, but when take to macro mode, it's becomes more fun, and showing totally different.


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Flower

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Common in the Philippines - Spider Flowers. Spderflowers are typically in pink and lilac colors and found in gardens and parks blossoming almost all year.
In album Beautiful tropical flowers - Tropical orchids

Exotic flower

Exotic flower


Pemba Puss

Crazy looking flower

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The back to back gardens are a unique feature of the flower show at Tatton Park and they are arranged in groups of four all over the showground, what I like about this is that as I walk around the show I stumble across a square of gardens and keep seeing ones I haven't seen before, also you can get a really good look at them because they're nicely spread out. Out of 27 back to back gardens at the show, five were awarded the coveted gold medal, best in show went to Reaseheath Alumni with '5 a day with hidden play' a garden dedicated to growing and eating plenty of fruit and veg. bees_300x150.jpg 'A garden for bees' (Gold) designed by Ness Botanic Gardens highlights the importance of our buzzy little friends. It's beautiful too and more than dispells the myth that wildlife gardening has to be wild and woolly. 'Butterfly Journey' (Silver-gilt) is another wildlife friendly garden at the show. butterfly_300x150.jpgIt's packed with the sort of plants we could all try to grow more of, to attract native butterfly species into our gardens. I noticed a fair amount of black in the back to back gardens, 'The back to basics garden' uses black to dramatic effect as a backdrop and in the planting with two stunning Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' and a generous sprinkling of Cosmos astrosanguineus, another garden which features this plant heavily is 'Urban retreat' (Silver) which also uses black as a backdrop but mixes acid greens through the dark flowers and foliage, a great combo. suburban_oasis_300x150.jpg 'Reflection' (Silver) uses colour but it's much more gentle here. The decking and fencing is stained a soft grey and is set off by touches of galvanised metal used as edging and in the form of poles used throughout the garden as a suggestion of a boundary. These double up as plant supports too, this is an idea I might well take away with me... scented_wall_300x150.jpg A garden that addresses a very common problem is 'The scented walled garden' (Silver) and it speaks volumes that I had a good long look at the garden, admired it, made notes, took a photograph and still had not realised that it had been designed with wheelchair users in mind, it proves the point that a garden when well designed can fit a specific brief and be gorgeous too.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Gerba daisy seeds





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The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(

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Beautiful small butterfly with long tail. That "tail" seems ot be normal for this species of butterflies. Size of the but terfly approx 3-4cm span with open wings.
Baguio is an amazing place for beautiful exotic butterflies. The butterfly sanctuary is near empty with only 2-3 different species - while in open air around Burnham park or here for this photo in the botanical garden it is very easy to find dozens of different colorful butterflies - close enough to make macro photos.
In album Beautiful tropical flowers - Tropical orchids

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Crocus - the first flowers of spring 2008

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White and ample flower

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Exotic flower

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The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(

The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(

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The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(

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White colour flower... And It's Full Moon...


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Another yellow flower

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Floral bedding is always something that divides gardeners; they either love it or hate it. There seems to be no half measure. butterflies.jpgWhile I wouldn't do it in my own garden I have to admit I think it looks great at Tatton and the 'Conwy Butterflies' created by Conwy County Borough Council display made of marigolds and sempervivum is a worthy winner of the RHS/ Ball Colegrave National Flower Bed Competition. cyclist_bed.jpgThe displays are always of a very high standard and there are many that stand out for me including the helicopter in the Cheltenham in Bloom display (Silver) and the cyclists on the Bury Borough Council display. There is even a 'Yellow Submarine' (Silver) courtesy of Vale Royal Borough Council, perfectly placed for suitable accompaniment from the bandstand. tank.jpgMany of the displays have interesting stories behind them and a large tank created out of plants was one that stuck out for me. It's been created by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in honour of Fred Kite, a resident of their borough. It commemorates the two military medals he was awarded while serving with the Royal Tank Regiment in North Africa. A fitting tribute, and certainly an explosion of colour. I've been trying to persuade my colleague Louise to love the flower beds without much success although she did admit that she liked the penguins in the 'Chill Out' display. The RHS are launching Britain's Best Flower Bed Competition for the nation's best flowerbed to rival those at Tatton. The competition is open to any team or individuals working on public bedding displays around the country. If you think you have what it takes, make sure you take a picture of your flowerbed before August 31 and find out how you can enter at the RHS Britain in Bloom site. The winner will have the chance to compete in the National Flower Bed Competition at Tatton 2009.
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