"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-12-27 18:04:44 +0000, "David WE Roberts" said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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Anyone else going to do the flower count on 1st Jan? If Ray isn't up to
it I'll struggle round on my own. ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Not considered it, but willing to give it a try :-)

Outdoors at the moment we have geraniums (well, zonal perlagoniums) still
in flower and one yellow rose bush.
Apart from that there are various shrubs with purplish flowers (will take
advice on species)
Everything else sems to have been walloped by the recent cold spell.


You didn't do 'the count' last year, David? It's fun to see what's out
and where but it's not competitive - she says, struggling to find the
magnifying glass and notebooks. ;-)

No - was probably embroiled in something at the time.
If I remember correctly I was up on Ringing Roger on New Year's Eve in
glorious sunshine looking down on a sea of freezing fog reaching as far as
Sheffield.
Got home late (but happy) and went to bed, not bothering to see the New Year
in..
The count would have been pointless in Thatcham anyway - nothing flowering
in the garden there.

Is the count just within your own curtilage, or do you look further afield?
There are quite a few unseasonal flowers around at the moment, including
blossom on trees.

Cheers

Dave R