Bygones, Pansies & Crocuses

They do look great your lovely photo's give us all something to look forward to. :o)

Lovely lot you have there and love the way you ve put those pots along the top of the balcony such pretty colours too so colour full when all together bet it brings colour to your neighbourhood.

i do that Balcony-- and I noticed yesterday that there was some tiny spikes showing around the blue violas--all is not lost.......

It's a good idea to underplant with smaller things. It's a good way of using space. You should have a nice display again this coming year :o) I look forward to seeing.

I have to admit, that I became quite partial to pansies, and it was nice to see all tjose different colours of pansies, and hopefully, you will get great shows again.

Also, using the strawberry planter for pansies was a good idea, and I would never had thought about it before.

Now that's what I call a good use of space - very nice!!

I agree with Lauram

Thank you everyone for your kind replies! :-))

I'm glad everybody like my displays of Pansies! I think my best year ever was 2004. I had 1,000s of flowers - I'm not kidding either! If you look back at the few photos of 2004 you will realise that for yourselves! Most years I have at least a few. They provide colour at the end of autumn & during mild periods during the winter as well. Then in the spring you get a glorious display for at least 3 months! They cost so little yet give enjoyment & colour for at least 6 months! :-))

I hope to make up another blog with Pansies & Violas in flower in a few months time. As I take photos quite often you will be able to see their progress over the time! :-))

very nice Balcony..... a taste of things to come....

Yes, Holly, you are quite right! As we have had a few weeks of milder weather they are really starting to open once again, in fact I took the first photos of this new year of them today! Even in the baskets a few flowers can be seen - if you go up on tiptoe that is! LOL! :-D

: O ))

WOW! I just added your profile as a fave and I must say that your container garden is a sight to behold! My compliments to the "chef"! So many great ideas and plants packed into a small space.. I just love it and can learn a lot from your photos. Well done!
~N2O~

Thanks, N2O :-)) I learnt in Spain that if all the space you have is what makes up your balcony then better use it as fully as possible!!! :-))

My balconies in Spain looked very much like the balcony I now garden on in the UK!

As many of you know I'm copying my blogs from here & posting them on my forum, BeyondSpace. Here is a link back to that page where the photos are shown much bigger than on GoY:

http://beyondspace.info/forum/index.php?topic=2388.new#new

Today I found my old Flickr account & there are some photos of my balcony there from a few years ago.

If you are interested in seeing them copy this address into your browser address bar: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20401621@N00/532198569/in/set-72157600315187001/lightbox/#/photos/20401621@N00/532258307/in/set-72157600315187001/lightbox/

Enjoy! :-))

Just yesterday, 4th February, I the very first Crocuses of the year flowering on my balcony! I took a couple of photos but for some reason they came out blurry so I deleted them. :-(( I'll have to take some more in the coming days.

I've seen some pale lavender Crocuses in several gardens this week, I think they maybe Crocus Tommasinia. They grow for many years seeding themselves & appear without leaves. They are always the first of the Crocuses to put in an appearance! All my Crcuses are of the species type I don't like the big Dutch hybrids very much & never grow them.