Conservatory providing joy.

Lovely photos. Love the Azalea. I like those displacement activities too! ;-)

Absolutely Fabulous! Makes me feel ashamed of ours.

I just love cyclamen, my oldest are nearly ten years, I dry them off during the summer and repot in August, out of about 12 I lose about 2 a year, and buy new, the old larger ones fare better, the new ones
have such little corm on them, not made to last.

I have loads of displacement activities :o)

I also took the photos at the most flattering angles so you cant see the mess ;o)

My oldest cyclamen was 29yrs old but the vine weevils put paid to it last year. I don't know how the eggs got laid as the plant never went out side. The pale one in the kitchen is a seedling from that plant and although pink the original was white.

Conservatories are great for growing plants in winter, when there's very little outside.
(Mine is full of overwintering cacti ! lol)

Your Cyclamens are wonderful :o)

Lovely blog Sbg. I love those cyclamen. The rescued azalea is superb too.

Well done you - I can just imagine it all. :-))))

Best thing we did was to put up a conservatory ......for us and the plants!
for reading and sewing......and just living for 9 months of the year thats what we do, and at christmas. The cooler plants like seaburn says love it too, I have a couple of spare polyanthus flowering too, they all go out for the summer, it faces north but still gets warm....

Beautiful Sbg, I wish I had a conservatory, but I only have a small garden and would have to lose the patio and would end up with a very narrow conseratory. I should think these lovely flowers keep your spirits up during these dull miserable days:-))

Very nice, I too have some of my plants in conservatory. :))

Looks lovely, Sbg. The cyclamen are beautiful.

What a special place your conservatory is SBG. A conservatory is a great addition to any home. I just wish I had thought of adding one before I got the kitchen extended.

Beautiful plants SBG. I agree, my conservatory is the best thing we have done to the house. It is my sanctuary. When OH is watching football, cricket, golf I sit there and plan the next season in the garden. It's like sitting in the garden but protected from the elements outside.

I enjoy it most in spring and autumn when it doesn't get too hot. originally it wa not meant to be used as a 'spare' dumping space. It is grrr. OH has bits of bikes and an old [vintage] industrial sewing machine for doing leather projects on the bikes.
as I said photos taken at the 'right' angle to show little of the bits and bobs. One shows a small selection of acetylene lamps form Edwardian times onwards. Nothing newer than 1928!

Your cyclamens are a joy to see and must love where they live. You have some lovely plants out there.

I cant understand the line ' They get fed and repotted monthly'--

Well, Diane, if SBG does that, the Cyclamen obviously love it! Just look at the photo - they look amazing.

I just thought transplanting plants every month would lead to them dying off.

sorry Diane, reppotted yearly when dormant and fed monthly. Brain running faster than typing. :o)

Just came across this excellent blog while resting my strained ankle.

I love your plants to in your conservatory I just love mine for now all my fuchsias are growing in out conservatory and my Camelia and passionflower but when weather improves I shall put them all outdoors and then all the Orchids go in to the conservatory through the summer.

Oh no Scotkat! how did you strain the ankle? Take it easy and it will soon be mended.