Winter CAN be interesting! part 1.

This is an unusual before and after blog its a good one I dont recognise the unamed seed head.

lovely pics barbara, isnt honesty surpose to be bad luck to have in the house, so i rememeber being told when younger,
love the giant thistle to,, havent a clue what the last seed head is, takes me all my time to regognise the flowers lol,
im sure someone may guess, maybe sea.. as shes good on plants :o) good blog as usual B.

That was interesting, why do I think this last one is a climber? Dare I suggest Honeysuckle or Clematis?

Ah-ha, Denise! Wrong, I'm afraid. :-( Want another guess?

Is Honesty meant to be bad luck? I know a lot of people use it in winter flower arrangements, so that's a surprise.

Looked like a clematis leaf to ne tood Drc.
Didn't know about bad luck with Honesty. My aunt used to make us sit and peel the seed heads then she put the stems in a vase. Come to think of it she didn't have a wonderful life maybe it was the Honesty

well i think it was honsety, was long ago lol, is the last one salvia,, just a wild guess lol
aww your poor aunt pip ;o(

My second guess is phlox

Wrong, Pip and Sandra. :-(

Well, I'm making you all think a bit, aren't I?

Honesty brings bad luck in the house as does Lilac?

The leaf is so familiar is it Buddlia?

I keep telling my friends the same - please do not cut the flowers - it is really nice to have something going on in winter in the garden.

i was right then,, thanx Drc, a childhood memory gardening with my grandad ;o)

Welcome to GoY , Okasia!
I dunno what the last one was, Spritz, but it looks really creepy! I thought it WAS insects!

The leaves look a bit like mock orange but never seen the scary seedhead before.

ive even been looking at your pics to see if i can match it up lol no chance, youve covered your tracks barbara lol

That's cheating San LoL :~))

i know pip lol

I think Barbara is winding us up and she's married the seedheads to another plant :~)))

Bad girl, Sandra! Lol!

lmso mari :o)) think your right pip

Hi Marie

Anything's possible, Pip!

Pictures can and do lie !

True! They do!

lol, barbara has vanished, left us with this on our minds, think your getting your own back barbara lol, im going to bed thinking of blue flowering berberis and creepy crawly seed heads now lol ;o)

Well that'll be me with another restless night then LoL

Dont laugh have just been round the garden with a torch - its not Aster or Rudbekia but had to come in its so windy I still think its a climber but what?

lol Drc, hope the neighbours didnt see you, may have thought you a little strange or a burglar heeheh
off to bed now to dream of strange plants lol

No one could see me Im strange anyway? Goodnight all

nite Drc lol

Sorry Denise, had to laugh at that! Prowling round the garden with a torch!
Night San! SWEET dreams!

Night, Denise!

Not laughing Drc, I went out and pulled off Salvia leaves LoL Good night
I'm too tired to think anymore now good night

Night Pip! Sweet dreams!

The thought of GOY people wandering about in gardens trying to identify plants at gone eleven thirty on a windy cold November night is mind boggling to say the least. night everyone p.s you were not really mooching about in the dark were you?

I too love the giant thistle the last one I thought was foxglove leaf.

Good night Mary Ellen - Good night Jim Bob - Shut it John Boy, were trying to sleep here !!!!!!!!

Wakey wakeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey Par

Hop dop flopadop little weeeeed :-)

Andy pandy comming to play la la la la la

The biggest spotty dog you ever did see !!! They don't make 'em like that anymore. Did you hear about the country boy who thought Muffin the Mule was a sexual offence ! ! ! I'm off to bed before I'm banned from GOY. G'night

Lmao here he he hahah nighty nite sleep tight mind the bugs don't bite he he

interesting blog Spritz :) I don't recognise the mystery seed head, but I know I'll kick myself when you tell us what it is LOL
Most years I leave all my perennials until spring, but with the ongoing battle with so many slugs, this year I cut most of them back, makes for a boring winter garden though

I'm sure it isn't but it reminds me of Burdock.

Great Blog Spritz im so glad u showed a Pic of Honesty as i collected sum seeds a while ago from a piece id found blown into my garden & i couldnt remember its name :) I think the Un-named Flower Seeds r Borage ? :)

Nice blog Spritz. Where are yo when I need you to put me out of my misery.

Good morning, GOY-ers! I went to bed...and I DID tell you I wouldn't tell you before the next episode! That will be this evening, so you'll just have to wait!

No, I didn't cheat - promise! I'm sitting here laughing at the thought of people creeping about in the dark - oh dear! LOL. :-D

Cant wait 2 see what Plants uv got in part 2 Spritz :) il be all eyes this eveing :) LOL :)

:-)))

I think it's borage Spritz .. I love the before and afterwards photo's ..

Nope, Amy - sorry. Not even warm!

Thanks for the nice comment. :-))

That makes me rong to Amy as i thought it was Borage :)

Soorrrryyyyyy Jac! LOL.

:D im off into my garden2 see if iv this Spritz as the Suspence is getting to me now lol :)

See you later, then!

i didnt see this lovely blog last night as I went ot bed early with the misery of a slight touch of shingles in my face :o(.
my first thought was something like tryctis toad lily but i am not convinced.

Nor am I, Sbg.

Sorry about the shingles, though - you poor thing! OUCH!

i know it isnt tryctis or how ever the name is spelt as the leaves are wrong now i look closely. I dont recognise it and the seed heads are not a typical salvia/geranium either. I will have to admit defeat for the moment.

As for the shingles it isnt as bad as when i have had it in the past. It is around my eye socket and thankfully not in my eye though i did think so at one point.

Brunnera ?

one of the campanulas?
but which one?

is it C. glomerata as they form a terminal cluster?

I now think it's Cerinthe Major.

Seaburngirl, I think you've cracked it !

not until spritz confirms it. i have been 'shot down in flames' before. but its the closest i can get going on the leaf and seed arrangment.

It does look like it Seaburngirl.

come on spritz put me out of my misery :o)

She said tonight a woman of her word look above hehe at her comment.

I just thought she meant if no one had guessed correctly. ah well patience has never been a strong point.

Patience is a vertue lol , I wonder what prize she is going to give to the winner hehe there must be a prize for you having to wait for so long lol

STILL no closer, Sbg - sorry! Yes, Morgana - patience, as you say. I shall post the answer at the beginning of episode 2 this evening......unless someone gets it right before that!

Heehee....I am horrible, keeping you all in suspense!

oh well, no ideas left now.

what about a perennial Lobelia?

I think Spritz is holding out on us & 1 of us already got the Answer!! lol :)

JACQUE!!!!! You should know me better than that! Tsk, tsk!

Nobody has come anywhere near the answer, so far.

sorry about your shingles SBG it can be very painful

Senecio? Sanvitalia? Salvia?
Can you at least say its not a climber?

how about a lysmachia?
or is it a very special plant that very few of us would now of?

thanks drc it isnt as bad as the last time i had it in my chest area.

I think its in most of our gardens but cannot get it?

LOL :)

Ha ha ha. Being relatively new on GOY tell me, is this a regular item ? If not, then maybe it should be ? I'll tell you one thing though, if this is something I already grow in my garden, I won't half feel a twit ! ! !

Ajuga?

Hi MW yes this happens from time to time I think we all enjoy as a kind of brain training I dont feel silly but do enjoy it.

what about scutelaria? I have even been out to check on the phygelius heads but its not that either. spritz you tease ........

The mould looks like the mold I get on some geranium cuttings but not the leaf?

Mould? What mould? No, it isn't a climber.

MW - I'm planning a series of these seedhead blogs - so you can have a guess every day on the 'mystery' one! LOL.

Sorry Spritz didnt mean to cast aspersions lol

Hedychium?

is it a globe artichoke.......

angeliona?
I am graspin at straws here. good job i am off work or nothng would getdone.
also is it a recent photo?

right here are 3 more that might fit.
echium though you said the borage was not warm so perhaps not.

amsonia laf is similar and you get clusters of flowers but are they hairy?

cyanoglossus [havn't that spelt right]

Denise - you didn't! I just couldn't see any mould, that's all! lol

Not even close with the guesses, I'm afraid! Yes - I took every photo yesterday. :-))

You are a trier, Sbg! I hope it's taking your mind off the shingles. :-)))

Is it a Foxglove Spritz? :)

How about Omphaloides,
or Alkanet
or Horminum?

thanks for keeping my mind off things.

Thanks very interesting blog and photos

None of them, Jacque/Sbg! (You're welcome, by the way, Sbg and Clarice!)

Oh, and Clarice, do you want to have a guess?

I have already said foxglove Jacque lol as the pattern on the leaves look the same. he he.

The seedhead doesn't though - does it? (evil laugh!)

whatever it is its only got tiny flowers, the clusters make it seem bigger i thinks and also the close-up to. :o)

Haven`t got a clue, but a great blog.

Great blog as usual Spritz and I say Antirrhinum or Violet as my guess, am I anywhere near?

Thanks, all - and I just published the answer, Ian! :-)))))

lol... i was looking at the wrong pic......

Try part 3, now, Holly! A challenge....:-)))