Cheer-up time for winter!

these are smashing spritz. I lovely this pinky one at the end.

what lovely colours they are all lovely

A little tonic in the midst of this gloomy weather, cheers spritz.

They've repaid your care Spritz,love Irises. Dear me, you do have a love/hate relationship with your winged demolition experts :))))

These are really nice I love the purple/blue iris but the yellow one is like a little bit of sunshine.

No, just hate, Aster! LOL. Love is reserved for the little birds that don't damage my plants. At least they don't make pancakes out of Heucheras...

Glad you all enjoyed my greenhouse flowers. :-))

Beautiful Spritz, I love the pale blue iris. :~)) No wonder your so pleased with yourself!

What a real "pick-me-up" treat, Spritz! Those marvellous Iris reticulata blooms - and Gazanias in January!!!!! Thank You!! :-)

Lovely Spritz,it must be a real treat to work in your greenhouses amidst such lovely blooms.I had some lovely Gazania`s last year but it never occurred to me to pot them up for the greenhouse, seeing yours I`m now kicking myself....

befor i mov huse i grow gazania torquay splendens silver or sumthin like that- it weer a reel corker -silver leevs wiht grite orange flowers - - hte iris reticulartas j had planted many yeer ago bout 150 cos i weer given them - strange that wehn i move ose, not one was left -all disapeer overtime - is theer sumthin spritz that keep tham goin yeer after yeer?

Those colours are such a welcome sight at this time Spritz :-))))))

Just beautiful, I had some iris indoors, but they have now finished, I think I'll be keeping them in pots and growing them in the greenhouse next year, they look so much better :))))

Thanks, all -

Ll, I just tried it as an experiment, but I'll do it again as it worked.

Derek, I have a suspicion that they rot in the ground, sadly. I have/had quite a lot in the soil and find that I have to plant more when some don't reappear! I don't think I can blame that on the pigeons, though. :-(((

I tried to keep Gazanias but I put them in my garage. I think they have become too dry. I like your irises. I don't have any this time but I hope to try them again next year.
We have more of that muck covering our countryside this morning. I am feeling angry lol :O

I'm not surprised, Hywel! Please keep it your side of the Bristol Channel....
Sorry your Gazanias didn't survive.

I'm glad to say the snow is clearing. There's hardly any left at all. :o))) So I have none to send you sorry ;o) I'm sure you don't mind lol

Wow spritz love your gazanias... i left mine in a pot in the garden.. wonder if they will come up again....... your iris are beautiful.........

maybe so spritz, but i alway plnt bulb wiht sharp sand or grit- maybe i try more -thnks

hello hywel - why you no like muck? oh yes, hte smell. praps htat is why i no leeve it in farmyard -ofcos if us farmer no put good bak into soil,then crop afte r 12,000yrs of cultivat is so poor htat you never born cos your ancestor, oh yes, an me too, die of diseese- i no it no nice,but nobody lik chemcal fetiliser,an theer nout beter than doodoo

hey spritz- i have gasgun htat will rid you of pigeon -you have to shoot it, cos my shakin no hit a thing -good fun until you hit one -i no like shoot anythin -to soft me -cant even kill my own chicken -why do i becom a farmer? (shake hed)

I couldn't do it either, Derek - I send Henry out to chase them but of course they come straight back once he's in again!

I couldn't have been a farmer, could I?

Hywel means S**W, Derek, not manure! LOL.

beautifull bulbs in flower barbara, very pretty and i also like the pink gazania, thats very pretty, nice to have some colour to cheer your day up :o))

It is indeed, Sandra! I shall do it again this autumn. :-))

I hope they cheered you up as well!

LOL. I mean that stuff that falls from the sky and everyone thinks it's pretty. I call it muck because I don't like it. When I lived in my other house I always used to get manure from someone who kept horses. Manure isn't muck :o)

yes it cheered me up, i think my gazania have survived in the garden, well up to now anyways ;o) but just the orange ones, i will look out for pink though ;o)

Brilliant its cheered me up just looking at them.

What a good idea, just need the greenhouse, loved the iris especially Kath, we grow gazanias they usually come up again, wonder if they will this year?

Really? Mine turned to mush - no, Hywel, not muck, MUSH!! LOL.

lol It is when it melts isn't it - yugh :o)

LOL. Glad it's gone! :-)))

How lovely to see flowers at this grey time of year. Shame about the nasty big fat bird who ate your Iris last year!

Sandra x

I could certainly do without the 'Jumbo Jets', Sandra! lol.

i love the pale blues

It's the first time I've grown that Iris, Holly. It won't be the last! :-)

Iris danfordiae is my fave -yellow alway cheer me up - in fact al your iris shots hav yelow in them- thnk spritz

doodoo has the oposit efect

sory bout my mistak hywel

You're very welcome, Derek.

Don't worry - I think Hywel thought it was quite funny!

Hi Spritz, Now thats a coincidence, I have bought apacket of Gazannia seeds a couple of days ago. They aren't mixed colours like yours. I will have another look for a mixed packet. The ones I have are DAYBREAK RED STRIPE so they are just yellow and red. Did you have any heat in the G/H to keep them so they will flower. I'll try it next winter. Frank

Yes, Frank - this is the g'house with the thermostat set at about 7 degrees, as I have my Coprosmas in there. The other one is just kept frost-free.

These Gazanias were from a packet of seeds called 'Talent Mixed'. I really like the colours. I wish I'd rescued more of them, now I know it can be done! I shall grow that particular variety again this year. :-)

spritz- htis tim of yeer,you canup hte temp to 8C -hte plnts will get go erly if you do

Yes, thanks Derek - the thermostat isn't very sensitive, unfortunately. I wish I'd bought a better quality heater, now!

you can alway try manure -it giv nice lot of heat if you can stan hte smell - hehe

No thanks, Derek - LOL. I'd need a clothes peg on my nose...;-O

no you will not -you wil need 2 - i do!!!

LOL.