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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Long Lashes" data-source="post: 291298" data-attributes="member: 41">Mr L   thinks I'm getting carried away and he's probably right <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />  because today I ordered some 'Winter Acronite' bulbs.  When I read that they bloom in early  Jan/Feb I just couldn't resist.   They should  (if they grow)  look like this ...<img src="https://warehouse1.indicia.org.uk/upload/Aconite,%20Winter%20(Eranthis%20hyemalis)%20Near%20Donkey%20Lane%20Cemetery%20Sapcote%20SP%204862%209306%20(taken%2023.2.2009).JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 385px" />Its handy that your Mother is also a plant lover.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Whatever happens with Venus at least you know she has already lived longer because of your intervention.   I keep meaning to ask  ...did you name Bunny after our Bunny? <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/bsmile/girls/b0845.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hi:" title="Hi    :hi:" data-shortname=":hi:" />   ....  Lol!PV has given you so many happy memories , she even cheered you up during that first scary lockdown <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />They bloomed for about 3 months, they're now way past their best.  I do love the blooms on Fuchsias.    Did I tell you about my Sweet Pea disaster?   I had great plans to be able to cut bunches of Sweet Peas from my plant ...<img src="https://www.floretflowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Sweet-peas-7-640x480.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 352px" />apparently they like to be cut because the  more you cut them, the more they grow.   My Sweet Peas didn't like me or our garden and only grew to 4 inches in height and had just two blooms ........ I think I over-watered it  :fp:Three.  White, Yellow and Golden, the Bees love them and they bloom all summer long.I think Streetie deserves her own movie <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/black/t1607.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool1" title="Cool1    :cool1" data-shortname=":cool1" />  she's so special and is a great example of overcoming adversity.I'm sure that whatever you do with Streetie she will just happily go with the flow.  Its going to be a treat seeing your Poinsettias leaves changing colour again, its a fascinating process. And I need to decide if to risk buying another Poinsettia later in the year <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />   my success rate with these plants is zero.</blockquote>

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