Darran Jaques
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This week's cheerful flower has been providing some much-needed late colour. More on the blog: bit.ly/486nNrd
#UKGardening #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #photography 🌱
#UKGardening #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #photography 🌱
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This week's cheerful flower has been providing some much-needed late colour. More on the blog: bit.ly/486nNrd
#UKGardening #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #photography 🌱
#UKGardening #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #photography 🌱
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November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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The gift that keeps on giving - the super foliage of Cyclamen hederifolium (last two subsp. crassifolium) looks great for months after the flowers have faded. #fairviewyearround
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The gift that keeps on giving - the super foliage of Cyclamen hederifolium (last two subsp. crassifolium) looks great for months after the flowers have faded. #fairviewyearround
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Good morning and welcome to a new week!
Our featured Spanish tour this week is Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees, a tour that offers guests an unrivalled immersion into the outstanding and dramatic butterfly diversity of the Pyrenees. (1/3)
mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
Our featured Spanish tour this week is Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees, a tour that offers guests an unrivalled immersion into the outstanding and dramatic butterfly diversity of the Pyrenees. (1/3)
mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Good morning and welcome to a new week!
Our featured Spanish tour this week is Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees, a tour that offers guests an unrivalled immersion into the outstanding and dramatic butterfly diversity of the Pyrenees. (1/3)
mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
Our featured Spanish tour this week is Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees, a tour that offers guests an unrivalled immersion into the outstanding and dramatic butterfly diversity of the Pyrenees. (1/3)
mariposanature.com/tours/butter...
Well I'm very happy to see the sunshine this morning, but.... It's certainly chilly compared to recent weather. 5c here in Surrey..... Brrrr!
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Well I'm very happy to see the sunshine this morning, but.... It's certainly chilly compared to recent weather. 5c here in Surrey..... Brrrr!
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Here they come....
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here they come....
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
Here they come....
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here they come....
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
Winter scented plants are coming into flower....
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina', although I think the common name Bastard Senna is a taking it a bit far 🤣
Hertfordshire project
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
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🌱 #SundayYellow. There was some Bird”s Foot Trefoil flowering in Wisley’s Hilltop Wildlife garden last Sunday. I wonder what I will spot there today after all the rain. Have a good day!
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌱 #SundayYellow. There was some Bird”s Foot Trefoil flowering in Wisley’s Hilltop Wildlife garden last Sunday. I wonder what I will spot there today after all the rain. Have a good day!
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In old European folklore, houseleeks (Sempervivum tectorum) were grown on cottage roofs to guard against lightning and fire. Its little starry blooms and tight rosettes were thought to draw danger away from the hearth, keeping the household safe and sound. #FolkloreSunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In old European folklore, houseleeks (Sempervivum tectorum) were grown on cottage roofs to guard against lightning and fire. Its little starry blooms and tight rosettes were thought to draw danger away from the hearth, keeping the household safe and sound. #FolkloreSunday
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Saxifraga fortunei ‘Conwy Snow’, a lovely, diminutive selection from Aberconwy Nursery, flowering here in the alpine house. #fairviewyearround
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Saxifraga fortunei ‘Conwy Snow’, a lovely, diminutive selection from Aberconwy Nursery, flowering here in the alpine house. #fairviewyearround
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Quite pleased with the leaf and flower combination on this Cyclamen confusum seedling. Only sown two years ago, they do well if you keep them moving.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Quite pleased with the leaf and flower combination on this Cyclamen confusum seedling. Only sown two years ago, they do well if you keep them moving.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
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After very heavy rain and gusty winds from Storm Claudia on Friday it’s going to turn drier this weekend but also quite a bit colder.
Find out more in this weekend’s weather forecast with Alex Deakin youtu.be/kC_IxTWbwaM
Find out more in this weekend’s weather forecast with Alex Deakin youtu.be/kC_IxTWbwaM
Weekend weather 13/11/2025 – What next after Storm Claudia? – Met Office weather forecast UK
YouTube video by Met Office - UK Weather
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November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
After very heavy rain and gusty winds from Storm Claudia on Friday it’s going to turn drier this weekend but also quite a bit colder.
Find out more in this weekend’s weather forecast with Alex Deakin youtu.be/kC_IxTWbwaM
Find out more in this weekend’s weather forecast with Alex Deakin youtu.be/kC_IxTWbwaM
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🗣️ "As the rain builds up hour after hour, the risk of seeing flooding and travel disruption will increase. In the worst affected areas, fast flowing water could bring a danger to life."
📩 Read the full forecast newsletter from Weather Presenter Liam Dutton:
📩 Read the full forecast newsletter from Weather Presenter Liam Dutton:
Storm Claudia: England and Wales braced for heavy rain and flooding
Yellow and amber warnings have been issued by the Met Office with up to 150mm of rainfall forecast in some areas, writes Weather Presenter Liam Dutton.
channel4news.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🗣️ "As the rain builds up hour after hour, the risk of seeing flooding and travel disruption will increase. In the worst affected areas, fast flowing water could bring a danger to life."
📩 Read the full forecast newsletter from Weather Presenter Liam Dutton:
📩 Read the full forecast newsletter from Weather Presenter Liam Dutton:
What grass is this?
Setaria pumila/Yellow Bristle Grass? Appeared in an area next to pastures, Herts UK.
V attractive, catching the evening sun.
Safe to gather seed & distribute in some in our wild grass areas/meadows, or will it take over?
#WildflowerHour #Garden #UKGardening 🌱
Setaria pumila/Yellow Bristle Grass? Appeared in an area next to pastures, Herts UK.
V attractive, catching the evening sun.
Safe to gather seed & distribute in some in our wild grass areas/meadows, or will it take over?
#WildflowerHour #Garden #UKGardening 🌱
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What grass is this?
Setaria pumila/Yellow Bristle Grass? Appeared in an area next to pastures, Herts UK.
V attractive, catching the evening sun.
Safe to gather seed & distribute in some in our wild grass areas/meadows, or will it take over?
#WildflowerHour #Garden #UKGardening 🌱
Setaria pumila/Yellow Bristle Grass? Appeared in an area next to pastures, Herts UK.
V attractive, catching the evening sun.
Safe to gather seed & distribute in some in our wild grass areas/meadows, or will it take over?
#WildflowerHour #Garden #UKGardening 🌱
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Please don't cut back shrubs and hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! Hawthorn, for example, is a fantastic source of food for birds - including blackbirds, thrushes and (if the weather gets very cold) waxwings.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Please don't cut back shrubs and hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! Hawthorn, for example, is a fantastic source of food for birds - including blackbirds, thrushes and (if the weather gets very cold) waxwings.
When you find bindweed and make it your mission to remove as much root as you can!
All plants removed where possible, cleaned up the roots and will be replanted in due course as this revamp makes progress.
About three trugs of bindweed roots removed.
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
All plants removed where possible, cleaned up the roots and will be replanted in due course as this revamp makes progress.
About three trugs of bindweed roots removed.
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
When you find bindweed and make it your mission to remove as much root as you can!
All plants removed where possible, cleaned up the roots and will be replanted in due course as this revamp makes progress.
About three trugs of bindweed roots removed.
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
All plants removed where possible, cleaned up the roots and will be replanted in due course as this revamp makes progress.
About three trugs of bindweed roots removed.
#Garden #Gardening 🌱
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Bulbophyllum grandiflorum I really adore this species, with it large tan spotted flowers alien shape. This has been a very fuss free plant just sits with the other Bulbo's, and gets on with it. #orchids #orchidaceae #flowers #greenhouse #nature #species #garden #gardening #plants #blooms
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Bulbophyllum grandiflorum I really adore this species, with it large tan spotted flowers alien shape. This has been a very fuss free plant just sits with the other Bulbo's, and gets on with it. #orchids #orchidaceae #flowers #greenhouse #nature #species #garden #gardening #plants #blooms
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Woohoo! It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted in the last week & did you manage to find ten for #thewinter10 our challenge for the coldest months?
#thewinter10 in N. Wilts. for the #WildflowerHour challenge: Hogweed, Burnet Saxifrage, Wild Angelica, White Dead-nettle, Wild Basil, Bush Vetch, Welted Thistle, Devil's-bit Scabious, Ivy-leaved Toadflax & Trailing Bellflower. #WiltsBotSoc @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Woohoo! It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve spotted in the last week & did you manage to find ten for #thewinter10 our challenge for the coldest months?
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It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour!
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Did you find #thewinter10?
Mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Did you find #thewinter10?
Mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
Clustered bellflower still in flower on Eastbourne Downs, East Sussex this week. #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour!
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Did you find #thewinter10?
Mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom over the past week across Britain & Ireland.
Did you find #thewinter10?
Mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon ID help from friendly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social botanists!
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Cute things in my grow tank.
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Cute things in my grow tank.
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The autumn tints in the surrounding woodland are nearly at an end but Parrotia persica in the garden is at its best. #fairviewyearround
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The autumn tints in the surrounding woodland are nearly at an end but Parrotia persica in the garden is at its best. #fairviewyearround
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🌱 #SundayYellow
The Mahonia has begun to flower, so useful for late pollinators. I’m off to do my usual volunteering at Wisley’s Hilltop. There will only be two of us instead of the usual four and there is a Craft Show so we might be busy.
The Mahonia has begun to flower, so useful for late pollinators. I’m off to do my usual volunteering at Wisley’s Hilltop. There will only be two of us instead of the usual four and there is a Craft Show so we might be busy.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🌱 #SundayYellow
The Mahonia has begun to flower, so useful for late pollinators. I’m off to do my usual volunteering at Wisley’s Hilltop. There will only be two of us instead of the usual four and there is a Craft Show so we might be busy.
The Mahonia has begun to flower, so useful for late pollinators. I’m off to do my usual volunteering at Wisley’s Hilltop. There will only be two of us instead of the usual four and there is a Craft Show so we might be busy.
Just a little bonfire.... 🔥
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just a little bonfire.... 🔥
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Tänker alltid på morsan när jag skalar grönsaker. ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tänker alltid på morsan när jag skalar grönsaker. ❤️
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It’s acer porn time again.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It’s acer porn time again.