Lou Nicholls
@loujnicholls.bsky.social
Gardening writing, art, botany, horticulture
Horticultural adventures & other blarney
horticultural trainer, consultant
Freelance writer, public speaker
www.linktr.ee/loujnicholls
Horticultural adventures & other blarney
horticultural trainer, consultant
Freelance writer, public speaker
www.linktr.ee/loujnicholls
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Lou Nicholls
@loujnicholls.bsky.social
· Nov 20
A big welcome to all the new arrivals on blue sky
I'm a professional gardener who loves sharing my day, cut flowers, veg, vintage China and cats
If this sounds like your thing come say hi 🤗🌱
I'm a professional gardener who loves sharing my day, cut flowers, veg, vintage China and cats
If this sounds like your thing come say hi 🤗🌱
Good morning!
Its Friday again!
Its been a really good week, we got all of the tulips in, all the dahlia, chrysanthemum and cannas lifted and 2 borders done really thoroughly
Paraserianthes lophantha, Cape wattle, Crested wattle, Brush wattle or plume albizia
Have an amazing day 🌱
Its Friday again!
Its been a really good week, we got all of the tulips in, all the dahlia, chrysanthemum and cannas lifted and 2 borders done really thoroughly
Paraserianthes lophantha, Cape wattle, Crested wattle, Brush wattle or plume albizia
Have an amazing day 🌱
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Good morning!
Its Friday again!
Its been a really good week, we got all of the tulips in, all the dahlia, chrysanthemum and cannas lifted and 2 borders done really thoroughly
Paraserianthes lophantha, Cape wattle, Crested wattle, Brush wattle or plume albizia
Have an amazing day 🌱
Its Friday again!
Its been a really good week, we got all of the tulips in, all the dahlia, chrysanthemum and cannas lifted and 2 borders done really thoroughly
Paraserianthes lophantha, Cape wattle, Crested wattle, Brush wattle or plume albizia
Have an amazing day 🌱
Reposted by Lou Nicholls
Jar with Spiral Designs, Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, 3300-2650 BCE, earthenware with slip-painted decoration, diameter: 39.1 cm, overall: 45.2 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Jar with Spiral Designs, Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, 3300-2650 BCE, earthenware with slip-painted decoration, diameter: 39.1 cm, overall: 45.2 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Reposted by Lou Nicholls
Municipal trees lead a sad sort of life - branches over-pruned, roots constrained by concrete, the iron guards used as handy rubbish bins and, lest we forget, peed on endlessly by passing dogs. Still, nothing says
#NationalTreeWeek like a London park with a few spindly trees thrown in…
#linocut
#NationalTreeWeek like a London park with a few spindly trees thrown in…
#linocut
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Municipal trees lead a sad sort of life - branches over-pruned, roots constrained by concrete, the iron guards used as handy rubbish bins and, lest we forget, peed on endlessly by passing dogs. Still, nothing says
#NationalTreeWeek like a London park with a few spindly trees thrown in…
#linocut
#NationalTreeWeek like a London park with a few spindly trees thrown in…
#linocut
Reposted by Lou Nicholls
Gardener with a Wheelbarrow - 1884
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Gardener with a Wheelbarrow - 1884
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13363
Reposted by Lou Nicholls
Rhodanthe Athens design jug c 1934 by UK ceramics designer Clarice Cliff #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Rhodanthe Athens design jug c 1934 by UK ceramics designer Clarice Cliff #WomensArt
And the berries are absolutely delicious but will send you more mental than an espresso martini and a can of monster 😂
#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
Coffea arabica - Coffee Plant
Source of the stimulant Caffeine (and you'd be surprised how many medications contain it). Isolated by Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, c1819.
The long, colourful history of coffee - goats, kings, popes...
www.aboutcoffee.org/origins/hist...
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
And the berries are absolutely delicious but will send you more mental than an espresso martini and a can of monster 😂
Good morning!
Yesterday was an opportunity for some really beautiful frosty photos with a start of -4.5
It was really lovely!
A much warmer cloudier day ahead as we cut down and weed the herbacous borders
Hopefully staying dry
Have a wonderful day 🌱
Yesterday was an opportunity for some really beautiful frosty photos with a start of -4.5
It was really lovely!
A much warmer cloudier day ahead as we cut down and weed the herbacous borders
Hopefully staying dry
Have a wonderful day 🌱
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Good morning!
Yesterday was an opportunity for some really beautiful frosty photos with a start of -4.5
It was really lovely!
A much warmer cloudier day ahead as we cut down and weed the herbacous borders
Hopefully staying dry
Have a wonderful day 🌱
Yesterday was an opportunity for some really beautiful frosty photos with a start of -4.5
It was really lovely!
A much warmer cloudier day ahead as we cut down and weed the herbacous borders
Hopefully staying dry
Have a wonderful day 🌱
Good morning
A tired start today but i finally feel I'm starting to recover from that awful virus!
Todays beauty is
Eranthis hyemalis, or winter aconite
Introduced to the UK in the 1500s from France, Italy, & the Balkans, has since become widely naturalised
Have a fantastic day 🌱
A tired start today but i finally feel I'm starting to recover from that awful virus!
Todays beauty is
Eranthis hyemalis, or winter aconite
Introduced to the UK in the 1500s from France, Italy, & the Balkans, has since become widely naturalised
Have a fantastic day 🌱
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Good morning
A tired start today but i finally feel I'm starting to recover from that awful virus!
Todays beauty is
Eranthis hyemalis, or winter aconite
Introduced to the UK in the 1500s from France, Italy, & the Balkans, has since become widely naturalised
Have a fantastic day 🌱
A tired start today but i finally feel I'm starting to recover from that awful virus!
Todays beauty is
Eranthis hyemalis, or winter aconite
Introduced to the UK in the 1500s from France, Italy, & the Balkans, has since become widely naturalised
Have a fantastic day 🌱
Good morning
Hopefully a dry day ahead as were finishing up on planting the tulips, last 1000 to go!
Iris unguicularis, the Algerian iris, a winter flowering, scented plant thats native to Algeria, Greece, Turkey, Western Syria, and Tunisia.
Have an awesome day! 🌱
Hopefully a dry day ahead as were finishing up on planting the tulips, last 1000 to go!
Iris unguicularis, the Algerian iris, a winter flowering, scented plant thats native to Algeria, Greece, Turkey, Western Syria, and Tunisia.
Have an awesome day! 🌱
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Good morning
Hopefully a dry day ahead as were finishing up on planting the tulips, last 1000 to go!
Iris unguicularis, the Algerian iris, a winter flowering, scented plant thats native to Algeria, Greece, Turkey, Western Syria, and Tunisia.
Have an awesome day! 🌱
Hopefully a dry day ahead as were finishing up on planting the tulips, last 1000 to go!
Iris unguicularis, the Algerian iris, a winter flowering, scented plant thats native to Algeria, Greece, Turkey, Western Syria, and Tunisia.
Have an awesome day! 🌱
Reposted by Lou Nicholls
Simon Palmer.
'Pennine Railway'
Watercolour, ink & gouache, 1993.
'Pennine Railway'
Watercolour, ink & gouache, 1993.
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Simon Palmer.
'Pennine Railway'
Watercolour, ink & gouache, 1993.
'Pennine Railway'
Watercolour, ink & gouache, 1993.
Reposted by Lou Nicholls
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good morning
We are fully into snowdrop season
I have peter gatehouse & 3 ships in flower at home
This is Dryad Gold Sovereign
Saw a list of snowdrop prices that were based in fantasy yesterday
Careful of buying from disreputable sellers. Contact a snowdrop grower for advice
Have a great day 🌱
We are fully into snowdrop season
I have peter gatehouse & 3 ships in flower at home
This is Dryad Gold Sovereign
Saw a list of snowdrop prices that were based in fantasy yesterday
Careful of buying from disreputable sellers. Contact a snowdrop grower for advice
Have a great day 🌱
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Good morning
We are fully into snowdrop season
I have peter gatehouse & 3 ships in flower at home
This is Dryad Gold Sovereign
Saw a list of snowdrop prices that were based in fantasy yesterday
Careful of buying from disreputable sellers. Contact a snowdrop grower for advice
Have a great day 🌱
We are fully into snowdrop season
I have peter gatehouse & 3 ships in flower at home
This is Dryad Gold Sovereign
Saw a list of snowdrop prices that were based in fantasy yesterday
Careful of buying from disreputable sellers. Contact a snowdrop grower for advice
Have a great day 🌱
I have come home early as im feely a bit rough still and i want my own bed but im absolutely delighted to have been awarded the Clifford Crook cup
Thank you @alpinegardensoc.bsky.social
Thank you @alpinegardensoc.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I have come home early as im feely a bit rough still and i want my own bed but im absolutely delighted to have been awarded the Clifford Crook cup
Thank you @alpinegardensoc.bsky.social
Thank you @alpinegardensoc.bsky.social
Photos from yesterday!!
Lots of lovely garden people and xmas at the savoy!
Lots of lovely garden people and xmas at the savoy!
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Photos from yesterday!!
Lots of lovely garden people and xmas at the savoy!
Lots of lovely garden people and xmas at the savoy!
Good morning!
Yesterday was wonderful and im really looking forward to today too!
Off to the alpine garden societies AGM with the associated lectures
Lots of fantastic things to learn and lovely people to see ❤️
Have a great day! 🌱
Yesterday was wonderful and im really looking forward to today too!
Off to the alpine garden societies AGM with the associated lectures
Lots of fantastic things to learn and lovely people to see ❤️
Have a great day! 🌱
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Good morning!
Yesterday was wonderful and im really looking forward to today too!
Off to the alpine garden societies AGM with the associated lectures
Lots of fantastic things to learn and lovely people to see ❤️
Have a great day! 🌱
Yesterday was wonderful and im really looking forward to today too!
Off to the alpine garden societies AGM with the associated lectures
Lots of fantastic things to learn and lovely people to see ❤️
Have a great day! 🌱
Good morning
Another chilly start at =2, proper wintery weather and i am looking forward to my first dose of xmas at the savoy today!
So heres my favourite winter shrub
Chimonanthus praecox
Wintersweet, a highly scented winter flowering shrub, just gorgeous!
Have a great day 🌱
Another chilly start at =2, proper wintery weather and i am looking forward to my first dose of xmas at the savoy today!
So heres my favourite winter shrub
Chimonanthus praecox
Wintersweet, a highly scented winter flowering shrub, just gorgeous!
Have a great day 🌱
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Good morning
Another chilly start at =2, proper wintery weather and i am looking forward to my first dose of xmas at the savoy today!
So heres my favourite winter shrub
Chimonanthus praecox
Wintersweet, a highly scented winter flowering shrub, just gorgeous!
Have a great day 🌱
Another chilly start at =2, proper wintery weather and i am looking forward to my first dose of xmas at the savoy today!
So heres my favourite winter shrub
Chimonanthus praecox
Wintersweet, a highly scented winter flowering shrub, just gorgeous!
Have a great day 🌱
Good morning
An exceedingly chilly start to the day with a high possibility of some snow
Perfect timing to show you this early flowering crocus that appreciates a bit of protection from the elements
Crocus cambessedesii
native to Baleares (Majorca, Minorca)
Have a fantastic day, stay warm 🌱
An exceedingly chilly start to the day with a high possibility of some snow
Perfect timing to show you this early flowering crocus that appreciates a bit of protection from the elements
Crocus cambessedesii
native to Baleares (Majorca, Minorca)
Have a fantastic day, stay warm 🌱
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Good morning
An exceedingly chilly start to the day with a high possibility of some snow
Perfect timing to show you this early flowering crocus that appreciates a bit of protection from the elements
Crocus cambessedesii
native to Baleares (Majorca, Minorca)
Have a fantastic day, stay warm 🌱
An exceedingly chilly start to the day with a high possibility of some snow
Perfect timing to show you this early flowering crocus that appreciates a bit of protection from the elements
Crocus cambessedesii
native to Baleares (Majorca, Minorca)
Have a fantastic day, stay warm 🌱
Saying goodbye to the dahlias for 2025
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Saying goodbye to the dahlias for 2025
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
What if i told you theres an easy trick to making sure your tubers dont rot!
Carefully lift the tuber
Cut the tops short, you dont even need to clean the tuber.
lay them out with good air circulation In a cool, dry, frost free area & dry off 𝙐𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣!
Good morning
Lots of tulips planted yesterday, more today. Cannas got lifted too!
Helvella crispa
White Saddle also known as the Elfin Saddle or Common Helvella
A mildly toxic mushroom that does a great job of decomposing leaf litter
Have a marvelous day!
Lots of tulips planted yesterday, more today. Cannas got lifted too!
Helvella crispa
White Saddle also known as the Elfin Saddle or Common Helvella
A mildly toxic mushroom that does a great job of decomposing leaf litter
Have a marvelous day!
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Good morning
Lots of tulips planted yesterday, more today. Cannas got lifted too!
Helvella crispa
White Saddle also known as the Elfin Saddle or Common Helvella
A mildly toxic mushroom that does a great job of decomposing leaf litter
Have a marvelous day!
Lots of tulips planted yesterday, more today. Cannas got lifted too!
Helvella crispa
White Saddle also known as the Elfin Saddle or Common Helvella
A mildly toxic mushroom that does a great job of decomposing leaf litter
Have a marvelous day!
There is literally only one political party that makes sense atm
Only one that isnt playing a slight of hand pointing the problems cause at the least powerful and instead saying that its actually the cause of the rich people who are sucking the cream off the top of our society
#greenparty
Only one that isnt playing a slight of hand pointing the problems cause at the least powerful and instead saying that its actually the cause of the rich people who are sucking the cream off the top of our society
#greenparty
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
There is literally only one political party that makes sense atm
Only one that isnt playing a slight of hand pointing the problems cause at the least powerful and instead saying that its actually the cause of the rich people who are sucking the cream off the top of our society
#greenparty
Only one that isnt playing a slight of hand pointing the problems cause at the least powerful and instead saying that its actually the cause of the rich people who are sucking the cream off the top of our society
#greenparty
Good morning
Knackered but back up to speed
over 700 bulbs planted yesterday, missle ahead today
Tulbaghia violacea
society garlic, pink agapanthus, wild garlic, sweet garlic
A bulbous perennial with a strong garlic scent, in the uk it flowers late summer
Native to south Africa
Have a great day
Knackered but back up to speed
over 700 bulbs planted yesterday, missle ahead today
Tulbaghia violacea
society garlic, pink agapanthus, wild garlic, sweet garlic
A bulbous perennial with a strong garlic scent, in the uk it flowers late summer
Native to south Africa
Have a great day
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Good morning
Knackered but back up to speed
over 700 bulbs planted yesterday, missle ahead today
Tulbaghia violacea
society garlic, pink agapanthus, wild garlic, sweet garlic
A bulbous perennial with a strong garlic scent, in the uk it flowers late summer
Native to south Africa
Have a great day
Knackered but back up to speed
over 700 bulbs planted yesterday, missle ahead today
Tulbaghia violacea
society garlic, pink agapanthus, wild garlic, sweet garlic
A bulbous perennial with a strong garlic scent, in the uk it flowers late summer
Native to south Africa
Have a great day
Today we mostly dug up 300 odd bulbs just to replant 700 odd in their place 😭😂👍
Im absolutely wiped!
Im absolutely wiped!
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today we mostly dug up 300 odd bulbs just to replant 700 odd in their place 😭😂👍
Im absolutely wiped!
Im absolutely wiped!
Good morning
Winter is here!
Im feeling okish, which is a vast improvement
Helleborus × hybridus
Christmas rose and Lenten rose, or just plain hellebore
An evergreen perennial that comes into its own at this time of yeat with beautiful blooms in all sorts of colours
Have a fantastic day! 🌱
Winter is here!
Im feeling okish, which is a vast improvement
Helleborus × hybridus
Christmas rose and Lenten rose, or just plain hellebore
An evergreen perennial that comes into its own at this time of yeat with beautiful blooms in all sorts of colours
Have a fantastic day! 🌱
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Good morning
Winter is here!
Im feeling okish, which is a vast improvement
Helleborus × hybridus
Christmas rose and Lenten rose, or just plain hellebore
An evergreen perennial that comes into its own at this time of yeat with beautiful blooms in all sorts of colours
Have a fantastic day! 🌱
Winter is here!
Im feeling okish, which is a vast improvement
Helleborus × hybridus
Christmas rose and Lenten rose, or just plain hellebore
An evergreen perennial that comes into its own at this time of yeat with beautiful blooms in all sorts of colours
Have a fantastic day! 🌱
Reposted by Lou Nicholls
Twinflower (Caprifolaceae: Linnaea borealis) grows in cool, wet woodlands across the northern hemisphere. This small evergreen perennial blooms in summer, with pale pink flowers arranged in pairs. Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, 17 Jun 2020.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Twinflower (Caprifolaceae: Linnaea borealis) grows in cool, wet woodlands across the northern hemisphere. This small evergreen perennial blooms in summer, with pale pink flowers arranged in pairs. Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, 17 Jun 2020.
