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
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! 🌱
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
Last few, including the wonderful Nick Bailey ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Last few, including the wonderful Nick Bailey ❤️
Lots of wonderful people including my annual Guy Barter looking ascance at me 😂❤️
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Lots of wonderful people including my annual Guy Barter looking ascance at me 😂❤️
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 🌱
Also, super annoying that it put the pic on its side when i rotated it to the correct orientation!
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Also, super annoying that it put the pic on its side when i rotated it to the correct orientation!
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!
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! 🌱
Good morning
A rainy week ahead so heres some sunshine in flower form!
I slept terribly, i think the cats missed me and consequently wanted to sleep as close to me as possible, bit crowded
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
A rainy week ahead so heres some sunshine in flower form!
I slept terribly, i think the cats missed me and consequently wanted to sleep as close to me as possible, bit crowded
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Good morning
A rainy week ahead so heres some sunshine in flower form!
I slept terribly, i think the cats missed me and consequently wanted to sleep as close to me as possible, bit crowded
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
A rainy week ahead so heres some sunshine in flower form!
I slept terribly, i think the cats missed me and consequently wanted to sleep as close to me as possible, bit crowded
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
Good morning!
Working out colour combinations yesterday, were going to have to build up stock of some varieties so ill be taking cuttings early next year of both dahlia and chrysanthemum varieties
A mostly dry but super busy day ahead
Have a great Friday 🤗🌱
Working out colour combinations yesterday, were going to have to build up stock of some varieties so ill be taking cuttings early next year of both dahlia and chrysanthemum varieties
A mostly dry but super busy day ahead
Have a great Friday 🤗🌱
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Good morning!
Working out colour combinations yesterday, were going to have to build up stock of some varieties so ill be taking cuttings early next year of both dahlia and chrysanthemum varieties
A mostly dry but super busy day ahead
Have a great Friday 🤗🌱
Working out colour combinations yesterday, were going to have to build up stock of some varieties so ill be taking cuttings early next year of both dahlia and chrysanthemum varieties
A mostly dry but super busy day ahead
Have a great Friday 🤗🌱
Good morning
Its all about the Chrysanthemums atm, we have a lovely collection & we grew them all out this year
This is gave me a chance to see how they performed, check labels see if we need to propagate varieties we are short on
This one is 'Lundy' & its beautiful 😍
Have an excellent day 🌱
Its all about the Chrysanthemums atm, we have a lovely collection & we grew them all out this year
This is gave me a chance to see how they performed, check labels see if we need to propagate varieties we are short on
This one is 'Lundy' & its beautiful 😍
Have an excellent day 🌱
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Good morning
Its all about the Chrysanthemums atm, we have a lovely collection & we grew them all out this year
This is gave me a chance to see how they performed, check labels see if we need to propagate varieties we are short on
This one is 'Lundy' & its beautiful 😍
Have an excellent day 🌱
Its all about the Chrysanthemums atm, we have a lovely collection & we grew them all out this year
This is gave me a chance to see how they performed, check labels see if we need to propagate varieties we are short on
This one is 'Lundy' & its beautiful 😍
Have an excellent day 🌱
Good morning
Hopefully my brain will work today!
Can someone remind me i have my MOT on Thursday please
I need to try and finish off identifying and labelling the Chrysanthemums today, a few have got mixed up.
I'm pretty sure this beauty is Corngold
Have a particularly excellent day! 🤗🌱
Hopefully my brain will work today!
Can someone remind me i have my MOT on Thursday please
I need to try and finish off identifying and labelling the Chrysanthemums today, a few have got mixed up.
I'm pretty sure this beauty is Corngold
Have a particularly excellent day! 🤗🌱
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Good morning
Hopefully my brain will work today!
Can someone remind me i have my MOT on Thursday please
I need to try and finish off identifying and labelling the Chrysanthemums today, a few have got mixed up.
I'm pretty sure this beauty is Corngold
Have a particularly excellent day! 🤗🌱
Hopefully my brain will work today!
Can someone remind me i have my MOT on Thursday please
I need to try and finish off identifying and labelling the Chrysanthemums today, a few have got mixed up.
I'm pretty sure this beauty is Corngold
Have a particularly excellent day! 🤗🌱
Good morning
I was so tired last night i went to bed at 9 and slept like the dead, i left the dehumidifier running and didnt even noticed the light and the noise
This little guy was helping us in the borders yesterday, so confident
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
I was so tired last night i went to bed at 9 and slept like the dead, i left the dehumidifier running and didnt even noticed the light and the noise
This little guy was helping us in the borders yesterday, so confident
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Good morning
I was so tired last night i went to bed at 9 and slept like the dead, i left the dehumidifier running and didnt even noticed the light and the noise
This little guy was helping us in the borders yesterday, so confident
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
I was so tired last night i went to bed at 9 and slept like the dead, i left the dehumidifier running and didnt even noticed the light and the noise
This little guy was helping us in the borders yesterday, so confident
Have an excellent day 🤗🌱
Good morning
Copper boy still looking stunning out in the garden, its a rainy day ahead so we'll be attempting to stay as dry as possible
Have a fabulous day
Copper boy still looking stunning out in the garden, its a rainy day ahead so we'll be attempting to stay as dry as possible
Have a fabulous day
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Good morning
Copper boy still looking stunning out in the garden, its a rainy day ahead so we'll be attempting to stay as dry as possible
Have a fabulous day
Copper boy still looking stunning out in the garden, its a rainy day ahead so we'll be attempting to stay as dry as possible
Have a fabulous day
Good morning!
Having a moment thinking about how happy i am, i haven't felt so content in i can't remember
I have enough
I have good people
I love my job
I have no financial worries
I hope everyone is able to have this joy
Have an awesome day!
Having a moment thinking about how happy i am, i haven't felt so content in i can't remember
I have enough
I have good people
I love my job
I have no financial worries
I hope everyone is able to have this joy
Have an awesome day!
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Good morning!
Having a moment thinking about how happy i am, i haven't felt so content in i can't remember
I have enough
I have good people
I love my job
I have no financial worries
I hope everyone is able to have this joy
Have an awesome day!
Having a moment thinking about how happy i am, i haven't felt so content in i can't remember
I have enough
I have good people
I love my job
I have no financial worries
I hope everyone is able to have this joy
Have an awesome day!
Good morning!
There's very very few parts of me that dont hurt this morning, i hate this getting older lark!
A bit of tidying ahead of our visitors today, so leaves and apples picked up
Roses still looking good, a few bits of the borders are hanging on, snowdrops are coming on
Have a great day 😑
There's very very few parts of me that dont hurt this morning, i hate this getting older lark!
A bit of tidying ahead of our visitors today, so leaves and apples picked up
Roses still looking good, a few bits of the borders are hanging on, snowdrops are coming on
Have a great day 😑
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Good morning!
There's very very few parts of me that dont hurt this morning, i hate this getting older lark!
A bit of tidying ahead of our visitors today, so leaves and apples picked up
Roses still looking good, a few bits of the borders are hanging on, snowdrops are coming on
Have a great day 😑
There's very very few parts of me that dont hurt this morning, i hate this getting older lark!
A bit of tidying ahead of our visitors today, so leaves and apples picked up
Roses still looking good, a few bits of the borders are hanging on, snowdrops are coming on
Have a great day 😑
Good morning!
The bulbs still haven't arrived so i potted up the saxifraga to satisfy my itch!
I slept clean through all my alarms, super tired!
A dry day ahead hopefully
Have a fabulous one 🤗
The bulbs still haven't arrived so i potted up the saxifraga to satisfy my itch!
I slept clean through all my alarms, super tired!
A dry day ahead hopefully
Have a fabulous one 🤗
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Good morning!
The bulbs still haven't arrived so i potted up the saxifraga to satisfy my itch!
I slept clean through all my alarms, super tired!
A dry day ahead hopefully
Have a fabulous one 🤗
The bulbs still haven't arrived so i potted up the saxifraga to satisfy my itch!
I slept clean through all my alarms, super tired!
A dry day ahead hopefully
Have a fabulous one 🤗