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Author Topic: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere  (Read 3281 times)

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January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« on: January 04, 2020, 04:25:30 PM »
Precious little sunshine here recently, but fortunately we've had some respite from the rain too.

Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'
H. x intermedia 'Jelena'
Helleborus foetidus

... and walking off the Christmas dinner ;D
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2020, 10:32:04 PM »
Golly Ashley, I hope you weren't blown over the edge.
You walk after Christmas dinner. I sleep.  ???
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2020, 02:17:02 AM »
From the cold room our first flowers of 2020, Camellia oleifera with a most unusual scent more akin to cleaning fluid of some sort.

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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2020, 10:29:38 AM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 06, 2020, 10:32:04 PM
Golly Ashley, I hope you weren't blown over the edge.
You walk after Christmas dinner. I sleep.  ???

Happy New Year Lesley ;D

I admit to some poetic licence here, since our Christmas dinner usually stretches from mid-afternoon (already getting dark) to mid evening.  This walk was next day, known in Ireland as St. Stephen’s Day.
My odd pose in the photo is because I was stepping down off a rock rather than due to strong wind.  Soon after we were engulfed in the low cloud base so had to rely completely on map & compass for most of the rest of the circuit.  However in the swirling mist my two adult children helpfully sang snatches of the theme tune of ‘Midsummer Murders’ & similar, so you can imagine the scene … :o

Quote from: johnw on January 07, 2020, 02:17:02 AM
... Camellia oleifera with a most unusual scent ...

That's a nice one John.  Flowers with scent are especially welcome at this time of year.
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2020, 03:17:47 PM »
In the (closed) air trap before the front door my Iris japonica made me a late Christmas present:
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2020, 05:18:58 PM »
A beautiful day today for a change and the first time for some weeks getting out into the garden. Sorry about the quality of the pictures, struggling with both a new camera and a new laptop!

Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'  and as always she smells lovely.

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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2020, 05:21:20 PM »
...... and a couple of very early Hellebores.

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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2020, 06:51:41 PM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on January 10, 2020, 05:18:58 PM
A beautiful day today for a change and the first time for some weeks getting out into the garden. Sorry about the quality of the pictures, struggling with both a new camera and a new laptop!

Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'  and as always she smells lovely.

Enjoyingthe  photos  and your  lovely  flowers, David  - wish we  had  "smellyvision" for the  Daphne!!
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2020, 08:41:35 PM »
David, my congratulations to these fine plants. Wish, that Daphne bholua would be hardy in
our region, but we must wait still some time for the first scent of Dahnes in the garden.
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2020, 08:18:08 PM »
Galanthus elwesii vs Cyclamen purpurascens
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2020, 09:40:53 AM »

Blattschuss!

hunter's jargon- sorry, difficut to translate,

this means a shot into the leave (=heart)
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2020, 02:26:46 PM »
Season is really early, 11°c today and almost all tulips are already 10-15cm hight  :o

Helleborus bocconei, an easy species in woody conditions.
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2020, 07:07:20 PM »
Did not know, that Galanthus are such dangerous plants.
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2020, 09:05:44 PM »
Quote from: ruweiss on January 12, 2020, 07:07:20 PM
Did not know, that Galanthus are such dangerous plants.
:-X :-X :-\ ;)  Neither  did  I - such  ruthless  killers!!
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Re: January 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2020, 07:24:33 PM »
Maybe these are kidding me that they're not really sunshine!

Eranthis hymalis,

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