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Véronique Macrelle

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January in the northern hemisphere
« on: January 08, 2025, 09:04:03 AM »

Arum creticum has never developed as well as it did this winter...
could it finally bloom? 3 or 4 years it's been there, but it doesn't bloom. Last year I put a bit of composted manure on it.

Véronique Macrelle

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Re: January in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2025, 09:08:42 AM »
lots of new growth on Arum maculatum ‘Bakovci’. it will look wonderful if the slugs don't eat it.
fed on manure compost last year too.


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Re: January in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2025, 09:11:57 AM »
a whiter-than-average Arum italicum.
Mariette: is this the one that comes from you?
 in the 3 years it's been growing here, this is the first year it's been different from my local A. italicum.

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Re: January in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2025, 09:30:42 AM »
winter is a bit of a dull season for gardeners: it makes me want too many plants on the internet! (you can't order everything, there are limits!)

fortunately, my volunteer seedlings of Ficaria verna provide an interesting diversity of foliage to observe, even if I often take photos with my phone in the rain to look at the photos in my armchair afterwards!
 some of the leaves are so black that they look bluish... and as they get older, a spotted form becomes pinker and pinker.

 


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