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Bloomscroller! Fun, nature, etymology, garden, daily trivia to brighten up your feed from the grind of daily claptrap, garbage & piffle ๐ŸŒฟ Cheltenham, UK & occasional Norway ๐ŸŒฟ Trigeminal neuralgia ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’— All my photos, no pilfering, no DMs ๐Ÿ†
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๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘Œ It will pass... In about 10 years or so ๐Ÿ˜‡
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Looking forward to next week ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’ƒ
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I put 4 in a bed 4 years ago.. this is the only survivor & it's going great guns.. so I guess from a crude experiment 25% chance of survival! I have another in a pot at the front which is okay, but I put the pot in a sheltered area before first frost โ„๏ธ
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๐Ÿค— ๐Ÿฆ‹
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๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘Œ
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Lifts the spirits!!
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Lovely! ๐Ÿ˜
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How lovely ๐Ÿ˜ I've not seen a 2 spot this year .. ๐Ÿž
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What's your favourite?
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Best book! ๐Ÿ“š
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Thank you ๐Ÿ™
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I'm deaf as a post so have never had the pleasure ๐Ÿ™ƒ
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๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ’ฅ
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โ˜•
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Pleasure ๐Ÿ™
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Verbena canadensis 'Homestead' ๐Ÿ’
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โ˜€๏ธ
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Take cuttings.. so easy..
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. A. A. Milne
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I don't know.. ๐Ÿ™ƒ I love the name black horehound too.. very gothic..
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My pleasure ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿž๐ŸŒฟ
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They are.. ๐Ÿž ๐ŸŒฟ I "inspect" my garden most mornings and I am always delighted to spot (no pun intended..) them ๐Ÿ˜
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I think Cheltenham is covered in aphids at the moment.. not done so much squishing in a while!!
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Gardens are proper eco systems .. do love a goldfinch.. I never post photos of the birds we have in the garden as I'm not very good with moving things but we get them too ๐Ÿ‘
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Oh yes ๐Ÿ‘ incredible!
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I am definitely seeing more birds in and around the garden this year.. fantastic ๐Ÿ˜
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Overheating ๐Ÿฅต
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Not seen one for ages... A lot of harlequins... I always snap what I see so I may have a look at my ๐Ÿ“ธ archive xx
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Nope, ๐Ÿž are also called ladycows.. ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ˜‰no bull. Enjoy you shop ๐ŸŒฟ my dad would have said "a right good feed"!
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Could be worse.. could be a ladycow ๐Ÿฎ
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They need to keep cracking in my garden, I've been having to squish on the honeysuckle!
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Yep ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐ŸŒฟ
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And they are gorgeous ๐Ÿฅฐ.. very underrepresented perennial.. every garden should have one!