Toronto gets blooming early!
I live close by and spent a quiet hour or so taking these pictures, among others. If you're stuck in the middle of a harsh winter like I am and would like to see "purty flowers" instead of dead browny bits of 2013's vegetation (aka "winter interest"), here you go:
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Spring Flower Show 2014 yellow daffodils. Signs of things to come, you have to trust me on this one! |
(Just a note: the following pictures are "cyclamen and daffodil" heavy. I imagine tulips, paperwhites, squill, grape hyacinths, etc., will be planted later as the show progresses. I'll post more pictures later. For now, enjoy the following:)
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show cyclamen |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show cyclamen and dusty miller |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show cyclamen massed |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show cyclamen persicum "stirling" |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show cyclamen persicum |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show cyclamens |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show pink cyclamen |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show pink "Stirling" cyclamen |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show white cyclamen persicum |
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| Cyclamen persicum "En Vogue Purple" Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show yellow daffodils |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Spring Flower Show 2014 daffodils |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Spring Flower Show 2014 Helleborus niger "Jacob" |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory Spring Flower Show 2014 "Jacob" Christmas Rose |
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| Helleborus niger "Jacob" at Allan Gardens Conservatory Spring Flower Show 2014 |
These orchids are not part of the Spring show, per se, but they're beautiful nonetheless. (If you happen to know the genus and species, let me know and I'll update.)
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| Phalaenopsis white moth orchid Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show |
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| Phalaenopsis pink moth orchid Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show |
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| Cattleya labiata semi-alba Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show |
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| White moth orchid (Phalaenopsis) Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show |
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| Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show "Vectis Glitter" pelargonium |
When you hear "geranium" you may think of the annuals sold by the flats every Mother's Day weekend at your local garden centre. They're more accurately named Pelargonium instead of (perennial) Geranium. I had to google to determine this type of tender zonal geranium. The pink and red flecks and venation is very cool. The cultivar is called "Vectis Glitter" and the full botanical name for those plant geeks out there is Pelargonium x hortorum "Vectis Glitter".
Do me a favour: don't plant these encircling a dracaena spike in your container.
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| "Vectis glitter" pelargonium or zonal geranium at Allan Gardens Conservatory 2014 Spring Flower Show |
I've got to get over to my mother-ship the RBG - no doubt they've got lots of little bulbs, and often there are flowers in the glass house to enjoy. Thanks for the reminder that there are lots of places to enjoy blossoms in the winter - and often like the RBG for me, they're only about 20 minutes away.
ReplyDeleteNice to have the RBG so close to you to enjoy, haven't been there for years. We're lucky to have "green havens" close by, to get us through this brutal winter.
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