New photo galleries

As many of you know I have been very unwell this last couple of years and particularly so this last 8 months. One of my therapies whilst I have been recovering was found in photography. During the time I first created my galleries I have collected alot of new photos so I thought an update and revamp was in order. New start and a new gallery! I thought that you would like to see it. :)

http://www.cottage-garden-seeds.co.uk/headers/wildlifenaturegallery.htm

Thank you Psilo. With frost 3 weeks early this year - it's happening now just before dawn !@# - it's images of flowers like yours floating across my monitor that will keep me sane this winter. In the partial shade of our garden, poppies happen - as opposed to flourish - as they are in the sun of your gallery. Beautifully done.

Frost! already! oh my bluespiral you have my sympathies. In the UK it used to be that frost was a real danger from the middle of september but it is becoming rarer these days and late frosts even more so. We havent had any frost yet and with all the rain we have had recently it probably isnt likely for a while yet.
Im glad that my poppies will brighten your days this winter :)

psilo.........hi! I did not know about your health............take care, and hpy gdning! Elaine

:) no frost...a reprieve! Still, disconcerting for NOAH (National Weather Service) to be predicting a low of 36 degrees F, with a frost warning for the town across the river, which is balmier than our NW facing clay hill, plus going down to 39 degrees F at 3:54 am when I obsessively peeked.

No more frost predicted for the forseeable future - it will be interesting to see how far the frost falls into or deviates from its normal range around the globe.

The same frosts that do in our tomatoes and dahlias permit other flowers to bloom into December - like pansies/violas, snapdragons, sweet alysum. I have seen calendula blooming as if it were June in a neighbor's garden in November. Crocus speciosus blooms in its wire basket through sweet woodruff (which might be what allows it to survive surface pilferers like squirrels) later this month. The silver variegated leaved periwinkle, viola labradorica and scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue' flower again intermittently into December, along with some roses - especially David Austin's R. Abraham Darby. The last flower in our garden to bloom (Oct - Dec) is the camellia 'Snow Flurry', which is one of a series bred by the National Arboretum for flower bud hardiness to cold. Previous camellias were often root hardy here, but cold would often their flower buds before they could open.

So, Psilo, what blooms in your neck of the woods through December?

Psilo, such lovely photos! Of course, I had to visit the seed site, too. Looks like you've been busy planting and collecting!