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No dipping your toes in the water? 😅

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 12h

#October starts my beach season, less traffic, empty public access parking lots 🙌🐚 project for the week is to finish arranging the greenhouse and planting seed grown snapdragons #Flowers #Gardening #MyGreenhouse #BeachWalk #Nature

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 11h

The sea should still be nice at this time of year. Are you going for a swim?

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So like both of mine. Pink is the first.

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#SixOnSaturday is the start of #October🍂🍁🍄‍🟫my blue ginger has decided to bloom, plenty of sour oranges but only 3 yuzu, #Lantana still blooming with the native #Wildflowers and a quirky not so long neck dipper #Gourd 😂 #Gardening #Fall #Flowers #Nature

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Strawflowers, Xerochrysum bracteatum🌱 Just #Bloomscrolling

Orange strawflowers with bright, multi-petalled blooms and stiff, papery bracts surrounding a central yellow disk

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny garden this week. Description in Alt text. Flu and Covid vaccines later so I will be taking it easy today.

A collage of six pictures from my tiny garden this week. Although it is officially autumn, there is still lots of colour. The large picture is a very striking Dahlia with yellow and red petals called Lake Ontario (definitely not Lake America). Next to it is a Heuchera with mottled green and grey leaves and a spike of tiny coral red flowers. Below it is a red Snap Dragon. At the bottom are two purple and fed Fuchsias, one with slender flowers and one with fat flowers. In between them is an orange Calendula flower.

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N20gardener @n20gardener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Six things from my #garden this week. Roses, marigolds, an aster, a purple leaf heuchera and penstemon pheonix 'Apple Blossom. #sixonsaturday #UKgardening 🌱

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy #SixOnSaturday everyone, hope you have a great weekend. Six pics from in and around my various bits of garden this week (of multiplying mushrooms and fading flowers), see alt-text for details 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #Flowers

Top left to bottom right, red and white dahlia 'Fire and ice', white flowering tobacco nicotiniana alata, a still opening calendula 'citrus', a new and still developing red hot pokers flower from kniphofia 'papaya popsicle', a fresh pair of red coneflower and a host of blue and white African daisies 'Ice and Sky' thanks for reading have a good'un sky-folk

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Red Admiral pauses to feed on a strawflower, its papery petals glowing like rubies in the autumn sunlight. These striking butterflies can often be seen on the wing well into autumn, bringing another flash of colour to the garden in the first days of October.

A Red Admiral butterfly, with dark brown-black wings marked by vivid orange-red bands and white spots, feeds on a pink and ruby-red strawflower with a bright yellow centre. Two unopened blooms sit below against a softly blurred green background.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#sixonsaturday 03-10-26 : Lagerstroemia, choisya, phymosia umbellata, callicarpa , hardy geranium and bell peppers. 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/s...

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#FlowersOnFriday since the #Flowers are fewer in the #Fall the #Bees are taking flower sharing to the next level😂🐝 #Gardening #Autumn #Nature #PurpleFriday #FridayFlowers

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cosmos are another birth flower for those born in October. Their name comes from the Greek “κόσμος”, meaning order, harmony or adornment. Perhaps inspired by their name, and the balanced shape of the flowers, cosmos have come to symbolise harmony and perfection. #FlowersOnFriday

A pale pink cosmos flower with a yellow centre, visited by a bumblebee. Delicate buds, feathery foliage and softly blurred pink cosmos flowers fill the green background.

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organicgay.bsky.social @organicgay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Vegetable Bouquet October 2012

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

‘Lady Margaret’ passionflower has a flair for the dramatic! 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling #MyGarden

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Devon Subtropical Garden @devonsubtropical.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌱 #Passiflora racemosa ‘Buzios’ with its glorious racemes of pink flowers colourful both before the flower opens and after it closes. An autumn delight! It is more correctly P. princeps now, a shame as racemosa is good descriptive name, and might be a naturally occurring hybrid!

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An #InsectThursday double bill here with a common carder bumblebee and a honeybee sharing the bounty of this extremely popular dahlia in my garden 🌱🐝🐝 #InsectThursday #BugSky #Bloomscrolling #PollinatorPals #Flowers #ECK

Honeybee and common carder bee on dahlia 'Pink halo'

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Skog @skog100.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today 29th Sept is Michaelmas day ..these Asters are known as Michaelmas daisies as they flower around now , in Wales its known as " Haf Bach Mihangal " which means Michaels little summer as its often warm around that time ..warm and humid today so the weather got it right for once

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday ends the week with a chill in the air and the great migration of plants to the greenhouse has started. The nighttime temperatures will stall the tropical plants now.😢the potted ones will definitely enjoy the warm move.🪴 #Gardening #Flowers #Tropical #Fall #SummersEnd #Nature #Plants

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Graeme Edwards @graemeedwards1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In today's #SixOnSaturday... Scabious, a Fuchsia, ‘Banana Popsicle,' Sedums, Cosmos & a Crocosmia onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/s... 🌱

A collage of six photographs of flowers, comprising: a pale cream Scabious with small flowers opening in a whirl around pale green round buds; dangling purple and white Fuchsia flowerswith long stamens; spires of bright long thin yellow flowers almost resembling small Christmas trees; a fluffy like cloud of Sedum flowers with a striped yellow and brown bee; a white Cosmos flower with a yellow centre; two star-like yellow Crocosmia flowers.

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Darran Jaques @darranjaques.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lady Bacon, a very delicate and beautiful hardy Fuchsia. Planted in the walled borders of a Hertfordshire project. #Garden #Design #Gardening #Plants #Flowers 🌱

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#sixonsaturday 26-09-26 Begonia, aubergine, squash, china asters, yucca and duranta flowers 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/s...

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Dahlia season is still in full swing! 🌱

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Bob Mays @bobwmfl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Glossy red and green foliage in #MyGarden this morning. (Farfugium japonicim and Cordyline fruticosa ‘Red sisters’) 🌱 #Plants #Flowers #FlowerReport

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s a chilly misty day today, the #Noreaster brought the wind and drop in temperatures but only mist for rain here😔the late season Cannova mango Canna lily not only settled in it has bloomed like crazy 😆 #Flowers #Gardening #CannaLily #Fall #SummerFlowers

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is the #AutumnalEquinox and I finally have a banana plant in bloom.🙄 The #Bees are turning it into a real party 🎉 🐝 #Flowers #Gardening #Musa #Fall #Nature #Plants

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Amazing details on these #mushrooms . Hare’s foot ink cap or coprinopsis lagopus

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The opposite of me. I can read and write fairly easily, but speaking...

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You might not like it ??… so try using just 10 leaves. That’s roughly the amount I used to get the powder visible in my photo.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yes , harvest, remove the stems and central vein (contains latex), wash the leaves, and place them in the oven at 160°C for about 20’, flip them occasionally. Once they are crispy, they are ready: crumble the larger pieces by hand, then process in a blender to get a fine powder

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In perfumery, gardenia accords are built from white floral and green fragrances, along with indole, to give a funky/dirty note of realism. They simulate the lush, rich fragrance of gardenia without using floral extracts of gardenia. 📷: G. jasminoides cultivar. #Gardenia #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Close-up photo of a double-flowered cultivar of gardenia. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Another mostly wet week in the northwest so this #SixOnSaturday is wearing its rainy day diamonds (see alt-text for details). Have an excellent weekend sky-folk 😀🌱 #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Raindrops #UKGardening #GardensHour #EastCoastKin

Top left to bottom right: primula vialii, dahlia 'Pink halo', kniphofia 'papaya popsicle', osteospermum, water forget-me-nots and calendula 'citrus', yellows, oranges, reds, pinks and blues all captured in moments the sun broke through after heavy rain and decorated with shining raindrops

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday what a fast week it was! I won free mystery #Plumeria seeds from Purple Hoo Plumeria farm😍 on FB, seedlings are doing great, my Welch’s pink beautyberry is showing off💘 and the red #Dahlia is a #Bees delight #Flowers #Gardening #Nature #GYO #Fall

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just like mine. 🤪 Tasting: The flavor is reminiscent of coco and vanilla, with a crispy woody note. Not bad at all!

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Pádraig de Búrca @pdeb1958.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The garden this week. Cotoneaster, gaura, begonia, Acer, viola and... more begonias! #sixonsaturday with 7 shots. 😜

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ohooh ! Great French ! I’m surprised 👏

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Graeme Edwards @graemeedwards1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In today's #SixOnSaturday... a seed-sown Dahlia, still going strong 8 or so years later, Calendula, a Salvia, Dahlia Honka 'Fragile,' Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanille Fraise' & shrub climbing Runner Beans onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/s... 🌱

A collage of six photographs of flowers, comprising: a large white petalled Dahlia with a fluffy yellow centre and a fluffy orange bee enjoying the nectar; pale yellow/cream daisy-like Calendula flowers; pale yellow-white two-lipped Salvia flowers; a white Dahlia with lots of narrow petals tinged with white and yellow, almost resembling windmill sails, with a fluffy yellow centre; triangular-like clusters of pale pink four-petalled Hydrangea flowers; large green leaves with red flowers and dangling green Runner Beans.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#sixonsaturday 19-09-26 : fig leaves powder, dahlias, strawberry tree, ice plant, yucca rostrata and peppermint 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/six…

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This floor is still just as beautiful! I wouldn't put any pots on it, so as not to dirty it.

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Ilena Gilbert-Mays @ilenagm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#SixOnSaturday was a busy week, I cleaned the tropical greenhouse, the floor still looks fabulous😍 I am slowly repotting my cactus collection. You can tell I am getting everything ready for the move inside. Still plenty of #Flowers in the gardens to enjoy. #Gardening #Autumn #MyGreenhouse

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Graeme Edwards @graemeedwards1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In today's #SixOnSaturday... Asters, a Welsh Poppy, a dragonfly, a view of the front garden, Cosmos & Alysuum 🌱 onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/09/12/s...

A collage of six photographs of flowers and an insect, comprising: lilac daisy-like asters with yellow centres; a yellow Welsh poppy with large papery petals; a green & brown dragonfly sitting on a rusty metal ornament, it's translucent wings glistening in the sun; a view of a garden border with deep pink, pale pink and yellow flowers & wafty golden grasses; two large pale pink Cosmos flowers with yellow centres surrounded by deep pink circles; tiny white Alysuum flowers with lots of narrow green leaves.

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Fred @frdvil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#sixonsaturday 12-09-26 : cyclamen, mallow, peaches, roldana, chilies and agapanthus are on the agenda today. 🌱 fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2026/09/12/six…

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This week, let’s look at plants with skirts. 💃 The “skirts” are the dried, dead leaves that some plants retain rather than drop. The Cuban petticoat palm, Copernicia macroglossa, is a classic example. #Arecaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a solitary palmate-leaf palm with sort petioles and a dense crown and a dense skirt of dead leaves. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

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Shannon Walsh @flutterbyflora.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🌱 Caryopteris💜💚

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GardenOpus @gardenopus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🌱 A beautiful classic - Reblooming SDB (Standard Dwarf Bearded) Iris 'Autumn Jester' (Chuck Chapman, 2000), on its 4th rebloom cycle here in suburban Chicagoland, paired with Catharanthus (Vinca or Madagascar Periwinkle) 'Valiant™ Punch'. Iridaceae & Apocynaceae.

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