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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱

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Allotment owner, professional gardener and former grower of royal roses at Buckingham Palace. 🌹 Senior Gardener at Grosvenor Estates London. You can subscribe to my newsletter here: https://bournetogarden.substack.com/

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Sadly it’s already becoming time to dead-head the daffodils ☹️

Dead-heading your bulbs ensures they focus all their energy back into their bulb so that they produce flowers again next year.

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening

12.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ssomething for this windy day. A neighbour’s wind anemone. #Bloomscrolling #flowers #spring #wind

12.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so blowy today, I’ve had a couple of branches falling near me πŸ₯΄

12.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here are some daffodils for #coloraday #yellowthu 😊 #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #photography

12.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"I LOVE Hairy-footed Flower Bees. For me, they are the furry heralds of spring. Here are the results of a happy hour watching several males buzzing around the Pulmonaria flowers at the allotment yesterday."

πŸ“·Β© Becky Walton, Biodiversity Data Officer

12.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just in bloom but struggling in the wind.
I always call this Senna, but don’t quote me. #Bloomscrolling #blossom #flowers

12.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Favorite hybridizers: Ferdinand Cayeux. 'Geneviève Serouge' from 1932. I got this in error in a trade many years ago and fell in love. I have grown it ever since. Sublimely beautiful. A nice color blend that is heavily diamond dusted and sparkles like crazy. Great grower and bloomer too.
#iris 🌱

12.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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#InsertThursday I have no idea if this is a bee fly or a honey bee? My other half is getting me a pocket book of UK bees so I can attempt to identify them!!
🌿🐝πŸͺ΄πŸ’œπŸπŸ’œπŸͺ΄πŸπŸŒΏ #flowers #Gardening #Ancoats #sunshine #springtime #bees #EastCoastKin #savethebees #crocus #FlowerReport #Manchester #MyBalcony

12.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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And I am ashamed of having forgotten to mention the blue anemone hepatica [Hepatica nobilis] as occupants of a winter corner, last week. They should on no account be omitted. #gardening

12.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eight new allotment sites considered by council in Welsh city Nicholas Thomas,Β Local democracy reporter In good news for the city’s green-fingered residents, Newport City Council is considering eight new allotment sites, providing 150 extra plots. Demand for all...

Newport City Council is considering eight new allotment sites, providing 150 extra plots.
nation.cymru/news/eight-n...

12.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bee and the Bluebell #insectThursday #nature #bees

12.03.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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The morning #bee 🐝

12.03.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.03.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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🌱Good Morning Gardeners🌱
Pretty blue Anemone Blanda spreads easily & makes a nice contrast to all the yellows in the spring garden☘️😊☘️

12.03.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Forsythia has now started flowering

Forsythia has now started flowering

Good morning β˜•οΈ

The #Forsythia has now started to flower and was looking glorious in the back garden against a bright blue sky in the morning sunshine, pic taken when the sun was out, it’s a grey morning here. Happy Wednesday everyone! β˜€οΈπŸ“·

#WildflowerHour
#FlowerPhotography

12.03.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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I've just had an amazing idea

12.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1707 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 26
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What Reform and the Conservatives won't say about expanding North Sea oil and gas: it won't make bills in the UK a penny cheaper!

A diverse mix of UK-produced green energy is how we lower people's bills and provide the true energy security we need.

12.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Nectarine blossom 🌸

Nectarine blossom 🌸

Peach blossoms

Peach blossoms

Nectarine blossoms

Nectarine blossoms

Another thing to be cheerful about..🌸

That wonderful time of year when peach & nectarine blossoms start to appear. πŸ’•

12.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Still busy I dug up, seperatedΒ  then replanted the Michaelmas Daisies Twinkling StarsΒ  (Asters Monte Cassino) as it had gone bare in the middle. Several raspberry plants had started growing in the wrong place…

Today's Flighty's plot blog post is Still busy - flightplot.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/s...

🌱 #UKGardening

12.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Myosotis 

Forget-me-not

Myosotis Forget-me-not

#FlowerPower

Blue (live)

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12.03.2026 10:33 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The first #BeardedIris in #MyCollection is in bloom🀍white are always the first out of the gate letting me know the rest of the colors are on the wayπŸ˜ƒπŸŒˆ

#Flowers #Gardening #Iris #Spring #Plants #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport

12.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Male hairy footed flower bee. πŸ₯° #InsectThursday #pollinators #Bloomscrolling #flowers #gardens

12.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🌱good morning🌞

12.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A field of bright yellow daffodils in full bloom under a clear blue sky, with tall trees in the background. The flowers are vibrant and numerous, creating a cheerful scene on a sunny day.

A field of bright yellow daffodils in full bloom under a clear blue sky, with tall trees in the background. The flowers are vibrant and numerous, creating a cheerful scene on a sunny day.

πŸ’› Sharing a burst of colour from a sunnier spring day. Which certainly isn't the case today!

πŸ“ Serpentine Road, Hyde Park

12.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some more Anemones (Anemone blanda) coming into flower today

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

12.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very ☹️

12.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A scarecrow wearing a brown jacket and flat cap, they have a smiley face. They are in a walled garden, set on a crate by some daffodils. Behind we can see blossom blooming and two visitors walking by.

A scarecrow wearing a brown jacket and flat cap, they have a smiley face. They are in a walled garden, set on a crate by some daffodils. Behind we can see blossom blooming and two visitors walking by.

Happiness is sitting in a garden on a sunny day surrounded by flowers.

And not having any allergies.

12.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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A honeybee on a crocus for #InsectThursday 🌱🐝

#Bloomscrolling #BugSky #Flowers

12.03.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday

12.03.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Worrying to see early signs of aphids on the roses already πŸ₯΄ #InsectThursday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Roses

12.03.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0