The BIC Plant and Gardening Thread

[sister13]

Hello BIC friends and fellow gardeners! Whether you have a container on your balcony, some indoor plants, a whole garden, or even if you just happen to visit a botanical garden or see a lovely space or plant in your neighborhood you want to share, this is the place! Please share pics, tips, plans and tricks about all things gardening!  

For many years I had a container balcony garden with mostly flowers and herbs (when travel allowed), and I am now embarking on my first backyard landscaping and gardening journey. 

I am often taking inspiration from the natural world around me and have recently had some spring inspiration for the Makeup Challenge of the Week and have loved chatting about gardening in our other threads, so I thought a new thread would be nice. 

It’s always so interesting to me to see plants and gardens from different regions and countries, so I hope you’ll join the conversation!  

PS: if you create a makeup look based on some plant or garden inspiration, please feel free to post your look or flat-lay here, too! 

Here are a few pics of my spring bulbs to start and I’ll share more soon (kindly ignore the weeds)! 

 

 

My old balcony (from the outside) - I’ll try to find an internal pic too:

[blackkitty2014]

My bougainvillea finally came back around late April and how it was last week. This week it grows even bigger and mostly with bloom

[jaaayp]

Wow, this is amazing @blackkitty2014 !!!

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @jaaayp 🌹

[eshoe]

Wow @blackkitty2014 - so healthy and vivid! This made me smile, I love this!!

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @eshoe 🌹

[Mellmars1185]

@blackkitty2014 Your bougainvillea is stunning! So many flowers and they are such a pretty colour. I have not heard of this flower before.I love it!

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @Mellmars1185 . It’s a warm weather plant. I had the tiny tree with half white and half pink but it just tried to came back from the winter. The cold almost killed it and it only has couple leaves now. I will try to take picture 😘

[Titian06]

OMGosh, @blackkitty2014 , your bougainvillea is absolutely stunning! 🤩💜💞

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @Titian06 🌹

[CookieGirl1]

@blackkitty2014 oh wowwwww.  Those are beautiful!

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @CookieGirl1 @sister13 @tsavorite 🌹

[tsavorite]

Stunning color,  @blackkitty2014 !    💜

[sister13]

Oh wow!! So amazing and what a joyful plant!! @blackkitty2014 

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @sister13 @tsavorite 🌹

[JoSometimes]

That is breathtakingly beautiful @blackkitty2014! So many flowers and such vivid colour!

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you @JoSometimes 🌹

[sister13]

There was very low branch on my mock orange that was basically in the mulch, so I snipped it off and put them in a vase. They smell so amazing! 

[Mellmars1185]

@sister13 What a pretty way of using a branch that was on the ground. Your vase, plate and artwork go very well with the flowers.

[sister13]

Thank you so much! @Mellmars1185 

[Titian06]

Gorgeous, @sister13 ! 💐

[sister13]

Thanks! I feel quite sentimental about them because when I was home several springs in a Row taking care of my mom, I was always cutting fresh flowers and stems from her yard. She had the most amazing gardens with spring flowers, bulbs and flowering trees. 💗💗 @Titian06