What's in bloom?

[sacha]

Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)
We've returned to find Euryops, Salvia involucrata plus a couple of other
Salvias, Fuchsias and Daphne bhoula, Vincas, Hellebore, Nerines of course
and amazingly the Amicia zygomeris is putting out little shoots all along
its branches. I daresay any frost later will deal with those, however.
Anyone else?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk

[Martin & Anna Sykes]

Marigold, Penstemon, Fatsia, Antirhinum, Kaffir Lily, Hydrangea, Gazania,
Geranium, Skimia...

Oh, and the daffodils are coming up.

Martin.
( in Cheshire )

[k]

sacha wrote:
> Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)
> We've returned to find Euryops, Salvia involucrata plus a couple of other
> Salvias, Fuchsias and Daphne bhoula, Vincas, Hellebore, Nerines of course
> and amazingly the Amicia zygomeris is putting out little shoots all along
> its branches. I daresay any frost later will deal with those, however.
> Anyone else?

Ive got a few ragworts in full flower on the isle of skye.
by full flower they are still yellow but are just starting to fade


KW on Skye

[Sharon Curtis]

In article >,
sacha > wrote:
>Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)
>We've returned to find Euryops, Salvia involucrata plus a couple of other
>Salvias, Fuchsias and Daphne bhoula, Vincas, Hellebore, Nerines of course
>and amazingly the Amicia zygomeris is putting out little shoots all along
>its branches. I daresay any frost later will deal with those, however.
>Anyone else?

I still have some Calendulas, Genista, Borage, Viola, and one brave little
blue flower on my Lithodora. Plus a little pink flower on the thing
that looks like a nettle but isn't, with white stripes on its leaves
and it's a ground cover sort of plant really.

Sharon

[Barry & Iris McCanna]

"Sharon Curtis" > wrote in message
...

> I still have some Calendulas, Genista, Borage, Viola, and one brave
little
> blue flower on my Lithodora. Plus a little pink flower on the thing
> that looks like a nettle but isn't, with white stripes on its leaves
> and it's a ground cover sort of plant really.
>
> Sharon

Sharon,

Your nettle thing is probably a Lamium. "Shell Pink" maybe.

All sorts of things out here and today discovered a lovely flower on
the Pulsatilla rubra.

Regards
Iris (McCanna)

[dP@ilshnospam.daemon.com]

Erm...

Passiflora coeruleo-racemosa, P. violacea, Haemanthus albiflos, Nerine
bowdenii, N. flexuosa 'Alba', Canna 'Lesotho Lil', C. 'Tamey', ,
Araujia sericofera, Pandorea jasminoides, Plumbago auriculata, Ipomoea
indica, Jasminum polyanthum, Cyclamen persicum hybrids, Hedychium
greenii, H. flavescens, H. 'Pink Vee', Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi,
B. sanguinea, B. suaveolens, Citrus 'Valencia', Cuphea capitata,
Bulbine fruticosa, Euryops chrysanthemoides, Loeselia mexicana,
Polygala x dalmaisiana, Salvia blepharophylla, Lobelia tenuiflora
'Angustifolia', Polygonum capitata, Zaluzyanskia katherinae....

Autumn is definitely well established here, but some of the plants
have yet to realise it.


David Poole
TORQUAY UK

[Robert]

In article >, sacha
> writes
>Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)

A splendid display of Bacopa snowflake in the summer hanging baskets and
containers.
--
Robert

[sacha]

in article ,
at wrote on 28/11/02 8:28
pm:

> Erm...
>
> Passiflora coeruleo-racemosa, P. violacea, Haemanthus albiflos, Nerine
> bowdenii, N. flexuosa 'Alba', Canna 'Lesotho Lil', C. 'Tamey', ,
> Araujia sericofera, Pandorea jasminoides, Plumbago auriculata, Ipomoea
> indica, Jasminum polyanthum, Cyclamen persicum hybrids, Hedychium
> greenii, H. flavescens, H. 'Pink Vee', Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi,
> B. sanguinea, B. suaveolens, Citrus 'Valencia', Cuphea capitata,
> Bulbine fruticosa, Euryops chrysanthemoides, Loeselia mexicana,
> Polygala x dalmaisiana, Salvia blepharophylla, Lobelia tenuiflora
> 'Angustifolia', Polygonum capitata, Zaluzyanskia katherinae....
>
> Autumn is definitely well established here, but some of the plants
> have yet to realise it.
>
Stand in the corner, Poole! You don't count. ;-)) For those who don't
know, David's small and perfect walled garden in Torquay is a masterpiece of
what can be done with a benign climate, a knowledgeable gardener devoted to
his subject, a good deal of hard work and attention to detail that surpasses
all. He'd be rather sickening if he wasn't quite a nice bloke, really...
;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk

[k]

>> Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)
>
>snipped

has anyone got daisys growing?

Keith

[Charlie Pridham]

"sacha" > wrote in message
...
> Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)
> We've returned to find Euryops, Salvia involucrata plus a couple of other
> Salvias, Fuchsias and Daphne bhoula, Vincas, Hellebore, Nerines of course
> and amazingly the Amicia zygomeris is putting out little shoots all along
> its branches. I daresay any frost later will deal with those, however.
> Anyone else?
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
>
Lots of stuff with a few flowers but only a few looking good, Abutilons
(several) Clematis (texensis types) Lapageria and Canna braziliensis (which
is no longer the correct name, but is still looks lovely!) and I noticed
yesterday some of the viburnums coming into flower. :~)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

[Janet Baraclough]

The message >
from sacha > contains these words:

>Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)

In our almost empty new Arran garden,(no frost yet), only one thing; a
pink escallonia.
In the pots that moved with us; a dark hellebore is budding well, and
a viburnum is open.
Gardens round about; purple and white hebes, and many fuschias.

Janet.

[Alan Gould]

In article >, k
> writes
>
>>> Time to play the "what's in the bloom?" game! ;-)
>>
>>snipped
>
>has anyone got daisys growing?
>
> Keith
>
Yes, a few flowers showing in sheltered places along with pansies,
primulas etc. Even more remarkable is the crop of raspberries we picked
today (Fri). They just seem to go on for ever and we are now wondering
whether we shall pick a few in December - for the first time ever as far
as I can recall.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

[Kay Easton]

In article >, Charlie
Pridham > writes
>>
>Lots of stuff with a few flowers but only a few looking good, Abutilons
>(several) Clematis (texensis types) Lapageria and Canna braziliensis (which
>is no longer the correct name, but is still looks lovely!) and I noticed
>yesterday some of the viburnums coming into flower. :~)
>
Gosh! - there's the difference between N and S! All my V bodnantense
have been in strong flower for several weeks now, as has the winter
jasmine.

It's now very much into winter garden mode, with the main colour coming
from all the berries and coloured barks.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

[Michael Berridge]

Janet Baraclough wrote in message <
>
> In our almost empty new Arran garden,(no frost yet), only one thing;
a
>pink escallonia.
> In the pots that moved with us; a dark hellebore is budding well, and
>a viburnum is open.
> Gardens round about; purple and white hebes, and many fuschias.
>
Also now spotted that Fuschia Autumnale has still got a few flowers on
it here. Plenty of daisies in the lawn, and an outdoor tomato ahs just
started a new shoot.

Thinking of winter colour I am amazed that very few garden programmes
use Calicarpa, ours is a picture, the berries last all winter and are
visible all over the garden. I was reminded of this seeing a programme
today on TV which was going to use the plant, the first time I've ever
seen it mentioned.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

[Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson]

The message >
from "Michael Berridge" > contains these words:

> Janet Baraclough wrote in message <
> > In our almost empty new Arran garden,(no frost yet), only one thing;
> a
> >pink escallonia.
> > In the pots that moved with us; a dark hellebore is budding well, and
> >a viburnum is open.
> > Gardens round about; purple and white hebes, and many fuschias.
> >
> Also now spotted that Fuschia Autumnale has still got a few flowers on
> it here. Plenty of daisies in the lawn, and an outdoor tomato ahs just
> started a new shoot.

> Thinking of winter colour I am amazed that very few garden programmes
> use Calicarpa, ours is a picture, the berries last all winter and are
> visible all over the garden. I was reminded of this seeing a programme
> today on TV which was going to use the plant, the first time I've ever
> seen it mentioned.

> Mike
> www.british-naturism.org.uk

Mike,

I was just wondering about trying to get seed of Callicarpa, but didn't
know how fussy it was about the conditions it needs to produce berries.
Do you know which sort yours is?

Janet G

[Janet Baraclough]

The message >
from "Michael Berridge" > contains these words:

> Thinking of winter colour I am amazed that very few garden programmes
> use Calicarpa, ours is a picture, the berries last all winter and are
> visible all over the garden. I was reminded of this seeing a programme
> today on TV which was going to use the plant, the first time I've ever
> seen it mentioned.

I gave up on mine because the berries were so sparse in the years
after it left the company of others in the garden centre, and I wondered
if it needed them for fertilisation. Is yours self-fertile, or are there
others nearby?

Janet.

[Natalie]

> All sorts of things out here and today discovered a lovely flower on
> the Pulsatilla rubra.
>
> Regards
> Iris (McCanna)
>
>
I too have a Pulsatilla with a flower that has just opened, the Stokesia is
also continuing to flower and the Viburnum has one solitary flower on it.

Natalie

[Michael Berridge]

Janet Baraclough wrote in message
> I gave up on mine because the berries were so sparse in the years
>after it left the company of others in the garden centre, and I
wondered
>if it needed them for fertilisation. Is yours self-fertile, or are
there
>others nearby?
>
> Janet.

Its totally on its own, no idea of the exact variety as it was bought at
an end of show sale at the Gateshead Garden festival. The first few
years it didn't do much, but the last few, and I suspect that the warm
winters and lack of frost have something to do with this, it is
absolutely covered in berries. Everyone who sees it remarks on it. It is
about 5' from the back door and certainly brightens up the outlook from
the kitchen.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

[Michael Berridge]

Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson wrote in message
>...
>The message >
>from "Michael Berridge" > contains these
words:
>

>
>I was just wondering about trying to get seed of Callicarpa, but didn't
>know how fussy it was about the conditions it needs to produce berries.
>Do you know which sort yours is?
>
>
E mail me and I will send you some to try to get to grow. It's not
listed as propagation by seed, but by softwood cuttings, but you can
certainly have some to try.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk