On Tue, 27 May 2014 11:22:05 +0100, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article , Charlie Pridham
wrote:

"stuart noble" wrote in message
...

The patience of you nurserymen! A seed sprouts and 5 years later you
know whether it might grow into something of interest. Wow!

Think of it more like a sausage machine, you keep stuffing stuff in at
one end and eventually it starts coming out the other, so there are new
seedlings each year! At least Clematis are quick, the Lapageria can be
10 years or more.

And many trees are 25-50!

Yes, maples take 10 to 15 of evaluation to decide whether a cultivar is
in order. Or should, anyway.

Congratulations Charlie!

-E

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Gardening in Lower Normandy