On 18/12/2014 23:05, Bob Hobden wrote:
"sacha" wrote

I went round the garden today, picking foliage for Christmas flower
arrangements. Each of these had a few flowers left, Salvia
guaranitica, Salvia confertiflora, Rosa Wedding Day, loads of
different Vincas, Salvia involucrata, an unknown lacecap Hydrangea, a
Fuchsia fulgens and a single Rosa bracteata.

Got a Bergenia in full flower, the last flowers on an antirrhinum (a
pink one that has been self seeding for years), and a single yellow
dahlia whose name I forget and I'm not going out to look now.
One thing I have noticed is that this has been a very good year for
Cyclamen self seeding around, we have literally hundreds coming up in
our front garden, a veritable carpet of baby plants and even in the grass.



I agree the Cyclamen have been very good this year. All my larger corms
have satelites of baby cormlets around them. Even my outdoor C.persicas
have done quite well.
Alas, I can't say that my Bergenias are doing much. I'd love to have a
full day in the garden this week, but Christmas seems to be interfering
on a grand scale, plus it is RG's birthday today so it's been almost
open house.
As soon as Christmas is over, I'll be back in the garden smeared with
mud :~)))!
--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay