On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:54:03 +0200, "JennyC" wrote:

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~"giorgio (@work)" wrote in message
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~ hi, i'll be in london the second week of may, does anyone know some nursery
~ o garden center that has "rare, unusual or exotic" plants or seeds?
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~ thank you
~ giorgio
~ -italy-
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~ ps sorry for my english!
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~Hi Giorio
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~I don't know what type of plants the following garden centres have, but might be
~both a look:
~http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/acat...n_Centres.html
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~This flower/plant market might be fun to visit:
~http://www.columbia-flower-market.freewebspace.com/
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~You could of course also visit Kew Gardens:
~http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/
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~Have a good stay :~)
~Jenny

I would add to this list
http://www.thepalmcentre.co.uk/

It's in Ham, near Richmond, and is absolutely stuffed with tropical
plants. I nearly bought a cycad last time but gave in to a quite
reasonably priced aspidistra, which immediately got called Uncle (If
you understand the reference, grin) and it has just grown seven new
leaves in a couple of months. At this rate I'll have to repot it this
summer. Nice, healthy plants.

They also sell mature bird of paradise (strelitzia reginae), for those
of you addicted to them :-) I spent ages looking for one a similar
size to my seed-grown one, so I could see if mine is likely to flower
this year but all theirs, even the big ones, had much narrower
leaves than mine, so I couldn't really compare :-(


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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