On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:00:08 +0100, Kay
wrote:

I don't think it is daft. It may be a plant from a beloved relative, now
deceased; it may be a plant you bought on a day you want to remember.
Or it may be that you've cherished the plant from infancy and of course
you don't want to be the cause of its demise.

I don't think its daft either. Back in the early 1960's my father
bought a 30ft. Alton greenhouse and planted a grape - 'Muscat of
Alexandria' in it to grow along the sides and provide summer shade as
well as fruit. Some years later when my parents moved to another
house, I took cuttings which went into the new greenhouse. When
mother decided to sell up after my father died, I took cuttings for
planting against the south wall of her new home. Before she moved
again, I took cuttings and brought it down here. Being a heat loving
variety, it rarely performs that well in my very humid garden, but I
would hate to lose it and will no doubt take cuttings when I decide to
move. Sentimental? Yes certainly, but I make no apologies for that
nor do i feel that it is daft.


Dave Poole
Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK
Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C.
Growing season: March - November