On Feb 19, 5:32 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 19/2/07 17:23, in article , "Broadback"





wrote:
Sacha wrote:
On 19/2/07 16:37, in article
, "Sacha"
wrote:

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we went over to Salcombe today to the house he was
thinking of and took a photo of the rosemary there. Olivier Filippi says he
seriously doubts it's R. Barcelona because that one gets damaged by frost
even in his trial garden and he says it's not worth photographing.
However, I've sent him a photograph of the Salcombe one and promised him
some cuttings if it isn't one he has.
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O. Filippi thinks it is close to R. Barcelona now he's seen the photos -
hard to tell from photos. He's asked for some cuttings to trial it at his
place, so I'm posting some to him tomorrow. Cottage Nursery in Lincolnshire
are no longer listing R. Jackman's Prostrate on their web site.

As I bumble my way through gardening, barely recognising a dandelion, I
hate these expert questions, it shows up my ignorance too well. ;-(

You mean you don't want to know what variety of dandelion you have? ;-)
This one could run and run, believe me. In the end, I can see us ending up
sending it to Wisley, or something! It's just curiosity really because it's
such a marvellous plant and so unusual. Ray used to know a couple, both
botanists, who could stand looking at one plant for half an hour or more,
arguing as to its *precise* identity and then send him a 6 page dissertation
on why it was what they'd decided it was!


I had two such people round one evening for a BBQ, I've never invited
them again, they listed every single problem with my plants, which,
according to them, were all sufferfing from something or other
including my phlox which had wireworm, I'd only heard of woodworm up
until then!

Judith at home