On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 14:45:50 +0100, David \(Normandy\) wrote
(in article ):

This Spring I planted lots of seeds gathered in the Autumn from our Virginia
creeper. I only thought a few would germinate so planted hundreds in a
couple of seed trays. Similar with Rosa Rugosa pips and some seeds donated
by our neighbour from one of his shrubs - I don't know what it is called but
the seed pods were very much like those on laburnum.

Yesterday I pricked out and potted 87 Rosa Rugosa seedlings which will
eventually make a nice hedge but 103 Virginia creepers have got me
pondering. I can probably use half a dozen around our old stone barn, but it
looks like all visitors will be given a gift of one whether they like them
or not! As for the 60 or so shrubs, I don't even know what they are called
but look like ending up with a new shrubbery.

Does anyone else get carried away planting seeds? I haven't the heart to let
the seedlings die.

Oh David, a man after my own heart! I currently have about 70 Verbena
Bonariensis, about 30 Coreopsis, over 100 yellow alyssum (well, we do like
them g), and also much to amazement 40 healthy Bill Mackenzie clematis
seedlings. The last was really a freak, since we wanted one extra clematis
plant, the books all said to sow seeds in autumn, but I casually bunged some
of last year's seed heads in a pot before we went on holiday in May. The pot
erupted, I pricked them out and they are now all about 4 inches high and
trying to climb. I really don't know what to do with them next but I do know
that even in a garden our size 40 is too much!




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Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
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