On 30/8/07 10:39, in article , "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On 30/8/07 10:01, in article , "Uncle
Marvo" wrote:

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this
in , I, Marvo, say :

On 30/8/07 09:01, in article ,
"Uncle Marvo" wrote:

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this
in , I, Marvo, say :

I think you'll find you're not alone in that selection for the
kill file. I'm sure you're right that Puce thinks silence means
support, not realising it signifies kill files - ditto poor old
Crowe. However, if everyone kill files her she can go on giving
the garbage information she's just given Judith Lea re planting
Oleanders outdoors in hideously low winter temperatures and
keeping them wet!

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Nerium+oleander

It says you can plant Oleanders outdoors, down to -5 and -10 for
short periods.

Yes indeed. What the argument developed from was Puce refusing to
believe that Judith's village in France gets a LOT colder than that
and stays that way for some time.

She has a village in France? Blimey, that *is* posh :-)

But of course - why do things by halves?

I've never had one. Anything I say on here is something I've
actually done, not something I've read, unless it has one of these
after it :-)

My fingers are crossed with my Bougainvillea, it's staying outdoors
in bubble wrap unless it gets extreme.

Some people don't trust bubble wrap because it causes condensation
and the plants rot. On the whole, horticultural fleece might be
safer and you could build a frame covered in plastic to act as a
sort of mini greenhouse, perhaps?

I actually have a spare greenhouse frame, one of those metal ones
with shelves. If you don't put the shelves in it would hold the
Bougainvillea. Good idea.

This might provide some inspiration. ;-)
http://gallery.future-i.com/germany/pic:camellia-house/

Most excellent. I shall start building now :-)


First grow your Camelllia! That one was the first to be brought it in
Europe, or so legend has it.

I only have a few favourites. I grew too much last year from seed, mainly
cos the seeds appeared for nothing. I didn't know what to do with most of
it. I tend, like a bloke, to grow unusual things to see what they turn out
like. I've never been taken with a Camellia.

Have a look at the web sites of Plant World in Newton Abbot one day and also
Secret Seeds, if you like unusual! There's a gorgeous thing called
Thunbergia greggii romping up a pillar in our biggest greenhouse. I love
Camellias but I think that's as much by association as anything else. They
have a long flowering season, if you grow different species and there's such
a wonderful range of colours, too.

I have a wicked black-eyed Susan, Grape vines, Bougainvillea, Ipomoea, cacti
and several strange veg and herbs.

Photos would be nice.

And I *did* have loads of stuff round the boat but as of today, *everything*
has now been eaten by rabbits.

I give up.



Wanna borrow a Jack Russell?!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'