On Mar 29, 6:28*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 29/3/09 19:24, in article , "Spider"



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"Spider" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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Because we 'lost' an hour this morning, I woke at 5am, of course! *Slowly
the day dawned crisp and cold but with an achingly brilliant blue sky..
Now,
at just after 10am, the sky is gleaming overhead and a heat haze is
rising
from the vents in the roof of the biggest greenhouse. Let's hope it
lasts!
We've planted up a lot of the pots dotted around the garden and where
some
Euryops died in the frosts, we've planted lilies, underplanted with a
dear
little mat-forming Veronica - might be V. liwanensis but I'll have to
check
that. *It's a charming little plant. *Elsewhere, the shuttlecock ferns
are
slowly unfolding, the tree ferns seem to be okay and are forming their
croziers in secret and Camellias and Magnolias are bursting with life..
Our
'wedding cake tree' which had closed buds furled up tightly just waiting
for
some warmth, has sprung into full glory and almost without my noticing, a
living willow fence is almost in full leaf. *And the snowdrops have
disappeared for another year. *Everything seems to be moving so fast now!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

Evening Sacha,
Sounds like you started the day well! *I've spent the day in the garden,
trying to catch up with some of the jobs. *Despite the threat of rain,
we've had a lovely day here, if a bit chilly. *I've moved a goodly clump
of Fritillaria meleagris, plus some muscari (don't know which one),
because we've got landscapers starting work soon on a small patio. *My F.
meleagris are sacred, so I didn't want the builders trampling on them.

I've also done a fair bit of pruning and weeding, and finished off by
edging the smaller of my lawns, then filling all the watering cans from
the water butt so any fresh rain can refill the butt. * I don't seem to
have made much of an impression, but I'm totally cream-crackered now and
more than ready for my dinner.

I was curious about the Veronica you mentioned, and would certainly be
interested if you knew the name of it. *I have a few prostrate Veronicas
tumbling over the wall of a raised *border, but there is always room for
more. *I love them. *Perhaps if you do discover its name, you'll post it
here, pretty please?

Well, I'm off to scoff a huge casserole. *I'll check in later.

Spider

Forgive me replying to my own post but I notice, Sacha, that you have named
the Veronica in another post. *It's one of my great favourites. *Lovely
colour.

Spider

Glad you saw that post and yes, it is particularly attractive, IMO. *I'm a
push over for Veronicas and Veronicasturms but there's something especially
endearing about that one. * *I must have a 'thing' for spring flowering blue
plants that I hadn't realised before because another I'd recommend to anyone
is Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'. * Super plant.
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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

I know Pulmonaria but not Blue Ensign, it's time to go to bed here, so
I'll Google in the morning after I get back from the Clinique at
Clermont. Just think Sacha, I leave here at 8a.m. your time 7a.m.
Groan...........

Judith