On 2009-12-27 18:27:18 +0000, Dave Hill said:

On 27 Dec, 18:04, "David WE Roberts" wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message

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Anyone else going to do the flower count on 1st Jan? *If Ray isn't up
to
it I'll struggle round on my own. *;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Not considered it, but willing to give it a try :-)

Outdoors at the moment we have geraniums (well, zonal perlagoniums) still
in
flower and one yellow rose bush.
Apart from that there are various shrubs with purplish flowers (will take
advice on species)
Everything else sems to have been walloped by the recent cold spell.



I doubt if there is anything left here in flower now after the frosts,
but I will try to remember to look.
I do hope Ray is OK, sounds as if he isn't to good when you say if he
is up to it.
David Hill

No, he's still feeling pretty horrible, though we hope he's picked up a
bit in the last 24 hours. It's a really nasty bronchial bug and it's
worn him to threads.
He's a very hardy person and I've never known him as ill as this and
certainly not for so long. It's absolutely maddening when I know we
eat a good and varied diet and don't go out roistering until 3am -
maybe that's where we're going wrong!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon