On 2013-11-01 08:35:11 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"Janet" wrote

BobH says...

"David Hill" wrote ((Big Snip))

A couple of the Jersey lilies salvaged from the old glasshouse are in
flower
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There is a garden near us that is totally pink Nerines around all sides of
the grass. Just coming into full flower now, it is a picture. They must have
thousands of pounds worth judging by the price I've seen bulbs for in the
shops. Ours got eaten by slugs/snails this year!

Reminds me of a garden in the next village where there was a run down
empty house with a concreted-over garden, containing a raised concrete
bed. The only thing that grew in it was nerines, and it was packed,
giving great pleasure to passers by every autumn. Some years back the
house got done up and in the process they got rid of all the concrete
and raised bed. The garden is gravel now. I've often wondered what
became of those nerine bulbs, have a horrible feeling they got dumped
as landfill with the rest of the building rubbish :-(


Similar happened next door to us. The old Head Gardener died and his
house sold to a lovely young couple who naturally got the builders in.
The garden was old/overgrown but the ground was covered in Cyclamen
hederifolium, thousands of them. The builders didn't know and neither
did the owners so in clearing the garden the whole lot got dug up or
dug in. The irony is they recently bought some in flower!

First rule of gardening, instantly broken. What a shame!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon