On 25/12/05 23:39, in article
, "grawrc"
wrote:

In my garden in Edinburgh (heavy frosts) there are winter-flowering
jasmine, fatsia japonica, senecio, viburnum and campanula and in the
micro-climate in front of the house more campanula, a variety of roses
and pelargoniums. Cyclamen are thinking about it! ;0))
Happy Xmas to you all.


Our haul is:
Euryops pectinatus
Euryops chrysanthemoides
Jasminum nudiflorum
Rosa bracteata
Rhododendron (unknown red)
Cephalaria gigantica
Fuchsia microphylla
Rosa 'Iceber'
Belleborus
Viburnum tinus
Vinca
Lycesteria formosa
Dahne bhoula
Piggosporum tiloba
Rhododendron (blue)
Mahonia lomariifolia
Mahonia 'Charity'
Gordonia
Salvia guaranatica
Chaenomeles Knapp Hill Scarlet
Hydrangea Hamburgh
Camelllia Takanini
Camellia Narumigata
Nemesia Blue Bird
Erica Arborea
Argyranthemum Royal Haze
Iris ungularis
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Rosemary
Hebe Wiri Charm
Hebe Image
Clematis balearica
Clematis napalensis
Coronilla
Viburnum bodnantense
Prunus autumnalis
Lonicera purpusii
Nemesia 'Bluebird'

Please forgive any spelling mistakes. I'm all Christmased out and I hope
everyone had a very happy one.

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

wrote:

Quite a few people do this already but I thought I might give a nudge -
if
time and weather permit, it would be interesting to hear where you live
and
what is in flower, leaf or bud in your garden on Christmas Day.
snip
Just looking through the lists of plants in flower I noticed or rather
failed to notice any mention of snowdrops or winter aconites which I would
have expected to see.
Does this tell us something about the seasons or is it just that they
weren't grown in these particular gardens?
As for me, all that is in flower here is a choisya ternata which has never
really stopped flowering.
Jim

On 29/12/05 3:04 pm, in article
, "Padger"
wrote:

wrote:

Quite a few people do this already but I thought I might give a nudge -
if
time and weather permit, it would be interesting to hear where you live
and
what is in flower, leaf or bud in your garden on Christmas Day.
snip
Just looking through the lists of plants in flower I noticed or rather
failed to notice any mention of snowdrops or winter aconites which I would
have expected to see.
Does this tell us something about the seasons or is it just that they
weren't grown in these particular gardens?
As for me, all that is in flower here is a choisya ternata which has never
really stopped flowering.

We have thousands of snowdrops here but none that flower yet. There are so
many different varieties but some of ours are showing through the ground
now. Apparently, there was one variety in flower in Cornwall at least a
month ago and it had never flowered that early before.

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

On 30/12/05 20:26, in article ,
"jane" wrote:

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:32:31 +0000, Sacha
wrote:
snip
~
~We have thousands of snowdrops here but none that flower yet. There are so
~many different varieties but some of ours are showing through the ground
~now. Apparently, there was one variety in flower in Cornwall at least a
~month ago and it had never flowered that early before.
~

Thanks for reminding me to look - last season I had a potful of
Galanthus elwesii which opened on New Year's Day. Just went and dug
out the pot from its summer hiding place and sure enough, there's a
cluster of buds, though they have not dropped yet. Now they're shifted
to a visible position. Not sure they'll be out NYD though as the stems
are still quite short, but you never know.


Now that you've released them they'll probably romp away, though. I have a
lot of 'favourite flowers', so it's a real joy to see the cycle of enjoying
so many favourites starting again. Now, if I could just grow lily of the
valley, I'd be even happier!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)