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Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of
the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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Charlie Pridham wrote: Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. You are lucky indeed. I could very much see myself sitting pretty next to a Tibouchinas, which I have never seen. I got attracted by the name, I find it sweet. Do you grow it outdoors and how old is yours? |
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"La Puce" wrote in message ps.com... Charlie Pridham wrote: Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. You are lucky indeed. I could very much see myself sitting pretty next to a Tibouchinas, which I have never seen. I got attracted by the name, I find it sweet. Do you grow it outdoors and how old is yours? Mine is in flower ATM: http://www.ljconline.nl/garden/Plant...006October.htm It's in a big pot which sits outside in summer. I have to prune it before bringing it into the GH for the winter or it would get to big !! Jenny |
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"La Puce" wrote in message ps.com... Charlie Pridham wrote: Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. You are lucky indeed. I could very much see myself sitting pretty next to a Tibouchinas, which I have never seen. I got attracted by the name, I find it sweet. Do you grow it outdoors and how old is yours? My outdoor plant is about 17 years old but you would never guess as it is killed to the ground each year and returns in spring, if you have a cold spring it can be a bit late to give flowers but they have great foliage. I also keep a number in pots to guarantee flowers. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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Charlie Pridham wrote: My outdoor plant is about 17 years old but you would never guess as it is killed to the ground each year and returns in spring, if you have a cold spring it can be a bit late to give flowers but they have great foliage. I also keep a number in pots to guarantee flowers. That's it, I've decided this is to be my next baby. I'll keep her in a pot - there's always room for pots. I sadly have no ground room anymore. |
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea I wish I could say me too but it has been monsoon weather here-nice and warm so still good growing weather. Tibouchina /Cassia are these evergreen and what chance would a very optimistic chap in Yorkshire stand with them? :-) |
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"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea I wish I could say me too but it has been monsoon weather here-nice and warm so still good growing weather. Tibouchina /Cassia are these evergreen and what chance would a very optimistic chap in Yorkshire stand with them? :-) You may possibly get away with Tibouchina against a hot wall with a loose mulch but are unlikely to see flowers. Not sure about the cassia (senna) as the form I have now is a lot hardier than its predecessor and kept its leaves last winter and has grown huge. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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On 12/10/06 09:18, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote: "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. I wish I could say me too but it has been monsoon weather here-nice and warm so still good growing weather. Tibouchina /Cassia are these evergreen and what chance would a very optimistic chap in Yorkshire stand with them? :-) You may possibly get away with Tibouchina against a hot wall with a loose mulch but are unlikely to see flowers. Not sure about the cassia (senna) as the form I have now is a lot hardier than its predecessor and kept its leaves last winter and has grown huge. Thinking of purple flowers, I heard from David P the other day that his Hardenbergia violacea is going great guns and threatening to take over half his neighbourhood. I'm very envious as we can only grow that indoors, though I'm tempted to persuade Ray to try it against the house wall next year. There's also a bushy pink form that I'd like to try, though the colour is nothing like so good, IMO. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 12/10/06 09:18, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun most of the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums, Cannas, Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday and nearly as warm. I wish I could say me too but it has been monsoon weather here-nice and warm so still good growing weather. Tibouchina /Cassia are these evergreen and what chance would a very optimistic chap in Yorkshire stand with them? :-) You may possibly get away with Tibouchina against a hot wall with a loose mulch but are unlikely to see flowers. Not sure about the cassia (senna) as the form I have now is a lot hardier than its predecessor and kept its leaves last winter and has grown huge. Thinking of purple flowers, I heard from David P the other day that his Hardenbergia violacea is going great guns and threatening to take over half his neighbourhood. I'm very envious as we can only grow that indoors, though I'm tempted to persuade Ray to try it against the house wall next year. There's also a bushy pink form that I'd like to try, though the colour is nothing like so good, IMO. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ That's a definite no no for me as well, I find those tender plants that are spring flowering to be a lot harder to grow than those later flowering. not so sunny here today but very mild. Was expecting to get on with clearing up the garden but its all look great at the moment so I shall just have to continue to sit in it! -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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On 12/10/06 10:44, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... snip Thinking of purple flowers, I heard from David P the other day that his Hardenbergia violacea is going great guns and threatening to take over half his neighbourhood. I'm very envious as we can only grow that indoors, though I'm tempted to persuade Ray to try it against the house wall next year. There's also a bushy pink form that I'd like to try, though the colour is nothing like so good, IMO. That's a definite no no for me as well, I find those tender plants that are spring flowering to be a lot harder to grow than those later flowering. not so sunny here today but very mild. Was expecting to get on with clearing up the garden but its all look great at the moment so I shall just have to continue to sit in it! Bummer. ;-))) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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Sacha wrote:
Thinking of purple flowers, I heard from David P the other day that his Hardenbergia violacea is going great guns and threatening to take over half his neighbourhood. It seems there are quite a few variants of H. violacea, although I doubt that there are more than a few grown in the UK. I'm happy enough with the vigorous purple form. I had a plant from Ray & Sacha last year and decided to test its hardiness before giving it pride of place. Last winter here was colder than any in the past 20 or so and it came through unscathed, even managing to produce a few flower spikes. This year it was planted against the wall next to the back door and has raced up producing a mass of pleasing, deep sage green 'tongues'. Already I can make out flower buds forming in almost every leaf axil so I'm anticipating a good show of colour in late winter. Moving on to Tibouchina, I've only tried T. urvilleana outside in Torquay (in my previous garden) and it proved to be an excellent late summer flowering shrub carrying on until early winter. Hardiness wasn't an issue here since it can easily handle our very infrequent and light frosts. It is fairly widespread in its native Brazil and is largely tropical in origin where it can exceed 5 or 6m. In the UK it can be grown against a wall in some southern counties, but needs frost-free protection in most of the country. It's a wonderful thing both in leaf and flower. I especially like it toward the end of the growing year when the first chills of late autumn cause the older leaves to turn a vibrant orange - very fetching in combination with its silky purple flowers. |
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In article , "Charlie Pridham" writes: | "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message | ... | | | I wish I could say me too but it has been monsoon weather here-nice and | warm | so still good growing weather. Tibouchina /Cassia are these evergreen and | what chance would a very optimistic chap in Yorkshire stand with them? :-) | | You may possibly get away with Tibouchina against a hot wall with a loose | mulch but are unlikely to see flowers. Not sure about the cassia (senna) as | the form I have now is a lot hardier than its predecessor and kept its | leaves last winter and has grown huge. My experience is that Tibouchina doesn't LIKE hot weather - it seems to like days of 15-25 Celsius and a fair amount of rain. I suspect that it may be a montaine plant. he will have no problems with not getting flowers - mine is flowering vigorously outside, as it did up to June and has done since August (seriously). I doubt very much, however, that it would take a Yorkshire winter outside. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:18:22 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote: You may possibly get away with Tibouchina against a hot wall with a loose mulch but are unlikely to see flowers. I have a friend in Bristol with a small, walled, well-protected garden. Her potted Tibouchina has been outside for over a year and is about 7 feet high and just coming into bud. She did keep fleece round it last winter but gets very little frost in her garden. I have not yet managed to overwinter one yet. Pam in Bristol |
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On 13/10/06 10:40, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote: On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:18:22 +0100, "Charlie Pridham" wrote: You may possibly get away with Tibouchina against a hot wall with a loose mulch but are unlikely to see flowers. I have a friend in Bristol with a small, walled, well-protected garden. Her potted Tibouchina has been outside for over a year and is about 7 feet high and just coming into bud. She did keep fleece round it last winter but gets very little frost in her garden. I have not yet managed to overwinter one yet. She is probably much more sheltered as a result of her courtyard, of course. The trouble with those occasionally, is that once frost gets in, it can't get out, if you see what I mean. In a walled garden I once had I found that the wind seemed to do more damage than one could have expected because it just kept going round in circles! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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