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Out in the garden, and in no particular order:
Correa 'Dusky Bells' Erica verticillata (South African species heather) Erica viridescens (South African species heather) Alyogyne Hueglii (Australian purple hibiscus) Cyclamen hybrids (red, white, plum purple) Vinca (white, unknown rampant variety) Lonicera japonica Halliana Polygala myrtifolia grandiflora Pelargonium hybrids (two in planters) Mesembryanthemum (yellow flowered shrubby species, name forgotten!) Bergenia Chrysocoma Coma-Aurea ('Golden Heads', South African sub-shrub with yellow button fls) Gazania hybrids Ulex flore pleno (double gorse) Hebe hybrids (reddish purple large flowered) Rosemary (dark blue low growing form) Euryops pectinatus Grevillea lanigera Grevillea rhyolitica Grevillea x Canberra Gem Leptospermum scoparium Red Damask (to my surprise, and heavy with bud) Watsonia John May's Special (creamy pink, small fls) Escallonia Iveyi (white, dark green leaves) Primula vulgaris (common primrose) Primula Wanda Eriocephalus africanus (South African rosemary) Osothamnus ?ledifolius One or two camellias with buds showing colour (but elsewhere down here some early varieties have been out for several weeks). No daffs, but they've been out in a friend's garden for several days. How much of this is due to our being in the far SW of Cornwall, or the mild weather, I don't know. No air frost yet this autumn/winter, although a couple of ground frosts recently (minimum 1C so far). Happy Christmas (what's left of it) and a successful New Year in the garden to everyone! -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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In message , Chris Hogg
writes Out in the garden, and in no particular order: Correa 'Dusky Bells' Erica verticillata (South African species heather) Erica viridescens (South African species heather) Alyogyne Hueglii (Australian purple hibiscus) Cyclamen hybrids (red, white, plum purple) Vinca (white, unknown rampant variety) Lonicera japonica Halliana Polygala myrtifolia grandiflora Pelargonium hybrids (two in planters) Mesembryanthemum (yellow flowered shrubby species, name forgotten!) Bergenia Chrysocoma Coma-Aurea ('Golden Heads', South African sub-shrub with yellow button fls) Gazania hybrids Ulex flore pleno (double gorse) Hebe hybrids (reddish purple large flowered) Rosemary (dark blue low growing form) Euryops pectinatus Grevillea lanigera Grevillea rhyolitica Grevillea x Canberra Gem Leptospermum scoparium Red Damask (to my surprise, and heavy with bud) Watsonia John May's Special (creamy pink, small fls) Escallonia Iveyi (white, dark green leaves) Primula vulgaris (common primrose) Primula Wanda Eriocephalus africanus (South African rosemary) Osothamnus ?ledifolius One or two camellias with buds showing colour (but elsewhere down here some early varieties have been out for several weeks). No daffs, but they've been out in a friend's garden for several days. How much of this is due to our being in the far SW of Cornwall, or the mild weather, I don't know. No air frost yet this autumn/winter, although a couple of ground frosts recently (minimum 1C so far). Happy Christmas (what's left of it) and a successful New Year in the garden to everyone! I guess you're further south than I am. I've not had much of a look at the garden, due to a virus infection, but still flowering plants include Lavatera 'Bicolor', Lavatera 'Princesse de Ligne', Lavatera x clementii 'Rosea', Lavatera cretica, Malva sylvestris x durieui, Abutilon x hybridum, Anisodontea malavastroides, and brought indoors last week and still flowered Anisodontea capensis and Anisodontea x hypomadura. Oh, and Meconopsis cambrica. On the way back from the supermarket on Tuesday I noted Smooth Sow Thistle, Groudsel, Common Ragwort, Nipplewort and Yarrow in flower. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Chris Hogg writes Out in the garden, and in no particular order: Correa 'Dusky Bells' Erica verticillata (South African species heather) Erica viridescens (South African species heather) Alyogyne Hueglii (Australian purple hibiscus) Cyclamen hybrids (red, white, plum purple) Vinca (white, unknown rampant variety) Lonicera japonica Halliana Polygala myrtifolia grandiflora Pelargonium hybrids (two in planters) Mesembryanthemum (yellow flowered shrubby species, name forgotten!) Bergenia Chrysocoma Coma-Aurea ('Golden Heads', South African sub-shrub with yellow button fls) Gazania hybrids Ulex flore pleno (double gorse) Hebe hybrids (reddish purple large flowered) Rosemary (dark blue low growing form) Euryops pectinatus Grevillea lanigera Grevillea rhyolitica Grevillea x Canberra Gem Leptospermum scoparium Red Damask (to my surprise, and heavy with bud) Watsonia John May's Special (creamy pink, small fls) Escallonia Iveyi (white, dark green leaves) Primula vulgaris (common primrose) Primula Wanda Eriocephalus africanus (South African rosemary) Osothamnus ?ledifolius One or two camellias with buds showing colour (but elsewhere down here some early varieties have been out for several weeks). No daffs, but they've been out in a friend's garden for several days. How much of this is due to our being in the far SW of Cornwall, or the mild weather, I don't know. No air frost yet this autumn/winter, although a couple of ground frosts recently (minimum 1C so far). Happy Christmas (what's left of it) and a successful New Year in the garden to everyone! I guess you're further south than I am. I've not had much of a look at the garden, due to a virus infection, but still flowering plants include Lavatera 'Bicolor', Lavatera 'Princesse de Ligne', Lavatera x clementii 'Rosea', Lavatera cretica, Malva sylvestris x durieui, Abutilon x hybridum, Anisodontea malavastroides, and brought indoors last week and still flowered Anisodontea capensis and Anisodontea x hypomadura. Oh, and Meconopsis cambrica. On the way back from the supermarket on Tuesday I noted Smooth Sow Thistle, Groudsel, Common Ragwort, Nipplewort and Yarrow in flower. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley Not doing so well, but;- Hebe Rose ( Zepherin Drouhin ) Alyssum ( white ) Jasmine ( winter ) Osteospermum Fuchsia Erysimum Bowles' Mauve The nasturtiums finally got toasted during the frost last week :0( Andy. |
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"Andy" wrote in message ... "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Chris Hogg writes Out in the garden, and in no particular order: Not doing so well, but;- Hebe Rose ( Zepherin Drouhin ) Alyssum ( white ) Jasmine ( winter ) Osteospermum Fuchsia Erysimum Bowles' Mauve The nasturtiums finally got toasted during the frost last week :0( Andy. Not much that shouldn't be out, but some things looking lovely despite the cold and grey. Acacia baileyana Clematis cirrhosa balearica (and Freckles) Correa alba, Coronilla valentina, Cyclamen coum Iris Unguicularis, Lonicera x purpusii Viburnum bodnantense Dawn Vinca major alba Vinca difformis Jenny Pym Some colour showing on Camellias, but even St Ewe is not yet out which makes it late as we can normally pick for Christmas. Special mention for the Bougainvillea (which lives in the conservatory) that has flowered without a break since this time last year and framed the window in our dining room for Christmas day :~) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
In flower this day
"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... snip! I've not had much of a look at the garden, due to a virus infection Stewart Robert Hinsley It's a myth that plant virii transmit to humans so it's quite safe to have a look at your garden.:-) |
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Charlie Pridham writes
Some colour showing on Camellias, but even St Ewe is not yet out which makes it late as we can normally pick for Christmas. Special mention for the Bougainvillea (which lives in the conservatory) that has flowered without a break since this time last year and framed the window in our dining room for Christmas day :~) Noticed that although we've got some ridiculous things in flower (rosemary, forsythia), the snowdrops aren't so much as showing the tips of their leaves through the soil - do they need a certain period of cold weather to trigger growth? -- Kay |
In flower this day
Charlie Pridham wrote: "Andy" wrote in message ... "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Chris Hogg writes Out in the garden, and in no particular order: Not doing so well, but;- Hebe Rose ( Zepherin Drouhin ) Alyssum ( white ) Jasmine ( winter ) Osteospermum Fuchsia Erysimum Bowles' Mauve The nasturtiums finally got toasted during the frost last week :0( Andy. Not much that shouldn't be out, but some things looking lovely despite the cold and grey. Acacia baileyana Clematis cirrhosa balearica (and Freckles) Correa alba, Coronilla valentina, Cyclamen coum Iris Unguicularis, Lonicera x purpusii Viburnum bodnantense Dawn Vinca major alba Vinca difformis Jenny Pym Some colour showing on Camellias, but even St Ewe is not yet out which makes it late as we can normally pick for Christmas. Special mention for the Bougainvillea (which lives in the conservatory) that has flowered without a break since this time last year and framed the window in our dining room for Christmas day :~) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea My bougainvillia is out in our garden, as are all our neighbours, but then I do have a bit of an advantage :-) |
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On 27/12/06 07:35, in article
, "Mike in Spain" wrote: snip My bougainvillia is out in our garden, as are all our neighbours, but then I do have a bit of an advantage :-) At this rate, you'll also have a thick ear. ;-)) Thinking of climatic advantages, we've been given some cuttings of a white buddleia called Buddleia auriculata which a friend says is flowering in her conservatory now and is deliciously scented. Have you or Charlie come across that one, I wonder? I think it *might* be hardy in the warmer parts of the SW. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 27/12/06 07:35, in article , "Mike in Spain" wrote: snip My bougainvillia is out in our garden, as are all our neighbours, but then I do have a bit of an advantage :-) At this rate, you'll also have a thick ear. ;-)) Thinking of climatic advantages, we've been given some cuttings of a white buddleia called Buddleia auriculata which a friend says is flowering in her conservatory now and is deliciously scented. Have you or Charlie come across that one, I wonder? I think it *might* be hardy in the warmer parts of the SW. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ I have one outside, by accident realy, it was in a pot left standing too long and has rooted down, been there about 6 years now! -- 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 27/12/06 08:57, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 27/12/06 07:35, in article , "Mike in Spain" wrote: snip My bougainvillia is out in our garden, as are all our neighbours, but then I do have a bit of an advantage :-) At this rate, you'll also have a thick ear. ;-)) Thinking of climatic advantages, we've been given some cuttings of a white buddleia called Buddleia auriculata which a friend says is flowering in her conservatory now and is deliciously scented. Have you or Charlie come across that one, I wonder? I think it *might* be hardy in the warmer parts of the SW. I have one outside, by accident realy, it was in a pot left standing too long and has rooted down, been there about 6 years now! Lovely. When ours are a bit older, I think we'll give that a try in a sheltered spot. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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