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We got back from Jersey this evening and have yet to do a tour of our own
garden - it is dark, wet and windy and the flight was horrid! However, we noticed that, in Jersey, mimosa is coming into flower, daffodils are a *lot* further advanced than here, though not yet in bloom, Correa and Rosmarinus are in full flower and the buds on the Magnolias are fat and promising. However, when we arrived in Jersey the temp was 2 degrees lower than Exeter and during our 5 day stay the two have been pretty much the same. I can only imagine that Jersey is *consistently* warmer while we have more peaks and troughs in temp terms. Ray took three Holboellia fruits from the plant we gave my son a couple of years ago and they're a mass of seeds. Those, along with the acorns from the holm oaks at my mother's Guernsey house which we took in November and which are sprouting already, will give the nursery a good stock of these plants! He also took some seeds from Magnolia grandiflora in the Jersey garden but I wonder how long *those* will take to become viable trees! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... We got back from Jersey this evening and have yet to do a tour of our own garden - it is dark, wet and windy and the flight was horrid! However, we noticed that, in Jersey, mimosa is coming into flower, daffodils are a *lot* further advanced than here, though not yet in bloom, Correa and Rosmarinus are in full flower and the buds on the Magnolias are fat and promising. However, when we arrived in Jersey the temp was 2 degrees lower than Exeter and during our 5 day stay the two have been pretty much the same. I can only imagine that Jersey is *consistently* warmer while we have more peaks and troughs in temp terms. Ray took three Holboellia fruits from the plant we gave my son a couple of years ago and they're a mass of seeds. Those, along with the acorns from the holm oaks at my mother's Guernsey house which we took in November and which are sprouting already, will give the nursery a good stock of these plants! He also took some seeds from Magnolia grandiflora in the Jersey garden but I wonder how long *those* will take to become viable trees! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ I have never seen fruit on my Holboellias here and have always blamed lack of warmth at the right time. No sign of daffs but my Correa's and Acacia bailiana are in full flower, yet many of the things other posters have remarked are still going strong in their gardens went at the first wiff of cold back in early November -- 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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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 4/1/07 09:03, in article , "Charlie Pridham" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... We got back from Jersey this evening and have yet to do a tour of our own garden - it is dark, wet and windy and the flight was horrid! However, we noticed that, in Jersey, mimosa is coming into flower, daffodils are a *lot* further advanced than here, though not yet in bloom, Correa and Rosmarinus are in full flower and the buds on the Magnolias are fat and promising. However, when we arrived in Jersey the temp was 2 degrees lower than Exeter and during our 5 day stay the two have been pretty much the same. I can only imagine that Jersey is *consistently* warmer while we have more peaks and troughs in temp terms. Ray took three Holboellia fruits from the plant we gave my son a couple of years ago and they're a mass of seeds. Those, along with the acorns from the holm oaks at my mother's Guernsey house which we took in November and which are sprouting already, will give the nursery a good stock of these plants! He also took some seeds from Magnolia grandiflora in the Jersey garden but I wonder how long *those* will take to become viable trees! -- I have never seen fruit on my Holboellias here and have always blamed lack of warmth at the right time. No sign of daffs but my Correa's and Acacia bailiana are in full flower, yet many of the things other posters have remarked are still going strong in their gardens went at the first wiff of cold back in early November The Holboellia fruits are slightly obscene purple fat sausage things, crammed with seeds. We're especially delighted to have these as there's a family connection! We used to raise most of our own but also sometimes bought some in from a wholesale nursery which has recently gone to the wall, very sadly. The new owners only had it about two years. ;-( -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ I think I know who you mean, we knew Roger the previous owner but as we grow all our own plants now I don't use them anymore and had not realised - sad. I got quite a few Holboellia to root last year and have experimented with some winter hard wood cuttings in late October, which are looking realy good I will let Ray know how they go and may try Akebia like that next year :~) -- 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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Sacha wrote:
............ However, we noticed that, in Jersey, mimosa is coming into flower, daffodils are a *lot* further advanced than here, though not yet in bloom, All of the big 'mimosas' (Acacia dealbata) here are just starting to flower. Some daffs are open and looking very cheery in parts of Torbay, along with early snowdrops and a few very precocious clumps of Dutch Crocus. I don't 'do' spring bulbs in my garden, save a few pale lemon, tulips out front. These never show much before the middle of January, but this year they are already 6" high. There are some painfully neglected Zantedsechias in the same spot (neglected because they are allowed to dry out in summer and become fully dormant from July until October rains) and these are showing the tips of their first flowers in their leaf axils. ... and the buds on the Magnolias are fat and promising. Yes, same here too. At first I thought it was just a few large Magnolia stellata, but several soulangeana types are also as advanced. The average minimum temperature here in December was a nearly sub-tropical 10C and with the trend seeming to continue, we might get a very early spring. However, I'm all too aware that there is a painful tendency for February to provide a bitter week or so and that usually brings things to a juddering halt. |
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On 4/1/07 17:21, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... snip The Holboellia fruits are slightly obscene purple fat sausage things, crammed with seeds. We're especially delighted to have these as there's a family connection! We used to raise most of our own but also sometimes bought some in from a wholesale nursery which has recently gone to the wall, very sadly. The new owners only had it about two years. ;-( I think I know who you mean, we knew Roger the previous owner but as we grow all our own plants now I don't use them anymore and had not realised - sad. Yes, that's the one. It is indeed sad and they did their very best but the times were against them. ;-( -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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On 5/1/07 08:08, in article
, "DavePoole Torquay" wrote: Sacha wrote: ............ However, we noticed that, in Jersey, mimosa is coming into flower, daffodils are a *lot* further advanced than here, though not yet in bloom, All of the big 'mimosas' (Acacia dealbata) here are just starting to flower. Some daffs are open and looking very cheery in parts of Torbay, along with early snowdrops and a few very precocious clumps of Dutch Crocus. I don't 'do' spring bulbs in my garden, save a few pale lemon, tulips out front. These never show much before the middle of January, but this year they are already 6" high. There are some painfully neglected Zantedsechias in the same spot (neglected because they are allowed to dry out in summer and become fully dormant from July until October rains) and these are showing the tips of their first flowers in their leaf axils. ... and the buds on the Magnolias are fat and promising. Yes, same here too. At first I thought it was just a few large Magnolia stellata, but several soulangeana types are also as advanced. The average minimum temperature here in December was a nearly sub-tropical 10C and with the trend seeming to continue, we might get a very early spring. However, I'm all too aware that there is a painful tendency for February to provide a bitter week or so and that usually brings things to a juddering halt. On two years in succession we've lost the buds of M. campbellii to frost but last year it was wonderful. Our Acacia dealbata is just starting to flower and I've just picked a couple of sprigs for the house. The Sarcococca oppositifolia is just flowering and there are a few snowdrops up. While I was in the garden, I saw two male blackbirds fighting, so perhaps they know something about an early spring! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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