Russian vine
 

Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

Russian vine
 

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!

They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
growing season. Really best avoided.

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In article ,
Derek Turner writes:
| Renee wrote:
| Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
| told they cover fences superbly.
|
| many thanks in advance
|
| By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!
|
| They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
| growing season. Really best avoided.

Yes. The George Bush of the horticultural world - aggressive and
boring.

Why not describe the requirement more precisely? This group can
recommend much more interesting things that cover fences nearly as
fast. You should provide the size of the fence (length and height),
aspect (facing south or whatever), roughly the type of soil, whether
you object to the cover taking over the rest of your garden, and
whether you would like flowers, fruit, birds or what.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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On 4/4/07 14:04, in article ,
"Derek Turner" wrote:

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!

They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
growing season. Really best avoided.

As is Renee, who has been trolling in uk.food. You have been warned.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

It would be irresponsible of me to tell you unless you can answer yes to all of these questions:

Do you have a very, very, very big fence? Do you require it to be utterly smothered, probably along with any other plant or building in the same vague area, up to the size of, say, an aircraft hanger? Are you happy doing a lot of cutting back from time to time and removing very large volumes of off-cuts? Are you happy planting something called "Fallopia baldschuanica" in Latin, and colloquially known as "mile-a-minute"? Are you happy that the BBC advice on it is "It grows far too big, too fast and too ugly even for a large garden"?

But I expect you will discover it is, sadly, for sale almost anywhere they sell plants, along with other horrors like Leyland cypress.

You can find lots of other nice and more controllable plants to cover normal size fences like jasmines and honeysuckles and clematis and chocolate vine, and some of them are evergreen.

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On Apr 4, 2:20 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

Why not describe the requirement more precisely? This group can
recommend much more interesting things that cover fences nearly as
fast. You should provide the size of the fence (length and height),
aspect (facing south or whatever), roughly the type of soil, whether
you object to the cover taking over the rest of your garden, and
whether you would like flowers, fruit, birds or what.

I understand it's called polygonum aubertii. I've seen it on fences
while travelling through Teesdale and did once stop the car to ask a
householder there where she got hers, but she said she'd inherited it.
It looked lovely and I'd like some for my fence. It's south-facing,
roughly five foot high and twenty-five foot long. If you think it will
be invasive, then maybe you could suggest something similar i.e. that
totally covers the fence and produces flowers of some kind. The
Russian vine I saw produced tiny white flowers and looked quite
stunning when in full bloom.

many thanks,
Renee

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I understand it's called polygonum aubertii. I've seen it on fences
while travelling through Teesdale and did once stop the car to ask a
householder there where she got hers, but she said she'd inherited it.
It looked lovely and I'd like some for my fence. It's south-facing,
roughly five foot high and twenty-five foot long. If you think it will
be invasive, then maybe you could suggest something similar i.e. that
totally covers the fence and produces flowers of some kind. The
Russian vine I saw produced tiny white flowers and looked quite
stunning when in full bloom.

many thanks,
Renee

I once grew one along a fence. By the second year it had completely taken
over the fence and was scrambling up onto an out house roof. The problem was
it needed trimming every one or two weeks in Summer - it put out shoot
around a foot long each week! I've never known a plant grow so fast.
We've since sold the house. I'd be curious to see if the vine is still there
or if it has completely taken over the entire terrace row.

Norman Digger.

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Norman Digger wrote:


I once grew one along a fence. By the second year it had completely taken
over the fence and was scrambling up onto an out house roof. The problem was
it needed trimming every one or two weeks in Summer - it put out shoot
around a foot long each week! I've never known a plant grow so fast.
We've since sold the house. I'd be curious to see if the vine is still there
or if it has completely taken over the entire terrace row.

Thanks for this, Norman. If you or anyone else has ideas for
alternatives, I'd appreciate it. I don't want to have to be cutting it
back every week.

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In article . com,
"Renee" writes:
|
| Thanks for this, Norman. If you or anyone else has ideas for
| alternatives, I'd appreciate it. I don't want to have to be cutting it
| back every week.

As I said, post your requirements and constraints. I could suggest
a dozen such plants, but all are unsuitable for many conditions.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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On Apr 5, 10:34 am, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article . com,"Renee" writes:

|
| Thanks for this, Norman. If you or anyone else has ideas for
| alternatives, I'd appreciate it. I don't want to have to be cutting it
| back every week.

As I said, post your requirements and constraints. I could suggest
a dozen such plants, but all are unsuitable for many conditions.

I posted them earlier, Nick. I'm looking for something that will cover
a fence that is roughly 25 foot long by 5 foot high. I want something
with small flowers, easy to maintain, and which will also mask the
fence, which is quite unsightly. I'm not sure about the soil, but the
fence is south-facing. There used to be blackberry bushes there, but
we had them all uprooted years ago. (Although shoots sometimes still
appear through the lawn!)

Russian vine
 

Provided the fence is strong enough to support a climber, and provided there
is something for a climber to hang on to such as trellis, then a Clematis
Montana may suit your requirements. I've seem some trained as hedges along
fences this way and they can look quite spectacular. Not as rampant as
Russian vine.

Norman Digger

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On 5 Apr, 12:05, "Renee" wrote:
I posted them earlier, Nick. I'm looking for something that will cover
a fence that is roughly 25 foot long by 5 foot high. I want something
with small flowers, easy to maintain, and which will also mask the
fence, which is quite unsightly. I'm not sure about the soil, but the
fence is south-facing. There used to be blackberry bushes there, but
we had them all uprooted years ago. (Although shoots sometimes still
appear through the lawn!)

I admire your patience ...

Are you close to the russian vine you've seen? Because now would be
ideal to take a few cuttings and simply plunge them in some compost
and they'll root easily. I've propagated all our vines in this way,
sometimes putting a cutting directly in situ at the edge of the wall.
I've done Akebia in this way (but mine is not in flowers, yet).

I'd suggest also for your fence a jasmin, if you want flowers. Again,
you'll need to maintain it as with every climbers I'm afraid. Some
grow slower than others, some do flowers then do berries and then a
superbe foliage in autumn, like the cotoneaster. You could also have a
variegated ivy, no maintenance there at all beside perhaps cutting in
the spring huge clumps of them coming forward from your fence (but
these usually bears the flowers so it's up to you). I use a lots
around my house and it's great for the birds. Also it's evergreen. HTH

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In article .com,
"Renee" writes:
|
| I posted them earlier, Nick. I'm looking for something that will cover
| a fence that is roughly 25 foot long by 5 foot high. I want something
| with small flowers, easy to maintain, and which will also mask the
| fence, which is quite unsightly. I'm not sure about the soil, but the
| fence is south-facing. There used to be blackberry bushes there, but
| we had them all uprooted years ago. (Although shoots sometimes still
| appear through the lawn!)

Consider any of the more vigorous, small-flowered clematis or lonicera
(including the natives C. vitalba and L. periclymenum). The various
hydrangea relatives and (primarily for foliage) Parthenocissus are
also appropriate. In warmer areas there are lots of other things,
too. Most need something to cling onto, but the hydrangea relatives
and Parthenocissus don't. There are also ivies by the dozen, which
don't, either.

Clematis armandii is excellent if the fence is strong enough and it
can have a few wires tacked into it. It is the best of the evergreen
climbers for such a purpose (in most of the UK, that is), and is
spectacular in spring.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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* Renee wrote, On 05/04/2007 12:05:

I posted them earlier, Nick. I'm looking for something that will cover
a fence that is roughly 25 foot long by 5 foot high. I want something
with small flowers, easy to maintain, and which will also mask the
fence, which is quite unsightly. I'm not sure about the soil, but the
fence is south-facing. There used to be blackberry bushes there, but
we had them all uprooted years ago. (Although shoots sometimes still
appear through the lawn!)


I'd go for a number of smaller climbers, so that you can have interest
at different times of the year. On a similar length of fence in my
garden, I've got honeysuckle, a couple of roses, jasmine, japonica and
a couple of different clematis.



--
Cheers, Serena

My mind not only wanders, it sometime leaves completely.

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On 5 Apr, 14:25, Serena Blanchflower
wrote:
I'd go for a number of smaller climbers, so that you can have interest
at different times of the year. On a similar length of fence in my
garden, I've got honeysuckle, a couple of roses, jasmine, japonica and
a couple of different clematis.

What's a 'Japonica'?

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In article . com,
"La Puce" writes:
| On 5 Apr, 14:25, Serena Blanchflower
| wrote:
| I'd go for a number of smaller climbers, so that you can have interest
| at different times of the year. On a similar length of fence in my
| garden, I've got honeysuckle, a couple of roses, jasmine, japonica and
| a couple of different clematis.
|
| What's a 'Japonica'?

Chaenomeles. All of C. japonica, C. speciosa and C. x superba are
commonly called Japanese quince or japonica.

That's English names for you :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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On 5 Apr, 16:17, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
| What's a 'Japonica'?

Chaenomeles. All of C. japonica, C. speciosa and C. x superba are
commonly called Japanese quince or japonica.

Thank you. I thought Serena missed something before 'japonica' and I
started going through all the 'japonica' I knew. I didn't know you
called a Chaenomeles just 'Japonica'. I have a lovely one which I have
rescued. It really is a slow grower but it is, with the ribes and the
rhodo the firstspring colours of our garden. It's so delicate and
against the white wall it is just so perfect.

That's English names for you :-)

Well yes! You say Snapdragon, I say Wolf's Head ... (Antirrhinum
majus).

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* Nick Maclaren wrote, On 05/04/2007 16:17:
In article . com,
"La Puce" writes:
| On 5 Apr, 14:25, Serena Blanchflower
| wrote:
| I'd go for a number of smaller climbers, so that you can have interest
| at different times of the year. On a similar length of fence in my
| garden, I've got honeysuckle, a couple of roses, jasmine, japonica and
| a couple of different clematis.
|
| What's a 'Japonica'?

Chaenomeles. All of C. japonica, C. speciosa and C. x superba are
commonly called Japanese quince or japonica.

That's English names for you :-)

g Thanks Nick.

--
Cheers, Serena

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind (John
F Kennedy)

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* La Puce wrote, On 05/04/2007 16:34:
On 5 Apr, 16:17, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
| What's a 'Japonica'?

Chaenomeles. All of C. japonica, C. speciosa and C. x superba are
commonly called Japanese quince or japonica.

Thank you. I thought Serena missed something before 'japonica' and I
started going through all the 'japonica' I knew. I didn't know you
called a Chaenomeles just 'Japonica'. I have a lovely one which I have
rescued. It really is a slow grower but it is, with the ribes and the
rhodo the firstspring colours of our garden. It's so delicate and
against the white wall it is just so perfect.

Yes, that does sound lovely. As well as the standard darkish pink one
I've got on the fence mentioned earlier, I've got a couple of white
ones on the front wall, which are very striking.


--
Cheers, Serena

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a
week, sometimes, to make it up. (Mark Twain)

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In article ,
Serena Blanchflower writes:
|
| Yes, that does sound lovely. As well as the standard darkish pink one
| I've got on the fence mentioned earlier, I've got a couple of white
| ones on the front wall, which are very striking.

I have C. speciosa, "scarlet and gold" (very impressive), "nivalis"
(white) and "geisha girl" (peach). All produce edible fruit, too!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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* Nick Maclaren wrote, On 05/04/2007 20:34:
In article ,
Serena Blanchflower writes:
|
| Yes, that does sound lovely. As well as the standard darkish pink one
| I've got on the fence mentioned earlier, I've got a couple of white
| ones on the front wall, which are very striking.

I have C. speciosa, "scarlet and gold" (very impressive), "nivalis"
(white) and "geisha girl" (peach). All produce edible fruit, too!

My white ones are Nivalis but I'm not sure what the pink one is.

--
Cheers, Serena

Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.

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In message , Sacha
writes
On 4/4/07 14:04, in article ,
"Derek Turner" wrote:

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!

They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
growing season. Really best avoided.

As is Renee, who has been trolling in uk.food. You have been warned.

I didn't agree with much of what Renee said but she certainly isn't a
troll.
Why not just let her be?
--
June Hughes

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"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message , Sacha
writes
On 4/4/07 14:04, in article ,
"Derek Turner" wrote:

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!

They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
growing season. Really best avoided.

As is Renee, who has been trolling in uk.food. You have been warned.

I didn't agree with much of what Renee said but she certainly isn't a
troll.
Why not just let her be?

Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I see Sacha is spreading poison here too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only person who trolls is the nasty bitch Sacha who is never happy until
she is causing problems and crying TROLL!!!

You can pack it in Sacha. I won't let you get away with it here too.

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"Ophelia" wrote in message
...

"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message , Sacha
writes
On 4/4/07 14:04, in article ,
"Derek Turner" wrote:

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!

They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
growing season. Really best avoided.

As is Renee, who has been trolling in uk.food. You have been warned.

I didn't agree with much of what Renee said but she certainly isn't a
troll.
Why not just let her be?

Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I see Sacha is spreading poison here too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only person who trolls is the nasty bitch Sacha who is never happy
until she is causing problems and crying TROLL!!!

You can pack it in Sacha. I won't let you get away with it here too.

Just an addition..... What part of :

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

Sounds like a troll?

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On Apr 6, 10:11 am, "Ophelia" wrote:
"Ophelia" wrote in message

...







"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message , Sacha
writes
On 4/4/07 14:04, in article ,
"Derek Turner" wrote:

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!

They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
growing season. Really best avoided.

As is Renee, who has been trolling in uk.food. You have been warned.

I didn't agree with much of what Renee said but she certainly isn't a
troll.
Why not just let her be?

Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I see Sacha is spreading poison here too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only person who trolls is the nasty bitch Sacha who is never happy
until she is causing problems and crying TROLL!!!

You can pack it in Sacha. I won't let you get away with it here too.

Just an addition..... What part of :

Renee wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

Sounds like a troll?



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That's enough Ophelia, you are a VERY infrequent poster here, don't
bring your private quarrel with anyone to urg, it won't work, we are
sick to the teeth of some having a bash at Sacha,. It is so obvious
to everyone that you and June flounced off the food group and blamed
Sacha, and here we go again, you both come in, TOGETHER, and start
immediately bashing her, You have shamed yourself for getting involved
in this put up job. Now stop it or go elsewhere if you want a fight
because urg won't put up with it from you. You won't get a reply from
me on this Ophelia, you have joined your friend in the kill-file.

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In message .com,
" writes

That's enough Ophelia, you are a VERY infrequent poster here, don't
bring your private quarrel with anyone to urg, it won't work, we are
sick to the teeth of some having a bash at Sacha,. It is so obvious
to everyone that you and June flounced off the food group and blamed
Sacha, and here we go again, you both come in, TOGETHER, and start
immediately bashing her, You have shamed yourself for getting involved
in this put up job. Now stop it or go elsewhere if you want a fight
because urg won't put up with it from you. You won't get a reply from
me on this Ophelia, you have joined your friend in the kill-file.

Excuse me Judith - I have been here _all the time_. Nothing is a
'put-up-job'. I didn't agree with Renee's views in ukfd but her post
here was a genuine one, with no hint of troll. We have had to put up
with very bad behaviour from Sacha, which has brought ukfd to its knees.
IIRC, it was she who flounced out of urg only a few months ago. May I
also remind you that anyone can post on Usenet and unless you put them
in your kill-file, you cannot stop them. So, please, stop being so high
handed. Many thanks.
--
June Hughes

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"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message .com,
" writes

That's enough Ophelia, you are a VERY infrequent poster here, don't
bring your private quarrel with anyone to urg, it won't work, we are
sick to the teeth of some having a bash at Sacha,. It is so obvious
to everyone that you and June flounced off the food group and blamed
Sacha, and here we go again, you both come in, TOGETHER, and start
immediately bashing her, You have shamed yourself for getting involved
in this put up job. Now stop it or go elsewhere if you want a fight
because urg won't put up with it from you. You won't get a reply from
me on this Ophelia, you have joined your friend in the kill-file.

Excuse me Judith - I have been here _all the time_. Nothing is a
'put-up-job'. I didn't agree with Renee's views in ukfd but her post here
was a genuine one, with no hint of troll. We have had to put up with very
bad behaviour from Sacha, which has brought ukfd to its knees. IIRC, it
was she who flounced out of urg only a few months ago. May I also remind
you that anyone can post on Usenet and unless you put them in your
kill-file, you cannot stop them. So, please, stop being so high handed.
Many thanks.
--
June Hughes

Well, well, well, I come back from a wonderful cruise in the Caribbean and
what do I see? The name of Sacha in the midst of another row!!!

Some things never change do they?

Mike

--
.................................................. ..............
The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk

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"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message .com,
" writes

That's enough Ophelia, you are a VERY infrequent poster here, don't
bring your private quarrel with anyone to urg, it won't work, we are
sick to the teeth of some having a bash at Sacha,. It is so obvious
to everyone that you and June flounced off the food group and blamed
Sacha, and here we go again, you both come in, TOGETHER, and start
immediately bashing her, You have shamed yourself for getting involved
in this put up job. Now stop it or go elsewhere if you want a fight
because urg won't put up with it from you. You won't get a reply from
me on this Ophelia, you have joined your friend in the kill-file.

Hmm I have just seen this as you are in my killfile.

Who do you think you are?

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On 4 Apr, 14:52, "Renee" wrote:
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

Any garden centre, but beware, they grow rapidly, the name 'mile a
minute vine' is very apt and the stems, once they touch the ground,
root very easily, they produce a very heavy growth, and unless you
fence is very sound the weight will cause it to collapse. You MUST
keep it well trimmed otherwise it will take over.

Russian vine
 

On Apr 7, 10:54 am, "Mike in Spain"
wrote:
On 4 Apr, 14:52, "Renee" wrote:

Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

Any garden centre, but beware, they grow rapidly, the name 'mile a
minute vine' is very apt and the stems, once they touch the ground,
root very easily, they produce a very heavy growth, and unless you
fence is very sound the weight will cause it to collapse. You MUST
keep it well trimmed otherwise it will take over.

When we lived in the City,our neighbour took her neighbour to Court,
after several attempts of asking to keep it in control, dreadful
business because the Russian Vine wouldn't stop growing at the
boundary of the gardens!!! When neighbour 1 came back from holiday,
she found it had marched and taken root in her own garden.

Judith

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On 7 Apr, 12:20, "
wrote:
On Apr 7, 10:54 am, "Mike in Spain"
wrote:

On 4 Apr, 14:52, "Renee" wrote:

Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

Any garden centre, but beware, they grow rapidly, the name 'mile a
minute vine' is very apt and the stems, once they touch the ground,
root very easily, they produce a very heavy growth, and unless you
fence is very sound the weight will cause it to collapse. You MUST
keep it well trimmed otherwise it will take over.

When we lived in the City,our neighbour took her neighbour to Court,
after several attempts of asking to keep it in control, dreadful
business because the Russian Vine wouldn't stop growing at the
boundary of the gardens!!! When neighbour 1 came back from holiday,
she found it had marched and taken root in her own garden.

Judith

Strange, you hardly ever see the pink form of Russian Vine.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

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On Apr 7, 2:37 pm, "Dave Hill" wrote:
On 7 Apr, 12:20, "





wrote:
On Apr 7, 10:54 am, "Mike in Spain"
wrote:

On 4 Apr, 14:52, "Renee" wrote:

Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.

many thanks in advance

Any garden centre, but beware, they grow rapidly, the name 'mile a
minute vine' is very apt and the stems, once they touch the ground,
root very easily, they produce a very heavy growth, and unless you
fence is very sound the weight will cause it to collapse. You MUST
keep it well trimmed otherwise it will take over.

When we lived in the City,our neighbour took her neighbour to Court,
after several attempts of asking to keep it in control, dreadful
business because the Russian Vine wouldn't stop growing at the
boundary of the gardens!!! When neighbour 1 came back from holiday,
she found it had marched and taken root in her own garden.

Judith

Strange, you hardly ever see the pink form of Russian Vine.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries- Hide quoted text -

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I don't think I have ever seen a pink form, it is different in habitat
to the white one? Not that I would use it anywhere as it is a brute.

I was riding this afternoon through Bluebell woods, lovely place, mile
after mile of bluebells and primrose. My horse was a bit skittish
when two very small rabbits ran under his hooves and I almost ended up
amongst the bluebells!

Judith

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wrote in message
oups.com...

I was riding this afternoon through Bluebell woods, lovely place, mile
after mile of bluebells and primrose. My horse was a bit skittish
when two very small rabbits ran under his hooves and I almost ended up
amongst the bluebells!

Judith


Would your horse by any chance be an Arab???????

One of my daughters used to breed Arabs and that is just their
characteristic :-) She too had a large swage of Bluebells on part of her
land. Don't know if she ever ended up in them though :-(

Mike


--
.................................................. ..............
The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk

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On Apr 7, 5:50 pm, "'Mike'" wrote:
wrote in message

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I was riding this afternoon through Bluebell woods, lovely place, mile
after mile of bluebells and primrose. My horse was a bit skittish
when two very small rabbits ran under his hooves and I almost ended up
amongst the bluebells!

Judith

Would your horse by any chance be an Arab???????

One of my daughters used to breed Arabs and that is just their
characteristic :-) She too had a large swage of Bluebells on part of her
land. Don't know if she ever ended up in them though :-(



Yes Mike he is an Arabian Stallion, but regrettably he is not mine, he
belongs to a friend who used to run a livery and stables and kept him
and another couple for family. I ride him whenever I can, which is
good for him and for me.

Your daughter is very lucky to have been involved with breeding them,
I have only been involved in as far as going to Newmarket to the
Racing School and seeing them being put through their paces, lovely
sensitive animals.

Russian vine
 

On 6 Apr 2007 03:55:55 -0700, "
wrote:

That's enough Ophelia, you are a VERY infrequent poster here,

When was frequency of posting a determinant of quality ?
You should apologise to Ophelia pronto !

bring your private quarrel with anyone to urg, it won't work, we are
sick to the teeth of some having a bash at Sacha,

_You_ may be sick to the teeth, dont presume to include me in your
"we".
Sacha had quality of gardening posts,
Sadly she also indulges in other types of post,
so some of us gave up trying sift the gems from the dross a wee while
ago :(
we have better things to do with our time.

judith.lee99 may soon go the same way ,,

Russian vine
 

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 08:03:32 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:
"June Hughes" wrote in message
...
In message .com,
" writes

That's enough Ophelia, you are a VERY infrequent poster here, don't
bring your private quarrel with anyone to urg, it won't work, we are
sick to the teeth of some having a bash at Sacha,. It is so obvious
to everyone that you and June flounced off the food group and blamed
Sacha, and here we go again, you both come in, TOGETHER, and start
immediately bashing her, You have shamed yourself for getting involved
in this put up job. Now stop it or go elsewhere if you want a fight
because urg won't put up with it from you. You won't get a reply from
me on this Ophelia, you have joined your friend in the kill-file.

Hmm I have just seen this as you are in my killfile.

Who do you think you are?


Now there is a problem with having killfiles O.,
and then responding via somewone elses post,
I thought for a mo. you were having a go at June !

Hehee, this has the makings of a Jane Eyre miscommunication satire ;)