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Autumn is coming......
......which got me thinking about which winter/early spring flowering shrubs
people would like to plant if they haven't already got them? Perhaps it will jog a few memories into going out to buy something they've been meaning to get! One of my major favourites is Sarcococca - the power of the scent of those tiny white flowers is astonishing. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? :-) David. |
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On 8/8/07 16:32, in article , "David
(Normandy)" wrote: -- Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? Must be the chilly mornings..... But Aug/Sep/Oct are good months to put shrubs in. The soil is still warm and they get their feet down and get away well. This does not apply to periods of drought or absences on holiday, of course. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 8/8/07 17:18, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:32:44 +0200, "David \(Normandy\)" wrote: -- Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? :-) Father Xmas is in West End stores In mufti, I hope! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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Must be the chilly mornings..... But Aug/Sep/Oct are good months to put
shrubs in. The soil is still warm and they get their feet down and get away well. This does not apply to periods of drought or absences on holiday, of course. ;-) -- Sacha I'll get my Rosa Rugosa "seedlings" in then. They are around 6 inches high now and ready to be out of their little pots. David. |
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On 8/8/07 19:13, in article , "David
(Normandy)" wrote: Must be the chilly mornings..... But Aug/Sep/Oct are good months to put shrubs in. The soil is still warm and they get their feet down and get away well. This does not apply to periods of drought or absences on holiday, of course. ;-) -- Sacha I'll get my Rosa Rugosa "seedlings" in then. They are around 6 inches high now and ready to be out of their little pots. David. Poor little souls. Won't you send them to a 1 or 2 litre prep school first? ;-) If you're going to use 6" cuttings they need plenty of root and to go into very good ground. And even then it's asking a lot of them. 6" are real babies! But I was thinking of winter flowering shrubs or didn't I say that? Absent-minded moment, perhaps? So what will you plant in Normandy that will flower in winter/early spring, David? What would be your favoured choice? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 8/8/07 21:43, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:13:26 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 8/8/07 17:26, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:20:29 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 8/8/07 17:18, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:32:44 +0200, "David \(Normandy\)" wrote: -- Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? :-) Father Xmas is in West End stores In mufti, I hope! In full costume. Where? I think we need a civil protest.....or even an uncivil one! ;-) I think Selfridges or Harrods I can't find the article. Rings a bell. One or t'other of the department stores has a Christmas Grotty going now, I think. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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"David (Normandy)" wrote in message ... -- Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? :-) David. http://www.allcapecod.com/shoptillchristmas.cfm ............... "~)) Jenny |
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"JennyC" wrote in message ... "David (Normandy)" wrote in message ... -- Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? :-) David. http://www.allcapecod.com/shoptillchristmas.cfm ............... "~)) Jenny and that's when I will be cruising on the new Cunard Queen Victoria :-)) Mike -- The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy Reunion Bournemouth August/September 2007 www.rneba.org.uk "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand |
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On 8/8/07 21:49, in article , "JennyC"
wrote: "David (Normandy)" wrote in message ... -- Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? :-) David. http://www.allcapecod.com/shoptillchristmas.cfm ............... "~)) Jenny Those AYR Christmas shops are enough to make anyone foreswear the entire idea and for ever. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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Sacha wrote:
On 8/8/07 21:49, in article , "JennyC" wrote: "David (Normandy)" wrote in message ... -- Sacha But we haven't had Summer yet! How many shopping days left to Christmas? :-) David. http://www.allcapecod.com/shoptillchristmas.cfm ............... "~)) Jenny Those AYR Christmas shops are enough to make anyone foreswear the entire idea and for ever. Did you see the photos in, I think, last Saturday's Mail, of all four seasons on the same day? |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 8/8/07 19:13, in article , "David (Normandy)" wrote: Must be the chilly mornings..... But Aug/Sep/Oct are good months to put shrubs in. The soil is still warm and they get their feet down and get away well. This does not apply to periods of drought or absences on holiday, of course. ;-) -- Sacha I'll get my Rosa Rugosa "seedlings" in then. They are around 6 inches high now and ready to be out of their little pots. David. Poor little souls. Won't you send them to a 1 or 2 litre prep school first? ;-) If you're going to use 6" cuttings they need plenty of root and to go into very good ground. And even then it's asking a lot of them. 6" are real babies! But I was thinking of winter flowering shrubs or didn't I say that? Absent-minded moment, perhaps? So what will you plant in Normandy that will flower in winter/early spring, David? What would be your favoured choice? -- Sacha They've got plenty of roots - they're seedlings not cuttings. Grown from last Autumns hips. I'm planting a hedge with them so have got around 100 plants. 1 or 2 litre pots would be a bit of a luxury. I've glyphosated the ground where they are going and all the grass and weeds have died, so they should be off to a reasonable start free of competition. I'm not sure about flowering shrubs, that is the realm of the Mrs. We've a couple of forsythia that are a mass of yellow flowers in Spring. David. |
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