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I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed
except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Judith |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Goodness - it looks really beautiful there, Judith! |
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On Jul 25, 10:44 pm, "gavin"
wrote: "Judith in France" wrote in ... I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Goodness - it looks really beautiful there, Judith! Thanks Gavin, I believe the Auvergne is one of the most beautiful areas of France. Judith |
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On Jul 25, 11:51 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 25/7/08 21:41, in article , "Judith in France" wrote: I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Judith Those look *wonderful*. Are the white baskets planted up with petunias? They look too big to be Bacopa. I think that a container with just one type of plant in it can be amazingly effective and those certainly are. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon They are actually Surfinas same as Petunia I think? I have manged to keep Surfinas, sometimes, from one year to another by cutting them right down to a few stems, keeping almost dry and frost free and then feeding and growing on in the Spring. I also find that they take excellent cuttings, one Surfina plant can give me dozens of cuttings but I believe that strictly speaking, one is not allowed to do this? Judith |
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On 26/7/08 19:21, in article
, "Judith in France" wrote: On Jul 25, 11:51 pm, Sacha wrote: On 25/7/08 21:41, in article , "Judith in France" wrote: I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Judith Those look *wonderful*. Are the white baskets planted up with petunias? They look too big to be Bacopa. I think that a container with just one type of plant in it can be amazingly effective and those certainly are. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon They are actually Surfinas same as Petunia I think? I have manged to keep Surfinas, sometimes, from one year to another by cutting them right down to a few stems, keeping almost dry and frost free and then feeding and growing on in the Spring. I also find that they take excellent cuttings, one Surfina plant can give me dozens of cuttings but I believe that strictly speaking, one is not allowed to do this? Judith You might like to try the smaller flowered 'Million Bells' some time because they flower like crazy. But as to taking cuttings, strictly speaking - very, very strictly! - nobody should propagate plants with PBR on them but it is totally unrealistic to apply that to the hobby gardener. I suppose if you took hundreds and started selling them, the breeder might get a bit irritable! My personal favourite is 'Lime'. I also suggest you try Silene uniflora Robin White Breast some time which looks like a tiny white carnation and smells delicious. And do you remember that about a year ago I posted links to a pic of a 'climbing' pelargonium in a hot sunny corner of my son's house border? You couldn't do that at your place because of the winters but you could use it in hanging baskets in summer. It's called 'La France'! I managed to find the name by sending a pic of it to Fibrex who identified it. It's a very old variety and a few weeks ago we had some French people in the nursery who love pelargoniums and who found it with cries of delight. They come from Brittany and said it's terribly hard to find now in that area. In fact they said it didn't exist! If you give me a cyber nudge next spring I'll send you two or three to get you started. The ones we have all come from cuttings of that one in Jersey so it's very easy to get going - not unusually. But prolific must be its middle name. That 'climbing' one in Jersey was absolutely smothered in flowers a couple of weeks ago when we saw it. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On Jul 27, 12:27 am, Sacha wrote:
On 26/7/08 19:21, in article , "Judith in France" wrote: On Jul 25, 11:51 pm, Sacha wrote: On 25/7/08 21:41, in article , "Judith in France" wrote: I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Judith Those look *wonderful*. Are the white baskets planted up with petunias? They look too big to be Bacopa. I think that a container with just one type of plant in it can be amazingly effective and those certainly are. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon They are actually Surfinas same as Petunia I think? I have manged to keep Surfinas, sometimes, from one year to another by cutting them right down to a few stems, keeping almost dry and frost free and then feeding and growing on in the Spring. I also find that they take excellent cuttings, one Surfina plant can give me dozens of cuttings but I believe that strictly speaking, one is not allowed to do this? Judith You might like to try the smaller flowered 'Million Bells' some time because they flower like crazy. But as to taking cuttings, strictly speaking - very, very strictly! - nobody should propagate plants with PBR on them but it is totally unrealistic to apply that to the hobby gardener. I suppose if you took hundreds and started selling them, the breeder might get a bit irritable! My personal favourite is 'Lime'. I also suggest you try Silene uniflora Robin White Breast some time which looks like a tiny white carnation and smells delicious. And do you remember that about a year ago I posted links to a pic of a 'climbing' pelargonium in a hot sunny corner of my son's house border? You couldn't do that at your place because of the winters but you could use it in hanging baskets in summer. It's called 'La France'! I managed to find the name by sending a pic of it to Fibrex who identified it. It's a very old variety and a few weeks ago we had some French people in the nursery who love pelargoniums and who found it with cries of delight. They come from Brittany and said it's terribly hard to find now in that area. In fact they said it didn't exist! If you give me a cyber nudge next spring I'll send you two or three to get you started. The ones we have all come from cuttings of that one in Jersey so it's very easy to get going - not unusually. But prolific must be its middle name. That 'climbing' one in Jersey was absolutely smothered in flowers a couple of weeks ago when we saw it. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Fabulous post thank you Sacha, I am going to write this all down in my telephone book. I have given up printing out stuff and then they get lost, so anything important now is written into the back pages of the telephone book under "Z". I would be delighted and grateful for a cutting of your son's plant, I remember you sent me a pic last year and it was utterly amazing. I will have to order the seeds that you mentioned online as I doubt I would be able to get these here, I have used Thompson & Morgan but they have let me down a couple of times in the past, are there any better seed retailers that you could recommend? Judith |
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On 27/7/08 10:54, in article
, "Judith in France" wrote: On Jul 27, 12:27 am, Sacha wrote: On 26/7/08 19:21, in article , "Judith in France" wrote: On Jul 25, 11:51 pm, Sacha wrote: On 25/7/08 21:41, in article , "Judith in France" wrote: I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Judith Those look *wonderful*. Are the white baskets planted up with petunias? They look too big to be Bacopa. I think that a container with just one type of plant in it can be amazingly effective and those certainly are. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon They are actually Surfinas same as Petunia I think? I have manged to keep Surfinas, sometimes, from one year to another by cutting them right down to a few stems, keeping almost dry and frost free and then feeding and growing on in the Spring. I also find that they take excellent cuttings, one Surfina plant can give me dozens of cuttings but I believe that strictly speaking, one is not allowed to do this? Judith You might like to try the smaller flowered 'Million Bells' some time because they flower like crazy. But as to taking cuttings, strictly speaking - very, very strictly! - nobody should propagate plants with PBR on them but it is totally unrealistic to apply that to the hobby gardener. I suppose if you took hundreds and started selling them, the breeder might get a bit irritable! My personal favourite is 'Lime'. I also suggest you try Silene uniflora Robin White Breast some time which looks like a tiny white carnation and smells delicious. And do you remember that about a year ago I posted links to a pic of a 'climbing' pelargonium in a hot sunny corner of my son's house border? You couldn't do that at your place because of the winters but you could use it in hanging baskets in summer. It's called 'La France'! I managed to find the name by sending a pic of it to Fibrex who identified it. It's a very old variety and a few weeks ago we had some French people in the nursery who love pelargoniums and who found it with cries of delight. They come from Brittany and said it's terribly hard to find now in that area. In fact they said it didn't exist! If you give me a cyber nudge next spring I'll send you two or three to get you started. The ones we have all come from cuttings of that one in Jersey so it's very easy to get going - not unusually. But prolific must be its middle name. That 'climbing' one in Jersey was absolutely smothered in flowers a couple of weeks ago when we saw it. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Fabulous post thank you Sacha, I am going to write this all down in my telephone book. I have given up printing out stuff and then they get lost, so anything important now is written into the back pages of the telephone book under "Z". I would be delighted and grateful for a cutting of your son's plant, I remember you sent me a pic last year and it was utterly amazing. I will have to order the seeds that you mentioned online as I doubt I would be able to get these here, I have used Thompson & Morgan but they have let me down a couple of times in the past, are there any better seed retailers that you could recommend? Judith We usually buy in Surfinias and Million Bells (Calibrachoa) as plugs so you might find them that way in France. As to seeds, we use commercial suppliers so I can't recommend anyone myself though I'm sure others can. I've noticed Chiltern Seeds carry an interesting range but I haven't used them so don't know anything about service etc. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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I also suggest you try Silene uniflora Robin White Breast some time which looks like a tiny white carnation and smells delicious. A neighbour has just planted a plant which from leaf shape and colour, flower colour and basic petal shape looks like a very double flowered ragged robin. Is there a garden variety of Silene or Lychnis that would fit this description? -- Kay |
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On 27/7/08 16:18, in article , "K"
wrote: Sacha writes I also suggest you try Silene uniflora Robin White Breast some time which looks like a tiny white carnation and smells delicious. A neighbour has just planted a plant which from leaf shape and colour, flower colour and basic petal shape looks like a very double flowered ragged robin. Is there a garden variety of Silene or Lychnis that would fit this description? As you know, Ragged Robin is a Lychnis so I wonder if he's got the one called 'Jenny'? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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In article , K
writes Sacha writes I also suggest you try Silene uniflora Robin White Breast some time which looks like a tiny white carnation and smells delicious. A neighbour has just planted a plant which from leaf shape and colour, flower colour and basic petal shape looks like a very double flowered ragged robin. Is there a garden variety of Silene or Lychnis that would fit this description? Kay, I dug a cutting of a very double Lychnis out of the gravel and the nursery in Berkhamsted. The owner said it was a spare seedling from lyhcnis he had. Was taller than most and the flowers are very pretty (gone over now) -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Hey, nice fishpond Judith :-) Seriously though, it all looks lovely. Mike |
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On Jul 27, 9:34 am, "Muddymike" wrote:
"Judith in France" wrote in ...I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Hey, nice fishpond Judith :-) Seriously though, it all looks lovely. Mike Thanks Mike. How is your reclamation of that path coming on, the one that was hidden by undergrowth last year? Judith |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Jul 27, 9:34 am, "Muddymike" wrote: "Judith in France" wrote in ...I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Hey, nice fishpond Judith :-) Seriously though, it all looks lovely. Mike Thanks Mike. How is your reclamation of that path coming on, the one that was hidden by undergrowth last year? Judith Oh I have moved on quite a lot from there, about 12 months ago it looked like this http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10162?sort=5 Plenty more shots and a movie walk round here. http://share.ovi.com/channel/Muddymike.Garden?sort=5 Mike |
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"Judith in France" wrote in message ... On Jul 27, 9:34 am, "Muddymike" wrote: "Judith in France" wrote in ...I too these of my baskets and pots, all of which I grew from seed except the hanging pink begonias. Tonight it is raining, thank goodness as it is parched here. http://i36.tinypic.com/14x0654.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/15i9g85.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/nwggo4.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/15xqnw5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/jq6lmv.jpg http://i37.tinypic.com/2upxzix.jpg Hey, nice fishpond Judith :-) Seriously though, it all looks lovely. Mike Thanks Mike. How is your reclamation of that path coming on, the one that was hidden by undergrowth last year? Judith Sorry the walk round is this one. http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...e.10462?sort=5 Mike |
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