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'twas New Year's Day
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:58:13 -0000, "David WE Roberts"
wrote: wrote in message ... In article , David WE Roberts wrote: "K" wrote in message ... .. so - is it that this winter is a good deal colder than normal down south, and therefore things have been hit quite badly? Whereas up here, it's only marginally colder than normal, and we already plant for this sort of weather, so we haven't been hit quite so badly? So far (since the middle of December) the winter has been far harder here than usual. Most years we don't see any snow, at least any settled snow. Hard frosts are unusual as well. Not really. That's true only on a 10-15 year timescale. Even the hardest winters of the past 10 years have been milder than average for many of the decades before. I am reporting going back to 1984 :-) We do have a very mild microclimate in this part of coastal Suffolk. Even 10 miles inland has been very different. This reminds me more of the winters in Essex in the 1960s, although they were much more extreme. I remember four foot and more snowdrifts in 1963/64. Pshaw We had 20' drifts up around Blaenavon and Merthyr. -- (¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯) |
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'twas New Year's Day
"Sacha" wrote in message ... in the garden and there was a *very* poor show, compared to most years. This probably reflects the frosts we've had so far, much earlier than we normally get them. The not-very-vast number of things in flower was: Vinca oxyloba, Rosemarinus marenca, Mahonia bealei, Sarcococca confusa and S. hookeriana, Camella Takanini and C. sasanqua Narumigata, as well as the Camellia we think is 'Cherub'. The two latter are in full bloom. There is also Correa backhousiana, Cestrum parquii, Viburnum tinus, Lonicera purpusii, various Hellebores, Fuchsia excorticata in bud, Jasminum nudiflorum, and with buds just about ready to break, the fishtail Camellia Kingyoba-shiro-wabisuke. And as a bonus (?!) 3 large badger scrapes towards the bottom of the garden! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon We had a chilly, bleak New Year's day and my fingers froze whilst writing, but here's my list: Achillea 'King George' - several corymbs of primrose flowers Calendula canariensis - 1 lemon flower Chaenomeles cutting - several buds, three flowers Diascia - 2 large salmon buds Erigeron karvinskianus - scattered white flowers Erodium reichardii rosea - 2 flowers Erysimum 'Bowle's Mauve' - 14 apical flower clusters, many purple buds Exochorda macr. 'The Bride' -very few green flower buds nearest house *late* (for us) Feverfew (Tanacetum sp?) - few battered flowers Geranium 'Ann Folkard' - 1 flower Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty' - 3 flowers Hebe 'Nicola's Blush' - few flower spikes, several in bud Hebe 'Purple Picture - 2 poor flower spikes, several with coloured buds Hebe (purple seedling) - 1 flower spike, several in bud Helleborus Xs - 2 dark plum flowers; others barely in bud Helleborus argutifolium - only elongated bud group *unusually late* Jasminum nudiflorum - scattered flowers Kerria flore pleno - few tight buds *notably late* Kerria jap. 'Gold Guinee' - many buds, only 1 showing colour Laurus nobilis - many tight buds Mahonia japonica - many budded flower sprays, one with lemon buds Pieris - very many buds! Primula vulgaris - one plant only had 4 flowers *unusually late* Rhodo. cilipinense - many buds Rosa 'The Fairy' - 2 flowers, scattered buds Rosa 'Ballerina' - 5 fading flowers, 1 opening bud Rosa 'Nozomi' - 1 flower, 3 pink buds Rosmarinus 'Servern Seas' many scattered flowers, oodles of buds Sarcococca - many tight pinkish buds Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were showing no sign of bud, which is very late here. Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera, Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera). Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr! |
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'twas New Year's Day
snip or prune
Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were showing no sign of bud, which is very late here. Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera, Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera). Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr! Cannot compete with that list :-) I have mostly shrubs and trees so apart from 5 yellow roses - Golden Celebration - I think and several small red and yellow roses hiding in the undergrowth that was it, but there is promise of things to come kate |
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'twas New Year's Day
On 2010-01-03 15:56:11 +0000, "Spider" said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... in the garden and there was a *very* poor show, compared to most years. This probably reflects the frosts we've had so far, much earlier than we normally get them. The not-very-vast number of things in flower was: Vinca oxyloba, Rosemarinus marenca, Mahonia bealei, Sarcococca confusa and S. hookeriana, Camella Takanini and C. sasanqua Narumigata, as well as the Camellia we think is 'Cherub'. The two latter are in full bloom. There is also Correa backhousiana, Cestrum parquii, Viburnum tinus, Lonicera purpusii, various Hellebores, Fuchsia excorticata in bud, Jasminum nudiflorum, and with buds just about ready to break, the fishtail Camellia Kingyoba-shiro-wabisuke. And as a bonus (?!) 3 large badger scrapes towards the bottom of the garden! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon We had a chilly, bleak New Year's day and my fingers froze whilst writing, but here's my list: Achillea 'King George' - several corymbs of primrose flowers Calendula canariensis - 1 lemon flower Chaenomeles cutting - several buds, three flowers Diascia - 2 large salmon buds Erigeron karvinskianus - scattered white flowers Erodium reichardii rosea - 2 flowers Erysimum 'Bowle's Mauve' - 14 apical flower clusters, many purple buds Exochorda macr. 'The Bride' -very few green flower buds nearest house *late* (for us) Feverfew (Tanacetum sp?) - few battered flowers Geranium 'Ann Folkard' - 1 flower Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty' - 3 flowers Hebe 'Nicola's Blush' - few flower spikes, several in bud Hebe 'Purple Picture - 2 poor flower spikes, several with coloured buds Hebe (purple seedling) - 1 flower spike, several in bud Helleborus Xs - 2 dark plum flowers; others barely in bud Helleborus argutifolium - only elongated bud group *unusually late* Jasminum nudiflorum - scattered flowers Kerria flore pleno - few tight buds *notably late* Kerria jap. 'Gold Guinee' - many buds, only 1 showing colour Laurus nobilis - many tight buds Mahonia japonica - many budded flower sprays, one with lemon buds Pieris - very many buds! Primula vulgaris - one plant only had 4 flowers *unusually late* Rhodo. cilipinense - many buds Rosa 'The Fairy' - 2 flowers, scattered buds Rosa 'Ballerina' - 5 fading flowers, 1 opening bud Rosa 'Nozomi' - 1 flower, 3 pink buds Rosmarinus 'Servern Seas' many scattered flowers, oodles of buds Sarcococca - many tight pinkish buds Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were showing no sign of bud, which is very late here. Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera, Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera). Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr! That's a really impressive list, especially given the weather. BTW, for these purposes and for making notes on the nursery, I have a little Olympus note taker and find it invaluable. It's a tiny handheld dictaphone thingy called a digital voice recorder. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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'twas New Year's Day
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
news snip or prune Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were showing no sign of bud, which is very late here. Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera, Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera). Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr! Cannot compete with that list :-) I have mostly shrubs and trees so apart from 5 yellow roses - Golden Celebration - I think and several small red and yellow roses hiding in the undergrowth that was it, but there is promise of things to come kate :~). It is definitely the promise of things to come that cheers us ... not just we gardeners, but most souls, I think. I must replace a few shrubs that I recall offering a real boost to the spirit in the past. I have no Viburnums at the moment, nor the delicate Osmanthus delavayii which budded up early and had scent in spring. Nevertheless, if you could look through my window and see my garden just now, you would think it most dull. It is only when one goes out searching every corner that hidden gems appear. That seems to be the lot of winter gardening plants; they must give way to summer performers, and so are tucked away in groups that, generally, only perform once a year. That, fortunately, happens to be my winter gardening philosophy: plant winter gems that you *must* go out and admire. If you can venture into and enjoy the winter garden, you are much surer to start gardening in earnest before the weeds take over and the tasks get ahead of you. Spider |
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'twas New Year's Day
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2010-01-03 15:56:11 +0000, "Spider" said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... in the garden and there was a *very* poor show, compared to most years. This probably reflects the frosts we've had so far, much earlier than we normally get them. The not-very-vast number of things in flower was: Vinca oxyloba, Rosemarinus marenca, Mahonia bealei, Sarcococca confusa and S. hookeriana, Camella Takanini and C. sasanqua Narumigata, as well as the Camellia we think is 'Cherub'. The two latter are in full bloom. There is also Correa backhousiana, Cestrum parquii, Viburnum tinus, Lonicera purpusii, various Hellebores, Fuchsia excorticata in bud, Jasminum nudiflorum, and with buds just about ready to break, the fishtail Camellia Kingyoba-shiro-wabisuke. And as a bonus (?!) 3 large badger scrapes towards the bottom of the garden! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon We had a chilly, bleak New Year's day and my fingers froze whilst writing, but here's my list: Achillea 'King George' - several corymbs of primrose flowers Calendula canariensis - 1 lemon flower Chaenomeles cutting - several buds, three flowers Diascia - 2 large salmon buds Erigeron karvinskianus - scattered white flowers Erodium reichardii rosea - 2 flowers Erysimum 'Bowle's Mauve' - 14 apical flower clusters, many purple buds Exochorda macr. 'The Bride' -very few green flower buds nearest house *late* (for us) Feverfew (Tanacetum sp?) - few battered flowers Geranium 'Ann Folkard' - 1 flower Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty' - 3 flowers Hebe 'Nicola's Blush' - few flower spikes, several in bud Hebe 'Purple Picture - 2 poor flower spikes, several with coloured buds Hebe (purple seedling) - 1 flower spike, several in bud Helleborus Xs - 2 dark plum flowers; others barely in bud Helleborus argutifolium - only elongated bud group *unusually late* Jasminum nudiflorum - scattered flowers Kerria flore pleno - few tight buds *notably late* Kerria jap. 'Gold Guinee' - many buds, only 1 showing colour Laurus nobilis - many tight buds Mahonia japonica - many budded flower sprays, one with lemon buds Pieris - very many buds! Primula vulgaris - one plant only had 4 flowers *unusually late* Rhodo. cilipinense - many buds Rosa 'The Fairy' - 2 flowers, scattered buds Rosa 'Ballerina' - 5 fading flowers, 1 opening bud Rosa 'Nozomi' - 1 flower, 3 pink buds Rosmarinus 'Servern Seas' many scattered flowers, oodles of buds Sarcococca - many tight pinkish buds Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were showing no sign of bud, which is very late here. Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera, Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera). Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr! That's a really impressive list, especially given the weather. BTW, for these purposes and for making notes on the nursery, I have a little Olympus note taker and find it invaluable. It's a tiny handheld dictaphone thingy called a digital voice recorder. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon That's a really good idea, Sacha. I used to wish I had one when studying spiders in the field, but was forced to change my mind. So many people would approach me whilst walking their dog and ask what I was doing (with magnifying loupes, notebook and pen and spider guide) that it seemed likely I would end up with a tape (in those days!) full of enquiring chat, and not much about the relative eye patterns and leg lengths of assorted spiders. Sorry, Sacha, I know s-words aren't your thing! However, (returns to gardening) it would be very useful for gardening. I could note where there's a bare patch in need of Triffida robusta to add interest and eat the burglars ... and, as you imply, rules out trying to write with icicle-bedecked fingers. Mmm .. feels a visit to Staples coming on. Spider |
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'twas New Year's Day
On 2010-01-03 18:46:06 +0000, "Spider" said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2010-01-03 15:56:11 +0000, "Spider" said: snip Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were showing no sign of bud, which is very late here. Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera, Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera). Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr! That's a really impressive list, especially given the weather. BTW, for these purposes and for making notes on the nursery, I have a little Olympus note taker and find it invaluable. It's a tiny handheld dictaphone thingy called a digital voice recorder. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon That's a really good idea, Sacha. I used to wish I had one when studying spiders in the field, but was forced to change my mind. So many people would approach me whilst walking their dog and ask what I was doing (with magnifying loupes, notebook and pen and spider guide) that it seemed likely I would end up with a tape (in those days!) full of enquiring chat, and not much about the relative eye patterns and leg lengths of assorted spiders. Sorry, Sacha, I know s-words aren't your thing! However, (returns to gardening) it would be very useful for gardening. I could note where there's a bare patch in need of Triffida robusta to add interest and eat the burglars ... and, as you imply, rules out trying to write with icicle-bedecked fingers. Mmm .. feels a visit to Staples coming on. Spider Because we grow most of our own plants, they're not in A-Z rows, coming in one door and being kerchinged out the other. So up on the mypex right at the top of the Nursery, which slopes a bit, the perennials are arranged according to how much drainage they want, how much shade and of course, where there's space! Once everything's potted on and up there, I go out and make a list of where everything is so that if any of us are running up there to find things for customers we know immediately where they are. This is especially handy to the part-timers. And in the garden, it enables me to make myself a little aide memoire as to where there's a hole that needs filling with some plant or other, or if something looks a bit straggly or sick or whatever. It's also a wonderful grandchild entertainer. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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'twas New Year's Day
"Sacha" wrote in message
... On 2010-01-03 18:46:06 +0000, "Spider" said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2010-01-03 15:56:11 +0000, "Spider" said: snip Also, many bulbs were pushing through. However, the snowdrops were showing no sign of bud, which is very late here. Other colour was provided by berries, haws, (Pyracantha, Cotoneaster, Roses); bark (Betula, Cornus) and some vivid leaf colour (Heuchera, Euonymus, Cyclamen, Hedera). Sorry I'm late with this - forgot to come out of hibernation. Brrr! That's a really impressive list, especially given the weather. BTW, for these purposes and for making notes on the nursery, I have a little Olympus note taker and find it invaluable. It's a tiny handheld dictaphone thingy called a digital voice recorder. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon That's a really good idea, Sacha. I used to wish I had one when studying spiders in the field, but was forced to change my mind. So many people would approach me whilst walking their dog and ask what I was doing (with magnifying loupes, notebook and pen and spider guide) that it seemed likely I would end up with a tape (in those days!) full of enquiring chat, and not much about the relative eye patterns and leg lengths of assorted spiders. Sorry, Sacha, I know s-words aren't your thing! However, (returns to gardening) it would be very useful for gardening. I could note where there's a bare patch in need of Triffida robusta to add interest and eat the burglars ... and, as you imply, rules out trying to write with icicle-bedecked fingers. Mmm .. feels a visit to Staples coming on. Spider Because we grow most of our own plants, they're not in A-Z rows, coming in one door and being kerchinged out the other. So up on the mypex right at the top of the Nursery, which slopes a bit, the perennials are arranged according to how much drainage they want, how much shade and of course, where there's space! Once everything's potted on and up there, I go out and make a list of where everything is so that if any of us are running up there to find things for customers we know immediately where they are. This is especially handy to the part-timers. And in the garden, it enables me to make myself a little aide memoire as to where there's a hole that needs filling with some plant or other, or if something looks a bit straggly or sick or whatever. It's also a wonderful grandchild entertainer. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon It sounds brilliant for all sorts of inventories and such. I haven't got grandchildren to entertain, but I begin to imagine all sorts of other uses. RG says that most mobile phones have some sort of voice recorder these days, so I'll have to investigate mine. It's a few years old now, so it may not. Also, don't know what the playback quality will be, but we can check his more modern phone out first before replacing mine. Pity really, I was beginning to fancy a new toy, but at least I should always have the mobile with me. It's given me something to think about, anyway. Spider |
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'twas New Year's Day
David WE Roberts wrote:
wrote in message ... In article , David WE Roberts wrote: "K" wrote in message ... .. so - is it that this winter is a good deal colder than normal down south, and therefore things have been hit quite badly? Whereas up here, it's only marginally colder than normal, and we already plant for this sort of weather, so we haven't been hit quite so badly? So far (since the middle of December) the winter has been far harder here than usual. Most years we don't see any snow, at least any settled snow. Hard frosts are unusual as well. Not really. That's true only on a 10-15 year timescale. Even the hardest winters of the past 10 years have been milder than average for many of the decades before. I am reporting going back to 1984 :-) We do have a very mild microclimate in this part of coastal Suffolk. Even 10 miles inland has been very different. This reminds me more of the winters in Essex in the 1960s, although they were much more extreme. I remember four foot and more snowdrifts in 1963/64. In South Norfolk 198? I was walking *ON* the hedgerows 'cos the drifts were so deep. I had to get from parents' house to mine to feed the goats. The night before I didn't try to drive over as the snow drifted over the road minutes after the snowploug had passed. And a lot of the way was country lanes... Still had to park a mile away and walk (mainly) on hedges. -- Rusty |
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'twas New Year's Day
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:58:13 -0000, "David WE Roberts" wrote: wrote in message ... In article , David WE Roberts wrote: "K" wrote in message ... .. so - is it that this winter is a good deal colder than normal down south, and therefore things have been hit quite badly? Whereas up here, it's only marginally colder than normal, and we already plant for this sort of weather, so we haven't been hit quite so badly? So far (since the middle of December) the winter has been far harder here than usual. Most years we don't see any snow, at least any settled snow. Hard frosts are unusual as well. Not really. That's true only on a 10-15 year timescale. Even the hardest winters of the past 10 years have been milder than average for many of the decades before. I am reporting going back to 1984 :-) We do have a very mild microclimate in this part of coastal Suffolk. Even 10 miles inland has been very different. This reminds me more of the winters in Essex in the 1960s, although they were much more extreme. I remember four foot and more snowdrifts in 1963/64. Pshaw We had 20' drifts up around Blaenavon and Merthyr. Eee, tha were lucky... -- Rusty |
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