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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
"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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