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Please help settle a domestic argument/discussion.
See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400749/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400611/ They're actually in a vase. Thanks. -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
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"Sacha" wrote... Gopher said: Please help settle a domestic argument/discussion. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400749/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400611/ They're actually in a vase. Thanks. Alstroemeria but I don't know which one. They're a good cut flower and last a long time in a vase and are also known as Peruvian lilies You more usually see them in orange and sometimes in a sort of creamy pale yellow. I really like the species one, Alstromeria pulchella. Excellent garden plants too, already making good growth in our garden so quite hardy too. -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
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In message , Bob Hobden
writes "Sacha" wrote... Gopher said: Please help settle a domestic argument/discussion. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400749/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400611/ They're actually in a vase. Thanks. Alstroemeria but I don't know which one. They're a good cut flower and last a long time in a vase and are also known as Peruvian lilies You more usually see them in orange and sometimes in a sort of creamy pale yellow. I really like the species one, Alstromeria pulchella. Excellent garden plants too, already making good growth in our garden so quite hardy too. Many thanks to both of you. I had Peruvian Lily and Chris knew it began with an "A" but couldn't find/fully recall it. So I guess we were both right..... and we have a couple in the garden. Another couple of senior gardening moments! I agree Sacha - the A. pulchella is very beautiful; most exotic. Thanks again .... any thoughts on my posting on Echinacea seeds? I'd hate to think I'm wasting space in our very packed greenhouse. -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
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In message , Sacha
writes On 2010-04-02 15:26:39 +0100, Gopher said: In message , Bob Hobden writes "Sacha" wrote... Gopher said: Please help settle a domestic argument/discussion. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400749/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400611/ They're actually in a vase. Thanks. Alstroemeria but I don't know which one. They're a good cut flower and last a long time in a vase and are also known as Peruvian lilies You more usually see them in orange and sometimes in a sort of creamy pale yellow. I really like the species one, Alstromeria pulchella. Excellent garden plants too, already making good growth in our garden so quite hardy too. Many thanks to both of you. I had Peruvian Lily and Chris knew it began with an "A" but couldn't find/fully recall it. So I guess we were both right..... and we have a couple in the garden. Another couple of senior gardening moments! I agree Sacha - the A. pulchella is very beautiful; most exotic. Thanks again .... any thoughts on my posting on Echinacea seeds? I'd hate to think I'm wasting space in our very packed greenhouse. Dammit - sorry. I keep meaning to ask Ray about that. I'll try to kick my memory into touch next time he comes back into the house. He buys the seed in but otherwise the principle must be the same. http://www.ehow.com/way_5262672_plan...wer-seeds.html Apparently Echinacea seeds need cold treatment. I would also wonder whether the seeds from hybrid Echinacea are always viable. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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In message , Stewart Robert Hinsley
writes In message , Sacha writes On 2010-04-02 15:26:39 +0100, Gopher said: In message , Bob Hobden writes "Sacha" wrote... Gopher said: Please help settle a domestic argument/discussion. See: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400749/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/33497416@N06/4483400611/ They're actually in a vase. Thanks. Alstroemeria but I don't know which one. They're a good cut flower and last a long time in a vase and are also known as Peruvian lilies You more usually see them in orange and sometimes in a sort of creamy pale yellow. I really like the species one, Alstromeria pulchella. Excellent garden plants too, already making good growth in our garden so quite hardy too. Many thanks to both of you. I had Peruvian Lily and Chris knew it began with an "A" but couldn't find/fully recall it. So I guess we were both right..... and we have a couple in the garden. Another couple of senior gardening moments! I agree Sacha - the A. pulchella is very beautiful; most exotic. Thanks again .... any thoughts on my posting on Echinacea seeds? I'd hate to think I'm wasting space in our very packed greenhouse. Dammit - sorry. I keep meaning to ask Ray about that. I'll try to kick my memory into touch next time he comes back into the house. He buys the seed in but otherwise the principle must be the same. http://www.ehow.com/way_5262672_plan...wer-seeds.html Apparently Echinacea seeds need cold treatment. I would also wonder whether the seeds from hybrid Echinacea are always viable. I read so much information from a number of websites, some speak of the need for stratification, others indicate the difficulty experienced in getting germination to take place, yet more suggest how easy it is ... just let the seeds fall and they will germinate and the one I remembered best (but cannot now find!) was that which suggested the method I have followed. I guess we have nothing to lose if we just let the seed tray carry on going its own way for a few weeks. I take your point about hybrid seeds being viable - I wondered about that but decided to go ahead. However, I'm comforted in the knowledge that propagation can be carried out by division and/or root cuttings. We may have to resort to that next autumn. Many thanks. -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
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