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Strange how these shrubs are so often overlooked by people.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...Deutziamxd.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia01.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...tzia02ajpg.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia03.jpg All lost lable sorry David @ the damp and windy end of Swansea Bay |
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"Sacha" wrote ...
David Hill said: Strange how these shrubs are so often overlooked by people. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...Deutziamxd.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia01.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...tzia02ajpg.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia03.jpg All lost lable sorry David @ the damp and windy end of Swansea Bay Looking at the last one, it's just possible that's Deutzia Magicien. If you look on Google for images of it, you'll be able to tell. When Roy Lancaster was here, he saw it growing in our garden and said to Ray "I beter you sell masses of that". "Hardly any" was the reply. They seem to have gone out of fashion, which is a shame because they're wonderful shrubs. Janet and her friend loved it when they came here on Wednesday, so now we've got to find one if we can, or send some bits! The trouble is they need pruning hard immediately after flowering, taking out all the just flowered canes, and people either don't understand that or do not like to cut a large shrub down to a few new green shoots in the middle of summer. It can ruin the look of a small garden. So they leave it and it gets bigger and bigger and more ugly until they grub it out, same thing with Lilac and Buddleia. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On 23/06/2012 14:10, David Hill wrote:
Strange how these shrubs are so often overlooked by people. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...Deutziamxd.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia01.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...tzia02ajpg.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia03.jpg All lost lable sorry David @ the damp and windy end of Swansea Bay Nice photos, and I couldn't agree more. Deutzia are so uncommon (although I've seen more recently - a couple in an NGS garden today, as it happens) that, until a couple of years ago, when I saw Deutzia in flower in gardens I had no idea what it was. It's just a shame that they are all - more-or-less - deciduous. Just think how popular an evergreen, highly scented Deutzia would be! -- Jeff |
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On Saturday, 23 June 2012 14:10:21 UTC+1, Dave Hill wrote:
Strange how these shrubs are so often overlooked by people. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...Deutziamxd.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia01.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...tzia02ajpg.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia03.jpg All lost lable sorry David @ the damp and windy end of Swansea Bay This sort of feeds into my thread about the response of people to plants. If they're buying from our local garden centre they will see a little green plant in a 12 or 15cm pot at 3 for a tenner and won't have a clue what a beauty they're missing. That's how we got several of those 'run of the mill' shrubs 2 years ago and they are all big and beautiful now. They are common because they are good and reliable but regarded with scant respect because they are common. As Bob says folks are generally ignorant about pruning in particular and plant care in general; why? I don't know - perhaps the level of literacy isn't as good as HM Gov think it is. Rod |
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On Saturday, 23 June 2012 15:15:57 UTC+1, Sacha wrote:
If you look on Google for images of it, you'll be able to tell. When Roy Lancaster was here, he saw it growing in our garden and said to Ray "I beter you sell masses of that". "Hardly any" was the reply. They seem to have gone out of fashion, which is a shame because they're wonderful shrubs. Janet and her friend loved it when they came here on Wednesday, so now we've got to find one if we can, or send some bits! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com www.hillhousenurserytearoom.com South Devon Just don't get me started on fashion and gardening. There, I've just resisted a rant to show I'm not really a grumpy old gardener. Rod |
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On 23/06/2012 14:10, David Hill wrote:
Strange how these shrubs are so often overlooked by people. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...Deutziamxd.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia01.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...tzia02ajpg.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Deutzia03.jpg All lost lable sorry David @ the damp and windy end of Swansea Bay They're lovely, Dave! I have a few Deutzias in my garden and they make very good shrubs ... if you know how to prune them, to echo Bob's response. D. 'Pride of Rochester' is looking stunning at the moment. I have an early flowering one, whose name I need to check, and a later flowering one (July/August), which is D. setchuenensis corymbiflora. They all have different growth habits and, yes, all are deciduous, but I don't regard this as a problem. I really enjoy seeing the new season's leaf buds break. Also, they're good companions for spring bulbs because they let light through to ground flora. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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On Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:37:24 UTC+1, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-06-23 19:17:00 +0100, Rod said: Just don't get me started on fashion and gardening. There, I've just resisted a rant to show I'm not really a grumpy old gardener. Rod Lol! You're a hero. But things do come and go. Recently, I read that Dianthus are making a comeback. I'm pleased to hear it because I think they're lovely, really charming plants. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com www.hillhousenurserytearoom.com South Devon Goody - I'm ahead of the curve with those, I've been collecting a few this year and I'm already bowled over by them. Rod |
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On 25/06/2012 18:12, Rod wrote:
On Saturday, 23 June 2012 22:37:24 UTC+1, Sacha wrote: On 2012-06-23 19:17:00 +0100, said: Just don't get me started on fashion and gardening. There, I've just resisted a rant to show I'm not really a grumpy old gardener. Rod Lol! You're a hero. But things do come and go. Recently, I read that Dianthus are making a comeback. I'm pleased to hear it because I think they're lovely, really charming plants. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com www.hillhousenurserytearoom.com South Devon Goody - I'm ahead of the curve with those, I've been collecting a few this year and I'm already bowled over by them. Rod Me, too. I love them. I'm growing them in groups of mixed bi-colours in order to create a sort of permanent 'Sweet William' effect. Having great fun! :~) -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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In article , David Hill
writes Strange how these shrubs are so often overlooked by people. Mine is looking really good this year but not a patch on those in Sacha and ray's garden!! I think it must be the one Roy Lancaster noticed in the Car Park, ............ beautiful .......... -- Janet Tweedy |
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In article , Sacha
writes Janet and her friend loved it when they came here on Wednesday, so now we've got to find one if we can, or send some bits! Bits are fine, bits are fine !! -- Janet Tweedy |
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In article , echinosum
writes do not like to cut a large shrub down to a few new green shoots in the middle of summer. I Love doing that :) It looks so much better to have lovely new green shoots than the old flowered stems and do so tidy up a garden. Trouble is trying to convince people that it will come back just as good next year. i do it without he philadelphus by the front door and so it is kept confined but even on this forum people have said i shouldn't cut the old stems out after flowering.! -- Janet Tweedy |
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In article , Spider
writes Me, too. I love them. I'm growing them in groups of mixed bi-colours in order to create a sort of permanent 'Sweet William' effect. Having great fun! :~) I can't understand why some of the ones sold for "bedding" aren't used more as they come back year after year, maybe not so fragrant but very pretty. Me i like Mrs Sinkins. I did once sow a packet of seeds for a gardener who had a rockery and wanted something pretty on it. Planted them out only to discover the following year that they were REALLY tall, about two and a half feet but looked really spectacular on top of her rockery flowering away for a long time in the summer! Looked like fireworks. -- Janet Tweedy |
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