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Beautiful week end!
Here's hoping everyone gets one! The sun is shining, the birds are
singing and all is well in the South Hams! The scent of honeysuckle through our bedroom window this morning was exquisite, the Akebia quinata alba is still stunning everyone with its perfume, Rose Gertrude Jekyll is flowering, as is another little pink climber we've forgotten the name of and the Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam would knock you out with the perfume! It's absolute bliss to walk around the garden at present and see everything pushing each other out of the way to get on with growing and flowering busily! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 25/05/2013 09:20, Sacha wrote:
Here's hoping everyone gets one! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and all is well in the South Hams! The scent of honeysuckle through our bedroom window this morning was exquisite, the Akebia quinata alba is still stunning everyone with its perfume, Rose Gertrude Jekyll is flowering, as is another little pink climber we've forgotten the name of and the Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam would knock you out with the perfume! It's absolute bliss to walk around the garden at present and see everything pushing each other out of the way to get on with growing and flowering busily! Nice here as well, the full moon is now passed and the lilac is in flower so in a couple of days time it will be planting out time. You must have an early honey suckle Sacha. Mine which I raised from seed many years ago wont flower for a few weeks yet, but once it flowers it will keep on flowering on and off till late summer, though I have had flowers on it into October. David @ a strangely wind free and sunny side of Swansea Bay. |
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On 2013-05-25 10:09:59 +0100, David Hill said:
On 25/05/2013 09:20, Sacha wrote: Here's hoping everyone gets one! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and all is well in the South Hams! The scent of honeysuckle through our bedroom window this morning was exquisite, the Akebia quinata alba is still stunning everyone with its perfume, Rose Gertrude Jekyll is flowering, as is another little pink climber we've forgotten the name of and the Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam would knock you out with the perfume! It's absolute bliss to walk around the garden at present and see everything pushing each other out of the way to get on with growing and flowering busily! Nice here as well, the full moon is now passed and the lilac is in flower so in a couple of days time it will be planting out time. You must have an early honey suckle Sacha. Mine which I raised from seed many years ago wont flower for a few weeks yet, but once it flowers it will keep on flowering on and off till late summer, though I have had flowers on it into October. David @ a strangely wind free and sunny side of Swansea Bay. I don't know which honeysuckle it is, David but nothing exotically wonderful. Probably just L. halliana! But it is on a south facing wall, on the front of the house, so it gets every bit of sun and warmth there is. Do you have the name of yours because it sounds good 'garden value'? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Sacha wrote: I don't know which honeysuckle it is, David but nothing exotically wonderful. Probably just L. halliana! But it is on a south facing wall, on the front of the house, so it gets every bit of sun and warmth there is. Do you have the name of yours because it sounds good 'garden value'? My x brownii are almost out. I am going to have to scrap my etrusca, which I grew from Cretan seed, unfortunately. It just can't handle British aphids and I have difficulty in getting any flowers. After 5-10 years of no good years, enough is enough. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Yes, sometimes you just have to grow what you can grow, fun though it is to push the envelope at times! We have 3 Wisterias growing as standards on the main lawn and one is just hopeless. It comes into leaf long before the flowers show and flowers poorly anyway. Ray keeps saying 'give it a chance' but as far as I'm concerned, it's had 3 or 4 years, so that's it. Out! We had another on the house wall (planted long before Ray came here) and it did just the same, so it's had to go. It's funny how some Wisteria do that, it detracts so much from the effect. Ours covering our S facing wall always flowers before the leaves and has been stunning this year. A neighbour who bought one for the same position on her house had no flowers at all but in her case I think it's too much pruning after years of no where near enough so it will be my fault. Mind you hers does have some decades to go to reach the age of ours and it's a grafted plant too. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 13:02:44 +0200, Martin wrote:
I haven't seen any aphids this year. Saw the first green one last weekend and there are oodles of them around this morning. -- rbel |
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On 2013-05-25 13:11:12 +0100, Bob Hobden said:
"Sacha" wrote Yes, sometimes you just have to grow what you can grow, fun though it is to push the envelope at times! We have 3 Wisterias growing as standards on the main lawn and one is just hopeless. It comes into leaf long before the flowers show and flowers poorly anyway. Ray keeps saying 'give it a chance' but as far as I'm concerned, it's had 3 or 4 years, so that's it. Out! We had another on the house wall (planted long before Ray came here) and it did just the same, so it's had to go. It's funny how some Wisteria do that, it detracts so much from the effect. Ours covering our S facing wall always flowers before the leaves and has been stunning this year. A neighbour who bought one for the same position on her house had no flowers at all but in her case I think it's too much pruning after years of no where near enough so it will be my fault. Mind you hers does have some decades to go to reach the age of ours and it's a grafted plant too. The one at the top of the Magnolia delavayi is in full bloom but as Charlie explained, it's been allowed to do its own thing and has reached optimum height so simply flowers wonderfully and at will! One of those on the lawn - the longest established - is just breaking now and is covered in blooms, the second is just about to go but has just a very few leaves breaking and the third is the rogue with literally one raceme. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 25/05/2013 17:49, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-05-25 13:11:12 +0100, Bob Hobden said: "Sacha" wrote Yes, sometimes you just have to grow what you can grow, fun though it is to push the envelope at times! We have 3 Wisterias growing as standards on the main lawn and one is just hopeless. It comes into leaf long before the flowers show and flowers poorly anyway. Ray keeps saying 'give it a chance' but as far as I'm concerned, it's had 3 or 4 years, so that's it. Out! We had another on the house wall (planted long before Ray came here) and it did just the same, so it's had to go. It's funny how some Wisteria do that, it detracts so much from the effect. Ours covering our S facing wall always flowers before the leaves and has been stunning this year. A neighbour who bought one for the same position on her house had no flowers at all but in her case I think it's too much pruning after years of no where near enough so it will be my fault. Mind you hers does have some decades to go to reach the age of ours and it's a grafted plant too. The one at the top of the Magnolia delavayi is in full bloom but as Charlie explained, it's been allowed to do its own thing and has reached optimum height so simply flowers wonderfully and at will! One of those on the lawn - the longest established - is just breaking now and is covered in blooms, the second is just about to go but has just a very few leaves breaking and the third is the rogue with literally one raceme. I seem to remember being taught that Wisteria could take 10 or more years to start to flower properly |
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Here's hoping everyone gets one! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and all is well in the South Hams! The scent of honeysuckle through our bedroom window this morning was exquisite, the Akebia quinata alba is still stunning everyone with its perfume, Rose Gertrude Jekyll is flowering, as is another little pink climber we've forgotten the name of and the Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam would knock you out with the perfume! It's absolute bliss to walk around the garden at present and see everything pushing each other out of the way to get on with growing and flowering busily! Nice here too. Baz |
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: On Sat, 25 May 2013 09:20:46 +0100, Sacha wrote: Here's hoping everyone gets one! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and all is well in the South Hams! The scent of honeysuckle through our bedroom window this morning was exquisite, the Akebia quinata alba is still stunning everyone with its perfume, Rose Gertrude Jekyll is flowering, as is another little pink climber we've forgotten the name of and the Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam would knock you out with the perfume! It's absolute bliss to walk around the garden at present and see everything pushing each other out of the way to get on with growing and flowering busily! It's cold 10C overcast, there's a continuous noise of a diesel pump and a strong smell of sewage in the air. The whole of our road is up including pavements so that they can replace the main sewer pipe. Oh! How I miss that sound and odour. Had that before! A horrible, rotten experience........Yuk. I hated that just as much as you do. Been there. Baz |
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On 2013-05-25 18:09:36 +0100, David Hill said:
On 25/05/2013 17:49, Sacha wrote: On 2013-05-25 13:11:12 +0100, Bob Hobden said: "Sacha" wrote Yes, sometimes you just have to grow what you can grow, fun though it is to push the envelope at times! We have 3 Wisterias growing as standards on the main lawn and one is just hopeless. It comes into leaf long before the flowers show and flowers poorly anyway. Ray keeps saying 'give it a chance' but as far as I'm concerned, it's had 3 or 4 years, so that's it. Out! We had another on the house wall (planted long before Ray came here) and it did just the same, so it's had to go. It's funny how some Wisteria do that, it detracts so much from the effect. Ours covering our S facing wall always flowers before the leaves and has been stunning this year. A neighbour who bought one for the same position on her house had no flowers at all but in her case I think it's too much pruning after years of no where near enough so it will be my fault. Mind you hers does have some decades to go to reach the age of ours and it's a grafted plant too. The one at the top of the Magnolia delavayi is in full bloom but as Charlie explained, it's been allowed to do its own thing and has reached optimum height so simply flowers wonderfully and at will! One of those on the lawn - the longest established - is just breaking now and is covered in blooms, the second is just about to go but has just a very few leaves breaking and the third is the rogue with literally one raceme. I seem to remember being taught that Wisteria could take 10 or more years to start to flower properly Doesn't that depend on the grafted or non-grafted thing? -- Sacha South Devon |
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On 26/05/2013 09:54, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 25 May 2013 18:52:02 GMT, Baz wrote: Sacha wrote in : Here's hoping everyone gets one! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and all is well in the South Hams! The scent of honeysuckle through our bedroom window this morning was exquisite, the Akebia quinata alba is still stunning everyone with its perfume, Rose Gertrude Jekyll is flowering, as is another little pink climber we've forgotten the name of and the Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam would knock you out with the perfume! It's absolute bliss to walk around the garden at present and see everything pushing each other out of the way to get on with growing and flowering busily! Nice here too. Lucky you! It's absolutely disgusting here - another gale, torrential rain and cold. Here in South Wales it's a lovely summers morning, blue sky, bright sunshine, and a load of work waiting to be done. after I've finished my mug of tea. |
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On 2013-05-26 09:50:01 +0100, Martin said:
On Sat, 25 May 2013 17:49:09 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2013-05-25 13:11:12 +0100, Bob Hobden said: "Sacha" wrote Yes, sometimes you just have to grow what you can grow, fun though it is to push the envelope at times! We have 3 Wisterias growing as standards on the main lawn and one is just hopeless. It comes into leaf long before the flowers show and flowers poorly anyway. Ray keeps saying 'give it a chance' but as far as I'm concerned, it's had 3 or 4 years, so that's it. Out! We had another on the house wall (planted long before Ray came here) and it did just the same, so it's had to go. It's funny how some Wisteria do that, it detracts so much from the effect. Ours covering our S facing wall always flowers before the leaves and has been stunning this year. A neighbour who bought one for the same position on her house had no flowers at all but in her case I think it's too much pruning after years of no where near enough so it will be my fault. Mind you hers does have some decades to go to reach the age of ours and it's a grafted plant too. The one at the top of the Magnolia delavayi is in full bloom but as Charlie explained, it's been allowed to do its own thing and has reached optimum height so simply flowers wonderfully and at will! One of those on the lawn - the longest established - is just breaking now and is covered in blooms, the second is just about to go but has just a very few leaves breaking and the third is the rogue with literally one raceme. My wife cut back our two wisteria. I should never have bought her new secateurs fir Xmas. The wisteria that had two flowers last year has no flowers this year. The wisteria, which had almost reached the eaves, but had no flowers last year has four flowers this year. She also cut back my 40 year old grape vine. It died. I used to have someone who helped in the garden who was "Sweeney Todd" to me! I couldn't turn my back on any new, baby shrub without him lopping a third off it! He killed an Aloysia triphylla by doing that just before a cold winter and he took several inches out of newly planted Eucalyptus hedge plants and set it back by about 2 years! We sometimes get customers buying a new shrub whose first question is "when can I cut it back?" -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-05-26 09:54:38 +0100, Martin said:
On Sat, 25 May 2013 18:52:02 GMT, Baz wrote: Sacha wrote in : Here's hoping everyone gets one! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and all is well in the South Hams! The scent of honeysuckle through our bedroom window this morning was exquisite, the Akebia quinata alba is still stunning everyone with its perfume, Rose Gertrude Jekyll is flowering, as is another little pink climber we've forgotten the name of and the Rhododendron Lady Alice Fitzwilliam would knock you out with the perfume! It's absolute bliss to walk around the garden at present and see everything pushing each other out of the way to get on with growing and flowering busily! Nice here too. Lucky you! It's absolutely disgusting here - another gale, torrential rain and cold. Honestly, in your shoes, I think I'd move!! It's another gorgeous day here and that chilly wind has dropped for now, though it's still in the north. The sun is blazing down and there isn't a cloud to be seen, the staff are having coffe-break and (touching wood) it's heaven in Devon today! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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