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Allium sphaerocephalon
We've just been out to lunch with friends and atour of their beautiful
garden. They have lots of theese Allium about the place and it's a new one to me, so just in case some urglers don't know it, I thought I'd pass it on. It's flowering now and looks lovely and airy, swaying gently in a breeze. Its other great bonus - to me - is that it seeds itself around quite happily. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Allium sphaerocephalon
On 17/07/2013 17:17, Sacha wrote:
We've just been out to lunch with friends and atour of their beautiful garden. They have lots of theese Allium about the place and it's a new one to me, so just in case some urglers don't know it, I thought I'd pass it on. It's flowering now and looks lovely and airy, swaying gently in a breeze. Its other great bonus - to me - is that it seeds itself around quite happily. I tried to grow it once, but failed miserably, yet I succeed with Alliums Christophii and 'Purple Sensation'. I've had a lovely show this year. Clearly, I'll have to try A. sphaerocephalon again. Thanks for the tip. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:17:08 +0100, Sacha wrote:
We've just been out to lunch with friends and atour of their beautiful garden. They have lots of theese Allium about the place and it's a new one to me, so just in case some urglers don't know it, I thought I'd pass it on. It's flowering now and looks lovely and airy, swaying gently in a breeze. Its other great bonus - to me - is that it seeds itself around quite happily. They grew like weeds in the front garden in my previous house. When I moved house last year I tried to transplant a few. They all died. Perhaps I would do better using seeds. Steve -- EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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Allium sphaerocephalon
On 2013-07-17 17:46:51 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme said:
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:17:08 +0100, Sacha wrote: We've just been out to lunch with friends and atour of their beautiful garden. They have lots of theese Allium about the place and it's a new one to me, so just in case some urglers don't know it, I thought I'd pass it on. It's flowering now and looks lovely and airy, swaying gently in a breeze. Its other great bonus - to me - is that it seeds itself around quite happily. They grew like weeds in the front garden in my previous house. When I moved house last year I tried to transplant a few. They all died. Perhaps I would do better using seeds. Steve Answering you and Spider together, all I can tell you is that their ground is extremely dry at present - surprise! - and they aren't watering anything that isn't in pots. They're a couple of villages away from us and more towards Newton Abbot side than we are, so I don't know how the soil differs but I don't think their garden is as moisture retentive as ours is for the most part. Perhaps - given our fairly wet garden - we'll need to plant these somewhere that is very free draining. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Spider wrote:
On 17/07/2013 17:17, Sacha wrote: We've just been out to lunch with friends and atour of their beautiful garden. They have lots of theese Allium about the place and it's a new one to me, so just in case some urglers don't know it, I thought I'd pass it on. It's flowering now and looks lovely and airy, swaying gently in a breeze. Its other great bonus - to me - is that it seeds itself around quite happily. I tried to grow it once, but failed miserably, yet I succeed with Alliums Christophii and 'Purple Sensation'. I've had a lovely show this year. Clearly, I'll have to try A. sphaerocephalon again. Thanks for the tip. They are all lovely plants, and I have had moderate success with them. I followed a Carol Klein suggestion to plant sphaerocephalon with Eryngium bourgatii 'Picos Blue', and right now they are an excellent combination, the blue of the Eryngium is wonderful. As I said a week or two ago, either I blundered, or last autumn's Gardeners' World special offer alliums must have got their packet labeling wrong. Whatever, the low-growing a. ostrowskianum, and more stately a. sphaerocephalon (1) have been planted in each others intended locations. I will probably try to move the sphaerocephalon after flowering. In previous years I have left the seed heads on Christophii and Gigantium for a long time. It was suggested to my by a supplier that they would retain their vigour if I dead-headed sooner, though it seems a shame. (1) Not the ones round the Eryngium. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Plant amazing Acers. |
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