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David, can you give me the name of that red leaf Begonia you gave Ray?
We have an artist interested in buying one and painting it! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-09 16:29:24 +0100, Chris Hogg said:
On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:08:30 +0100, Sacha wrote: David, can you give me the name of that red leaf Begonia you gave Ray? We have an artist interested in buying one and painting it! Why not just buy one of a different colour? ;-) There's always one.... ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 09/08/2013 16:51, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-09 16:29:24 +0100, Chris Hogg said: On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:08:30 +0100, Sacha wrote: David, can you give me the name of that red leaf Begonia you gave Ray? We have an artist interested in buying one and painting it! Why not just buy one of a different colour? ;-) There's always one.... ;-) I wonder if that artist has been painting your butterfly's? |
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On 2013-08-09 17:05:34 +0100, David Hill said:
On 09/08/2013 16:51, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-09 16:29:24 +0100, Chris Hogg said: On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:08:30 +0100, Sacha wrote: David, can you give me the name of that red leaf Begonia you gave Ray? We have an artist interested in buying one and painting it! Why not just buy one of a different colour? ;-) There's always one.... ;-) I wonder if that artist has been painting your butterfly's? And if David Poole reads this, Ray's remembered it's B. Little Brother Montgomery. The veins are red, rather than the entire leaf. I'm going to have to extract much better 'in passing' descriptions from him! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-09 23:18:02 +0100, Sacha said:
On 2013-08-09 17:05:34 +0100, David Hill said: On 09/08/2013 16:51, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-09 16:29:24 +0100, Chris Hogg said: On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:08:30 +0100, Sacha wrote: David, can you give me the name of that red leaf Begonia you gave Ray? We have an artist interested in buying one and painting it! Why not just buy one of a different colour? ;-) There's always one.... ;-) I wonder if that artist has been painting your butterfly's? And if David Poole reads this, Ray's remembered it's B. Little Brother Montgomery. The veins are red, rather than the entire leaf. I'm going to have to extract much better 'in passing' descriptions from him! And now Ray has corrected himself. It's Connee Boswell. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Sacha,
I brought several Begonias over for the nursery to try: 'Little Brother Montgomery' - Maple like, silvered leaves pinkish when young, ageing to silver and maroon. 'Connee Boswell' - Large, maple-like silver-pink leaves. larger than LBM 'Benitochiba' - Interestingly divided, metallic, silvery purple leaves and pewter veins. grandis 'Sapporo' - Coppery red young growths, taller than grandis proper and coppery leaf undersides. |
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On 2013-08-10 16:41:30 +0100, Dave Poole said:
Sacha, I brought several Begonias over for the nursery to try: 'Little Brother Montgomery' - Maple like, silvered leaves pinkish when young, ageing to silver and maroon. 'Connee Boswell' - Large, maple-like silver-pink leaves. larger than LBM 'Benitochiba' - Interestingly divided, metallic, silvery purple leaves and pewter veins. grandis 'Sapporo' - Coppery red young growths, taller than grandis proper and coppery leaf undersides. Thanks, David. I'll make sure he's got those names firmly fixed on the last two. And I'll keep a copy of this post, too. He gets very irritable when other people go into the prop. house and move things around, especially if labels get knocked off! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-10 16:41:30 +0100, Dave Poole said:
Sacha, I brought several Begonias over for the nursery to try: 'Little Brother Montgomery' - Maple like, silvered leaves pinkish when young, ageing to silver and maroon. 'Connee Boswell' - Large, maple-like silver-pink leaves. larger than LBM 'Benitochiba' - Interestingly divided, metallic, silvery purple leaves and pewter veins. grandis 'Sapporo' - Coppery red young growths, taller than grandis proper and coppery leaf undersides. Yes, they're all in the prop. house. It's Connee (not Connie as I and some others have spelt it but which you corrected on Fb, thank you) I'm not a huge Begonia fan but must admit I do find these leaves seriously good looking. And because it's quite delicate, not a 'blowsy' Begonia, I like that hardy one Begonia grandis ssp Evansiana. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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I think I also brought over a new sp. of rhizomatous Begonia currently unidentified and listed as Begonia sp. U614. Cally Gardens are calling it B. sikkimensis, but it is definitely not that sp. The leaves are deeply incised and mainly silver with a very prominent maroon edge. It is quite hardy here and makes a fine clump in light shade.
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On 2013-08-12 18:54:17 +0100, Dave Poole said:
I think I also brought over a new sp. of rhizomatous Begonia currently unidentified and listed as Begonia sp. U614. Cally Gardens are calling it B. sikkimensis, but it is definitely not that sp. The leaves are deeply incised and mainly silver with a very prominent maroon edge. It is quite hardy here and makes a fine clump in light shade. Thanks, David. I'll pass that on, too. You are more than generous with your plants and we appreciate it very much. Some friends came in from Norfolk today who are keen and knowledgeable gardeners who used to live down here but ended up chicken farming in Norfolk, selling up and retiring very comfortably on the proceeds so as to make what sounds like a terrific garden. They brought Ray a few goodies including a Dahlia merckii and one or two other things I haven't examined closely yet! She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Sacha wrote:
They brought Ray a few goodies including a Dahlia merckii and one or two other things I haven't examined closely yet! She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? No it doesn't ATM, but if something springs to mind ... Dahlia merckii is nice - I rather like some of the species. Have you got D. coccinea 'Palmeri'? It has wonderfully lacey, glossy green foliage topped with rather showy, single, bright orange scarlet flowers. It's reasonably hardy and grows to around 2m. high and across. I have it here and fear I'll not have room for it so I thought about passing it on to you. |
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On 12/08/2013 22:06, Dave Poole wrote:
Sacha wrote: They brought Ray a few goodies including a Dahlia merckii and one or two other things I haven't examined closely yet! She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? No it doesn't ATM, but if something springs to mind ... Dahlia merckii is nice - I rather like some of the species. Have you got D. coccinea 'Palmeri'? It has wonderfully lacey, glossy green foliage topped with rather showy, single, bright orange scarlet flowers. It's reasonably hardy and grows to around 2m. high and across. I have it here and fear I'll not have room for it so I thought about passing it on to you. Do you have a picture of D. coccinea Palmeri David? I have a few D. Coccina but they just have collection numbers. David @ a much cooler side of Swansea Bay |
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On 2013-08-12 22:06:44 +0100, Dave Poole said:
Sacha wrote: They brought Ray a few goodies including a Dahlia merckii and one or two other things I haven't examined closely yet! She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? No it doesn't ATM, but if something springs to mind ... Dahlia merckii is nice - I rather like some of the species. Have you got D. coccinea 'Palmeri'? It has wonderfully lacey, glossy green foliage topped with rather showy, single, bright orange scarlet flowers. It's reasonably hardy and grows to around 2m. high and across. I have it here and fear I'll not have room for it so I thought about passing it on to you. No, we don't have that but I think that's one she was trying to describe to us. I'm sure Ray would be very grateful to give a home to a poor orphaned Dahlia. I think he said he'd had D.merckii and lost it somehow, so he was rather glad to get it again. There's another interesting looking plant she's included and I'll get the name tomorrow. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 12/08/2013 18:58, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-12 18:54:17 +0100, Dave Poole said: She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? Maybe something to do with a particularly thorny form of Rosa omeiensis? -- Jeff |
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On 2013-08-13 18:47:35 +0000, Jeff Layman said:
On 12/08/2013 18:58, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-12 18:54:17 +0100, Dave Poole said: She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? Maybe something to do with a particularly thorny form of Rosa omeiensis? Thanks Jeff but I don't think so - I'll email her for a better description. They're in Devon/Cornwall on holiday so when they get home I'll hope to get a better idea. Had it been Rosa, I don't think she'd have struggled to remember the name. It seemed the first name was Onensis or Oniensis but she was quite clear that the second was 'spinosa'. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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Sacha wrote Dahlia coccinea 'Palmeri':
No, we don't have that but I think that's one she was trying to describe to us. I'm sure Ray would be very grateful to give a home to a poor orphaned Dahlia. I think he said he'd had D.merckii and lost it somehow, so he was rather glad to get it again. There's another interesting looking plant she's included and I'll get the name tomorrow. That's decided then. Next time I come over I'll bring it with me. When I find I've got room, I can beg a cutting ;-) |
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On 13/08/2013 20:04, sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-13 18:47:35 +0000, Jeff Layman said: On 12/08/2013 18:58, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-12 18:54:17 +0100, Dave Poole said: She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? Maybe something to do with a particularly thorny form of Rosa omeiensis? Thanks Jeff but I don't think so - I'll email her for a better description. They're in Devon/Cornwall on holiday so when they get home I'll hope to get a better idea. Had it been Rosa, I don't think she'd have struggled to remember the name. It seemed the first name was Onensis or Oniensis but she was quite clear that the second was 'spinosa'. In that case, Ononis spinosa sounds a possibility. -- Jeff |
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On 2013-08-13 20:49:39 +0100, Dave Poole said:
Sacha wrote Dahlia coccinea 'Palmeri': No, we don't have that but I think that's one she was trying to describe to us. I'm sure Ray would be very grateful to give a home to a poor orphaned Dahlia. I think he said he'd had D.merckii and lost it somehow, so he was rather glad to get it again. There's another interesting looking plant she's included and I'll get the name tomorrow. That's decided then. Next time I come over I'll bring it with me. When I find I've got room, I can beg a cutting ;-) I dare say he'll spare you one! ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-13 21:15:08 +0100, Jeff Layman said:
On 13/08/2013 20:04, sacha wrote: On 2013-08-13 18:47:35 +0000, Jeff Layman said: On 12/08/2013 18:58, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-12 18:54:17 +0100, Dave Poole said: She mentioned something she's going to send us which sounded like Onensis spinosa (she couldn't remember the name clearly) Does that ring any bells with you? Maybe something to do with a particularly thorny form of Rosa omeiensis? Thanks Jeff but I don't think so - I'll email her for a better description. They're in Devon/Cornwall on holiday so when they get home I'll hope to get a better idea. Had it been Rosa, I don't think she'd have struggled to remember the name. It seemed the first name was Onensis or Oniensis but she was quite clear that the second was 'spinosa'. In that case, Ononis spinosa sounds a possibility. Very clever of you - that has to be it. Thank you very much. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 13/08/2013 23:11, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-13 21:15:08 +0100, Jeff Layman said: In that case, Ononis spinosa sounds a possibility. Very clever of you - that has to be it. Thank you very much. Wish I could claim the credit, but I can't. I just put "spinosa" into the RHS Plantfinder search box and looked for anything beginning with "O" in its results!!! -- Jeff |
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On 2013-08-14 07:56:50 +0100, Jeff Layman said:
On 13/08/2013 23:11, Sacha wrote: On 2013-08-13 21:15:08 +0100, Jeff Layman said: In that case, Ononis spinosa sounds a possibility. Very clever of you - that has to be it. Thank you very much. Wish I could claim the credit, but I can't. I just put "spinosa" into the RHS Plantfinder search box and looked for anything beginning with "O" in its results!!! Well, that was a lot more clever than I. I'd thought you'd have to have more of the first name to get anywhere, so I didn't even try it! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-08-10 16:41:30 +0100, Dave Poole said:
Sacha, I brought several Begonias over for the nursery to try: 'Little Brother Montgomery' - Maple like, silvered leaves pinkish when young, ageing to silver and maroon. 'Connee Boswell' - Large, maple-like silver-pink leaves. larger than LBM 'Benitochiba' - Interestingly divided, metallic, silvery purple leaves and pewter veins. grandis 'Sapporo' - Coppery red young growths, taller than grandis proper and coppery leaf undersides. The other plant our friends brought us is Galvezia speciosa. Looking it up it's from California and it seems very pretty. Our specimen looks a bit sad and droopy at present, so I hope it survives! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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