I was gathering some seeds from the dahlias still out in the field
today, when I was sorting them out for drying I found that there was a
lot of see collarette seed germinating, in all I picked out and planted 70.
That's Dahlia seed germinating out of doors in January.
I also have a stem of Dahlia with some very beaten up flowers and
several new shoots so tomorrow I'll have to take them as cuttings.
Also 4 or 5 of the Hybrid tree dahlias still have green stems. All the
"normal" dahlias are long gone.
David @ a yet again wet side of Swansea Bay

"David Hill" wrote in message ...

I was gathering some seeds from the dahlias still out in the field
today, when I was sorting them out for drying I found that there was a
lot of see collarette seed germinating, in all I picked out and planted 70.
That's Dahlia seed germinating out of doors in January.
I also have a stem of Dahlia with some very beaten up flowers and
several new shoots so tomorrow I'll have to take them as cuttings.
Also 4 or 5 of the Hybrid tree dahlias still have green stems. All the
"normal" dahlias are long gone.
David @ a yet again wet side of Swansea Bay
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Our neighbour and his son put in a new fence for me a couple or three weeks
ago and of course disturbed all of the soil. I was surprised to see the
other day lots of small weeds sprouting!!

"The Gardener" went into the greenhouse to fetch something and saw that a
load of Hazel Twigs she had pruned off and was keeping for stages, have some
very healthy looking buds on them.

Global Warming ? ;-}


Mike


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'Mike' wrote:

Our neighbour and his son put in a new fence for me a couple or three weeks
ago and of course disturbed all of the soil. I was surprised to see the
other day lots of small weeds sprouting!!

"The Gardener" went into the greenhouse to fetch something and saw that a
load of Hazel Twigs she had pruned off and was keeping for stages, have some
very healthy looking buds on them.

Global Warming ? ;-}

Not necessarily. That has always happened in the warmer parts of
the UK, such as the Isle of Wight. Plenty of seeds will germinate
at any time the soil is above freezing, and hazel is well-known
to start growing (and producing catkins) in winter.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"David Hill" wrote ...

I was gathering some seeds from the dahlias still out in the field today,
when I was sorting them out for drying I found that there was a lot of see
collarette seed germinating, in all I picked out and planted 70.
That's Dahlia seed germinating out of doors in January.
I also have a stem of Dahlia with some very beaten up flowers and several
new shoots so tomorrow I'll have to take them as cuttings.
Also 4 or 5 of the Hybrid tree dahlias still have green stems. All the
"normal" dahlias are long gone.

Perhaps you are also breeding a variety of hardy Dahlias. Bit like
Phalaenopsis orchids which used to be tricky to grow demanding specialist
knowledge and equipment but have been domesticated over the decades and are
now long lived house plants.
It always surprises me how some plants seem to go against the general
wisdom, for the second year we have a good bed of young coriander on our
allotment so planting the seeds in the autumn works. Some years ago, after
allowing some red lettuce to seed (because they are quite pretty), we had a
complete coverage of red lettuce by February, like a red carpet of baby
plants.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

I saw some hazel catkins expanded into flowering stage while out on a walk in the Chilterns on Sunday.