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Hi again. I've been offline for several weeks!
A wall basket from last year containing surfinias and bacopa has survived the winter and is blooming marvellous!!! Would normally only just have planted it up! Pam in Bristol |
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On Fri, 30 May 2014 13:17:06 +0200, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 10:52:05 +0100, Pam Moore wrote: Hi again. I've been offline for several weeks! A wall basket from last year containing surfinias and bacopa has survived the winter and is blooming marvellous!!! Would normally only just have planted it up! Glad you survived the trip to Holland. How was it? Half of Europe seemed to be in Keukenhof and Amsterdam when we were there! Aarlsmere disappointing but fascinating, the only bulb flowers we saw were in Keukenhof. No complaints about coach trip itself or the hotel (Golden Tulip at Nordvijk) Picked up a tummy bug from a dodgy burger in Bruges and have not got over it yet! |
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On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:52:05 AM UTC+1, Pam Moore wrote:
Hi again. I've been offline for several weeks! A wall basket from last year containing surfinias and bacopa has survived the winter and is blooming marvellous!!! Would normally only just have planted it up! Pam in Bristol An amazingly mild winter. I have Nasturtiums which over wintered, there was even a flower open on New Years Day and they have been a mass of colour for the last few weeks! Jenny - in Bristol |
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... On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:52:05 AM UTC+1, Pam Moore wrote: Hi again. I've been offline for several weeks! A wall basket from last year containing surfinias and bacopa has survived the winter and is blooming marvellous!!! Would normally only just have planted it up! Pam in Bristol An amazingly mild winter. I have Nasturtiums which over wintered, there was even a flower open on New Years Day and they have been a mass of colour for the last few weeks! Jenny - in Bristol ======================================== Jenny we have had flowers open all over the winter. BUT, we are in the very South of England. Mike South East Coast of the Isle of Wight --------------------------------------------------------------- www.friendsofshanklintheatre.co.uk |
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wrote in message ... On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:52:05 AM UTC+1, Pam Moore wrote: Hi again. I've been offline for several weeks! A wall basket from last year containing surfinias and bacopa has survived the winter and is blooming marvellous!!! Would normally only just have planted it up! Pam in Bristol An amazingly mild winter. I have Nasturtiums which over wintered, there was even a flower open on New Years Day and they have been a mass of colour for the last few weeks! And up here in the far north of Scotland, I have numerous fibrous rooted begonias coming through, a residue of last years summer bedding. Never had that happen before! Ardmhor |
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On 2014-05-30 16:59:06 +0000, philgurr said:
wrote in message ... On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:52:05 AM UTC+1, Pam Moore wrote: Hi again. I've been offline for several weeks! A wall basket from last year containing surfinias and bacopa has survived the winter and is blooming marvellous!!! Would normally only just have planted it up! Pam in Bristol An amazingly mild winter. I have Nasturtiums which over wintered, there was even a flower open on New Years Day and they have been a mass of colour for the last few weeks! And up here in the far north of Scotland, I have numerous fibrous rooted begonias coming through, a residue of last years summer bedding. Never had that happen before! Ardmhor Echium fastuosum overwintered here and have flowered superbly. Ray did cover them with horti fleece in case of frost but it was never a danger in that particular bit of the garden. They've received a lot of attention and comment and we're so glad they came through and have performed so beautifully. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On Fri, 30 May 2014 19:17:24 +0100, Sacha
wrote: Echium fastuosum overwintered here and have flowered superbly. Ray did cover them with horti fleece in case of frost but it was never a danger in that particular bit of the garden. They've received a lot of attention and comment and we're so glad they came through and have performed so beautifully. That's excellent, I do wish I could have some success with Echium. Ray Brown has a group of pininana on the roadside outside his place at the moment which are very spectacular. -- rbel |
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On 2014-05-30 22:02:05 +0000, rbel said:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 19:17:24 +0100, Sacha wrote: Echium fastuosum overwintered here and have flowered superbly. Ray did cover them with horti fleece in case of frost but it was never a danger in that particular bit of the garden. They've received a lot of attention and comment and we're so glad they came through and have performed so beautifully. That's excellent, I do wish I could have some success with Echium. Ray Brown has a group of pininana on the roadside outside his place at the moment which are very spectacular. Do they not like your soil or is it too wet for them? We have one E piniana which plonked itself right on the edge of a narrow path. Ray tied it back to a stake when it was still a youngster, so it's not irritating people! It's been a very good year for Echiums, probably because of the mild winter and warm spring. Ray (mine!) has been taking cuttings of the E. fastuosum. It's one we got from Tresco and is a particularly good blue, not wishy-washy. They're absolutely smothered with bees, so that's gratifying in itself. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On Sat, 31 May 2014 07:17:54 +0100, Sacha
wrote: On 2014-05-30 22:02:05 +0000, rbel said: On Fri, 30 May 2014 19:17:24 +0100, Sacha wrote: Echium fastuosum overwintered here and have flowered superbly. Ray did cover them with horti fleece in case of frost but it was never a danger in that particular bit of the garden. They've received a lot of attention and comment and we're so glad they came through and have performed so beautifully. That's excellent, I do wish I could have some success with Echium. Ray Brown has a group of pininana on the roadside outside his place at the moment which are very spectacular. Do they not like your soil or is it too wet for them? We have one E piniana which plonked itself right on the edge of a narrow path. Ray tied it back to a stake when it was still a youngster, so it's not irritating people! It's been a very good year for Echiums, probably because of the mild winter and warm spring. Ray (mine!) has been taking cuttings of the E. fastuosum. It's one we got from Tresco and is a particularly good blue, not wishy-washy. They're absolutely smothered with bees, so that's gratifying in itself. I have tried three times using varying proportions of JI and grit, the last try was with a 50/50 mix butwith no success. Perhaps the JI is too nutritious. -- rbel |
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On 2014-05-31 14:50:50 +0000, rbel said:
On Sat, 31 May 2014 07:17:54 +0100, Sacha wrote:snip That's excellent, I do wish I could have some success with Echium. Ray Brown has a group of pininana on the roadside outside his place at the moment which are very spectacular. Do they not like your soil or is it too wet for them? We have one E piniana which plonked itself right on the edge of a narrow path. Ray tied it back to a stake when it was still a youngster, so it's not irritating people! It's been a very good year for Echiums, probably because of the mild winter and warm spring. Ray (mine!) has been taking cuttings of the E. fastuosum. It's one we got from Tresco and is a particularly good blue, not wishy-washy. They're absolutely smothered with bees, so that's gratifying in itself. I have tried three times using varying proportions of JI and grit, the last try was with a 50/50 mix butwith no success. Perhaps the JI is too nutritious. I can only say that in Tresco they grow on sandy tracks a few yards from the sea, as well as in the steeply sloping and rocky parts of the garden. Here, they're in quite decent soil, though on a slope. But the ones I describe growing wild in Tresco have put themselves there, so poor soil doesn't seem to bother them at all. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2014-05-31 07:39:29 +0000, Martin said:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 19:17:24 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2014-05-30 16:59:06 +0000, philgurr said: wrote in message ... On Friday, May 30, 2014 10:52:05 AM UTC+1, Pam Moore wrote: Hi again. I've been offline for several weeks! A wall basket from last year containing surfinias and bacopa has survived the winter and is blooming marvellous!!! Would normally only just have planted it up! Pam in Bristol An amazingly mild winter. I have Nasturtiums which over wintered, there was even a flower open on New Years Day and they have been a mass of colour for the last few weeks! And up here in the far north of Scotland, I have numerous fibrous rooted begonias coming through, a residue of last years summer bedding. Never had that happen before! Ardmhor Echium fastuosum overwintered here and have flowered superbly. Ray did cover them with horti fleece in case of frost but it was never a danger in that particular bit of the garden. They've received a lot of attention and comment and we're so glad they came through and have performed so beautifully. We have roses that have stayed in flower right through the whole winter. Our Nashi pear trees have fruit this year, although gales blew a lot of the fruit off again. We have one pear on one tree and five on the other. Unfortunately all five are close together on one very thin branch. We looked at Ray's Nashi pear tonight. It has 7 fruits. The two young Belle de Jersey pears have 19 between them. I doubt all will grow to full size but I'm thrilled to see them. One has far more than the other.Ray thinks they'll do even better next year. His elm tree is growing mightily and has beautifully healthy foliage, so x fingers for that, too. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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