Hi
I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's possible to
take cuttings

TIA
Steve

"Steve" wrote in message
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Hi
I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's possible
to
take cuttings

What might million bells be?

Franz

"Steve" wrote in
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Hi
I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's
possible to take cuttings

You can overwinter million bells in a greenhouse (or I can, anyway) though
they start to lose their oomph after a few years.

Verbena takes well from cuttings. Haven't tried petunias, but would guess
they'd do well too.

Victoria

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote in message
.. .
Hi
I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's possible
to
take cuttings

What might million bells be?

Franz

I think they belong to the Surfinia family

http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/seeds/pages/2003h.htm

Steve

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:41:45 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

What might million bells be?

Million bells is a widely available, popular, flowering patio plant.
Where have you been?

Pam in Bristol

in article , Franz Heymann at
wrote on 3/9/03 11:41 am:


"Steve" wrote in message
.. .
Hi
I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's possible
to
take cuttings

What might million bells be?

Franz


Trailing petunia - not the same as Surfinia, but close. They're very
floriferous, have smaller flowers than Surfinias and come in many colours.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
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On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:06:37 +0100, Victoria Clare
wrote:

~"Steve" wrote in
:
~
~ Hi
~ I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
~ anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's
~ possible to take cuttings
~
~You can overwinter million bells in a greenhouse (or I can, anyway) though
~they start to lose their oomph after a few years.
~
~Verbena takes well from cuttings. Haven't tried petunias, but would guess
~they'd do well too.
~
I have had quite a lot of pink millionbells this year which all grew
from a leggy overwintered plant. Pop 6" cuttings in water and wait a
couple of weeks or so and they root really easily.


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

In article , Pam Moore
writes
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:41:45 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

What might million bells be?

Million bells is a widely available, popular, flowering patio plant.
Where have you been?

Probably haunting nurseries which call things by their proper botanical
names ;-)


--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

"Steve" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"Steve" wrote in message
.. .
Hi
I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's
possible
to
take cuttings

What might million bells be?

Franz

I think they belong to the Surfinia family

Thanks.

Franz

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:41:45 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

What might million bells be?

Million bells is a widely available, popular, flowering patio plant.

Never heard the word.

Where have you been?

Somewhere where I have not learnt much about the folksy names for patio
plants.

Franz

"Sacha" wrote in message
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in article , Franz Heymann at
wrote on 3/9/03 11:41 am:


"Steve" wrote in message
.. .
Hi
I've had a nice show on the patio with million bells and verbena. Does
anyone know whether I can keep these through winter and if it's
possible
to
take cuttings

What might million bells be?

Franz


Trailing petunia - not the same as Surfinia, but close. They're very
floriferous, have smaller flowers than Surfinias and come in many colours.

Thank you. Now I think I really do understand what they are.

Franz
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:14:12 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

Thank you. Now I think I really do understand what they are.

But nobody has yet given any other (latin or otherwise) name for
Million Bells! LOL


Pam in Bristol

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:59:02 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:14:12 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

Thank you. Now I think I really do understand what they are.

But nobody has yet given any other (latin or otherwise) name for
Million Bells! LOL


Calibrachoas hybrids
Mounding habit. Grow in full sun. Leaves may turn yellow if soil is
kept too wet, if not fed regularly, or if soil pH is too high. Allow
soil to dry a bit between heavy waterings. Pinch at 3 weeks and 6
weeks after potting up. Not fond of slow release fertilizer.

--
®óñ© © ²°°³

wrote in
:

I have had quite a lot of pink millionbells this year which all grew
from a leggy overwintered plant. Pop 6" cuttings in water and wait a
couple of weeks or so and they root really easily.


When did you take your cuttings - spring or autumn?

My purple millionbells is now 4 years old and this year it's started to
look its age - so I ought to make the effort to take cuttings this time
round.

Victoria

Ron Clark pushed briefly to the front of the queue
on Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:27:20 +0100, and nailed this to the shed door:

^ On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:59:02 +0100, Pam Moore
^ wrote:
^
^ On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:14:12 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
^ wrote:
^
^ Thank you. Now I think I really do understand what they are.
^
^ But nobody has yet given any other (latin or otherwise) name for
^ Million Bells! LOL

^ Calibrachoas hybrids
^ Mounding habit. Grow in full sun. Leaves may turn yellow if soil is
^ kept too wet, if not fed regularly, or if soil pH is too high. Allow
^ soil to dry a bit between heavy waterings. Pinch at 3 weeks and 6
^ weeks after potting up. Not fond of slow release fertilizer.

Hullo, Wonk. Are you on the point of swapping NG allegiance, or are
you a longtime lurker only just now delurking momentarily?

Andy
--

"No, you claim the magpie is to blame for all the
worlds ills, based on your ignorance of magpies."
(4a7391c12e538ef306d33d71c9482221@TeraNews)