Risen again from the dead
When I went to the dustbin this morning I spotted some tiny green leaves coming through the soil...my Scottish flame-creeper, tropaeolum speciosum has come back to life! A closer inspection showed three more infant plants within a few feet, signs that its roots are settled and creeping about underground. That's the first sign of life from it since I moved a root to this garden 18 months ago; nothing at all showed above ground last year. Thought I'd lost the temperamental creature so I'm delighted :-) Janet |
Risen again from the dead
Janet Baraclough..7/4/04 6:21
k When I went to the dustbin this morning I spotted some tiny green leaves coming through the soil...my Scottish flame-creeper, tropaeolum speciosum has come back to life! A closer inspection showed three more infant plants within a few feet, signs that its roots are settled and creeping about underground. That's the first sign of life from it since I moved a root to this garden 18 months ago; nothing at all showed above ground last year. Thought I'd lost the temperamental creature so I'm delighted :-) And I'm delighted for you! It's a lovely thing. We have it growing through some yew hedging and for those who actually look around them, rather than at the ground * it's a source of constant wonderment and surprise. * is because when our mimosa was flowering its socks off - best I or Ray have ever seen it, and could be seen from 4 or 500 yards away up the lane etc. - several visitors to the garden didn't see it unless we pointed it out. Then they'd look up and be astonished - the Paulownia gets just the same treatment, though it's not as spectacular. Look up, LOOK UP should be a gardening motto! Not everything flowers just above ground level. ;-) Janet, can you grow, do you have, would you like, a Holboellia? Ours is going mad in the greenhouse just now and the scent is enough to make one swoon; no doubt the outdoor one will do the same later. This is H. coriacea which Ray says he thinks is more 'reliable'. Email me if you'd like one as a house-warming present. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
Risen again from the dead
When I went to the dustbin this morning I spotted some tiny green leaves coming through the soil...my Scottish flame-creeper, tropaeolum speciosum has come back to life! A closer inspection showed three more infant plants within a few feet, signs that its roots are settled and creeping about underground. That's the first sign of life from it since I moved a root to this garden 18 months ago; nothing at all showed above ground last year. Thought I'd lost the temperamental creature so I'm delighted :-) Happy Easter ;-) Andrew |
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