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Post by JennyWrenn on Apr 21, 2007 6:04:25 GMT
Ooooo what lovely pix - I have a few plants that you show but sadly mine not in flower yet but I look forwards to this now I have seen your photos
One of my flowering cherries has a couple very large branches that are obviously "dead" can I lop these off now or wait - jenny
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Post by Spruance on Apr 21, 2007 7:40:22 GMT
Lovely photos as always Andy! ;D
My own flowering cherry is blossoming at the moment so I will have to post some photos of that too.
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 21, 2007 7:43:14 GMT
Andy wow. You wanna swap office?  I am looking forward to the new pix too. Just a question, do you have Viburnum weavil in that sterile snowball? I had it in mine and went one year without flowers though it looks fine now I am not so comfortable with the poison I used. Do you know other ways of fighting the buggggggrs? The bluetits don't eat them nor the wren or any other birds I noticed |
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Post by isabella on Apr 21, 2007 12:57:42 GMT
Beautiful photos ,Andy - thankyou for sharing  |
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Post by Plocket on Apr 23, 2007 8:29:13 GMT
Nice office!!! |
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Post by Pip on Apr 23, 2007 17:38:12 GMT
What absolutely wonderful photos. My garden doesn't look anything like that and my office certainly never did.
Pip
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Post by andy on Apr 30, 2007 17:04:13 GMT
Took a load more pics today....hope there's not too many  Firstly....Actinidia kolomikta. Not looking its absolute best yet. Not many people realise they also produce small clusters of white flowers which are lemon scented  One of the many helianthemum i have....this was supposed to be 'raspberry ripples' but is nowhere near it. Still nice though  A nice rockery plant....tumbling Ted or Saponaria ocymoides  View looking yp to the chalet with the red helianthemum and yellow Allysum saxatile  One of the 3 gorgeous foxglove trees i have....Paulonia tomentosa.  Choisya ternata 'aztec pearl' looking....and smelling superb  Ceonothus sp...possibly Pugets blue  Bluebells growing through a nice Parrotia persica  Gunnera mannicata  And again  Bank above the pond  Handkercheif tree....Davidia involucrata  Centaurea  Clematis montana rubens growing through a larhe 30' tall conifer  Laburnum  Now the next 3 pictures are of a different park....Stanmer park in Brighton to be precise. I drove up the park especially to get these pics as it just looked awesome. This is the village church and beside it grows the most incredible Judas tree....Cercis siliquastrum, which is in full flower. Brobably the most breathtaking tree i've ever seen flower. Enjoy    |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 30, 2007 17:18:44 GMT
Lovely pics Andy - what I would give to have an office like yours!!!
I bought Actinidia kolomikta a year ago and it is still small but it is lovely.
The Judas tree - I was offered a new dwarf variety this Spring - just haven't got the room at the moment but I am working my way to finding a place for it. Pity I haven't got room for the bigger variety . they are fantastic.
RF
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Post by andy on Apr 30, 2007 17:42:51 GMT
yeah i've got a large Judas tree in the rock garden but it's right up the back and hidden from view by a 150' beech tree !!!  |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Apr 30, 2007 18:11:59 GMT
Stunning, fantastic, beautiful, amazing......................best pics I've EVER seen of an office  Hey Andy, can you grow Gunnera in a container? Probably a stupid question as it's huge but thought I would ask! I'd love some by my pond! S x |
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Post by andy on Apr 30, 2007 19:04:52 GMT
I've just potted one up Susie. They will need a big pot with rich, loamy soil with added leaf mould. I also put the pot in a drip tray which i keep filled up with water. A weekly liquid feed is useful too.
HTH
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Post by madonplants on Apr 30, 2007 20:10:11 GMT
Stunning, fantastic, beautiful, amazing......................best pics I've EVER seen of an office Hey Andy, can you grow Gunnera in a container? Probably a stupid question as it's huge but thought I would ask! I'd love some by my pond! S x Why not a Rheum Palmatum, which is similar, but copes with drier conditions than Gunnera. I had one in a pot to give a new pond some shade, but still 'lined' the pot with plastic to retain moisture. When it eventually got planted out, it grew really well. Sorry Andy, a bit off topic. They are great pictures, especially of that cercis and the handkerchief tree. Wow what a great office you have. Keith Edit, Can't even spell hankerchief tree properly, see I have done it again!! |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Apr 30, 2007 20:19:32 GMT
I've just potted one up Susie. They will need a big pot with rich, loamy soil with added leaf mould. I also put the pot in a drip tray which i keep filled up with water. A weekly liquid feed is useful too. HTH Thanks Andy, I'm definately going to give it a go! Now all I have to do is find one........................... S x |
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Post by jean on Apr 30, 2007 21:04:31 GMT
I've just potted one up Susie. They will need a big pot with rich, loamy soil with added leaf mould. I also put the pot in a drip tray which i keep filled up with water. A weekly liquid feed is useful too. HTH Thanks Andy, I'm definately going to give it a go! Now all I have to do is find one........................... S x Susie, think of a huge pot and then double it. Drainage holes are better 6" up rather than through the bottom to help with watering. They soon out grow their pots and will need splitting every couple of years. Split one last year that had been growing in a dustbin and I am now getting some really good sized leaves, should have done the other but it was such a job to get it out. I was determined I was going to have some in my garden come what may  They will never grow huge in a pot, but I am glad I have them. Sadly they are to big to put in the post  |
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Post by Pip on May 1, 2007 6:11:42 GMT
Well Andy, once again you have taken some wonderful photos. The Judas Tree is exceptional and I would love one.
I am also intrigued by the Handkerchief tree....Davidia involucrata. How big does it grow and what type of soil does it prefer?
Pip
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Post by JennyWrenn on May 1, 2007 6:33:44 GMT
Yes the Handerkerchief Tree intrigued me too - |
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Post by andy on May 1, 2007 10:18:18 GMT
Mine is about 25' tall...so a medium tree and mine is planted on chalky loam so a fairly alkaline pH....seems to like it there but not sure what their optimum conditions should be. It's not been as good as usual for some reason. The "handkercheifs" (really just bracts that surround the flower and seeds) are much smaller than usual and seem to be a little scorched |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on May 2, 2007 19:01:32 GMT
GORGEOUS!. ;D
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Post by andy on Oct 12, 2007 15:18:06 GMT
Took the camera in to work today to catch some of the flower that's still around Little bit of the garden  Cyclamen herderafolium  Corydalis lutea  Penstemon 'ruby'  Pink Penstemon  Colchicum  Euonymous Europeus (common spindle tree)  My hut with parthonocissus looking very autumnal !  Verbena x bonairiensis looking really nice  Cotinus cogygria in full autumnal plumage  Miscanthus zebrinus  |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 12, 2007 16:35:53 GMT
Fabs photo's Andy Look at all that lovely cutting material on those Penstemons ;D Love the Corydalis, I've seen the yellow one next door to me on thier driveway, might have to beg a bit I've got a couple of blue ones in pots. Now then your hut, I just love it and it probably pips 1st place in comparison to OM's shed. But I love OM's shed too. Mmmm hut or shed, hut or shed, hut or shed ;D |
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Post by andy on Oct 12, 2007 16:46:49 GMT
The hut's like a tardis inside Chuckles...it's absolutely massive and boasts a kitchen plus a ladies and gents toilets (which do not work due to no running water)
I do have electricity in there though and have just added a kettle, small fridge, microwave and toaster.....oh, and my old huge 4 seater sofa that we had in my lounge at home until last April.
The yellow corydalis are weeds...they seed everywhere and it's always been my ambition to grow a few blue ones.
Andy
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 12, 2007 16:56:36 GMT
What lovely pics - the Colchicum is glorious - I do love them and the Verbena bonariensis really is a dream - I have some seeds for next year.
RF
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Post by snowowl on Oct 12, 2007 17:11:26 GMT
What a lovely place to work Andy.You must love going to work everyday.
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Post by Weeterrier on Oct 12, 2007 17:52:34 GMT
Andy, I am so jealous! That hut is fabulous! When I worked at my gardening job for the country park, I had to share my very small hut with a load of deckchairs. |
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Post by Tig on Oct 12, 2007 18:45:18 GMT
What lovely surroundings Andy - so much still in flower, thanks for sharing tig |
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Post by andy on Jun 2, 2008 13:35:34 GMT
Took the camera in today as things are looking particularly pretty in the garden at the moment. Enjoy Pond  Stepping stones  Looking up into the garden  Here's some of the screes     A lovely blue-ish penstemon  Same one  Penstemon "Ruby"  Helianthemum 'orange'  Helianthemum 'raspberry ripple'  Actinidia Kolomikta  Kolkwitzia amabilis  Nelia  |
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Post by snowowl on Jun 2, 2008 13:52:12 GMT
What a wonderfull place you work at Andy people in offices and factorys must love to change places with you i bet.
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Post by Tig on Jun 2, 2008 15:26:09 GMT
For somebody who hates gardening you sure do a good job  x Tig |
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Post by bagpuss on Jun 2, 2008 15:31:20 GMT
Andy
Two words, wow and stunning.
BP x
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 2, 2008 18:40:10 GMT
Lovely pics Andy of a lovely garden. Bet you love gardening really!!
Any idea what that first Penstemon is? I've had them for years. Got one off the WI stall on Norwich market, bought as.....you guessed it....Sour Grapes. That it is not but I've never really been able to find it's name and you don't see it often either. It is very distinctive amongst Penstemons.
Got excited a few years back when I saw one at Barnsdale. They had a collection of them and were trying to sort out the misnaming of many varieties. They had this one as venustum and I have called mine that ever since, until that is, I recently saw another labelled venustum which was nothing like mine!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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They will never grow huge in a pot, but I am glad I have them. Sadly they are to big to put in the post 
