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Post by Tig on Feb 3, 2009 19:20:02 GMT
I love it when a 'rescue' plant shows its appreciation    Sweet  x Tig |
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Post by andy on Feb 3, 2009 19:33:27 GMT
Mmmmm...i bet that smells devine. I used to look after our Orangery and some of the citrus plants were 50 years old and 12 foot tall !!! they used to flower annually...some times twice a year and we used to get the most amaizing Seville and Naval oranges as well as satsumas. The wall of scent when you went in just smacked you in the face !!!!!
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Post by Tig on Feb 4, 2009 0:19:42 GMT
I hadn't spotted the flower Andy, just watching the higher buds - it was the smell that gave it away Do I need to pretend to be a bee now? Paintbrush to hand ... ready to pounce, I want a lemon! ;D |
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Post by Dutchy on Feb 4, 2009 7:45:32 GMT
Pounce Tig. ( once you have two flowers  ) There can't be enough bugs about inside to pollinate it. |
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Post by andy on Feb 4, 2009 17:42:58 GMT
just ordered 2 Brugmansias from this lot www.junglegardens.co.uk/PlantOrders/index1.html to go in the conservatory. Ive also ordered my ricinus seeds so they'll be with me soon !!!! Another nice exotic is the Eriobotria or loquat. easily grown and will tolerate most brittish winters. Hopefully i might get one of those too !!!! ;D |
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Post by Tig on Feb 4, 2009 20:21:13 GMT
Some beautiful Brugs there Andy - which ones have you ordered? Not sure if I like the doubles or not, flowers might drop quicker with the extra weight  x Tig |
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Post by andy on Feb 5, 2009 9:02:42 GMT
Exotica pink and dark rosetta Tig...can't wait to get them, although that might not be until may  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 5, 2009 9:28:09 GMT
I'm getting in a bit of a mess with my garden plans - the lack of space is making things a little difficult at the moment. I wanted to plant the Passion flower so that it would grow along the fence but OH doesn't like the idea as it would make painting difficult - well he is right there.
I can't find any other place to put it so that it can climb and am now wondering whether I should just take some cuttings and have a "new" Passion flower every year - they grow so quickly.
How easy is it to get cuttings to root and is it too late to take some now?
RF
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Post by andy on Feb 5, 2009 10:29:53 GMT
Cuttings root ver easily RF but should be done in early to mid summer. Im sure i did an article on passiflora cuttings somewhere !!!!
You can always try cutting it back hard every year....maybe to a couple of feet above the roots and then cover the roots in straw for a bit of protection. don't know how it'll react but it's got to be worth a try
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Post by andy on Feb 5, 2009 10:31:50 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 5, 2009 10:58:47 GMT
Marvellous Andy - thanks very much.
Do you think it is worth a try to get some cuttings to root now or shall I leave it?
RF
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Post by andy on Feb 5, 2009 11:18:56 GMT
Personally, i'd leave it although stranger things have happened and you have nothing to lose, so bung some in !!!!
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 5, 2009 11:21:06 GMT
ooo a challenge - right we are above freezing today (just) so I will nip out and see if I can grab a few cuttings under it's fleece coat!!
RF
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Post by maggy on Feb 5, 2009 16:10:59 GMT
I'm getting in a bit of a mess with my garden plans - the lack of space is making things a little difficult at the moment. I wanted to plant the Passion flower so that it would grow along the fence but OH doesn't like the idea as it would make painting difficult - well he is right there. I can't find any other place to put it so that it can climb and am now wondering whether I should just take some cuttings and have a "new" Passion flower every year - they grow so quickly. How easy is it to get cuttings to root and is it too late to take some now? RF I havent tried cuttings but they are very easy from seeds taken from a fruit! in fact I just squashed one on the top of a pot of compost and covered with sand , and they all came!!I grow mine over one of them plastic arches that you can get quite cheaply, I have a wisteria growing at the otherside. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 5, 2009 16:26:32 GMT
Thanks Maggie - it is the overwintering thing as well here - I think if they are so easy as seeds (when do I sow them) and as cuttings (thanks Andy) then I am better doing that as messing around trying to keep it alive.
Mind you it managed minus 15 with fleece, so it can't be too frost tender.
RF
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Post by Tig on Feb 16, 2009 12:55:31 GMT
The mimosa pudica seedlings are still growing away, I lost one of the four seeds which germinated, but the others are starting to recoil if touched  Roll on summer x Tig |
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Post by andy on Feb 16, 2009 14:22:54 GMT
Nice Tig....sensitive plants have small thorns on their stems if you didn't know so just take care.  |
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Post by Tig on Feb 16, 2009 16:24:49 GMT
Well I had to go and have a look didn't I No sign of any thorns yet, but they are only babies - thanks Andy I'll bear that in mind when they get bigger x Tig |
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Post by andy on Feb 16, 2009 17:16:09 GMT
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Post by Tig on Feb 18, 2009 19:22:49 GMT
Has anyone managed to grow a Phoenix Palm outside Midlands or more Northern and kept it alive?  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 4, 2009 6:07:34 GMT
I take it that no-one has Tig - certainly not here anyway, as far as I now.
RF
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Post by Tig on Mar 4, 2009 11:03:39 GMT
Well we'll see if I can be the first then RF ;D
Or I will have a brown spikey thing sat in the front border!
x Tig
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Post by Tig on Mar 9, 2009 20:45:16 GMT
My Hesperaloe parviflora seeds sown on the 3rd March in my mini heated prop are germinating  And the Melica transilvanica Red Spire is up too Whey hey ...... x Tig |
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Post by andy on Mar 10, 2009 5:50:13 GMT
All my Ricinus are up too !!!!!
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 10, 2009 8:27:14 GMT
Well done Tig and Andy - you have obviously more luck than I have.
My Mimosa Pudica have failed for the second time. There is no point in me trying again this year - will try at the end of the year.
RF
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Post by beanie on Mar 10, 2009 10:07:41 GMT
good news or bad news. my Aeonium had flowered for the first time since I bought it. About 7yrs at least. Bad news the head fell offaAs I touched it , the stem was mouldy behind the head. Oh well, roll on next time
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Post by Tig on Mar 10, 2009 10:59:04 GMT
What a disappointment Beanie after such a long wait I have an agave montana germinated ;D No sign of those damn tithonia though  I must be doing something wrong  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 10, 2009 11:08:51 GMT
Well I have to make a confession - I did some Mex's and for the first time ever they haven't germinated and I shall have to re-sow.
RF
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Post by andy on Mar 10, 2009 12:02:05 GMT
Tell you what i bought from wyevales about a month ago.....a small pot with 14 germinated coffee plants in. They've been in the conservatory for a while and ive just potted them up. They make lovely houseplants with dark green glossy leaves and are reltively easy to grow.
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 10, 2009 12:04:13 GMT
Blimey, you've kept quiet about that Andy, haven't you - you lucky thing!!!
RF
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I must be doing something wrong 