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Post by Jasmine on Aug 10, 2012 17:28:03 GMT
You can share it with us when the trial is over!  |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 13, 2012 17:38:21 GMT
 That is so beautiful Jasmine, I never realised before that the flowers were like little pom poms. My Buzz Buds are doing really well this year, can't believe the size of the flowers, mind you as they are in pots they get a dose of Tomato food every week when I feed the other pots.  Buzz Ivory, I love the tiny orange eyes, only problem is like all white buds they don't look too good when they start to go over.  Jillyx |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 13, 2012 18:47:22 GMT
Would you like one of RF's special pom pom budds Jilly?
Your Buzz budds are looking good - I agree about white budds but they are pretty!
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 13, 2012 18:58:00 GMT
The reason it's a pom pom Budd is because it is a cross between B. davidii und B. globosa......mine is flowering it's head off...I am really pleased...
RF
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Post by Jilly on Aug 13, 2012 20:02:56 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 13, 2012 20:21:22 GMT
Oh yes, so I did. I've got a little list somewhere!  ;D Special budd, penstemons (if T&M sort themselves out) and schizostylis! Oh, and a Blue Paradise phlox! |
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Post by isabella on Aug 15, 2012 5:10:02 GMT
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Post by JennyWrenn on Aug 15, 2012 5:16:34 GMT
The park close by has many Budds and especially the white ones - but yes Jilly true they look awful when they are dying back - the flowers turn a sort of brown burned out colour but lovely when they are at their best
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 17, 2012 18:45:01 GMT
I cut my special Budd right back this year as it was a bit leggy and straggly, it has bushed up a treat..not sure if it will flower this year but at least it is now 'standing' up on ts own and not having to be propped up ;D
There are blue and white Budds all along the main road round here..they are pretty but tend to block the view of the traffic when you try to cross the road..
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 3, 2012 18:10:34 GMT
Lots of butterflies and bees on RF's special budd today!
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 3, 2012 18:25:28 GMT
Pleased that you said that Jas - I have never seen sooo many butterflies and bees on a Budd as I have on this one...None of my others seem to have as many somehow!!
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 3, 2012 18:48:17 GMT
The same here RF - I think they like the slightly later blooms. I have read a few articles now saying prune your budds (davidii type) in April to get late August/September blooms but your spcial budd seems to do that on a February prune.
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 3, 2012 19:10:11 GMT
Well I only cut mine back so that they don''t break in the winter and unfortunately our winters do all the pruning that is necessary. When I bought it originally it said on the label that it could die completely back during the winter. As the first one died totally they are obviously not soooo winter hard...
Yes, my Royal Red and Black Knight have finished flowering except for small bits but my Blue Chip is just starting as well and that seems to have a fair few butterflies but not as many as the RF special Budd.....
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 4, 2012 15:52:30 GMT
OH and I have just counted 6 Tortoise Shells on the special budd.
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 4, 2012 15:56:52 GMT
I am pleased that I put the special Budd in the front garden so that I can look from the kitchen windon - it is really lovely..
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 4, 2012 16:00:34 GMT
I was just thinking that it fades quite elegantly too!
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 4, 2012 16:02:42 GMT
Yes it does - infact there isn't much about it that I don't like...except possibly the size if I don't prune back well - or should I say, if I have to, weather wise...
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Sept 4, 2012 19:59:02 GMT
It does reach rather triffid like proportions but I have a plan to put a few along the stock fencing. Horses obviously don't like it as there is one lonesome ordinary budd in the paddock and they don't touch it. It will soften the edges a bit down there.
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Post by Jasmine on Oct 28, 2012 19:20:22 GMT
RF's special budd is still flowering away!
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 31, 2012 18:15:42 GMT
Hm pretty unbelievable. Are you sure you got it from RF, the lady who like me can kill a budd by looking at it?
I got a stick from a bud grower and pushed it in potting compost..... It is alive, how scary is that eh?
But now I have to at least make an effort to get it through winter, if only to find out what budd it is.
Would bunging the pot in the GH be any good? Even when night temps in February go below minus 20 *C.
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 31, 2012 18:49:58 GMT
Would you not have a porch or a cool room inside even that you could put it when the temp gets down so low Dutchy?
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 31, 2012 18:55:45 GMT
I lost 3 last year Dutchy....they can do around minus 12 for a very short period - the really wild ones are much hardier - we haven't got them though!!
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 31, 2012 19:00:11 GMT
Indoor cool it the garage but that is a single stone wall and when temps drop the walls are covered in ice on the inside, but you might be right and it could stand being there maybe.
Other rooms in a central heated house are too warm. I get the Dahlia tubers in the parlour which is fine for a week or two but it would not be good for the budd I think.
Ah well it is not as if I am used to having a life specimen but since RF managed to keep some going I should too.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Nov 1, 2012 7:41:56 GMT
I pruned and cut back my two Buds really hard this year and they have behaved themselves by not sprouting any new branches - instead of looking like untidy bushes falling into the path they are now two very attractive and tall trees ;D And they didnt have any babies this year either so nothing to dig out from the driveway  |
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 1, 2012 13:24:01 GMT
Indoor cool it the garage but that is a single stone wall and when temps drop the walls are covered in ice on the inside, but you might be right and it could stand being there maybe. Ah well it is not as if I am used to having a life specimen but since RF managed to keep some going I should too. Dryish and in the garage may be perfect. I'm convinced things would manage the extreme cold better with dry feet! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif |
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 1, 2012 13:29:33 GMT
I think you are right Jas - it is one thing being frozen stiff but quite another being frozen stiff with wet frozen feet!!
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 1, 2012 13:37:50 GMT
We'd feel the same wouldn't we RF!!!
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 1, 2012 13:48:16 GMT
Haha - yes we definitely would !!!!
RF
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 19, 2013 17:38:47 GMT
Ah yes erm, forgot to get the unknown budd indoors but it is dry and sits in my wood cold frame so it might be fine as temps in there are half as bad as outside. And no freezing winds can get to it.
The ever green Viburnum that sits next to it is still looking happy.
Fingers crossed once again.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 20, 2013 9:00:58 GMT
It sounds like they have a good chance Dutchy, as you say fingers crossed. I was thinking just the other day that mine (bud) is full of fairly new growth and did'nt hibernate at all this winter. In another month or so it'll be time to cut it right back although I did cut 1/3 of it in autumn but it's all grown again. |
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