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Post by Dutchy on Jan 20, 2013 11:14:40 GMT
That is softer climes for you all-right. Just consider yourself lucky LG, yours is more likely to get through winter than mine or Rosefriends.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 20, 2013 11:17:45 GMT
I know Dutchy I've come to think of you and Rf when I see Buds growing along the sides of walls and in bizzare places. |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 20, 2013 11:25:15 GMT
Yes Budds like that. I once saw one coming out of the side of an apartment building in the city centre of Kassel Germany. They do grow in odd places even here but somehow our garden soil is too wet most of the time and then to ad insult to pain it freezes solid. Somehow Budds do not like that. I noticed on this thread Rosefriend put one in her front garden.... I must remember not to look at it when I visit the coming summer. The poor plant might keel over due to my lethal stare  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 20, 2013 11:27:10 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 20, 2013 11:27:47 GMT
Yes Budds like that. I once saw one coming out of the side of an apartment building in the city centre of Kassel Germany. They do grow in odd places even here but somehow our garden soil is too wet most of the time and then to ad insult to pain it freezes solid. Somehow Budds do not like that. I noticed on this thread Rosefriend put one in her front garden.... I must remember not to look at it when I visit the coming summer. The poor plant might keel over due to my lethal stare Ooo don't you dare stare at it Dutchy - it is the special budd!!! RF |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 20, 2013 11:38:36 GMT
Oops I'll try but why on earth did you plant it where I cannot avoid it?  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 20, 2013 11:47:21 GMT
Aaahhhh well, thereby hangs a tale !!!!!!
Rf
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 25, 2013 9:28:36 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 25, 2013 14:20:41 GMT
Wellllll, grab a coffee and put your feet up Dutchy... - if you remember the first special Budd bit the dust in the hard winter 2009 and when you came up in 2010 you chose another one at Herbs. It has been kept alive and flowered really well and looked a dream in 2010/11 and last year started to...mmmh - well not many flowers although the plant was healthy enough. Sooooo I decided to have a look and the roots were packed and the only place that I could find was in the front garden. So that is where it landed and I intended to get it out again and find a place in the back garden as there is no sun in the front from end of Sept/beginning of Oct until we change the clocks in March....however I found OH one day looking out of the kitchen window and he was amazed at how many bees and butterflies were on the bush and bit by bit both of us started to enjoy looking out of the window in summer and seeing the butterflies so I have left it there even thought the place isn't ideal... Sooo - don't you dare give it one of your looks!!!! RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 25, 2013 19:02:57 GMT
There's always some baby special budds waiting in the wings RF!
Ohh, I've just remembered....primroses!
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 28, 2013 7:19:30 GMT
I am currently scouring the stores for lethal look defying sunglasses. I might find them in time Rosefriend . Jas!!! baby buds in the wings... have ye never heard that there is no such thing in Rosefriends nick of the woods? Or mine for that. Now what about primroses? Are they taking on budd proportions Jasmine ? |
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Post by Jilly on Mar 7, 2013 12:24:15 GMT
Does anyone know if Buzz Budds are likely to come true from seed? I only ask because I have a self sown seedling in the gravel, right underneath the white Buzz Budd.
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 7, 2013 13:08:59 GMT
Oh that's interesting Jilly. I've got the blue one I got from Jasmine a few years back in a pot but it has'nt ever self seeded. I did stick some of the cuttings from when I cut it back a few weeks ago into the ground and so far they're still alive. I've had a look online to see if I could find an answer to your question but I could'nt. All I have found is that not all Budd's come true from seed. |
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Post by Jasmine on Mar 7, 2013 14:19:20 GMT
Any babies I've ever found Jilly look a bit like cross pollination babies when they've flowered. I have found babies near Black Knight and Pink Delight and they look somewhere in the middle when they flower if that makes sense - they're not pink and they're not purple - they're sort of a mixture. |
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Post by Jilly on Mar 7, 2013 15:19:44 GMT
I may have to pot it up & see what happens, I was going to ask if anyone wanted it? Best I check if it's going to be a weedy one first |
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Post by Jasmine on Mar 7, 2013 15:27:20 GMT
You may have a stunner on your hands Jilly!! |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 8, 2013 7:31:48 GMT
I suspect I'm going to have to say 'bye-bye' to my (very) ancient one, it hasn't any sign of new shoots anywhere apart from high up - I know how to prune them, but how do you prune a shrub back to the lowest shoots when they're 6' up? I might get rid of it - or give it one more year...I've spent tooooo much on replacement shrubs and trees this year.  |
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 10, 2013 18:36:53 GMT
Why not be brutal and give it a chop right above 1 foot and see what it does?
Were it mine it would die but this is a strong uk one. Cruelty sometimes does work.
My mysterious cutting budd is still alive in the cf. I hope I can get it to flower this year if only to find out what it is.
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Post by Jilly on Mar 10, 2013 18:56:37 GMT
I was going to suggest that too Dutchy, I was visiting my MIL this morning & she had recently taken the pruning saw to one of the ancient Budds in her garden, she thought she'd killed it, but we spotted several new shoots starting when we looked. |
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 10, 2013 19:01:26 GMT
Ah see Geranium. That can work.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 11, 2013 7:09:33 GMT
OK, that's what I'll do. It looks so awful at the moment. It'll be a case of kill or cure!  I can use my pruning saw on some of the 'trunks' but I'll need OH to help with the very thick ones. I was thinking about buying a bow saw. Is that something anyone else uses? |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 11, 2013 9:19:38 GMT
OH always uses one  |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 12, 2013 7:22:15 GMT
Ah, but could I use one? I can't wield OH's loppers. |
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Post by Jasmine on Mar 12, 2013 7:26:18 GMT
I use one Geranium and I think the complete cut back is a good idea. |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 12, 2013 8:54:24 GMT
Yes Geranium it doesn't take a lot of strength.... it's the technique - I can use ours |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 12, 2013 22:00:53 GMT
Thanks - I'll ask OH if I can use his on the Budd. I'll have a go as soon as I can bring myself to go out in the bitter cold!  (He's just said he'd prefer to be here while I'm using it, and he's away for the next two days. ) |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 15, 2013 7:40:41 GMT
I managed with my pruning saw - it's a stump now. One piece came away in my hand, but the other 'trunks' were all alive. I read somewhere that Buddleias can shoot from under the bark, so fingers crossed, because there are no green shoots at all atm.
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 15, 2013 9:06:36 GMT
Why did you go out in the freezing cold? It could have waited.... honest. Fingers crossed Geranium and if it fails..... whohee an empty space for a lovely new plant  But I hope it goes well. |
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Post by Geranium on Mar 16, 2013 17:16:54 GMT
I wanted to get it done, Dutchy. I won't be too bothered if it doesn't regenerate, as I'm not all that fond of Buddleias.  |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 16, 2013 17:52:03 GMT
I'm not keen either, but I keep one as a sop to the butterflies |
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I can use my pruning saw on some of the 'trunks' but I'll need OH to help with the very thick ones. I was thinking about buying a bow saw. Is that something anyone else uses? 
