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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2007 15:43:14 GMT
Well, as promised here's a seedling which has rooted into some brick edging:  And, looking over my garden wall, my neighbour's monster which has been left to get on with things for years, apparently:  ... cheers ... |
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 27, 2007 9:29:34 GMT
;D
I think I need extra special glasses to spot your seedling.
As for pic two..
Gr on the big thing in the back but what lovely orange flowers in front.
Can't cough up the name but I know the plant.
Please enlighten me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2007 12:58:17 GMT
Dutchy, sorry ... I still have not got the hang of the close-up facility on my camera  ! The climber is Eccremarcarpus Scaber. Although it's a tender perennial, it's planted against a very sunny and sheltered wall, so I'm hoping it'll make it through the winter ... it's self-clinging, has already covered most of the garden wall and is now making a bid for the house wall .... and has been flowering for months now ;D ... cheers ... |
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 30, 2007 9:01:16 GMT
Lovely, I hope it does get through the Winter.
Although you might have to convince your neighbours that they want it too ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2007 12:41:11 GMT
Thanks, Dutchy ... no danger of my neighbours being annoyed by creeping eccremarcarpus! They are really lovely people, and were fantastic when we first moved into our then-bathroomless-house, but definitely not gardeners. In fact, last year my neighbour confided in me that 'she'd love to have a garden like you'. Except - she does. All the houses on this street have the same amount of space in the back, but theirs is fully decked and plantless ... and she's already told me that she 'likes the bit of colour' from the climbers  ... cheers ... |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 10, 2007 0:02:23 GMT
Found what looks like a young Budd growing on the steps up to our house. Will try and remember to photo it at the weekend 
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Post by nightowl on Nov 10, 2007 12:09:37 GMT
I had a Budd growing out of my chimney stack once!! |
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Post by owdboggy on Nov 10, 2007 12:16:47 GMT
The eccremocarpus is dead easy from seed,in fact it is almost as reckless with them as the Buddleja.
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 10, 2007 13:00:37 GMT
oooh you are lucky people - thanks to OM I have 2 Bud's in a pot in the Mini Greenhouse which is sitting on polystyrene and covered in fleece, and being given a lot of TLC in the hope that I can plant them next year.
I shall be happy if my big ones survive as well.
RF
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Post by jean on Nov 10, 2007 23:21:42 GMT
oooh you are lucky people - thanks to OM I have 2 Bud's in a pot in the Mini Greenhouse which is sitting on polystyrene and covered in fleece, and being given a lot of TLC in the hope that I can plant them next year. I shall be happy if my big ones survive as well. RF I hope you can get them through the winter RF, now don't be too kind to them as they need to be tough  What temperatures are you getting at the moment? we have 15 degrees forecast for tomorrow and we haven't had a frost yet |
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 11, 2007 8:21:02 GMT
Well Dutchy and I have found out that we have to treat our Buddleia's with every respect and TLC on this side of the water. Dutchy has thrown in the towel but I have decided to struggle on....
Here they have the best soil but never seed (well not much), and as for seedlings - I have never seen one in all the years I have been here. There must be some somewhere I suppose....
Our temps at the moment are between minus 2 and 4/5 deg C. We are supposed to be getting snow today and tomorrow - 50 cms has fallen about 2 hours ago already.
I wish we could foresee what kind on winter we are going to get. My first winter here was minus 25 and last winter was so mild that I needn't have covered everything up to the extent that I did.
RF
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 11, 2007 11:50:13 GMT
Threw in the towel on the potted one RF but the one in MssK's garden is going to get the big neglect. I'll see what it does then.
Snow up to your knees already eh?
Noticed the south got it up to their armpits.
At least it protects the plants from frost.
When the farmers are right, they somehow have a good nose for it..., then we are in for a good old fashioned winter.
Somehow protecting as much as you can seems a good idea.
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 17, 2007 17:44:42 GMT
Found what looks like a young Budd growing on the steps up to our house. Will try and remember to photo it at the weekend  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 17, 2007 17:47:15 GMT
Mmmmmhh
RF
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 21, 2007 9:04:21 GMT
 I know, predictable but never the less.....
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 22, 2007 13:45:21 GMT
Very predictable I am afraid Dutchy and it happens with increasing regularity in the UK - wish it would happen here now and again......
RF
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 23, 2007 18:23:19 GMT
Remember that little seedling I found at MssK's ? I had to replant it as it was indeed growing into the pavement whilst pushing aside the fencepost. I gave it a place where there was nothing so no real attention payed. Later I managed to decapitate it with a hoe and thought oh well that is that one gone then. Drrrrrumrollllll.......... It survived !  Today I raked over the bit it was in and found it had new little leaves on its litlle stumped trunk. It looked positively satisfied Do you think I should trample on it when I am going to deal with that leylandii and others hedge? Or would that be the equivalent of giving it attention? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2007 13:48:11 GMT
Hrrrumph. Went out yesterday to attack the wall monster with tree loppers prior to smothering it with weed-supressing membrane - and then found that the main trunk had grown so thick I couldn't. Summonned OH, who came out with the ladder and a hacksaw - still couldn't. So yesterday afternoon went down to our hardware shop, the owner of which is a fount of information on tricky jobs around the house and garden. He explained that the only way of exterminating it is to saw off the trunk, then drill holes into the sawn-off bit and pour 'Root Out' into the holes - although he said even this 'doesn't always work ). Anyway, this is not a job we can do, but apparently there's a local fellow who does this - so we'll be getting him around in the next couple of weeks - hope it doesn't cost too much. Am now going out to get rid of more seedlings. So, Rosefriend and Dutchy, my sympathy with your Buddleia-growing woes is limited ;D ... cheers ... |
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 27, 2007 9:02:30 GMT
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Post by nightowl on Nov 27, 2007 12:48:44 GMT
Well done Dutchy!!  You're learning how to handle them!! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Dec 2, 2007 12:55:12 GMT
The buddlea I transplanted a few weeks ago now thinks it's spring and has loads of new shoots and is looking very healthy. I was worried I'd killed it by moving it. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2007 17:02:38 GMT
Ggggrh. About a month ago I chopped down several branches of our wall monster, and left them on the patio waiting for a nice dry day to shred them and stuff them into bags. Big Mistake. Of course, all the branches had seeds on them .... and when I got around to the job today, found loads of tiny little seedlings in all the paving cracks  . So it'll be another hot vinegar job ... cheers ... |
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 29, 2007 17:07:04 GMT
I am not sure if I should start laughing or crying  You should have left them on my patio.... Not a single seedling would have poked its head up. I am also not sure If I should not spank you for placing such disheartening news on here ;D Rosefriend and I tend to be a bit touchy about Buddleia. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 29, 2007 17:28:00 GMT
Very touchy Dutchy - that's why I pretended not to have seen CC's thread....lovely person but the way she treats Buddleia's - shocking I tell you..........hot vinegar ..........ooo I only treat my ground elder like that........
RF
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2007 17:31:34 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 29, 2007 17:35:00 GMT
Now that is an offer Dutchy!!!
Rf
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 29, 2007 17:46:11 GMT
;D Pretty hard to resist eh? I'll let you know when I cut the Fatsia. Not sure if rooted ones can withstand the airtransport I just bung them in in Spring and after two to three months green shoots appear. Do you think that people who can grow Fatsia from sticks can not grow Buddleia? ( Having said that the one in MssK's garden still lives and its seedling (yes a true miracle ) although I stood on it also is still alive ( or maybe it is because I stood on it) |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 29, 2007 18:13:40 GMT
Perhaps that's true - people who treat their Buddleia's like dirt can't get their Fatsia's to root.......mmmmmmh
The buddleia at MssK's garden - definitely a miracle - do you think we ought to tell the Pope - perhaps we can make it a saint or something.... you know ..... St. Buddleia of the Netherlands.....has a nice ring to it, doesn't it!!! ;D
RF
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 29, 2007 18:20:53 GMT
It does ;D
And it is a very dark purple when it flowers, a very Papal colour.
I'll make a little shield for it saying this is St. Buddleia of the Netherlands.
Do you think it will attract many pilgrim?
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 29, 2007 18:32:39 GMT
What a good idea - how about an entrance fee......just think of the plants that could be bought.......souvenirs as well......framed photos .....yes I can see it all...............queues of people waiting for the gates to open (are there gates) and some even camping overnight to be the first through................sigh...... St. Buddleia of the Netherlands
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! The climber is Eccremarcarpus Scaber. Although it's a tender perennial, it's planted against a very sunny and sheltered wall, so I'm hoping it'll make it through the winter ... it's self-clinging, has already covered most of the garden wall and is now making a bid for the house wall .... and has been flowering for months now ;D ... cheers ...
... cheers ...
You're learning how to handle them!! 
