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Post by Jonah on Sept 28, 2006 10:00:47 GMT
Morning all Well I have my Echinacea Arts Pride, Iris Foetidissima and Tricyrtis on order and just planted Allium Hair and Erythroniums. These are all plants I have had on a wish list for a long time. Things I would love to add at the moment are Aquilegia Little Lanterns and Chocolate Drops, and Ranunculus Brazen Hussey. Is there anything you are desperate to get growing in your garden that you haven't got yet? [Or rather is there anything else I should add to my wish list.......!]  |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 28, 2006 11:34:48 GMT
Ooooh you've got me thinking Jonah! There's some more clems I'd like (surprise surprise) but haven't got room for. Can't think of anything at the moment though.
I love the sound of Ranunculus Brazen Hussey - I'd have one just for the name!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2006 20:55:16 GMT
Ever since seeing them in Garden Answers mag July 2005, I've fancied a whole bed of Alstoemeria "Flaming Star" but at £5-£8 a plant that's way above my budget.
Shame as they look stunning en masse.
I've got one called Angelina which is very delicate and i'm growing some from seed that I got off ebay (can't remember the colours) but I think it will be a couple of years before I see blooms.
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 29, 2006 21:01:30 GMT
After seeing a feature in a GW magazine about planting in containers I've been lusting after a Begonia Escargo...can I get one? not even at GW Live this year!
I have a similar one...but it isn't quite what I want...just waiting for it to go out of fashion..... ;D
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Post by beanie on Oct 5, 2006 13:35:57 GMT
went on the beeb site and there are some pics of great dixter,have a look at the colocasia black magic.  |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 5, 2006 14:45:18 GMT
Oooooo that Colocasia "Black magic" is on my wish list now!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 14:50:04 GMT
After seeing a feature in a GW magazine about planting in containers I've been lusting after a Begonia Escargo...can I get one? not even at GW Live this year! I have a similar one...but it isn't quite what I want...just waiting for it to go out of fashion..... ;D Do snails like it? LOL  |
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Post by beanie on Oct 5, 2006 17:15:43 GMT
hi rita, i've got the green variety in the border the slugs have mangled the hostas but left the colocacia entirely alone, maybe i was just lucky
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Post by Jonah on Oct 9, 2006 20:25:33 GMT
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Post by Plocket on Oct 11, 2006 18:21:56 GMT
Just found another plant I want: Strelitzia nicholai!!! I think it might set me back a bit to get a plant though ;D
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Post by Jonah on Oct 11, 2006 19:42:25 GMT
I'll have to google a few of the suggestions so far  Ha ha, when I click on the link I put on the the Epa, Epi um Orchid I bought [do you think the poor thing stands a chance if I can't even remember it's name  ], it shows a list of 'customers who bought this also bought....' it's my list!  |
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Post by Juliet on Oct 11, 2006 21:43:45 GMT
My want list is about 4 pages long (& I have small writing!) - don't think I can copy it all onto here! Might edit this later if I can decide which things I want most |
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Post by Jonah on Oct 11, 2006 21:49:59 GMT
Please do Juliet, your top ten would keep me busy for now.... ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2006 23:44:24 GMT
My top ten are pretty obscure, but here goes, but in no particular order. 1. Agapanthus inapertus subsp. pendulus "Graskop" - most glorous deep blue, I saw one last year at £35, think I'll wait a while yet. pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Agapanthus/Agapanthus_inapertus_Graskop.jpg2. Calypso bulbosa, a stunning orchid USA native so virtually impossible to obtain here, and CITES protected. www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/calypso_bulbosa2.jpg3. Tigridia durangense - very tricky to grow, even I could get hold of it, which at the moment I can't. pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Tigridia/Tigridia_durangense.jpg4. Tigridia vanhouttei, can't get hold of this one either, another Mexican species. pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Tigridia/Tigridia_vanhouttei.jpg5. Siphonochilus aethiopicus - just because it's supposed to smell of ginger and violets. www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Siphonochilus_aethiopicus1.jpg 6. Fritillaria liliacea - another USA species www.bahiker.com/pictures/southbay/edgewood/031204/websize/011cropped.jpg7. Canarina canariensis www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Botanik/Schoenfelder/kanaren/images/Canarina_canariensis.jpg8. Alstroemeria philippii pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Alstroemeria/Alstroemeria_philippii_FW8689.jpg 9. Calostemma purpureum www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp7/calostemma-purpureum.text.jpg10. Worsleya procera - the fabled blue Amaryllis, very rare, very difficult and very expensive - but very beautiful - drool pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Worsleya/Worsleya-procera-BD.jpg |
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 12, 2006 7:53:25 GMT
It likes heavy clay soil!!!!!!! Where do I get it? ( drooling) Dutchy |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 12, 2006 8:26:58 GMT
I've got some clems on my wish list: C. coactilis, C. hirsutissima var. Scottii and C. socialis. One day.........
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Post by Jonah on Oct 12, 2006 12:25:13 GMT
OOhh Juliet, some lovely plants in there. Dutchy, I've ordered one from the company I have added the link to the plant from, fingers crossed it will be here tomorrow, along with the corydalis and my brazen hussys <desperatetogetmyhandsonthemsmiley> If you google 'hardy orchids' or the name Epipactis gigantea you may find a list of suppliers, I'm going to see how I get on with this one and maybe add some UK natives from somewhere like Ratcliffe in future, I'm afraid I don't know if the sites in the UK ship to The Netherlands  You know, I'm not sure if this easy online ordering is a good thing or not. For a compulsive plant buyer who shouldn't be spending money on plants, it is far too easy for me to press a few buttons and get 25 squids worth of plants. The children will be shoeless for another month!  ;D |
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Post by bagpuss on Oct 12, 2006 12:31:14 GMT
A Clematis Montana Marjorie, but to the size of (or lack of it) my garden, it probably wouldn't be practical. Other than that, a black bamboo (if it could stand being confined to a pot) and something that would stop cats doing their business in my raised bed (and not even my pyracantha has helped with that problem!)
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Post by madonplants on Oct 12, 2006 13:55:05 GMT
Nandina Domestica and of course I want a tree fern again. I know, my wife told me I should have brought it with us when we moved! Still not sure if I should get one now and try and get it through the winter in a pot. See, my choices are simple!!!
Oh I forgot about the.........................................
Keith
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Post by Plocket on Oct 12, 2006 14:28:33 GMT
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Post by Juliet on Oct 12, 2006 15:22:38 GMT
OOhh Juliet, some lovely plants in there. Um, I haven't listed mine yet - are you talking to Dee, or are you very gifted in telling the future?! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2006 15:30:28 GMT
Well, if space were no object there would be loads of plants I want - but given my minute garden, there's just one that I really yearn for and can't grow from a seed or cutting: fuchsia Millenium. It's the most gorgeous deep aubergine colour, I've only seen one picture of it: www.warks.co.uk/blackwell-fuchsias/do/millenium.htm. Yummy .... |
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Post by Juliet on Oct 12, 2006 16:32:54 GMT
OK, here are some plants I've picked out of my want list (on a new post, having realised that editing my first post now will make my last one look rather strange & Jonah considerably less prescient ). These are the ones which have been on my list longest or which I want most (and which I don't have already, although quite a lot of the things I do have already will be on my want list when I move, so that'll be a whole new list!). Trees & ShrubsAcer palmatum dissectum Acer palmatum sango-kaku Euonmyus alatus (or alatus compactus) Fuchsia hawkshead Prunus serrula Zauschneria californica dublin (though having looked that up to check which one it was I wanted I've just seen another one called olbrich silver, which I clearly must add to my list) PerennialsAster purple dome Corydalis flexuosa china blue Cosmos atrosanguineus Echinacea arts pride (good choice there Jonah!  ) Geranium pratense black beauty Meconopsis cambrica Platycodon sentimental blue, or maybe mariesii (or both!) Saxifraga fortunei mount nachi A Trollius, probably orange princess or golden queen AnnualsNigella choc ice Tithonia fiesta del sol |
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 12, 2006 16:42:20 GMT
OOhh Juliet, some lovely plants in there. Dutchy, I've ordered one from the company I have added the link to the plant from, fingers crossed it will be here tomorrow, along with the corydalis and my brazen hussys <desperatetogetmyhandsonthemsmiley> If you google 'hardy orchids' or the name Epipactis gigantea you may find a list of suppliers, I'm going to see how I get on with this one and maybe add some UK natives from somewhere like Ratcliffe in future, I'm afraid I don't know if the sites in the UK ship to The Netherlands You know, I'm not sure if this easy online ordering is a good thing or not. For a compulsive plant buyer who shouldn't be spending money on plants, it is far too easy for me to press a few buttons and get 25 squids worth of plants. The children will be shoeless for another month! ;D Since you are going to give it a go. Could you keep me posted on how the orchid does? I am worried about the wet clay / strong frost combination I get in winter. (notvisitinganyeasytobuygardenshopsitesfornowsmiley) Dutchy |
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Post by bagpuss on Oct 12, 2006 16:45:37 GMT
Wow. Thanks Plocket. The clematis looks beautiful. The garden is L shaped around the back of the house. The widest bit behind the house is probably just under 15 feet across by about 7 feet) (which is the bit pictured under my name!) At its narrowest it is about 4.5 ft wide, hence why I am quite keen on climbers as they give a bit of height. My other problem that is that when I moved in it was a tarmac courtyard. . Which is still under everything I have in the garden. I have room for about one more climber but it is in a shaded corner of the raised bed (shaded by neighbours shed). |
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Post by Jonah on Oct 12, 2006 17:41:20 GMT
Oops, I did mean Dee, sorry Dee, I was doing the dreaded speed reading again. As I am again in a rush I will have to digest the new additions later ;D Dutchy I will keep you posted! I think it will stay indoors overwinter [ I think they are only hardy to either 5 or zero degrees], but my next thread on the boards will probably be how to look after it. |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 13, 2006 7:24:50 GMT
Hia Bagpuss! The montana will want full sun if possible but if you want ideas for shady clems there's a thread already started under Beds & Borders. Or shout and I'll list some! And don't forget that smaller clems will grow in containers!!! My garden probably isn't a great deal bigger than yours - about 20ft at the widest point (L shaped!) I would guess. |
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Post by Jonah on Oct 13, 2006 8:19:15 GMT
Boo hoo! Just received my order, nicely packaged and promptly delivered. But my Orchid was just sold out. At least they reduced the postage price. Back to the drawing board and more googling, I won't rest 'til I've got one. |
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Post by bagpuss on Oct 13, 2006 12:57:08 GMT
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Post by Plocket on Oct 13, 2006 15:42:26 GMT
Hia Bagpuss! Hahahaha! It's so easy to get caught up - there are so many clematis to choose from. I like the ones you've provided links for - nice choices! But I should point out that the Sieboldii is tender and needs a bit of TLC through the winter. Viticellas are very reliable and I'd suggest you take a look at them. There are lots to choose from and I think you'll probably find something you like. The flowers aren't too big, they don't overtake the garden either. I've got a few and can personally recommend Etoile Violette, Abundance, 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' and Madame Julia Correvon. Of course it depends entirely on what you actually like, but I started off with a viticella and it's done brilliantly every year I've had it. Let me know what you decide in the end! ;D BTW, depending on where you are in Kent you might be able to visit Sheila Chapman who's in Essex - here's a link to her site, but she does mail order and I can personally vouch for excellent plants ;D www.sheilachapman.co.uk/ |
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