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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 5, 2006 17:13:47 GMT
hi gang, flowers not exactly being Old Moleskins specialty, what do you think: this one (stands about 2'6" tall) has just appeared in our new "inherited" garden - it may well have flowered earlier too, but was hidden behind a stand of very precocious red-hot pokers... any ideas? OM.   |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 17:32:03 GMT
HI OM ... could it be a Nerine? ... cheers ...
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Post by Plocket on Oct 5, 2006 17:36:24 GMT
Deffinately a nerine
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 5, 2006 17:36:40 GMT
Well I guess it could CC - but then as far as I'm concerned you could tell me anything and I'd believe you - is it a Nerine? got any ref for it? - I really would like to know... cos I don't have a clue!
OM
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 5, 2006 18:03:01 GMT
oooh Plocket, you got in between us, but I see it's heavily odds-on a Nerine...
Had look in Hessayon after CC's go, and it certainly looks the part, but he makes a point of saying the bare flowering stems follow on after the leaves have died and it's "tender... plant near a sheltered south facing wall"...
Now this is no challenge to the ID, more a "plants triumphing over adversity" thing, but a) these have all their leaves still, and b) they are in quite the opposite circs, at the bottom of an east facing wall... a very big tree-shaded east facing wall, in fact the outside of my walled garden in a very unpromising spot...
Anyway, thanks for the ID - I think I'll get some more...
OM.
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Post by jlottie on Oct 5, 2006 18:17:17 GMT
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 5, 2006 18:21:01 GMT
cheers, jlottie.
OM.
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Post by andy on Oct 5, 2006 19:29:07 GMT
Guess what....i think it could be a Nerine ;D
Nerine Bowdenii possibly. Mine flower for weeks and weeks and look stunning
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Post by Plocket on Oct 6, 2006 9:37:54 GMT
Well the leaves haven't died back on mine Moley!!!
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 6, 2006 9:58:21 GMT
Just goes to show you shouldn't always go by the book, P.
OM
ps just 'found' another plant out in the wood, waiting for a bright day to penetrate the tree canopy to get an amazing pic or two...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2006 17:08:08 GMT
The leaves are just going off mine and the flowers are right out, they are not sheltered or especially warm but they do like the sun & the "bulbs" like to be near the surface, they stop flowering if you try to tuck them down safely. They are quite exotic looking this time of the year though.
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 7, 2006 20:13:14 GMT
yes, GJ2, exotic and so unexpected, a real bonus... and thanks jlottie for the T&M link, but aren't they expensive!
OM.
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Post by jlottie on Oct 8, 2006 7:21:01 GMT
OM, I am sure I have seen them in the GC along with all the other bulbs at very reasonable prices. I should have said that there is also a red one, known as the Jersey lily, but as I come from Guernsey originally I am a bit biased  |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 8, 2006 9:29:28 GMT
Aaaah...Guernsey... lovely bass fishing in Guernsey (or was - probably still is) and I caught a 21lb turbot just off the breakwater once from an unusual fishing catamaran... Roy Taylor, he was the skipper - 25 years ago now...
And the island Aga man from St Sampson's...can't remember his name, but went out on his potting boat after conger at night once or twice...
Happy Days...
OM
ps - it's ok going off topic jlottie - it's my thread! Carry on - I love Guernsey!!
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Post by jlottie on Oct 8, 2006 15:01:18 GMT
OM,, caught my first fish off the breakwater when I was 7 - a wrass, completely inedible though. One of my brothers takes part in the bass fishing competition each year - serious business, great for the family as he can't eat it all. Did you get to eat any ormers? now thats a family tradition, youngest daughter is living in Guernsey at the moment and loved ormering its a great day out but they are few and far between these days. Conger eels - yuk - my dad used to catch them and they used to feed the cats for ages.
Did you get over to Herm? now that is my favourite place on earth.
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 8, 2006 15:22:08 GMT
Well I've had the great advantage of having family live there for 30 years or more, so have been blessed with most things Guernsey - except ormers. Would love to have tried those, but not likely now, I fear...
The Bass Festival - used to be September, still is I guess, and congers - well, I'm with you there, I think they went back as potbait for lobsters...
Silly simple thing, but I do remember Guernsey Bean Pot being really tasty at the Battle of the Flowers.
And the crab from the Market with the fish-scale roof... well!! And the yellow fat on marvellous beef... fruit and vegetables from roadside honesty boxes...
Much more of this and I'll be off to Norwich Airport - they started a daily service this year!!
OM.
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Post by jlottie on Oct 8, 2006 16:12:29 GMT
When was the last time you visted OM, I don't get over as often as I would like. All my side of the family live there and its pretty impossible to walk down the High Street without bumping into one of them. My mum makes a mean Bean Jar but thankfully she doesn't use the original recipe any more (pigs trotters  ) Isn't hedge veg wonderfull, its a great way to eat whats fresh and in season and the honesty boxes do work. My Mum and Dad still grow flowers in the old style greenhouses, but its not really profitable any more and really hard work. My Grandfather was the chief inspector many years ago for the Guernsey Tom export, which sadly is no more. And for anyone interested in a really stress free holiday in the British Isles check this link out www.herm-island.com/home.aspx |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 8, 2006 16:41:18 GMT
2004, jlottie - one of my nephews (both born on the Island, so 'naturalised') still lives there and got married, so we went over, first time (I'm sorry to say) for 10 or 12 years... The Greenhouse Industry was always a fascination for me, particularly the way they tried to move on when Dutch exports hit the tom trade - peppers, strawberries... I'm a bit out of touch now, but my brother worked at that time for LaRiche, so Island food was a topic of conversation, and where he lived out in Vazon was still pretty horticultural...
OM
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Post by jlottie on Oct 8, 2006 18:28:48 GMT
You would see some changes then OM, the old market is practically gone and has been a scene of demolition/building site for some time now mores the pity.
Vazon was the place for huge family picnics when I was little, 3 generations and countless great aunts and cousins, in fact I learnt to swim there. My parents live out by Torteval church but I grew up on the outskirts of St Peter Port. Stayed with my Mum a couple of years back for a few months and had a great time revisiting all the old haunts. I had forgotten how narrow and busy the roads are. Did you have a look around Candy Gardens? its hardly changed since I was a child.
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 8, 2006 19:03:49 GMT
Candy Gardens... there used to be a little gallery/shop there... I bought some repro prints of "Old Guernsey".
You mentioned Herm, and of course we've walked that, Sark as well...
Alderney - called in at Alderney once on an extended South Coast sailing holiday a bit out of season, and met with such extraordinary kindness and welcome it makes me fill up a bit to think of it now, 10 or so years later...
Do they still have the sand racing at Vazon?
OM
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Post by jlottie on Oct 8, 2006 20:27:05 GMT
The little gallery is now a large museum/coffee shop but Victor Hugo is still there. I am not sure about the racing on Vazon but St Sampsons Harbour where they used to have banger racing at low tide is now a rather posh marina. Sounds like you could do with a visit OM  |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 8, 2006 20:35:35 GMT
Think you're right...
OM.
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) Isn't hedge veg wonderfull, its a great way to eat whats fresh and in season and the honesty boxes do work. 