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Post by prodigal gardener on Oct 14, 2007 20:49:17 GMT
Show off  It looked on the iffy side, best keep my fiver in my purse eh ! I shall wait x |
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Post by jean on Oct 14, 2007 20:50:35 GMT
Wait till next year and get one of us to send you some cuttings and keep your fiver in your purse |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Oct 14, 2007 20:55:18 GMT
Brilliant idea, not too good with cuttings, although the fuschia's in the gh aint dead yet  Might do that - thanx and theres me call you a show off your lovely - thats what you are xx |
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Post by jean on Oct 14, 2007 20:59:47 GMT
Hope you still think so when it takes over your garden |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Oct 14, 2007 21:06:47 GMT
If it covers that horrible laurel hedge - I wont be bothered. Wish we could afford to oick it out and have a wall but time and money are both lacking so I'm thinking I will disguise it with something pretty. ;D might chuck a couple of clems in to just for a bit of variety !
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Post by jean on Oct 14, 2007 21:23:34 GMT
Nothing wrong with your laurel hedge, its green and gives you some privacy, the solanum would look good against your new garage  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2007 11:23:44 GMT
Karlsass, Jlottie is right - take a cutting. Mine was taken as a cutting in March/April 2005 ... they are incredibly easy, 100% 'strike rate' - and you get that nice 'smug' feeling as a bonus ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by prodigal gardener on Oct 18, 2007 19:41:16 GMT
Nothing wrong with your laurel hedge, its green and gives you some privacy, the solanum would look good against your new garage Yep you are probably right, but I dont like it at all. Its a great big high wide thing and the leaves are too big. I seem to think that hedges should be privet sized leaves, big leaves should be on trees or cabbages ! Karl sez its just me and it probably is - but I just dont like that hedge  So I am determined to pretty it up so I am going to go for a Solanum, when I find one that looks healthy  Thanks for introducing me to it by the way  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2007 16:36:53 GMT
Just wondering how everyone's Solanums are doing, mine is still flowering its socks off ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by Plocket on Nov 11, 2007 16:41:32 GMT
Yep mine's still flowering |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 11, 2007 18:41:45 GMT
I can't wait till next year when I will hopefully have a good show of flowers from my 5 cuttings. The 3 presently homeless youngsters have been popped in the GH over night -3 forecast  The other 2 will be ok I think, they are in big pots. |
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Post by jean on Nov 11, 2007 21:47:50 GMT
Still lots of flowers here too and no frosts yet |
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Post by nightowl on Nov 11, 2007 22:18:14 GMT
I had flowers right through last year into January this year when it got colder Then I cut it back (not enough!!!) and it started again in April!! And still loaded and putting on growth. It must need feeding but I'm scared to!!  |
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Post by Amo on Jan 14, 2008 11:47:21 GMT
Glad I've read this one! I picked a 10ins high one up last week and was wondering if I'd done the right thing. It has 20ft of next doors fence to cover, can't wait to plant it now!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2008 13:45:42 GMT
Oh, it'll eat 20 foot for breakfast! Just make sure the trellis is really really secure, otherwise the weight will pull it all down ... and resecuring a trellis while holding up a massive Solanum Triffidus is no joke ;D ... cheers ...
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Post by Amo on Jan 14, 2008 16:15:37 GMT
;D ;D ;D  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2008 14:07:36 GMT
Just to say that Solanum Triffidus is starting to flower again - this has to be the best climber ever, even if it needs a bit of discipline now and again ;D ... cheers ... |
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Post by Amo on Mar 8, 2008 7:18:08 GMT
I've just bought another one to go up one of the pergola legs too.  The first one I put in against the fence in a break in the weather about a month ago and it has flower buds all over it. I don't think the couple of cold snaps we had even broke it's stride. |
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Post by jean on Mar 9, 2008 21:59:43 GMT
Just to say that Solanum Triffidus is starting to flower again - this has to be the best climber ever, even if it needs a bit of discipline now and again ;D ... cheers ... I have to agree CC, mines not flowering yet but there are lots of new shoots and buds ;D |
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Post by Amo on Mar 10, 2008 7:35:54 GMT
I have flowers now. Is that good? Do they just go on and on in flower?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2008 13:02:16 GMT
I have flowers now. Is that good? Do they just go on and on in flower? ;DYes, until some time in December/January, depending on the weather ;D |
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Post by nightowl on Mar 25, 2008 8:06:19 GMT
Earlier in this thread I talked about my Solanum Alba. How, in the first year I gave it a light trim and it went mad  How, in its second year, I cut it back harder and it went berserk! Last December, after high winds, I cut it back really hard cos it was in danger of bringing the fence down. Took it right back to a fan of strong stems about 6ft across. Totally confident it would come back even better now the rain could get to its roots..... IT'S DEAD!!  IT IS AN EX-SOLANUM ALBA!! |
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Post by Amo on Mar 25, 2008 9:26:40 GMT
Oh no NO!!! How awful! Are you absolutely sure?? Perhaps you took away it's protective winter blanket.  So light trimming to keep in check is better than the wait until later method. Will remember that!! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2008 13:45:22 GMT
Nightowl, that's awful ... are you quite sure it's dead? Had you taken any cuttings? If not, hopefully you can get a cutting from someone .... but, in the meantime, I'd wait and see if it shows signs of life later on ... all the best ... |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 26, 2008 10:39:44 GMT
Oh no that's terrible. Are you absolutely sure it's dead? If it was well established the roots might still be alive - if they are anything like one of my clematis anyway!
Do you want me to take cuttings of mine so you can have a baby?
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 26, 2008 11:06:43 GMT
Might not be bad news NO, as P said if the roots were well established it will survive, probably just a bit of die back from over performing. Must check mine, they are only babies and I left them out over winter too |
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Post by nightowl on Mar 26, 2008 14:33:01 GMT
I'm pretty sure it's a gonner The main stem just above the root is split, soft, and very dead!! No sign of anything shooting from the bottom Just bad luck I think It had come through 2 mild winters no problem, even still putting on growth and flowering. But I had a couple of really hard frosts just after I stripped it of all its protection  This is 3rd winter here and first time my garden got hit by frost so it is not as sheltered as I thought And Solanum obviously not quite as tough as I thought Ho hum - you live and learn I think I'll replace it with something less vigorous. It was amazing, but it's only a tiny garden and it was a bit too much I lost some other plants from the border underneath it cos they couldn't get enough light and rain I grew some Erremocarpus last year that need room to show off, and I've got plenty of Morning Glory seed Thanks for the sympathy everyone |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2008 12:55:32 GMT
Hi NO, don't know if this will help at all, but I was asking my One Gardening Friend about your predicament - she suggested cutting one of the dead stems right to the ground, even a bit below the ground if you can and, if there's any sign of life/green pith, taking a cutting from that, on the basis that you've nothing to lose ... cheers ...
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Post by nightowl on Mar 30, 2008 19:18:19 GMT
Funny enough, I cut it down to the stump today. From the state of the stems I cut I don't think it's hopeful , but I'll try what your friend said tomorrow. Thanks anyway |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2008 15:56:44 GMT
Any news, NO?
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It looked on the iffy side, best keep my fiver in my purse eh ! I shall wait x
Might do that - thanx
The other 2 will be ok I think, they are in big pots.
IT IS AN EX-SOLANUM ALBA!! 
This is 3rd winter here and first time my garden got hit by frost so it is not as sheltered as I thought