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Post by beanie on Apr 20, 2008 18:35:42 GMT
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Post by torontotrini on Apr 22, 2008 15:08:49 GMT
That's a very unique looking geranium, beanie; both in colour and shape of the bloom. I'm not a big geranium fan but I do have about 3 varieties - 4 now since I just picked up another one over this past weekend - one of them with variegatd (green/white) foliage. I've never seen one with a yellow bloom or that shape. I'll have to keep an eye.
Go for "David" Weeterrier. It is really very nice. The plant grows nice and full and the blooms have a soft fragrance.
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Post by Auricula on Apr 22, 2008 18:01:28 GMT
I looove penstemons and they're so easy to propagate :)I also MUST HAVE phlox,pinks,fuchsias and perennial wallflowers ( erys somethin?!  )I also love rudbeckias - they remind me of marmalade sandwiches!!  ( perhaps that's just me ) |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 22, 2008 18:05:46 GMT
Oh No!!!!! I forgot alsteromerias  I have to have them!! I'm just getting into day lilies ( hemerocalys) as my OH ( who knows nothing about gardening except that it keeps you poor! ) likes them and I thought I'd buy some for him - to my surprise I quite like them!!  |
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Post by nightowl on Apr 23, 2008 10:08:07 GMT
What is that called Beanie? I can't tell from the T&M page cos it's just 2 pics and no link from there  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 23, 2008 12:05:20 GMT
Don't get the basic orange Alstroemeria, Auricula. Although very bonny, it is an absolute thug.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 23, 2008 13:40:36 GMT
What is that called Beanie? I can't tell from the T&M page cos it's just 2 pics and no link from there Although the leaf is similar to a geranium, it isn't - I have it in my garden. It is "yellow-wax bells" (Kirengeshoma palmata) and if I had the room I would have 3/5 all together - they are absolutely gorgeous. Here is another pic.  RF |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 23, 2008 18:35:49 GMT
Thanks Weeterrier - I'll remember that! |
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Post by Amo on Apr 24, 2008 6:13:25 GMT
Anyone grow Acanthus spinosus....absolutely gorgeous In moderation!! Ours used to attack visitors as they tried to get in the door. We're still looking for a postman and the Church Warden. It was so huge and incredably robust. Hack it back and it would come back with renewed vigor. We've had to pave over the one by the door now but where we have dug the huge roots up and put them on the dump heap, guess what, they're sprouting again!! We still have a proper one left in the shade by the garage, and it is a spectacular plant to have.  ;D My phlox is David too and I can't wait to see what it's like. Good tip about the spraying TT!! I have a lot of wandering aster that I'm madly trying to get rid of that's usually attacked by mildew too so perhaps forward planning may protect David!!  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 24, 2008 12:08:48 GMT
I got my Kirengeshoma from a skip, and doubted that it would do well in my garden, as I think it prefers moist shade. It is thriving in full sun, in a dryish soil though and has reached quite a size. Very lovely plant. Like the common name RF, didn't know that. The petals are quite thick and fleshy, aren't they?
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 24, 2008 12:59:29 GMT
I have to admit that it is one of those plants that seem to me to have a beauty all of it's own.
As you say WT the petals are lovely , thick and feel waxy and in a group I bet they look fantastic - especially as they flower towards the end of the summer when most things are over.
I was told it needed moist shade and have it in semi-shade and it seems happy enough although it leans a little to the sun which suggests to me that it wants more sun.
I wonder if they object to being moved......
RF
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Post by Amo on Apr 24, 2008 21:00:17 GMT
If they survived from a skip RF I doubt if they'd mind moving at all!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 25, 2008 11:09:23 GMT
That's a good point Wee - I know a great spot in the back garden for it.
RF
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 25, 2008 15:57:44 GMT
I also got some Trilliums out of the skip. I don't have woodland conditions anywhere, so I planted one of them, a tiny little thing, in the sunny border. But I lavished it with leafmold last Autumn. I was delighted to see yesterday, that it has seven shoots poking through the soil. The others haven't multiplied, they are a different species, but they are growing alright. Just shows that plants don't read instructions. Or, once you've been in a skip, anywhere is acceptable. ;D |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 25, 2008 18:05:26 GMT
Do you go hunting for skips Wee, or do you just trip over them?? Do the good folk of West Scotland throw out plants willy-nilly? I wish they did in Cornwall ;D ......OR...... is "skip" a euphamism for something else P.S. whereabouts are you? I've been to Scotland twice ( it's a looong way!!) Once to the borders, near Dunbar and once we "did" the West Highlands, staying in Glencoe - lovely place ( but didn't notice the skips!! ;D ) |
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 27, 2008 21:58:35 GMT
Wish it were that way Auricula No, I used to work in a GC where the owner would rather throw a plant in a skip than reduce the price. And that happened once the flower faded. He didn't believe there were customers who would buy something out of season. So, as soon as he threw things away, we would retrieve them. So, it was just the one skip. And I don't work there anymore. So no more plants to save.  One part of my garden was grown totally from throwaways. The man was a Philistine. |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 28, 2008 9:58:59 GMT
A total idiot, obviously !! but good for you,I hope you didn't discourage him from his stupidity!! ;D |
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Post by Jonah on Jun 6, 2008 22:01:42 GMT
One I'm loving at the moment, Tradescantia. I thought I'd lost this last year, and planted it out from an overwintered pot thinking it was a Crocosmia emerging. But had a nice surprise when I realised what it was! Only about a foot tall, with nice foliage, but I love the blue flowers. looks purple in my pic, but most definetely bluer! Don't have a pic of the plant, but I have a not so good close up:  It's full of buds. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 8, 2008 10:01:06 GMT
3 things for me phlox, spreads well does'nt need staking and smells lovely
gerainum johnstons blue, cut back after flowering and it comes back again the same season if you're lucky
and Nepetia 6 hills giant, beautiful scented foliage, lovely purple flowers and a real cottage garden favourite of mine. ;D
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 9, 2008 8:44:41 GMT
Agree with you Jonah and LNG, all great doers and very reliable.
Jonah, if you ever see a white Tradescantia, buy it, it's gorgeous too.
LNG. I wouldn't be without Phlox and that particular Nepeta. As you say, they make a cottage garden. Do you know the Nepeta roots easily from cuttings? And you can do it now.
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 9, 2008 10:36:28 GMT
Are there varieties of Tradescantia that do not take over the whole of the garden?
We did FIL's garden for many a long year and the Ground Elder and the Tradescantia were the bain of our lives.
RF
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 9, 2008 12:38:30 GMT
Mine have stayed in clumps RF, and I've only just divided them, after years of growth. So they have never been a problem. The one we are talking about is Tradescantia virginiana. Perhaps you mean the Tradescantia flumenensis, sometimes grown as a house plant, and commonly called 'Wandering Sailor' or 'Wantering Jew' It is invasive.
The T. virginiana is a lovely plant, I have it in purple and white, but it comes in various shades in between the two.
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 9, 2008 16:40:25 GMT
Thanks Wee - I can only think that it was the flumenensis perhaps as the damn stuff was everywhere - it even survived a minus 22 deg winter.
RF
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 10, 2008 19:20:47 GMT
Wee, I have given just about everybody I know some nepetia, I've even planted some in my neighbours garden this year and it's flowering now for them. |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 10, 2008 21:51:51 GMT
Spread the joy LNG ;D
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Post by Auricula on Oct 27, 2008 14:41:54 GMT
Well - how did everyone's perennials do, during this poor summer? One which has gone up enormously in my estimation is the perennial wallflower - what a worker!! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 28, 2008 13:23:03 GMT
Hi Auricula, I agreee,the one I have is a cutting which I got to root about a year ago. I'd had the parent for years but they do tend to become quite woody and bare at the bottom. It's a lovely shrub and is blooming as we speak the silvery coloured leaves are lovely against the mauve flowers. |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 28, 2008 15:42:57 GMT
Got 3 euphorbias this morning - reduced in local NT garden ( last week of opening so there's a sale on ). Quite a delicate one with small leaves and lots of new growth springing from the bottom. Great ;D Don't buy much from NT as they're usually expensive.These had been £6.50 each but they were selling them for 3 for £10 ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Oct 28, 2008 17:37:40 GMT
Good discount there Auricula. There are some really lovely euphorbias. I like those ones with the reddish leaves. This is the everlasting walflower I grew from a cutting.  |
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Post by Auricula on Oct 28, 2008 22:26:27 GMT
Oooh, lovely LNG - I am quite envious and can't wait to see mine next year |
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)I also love rudbeckias - they remind me of marmalade sandwiches!! 
( perhaps that's just me 
I have to have them!! I'm just getting into day lilies ( hemerocalys) as my OH ( who knows nothing about gardening except that it keeps you poor! 
;D
