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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 8, 2010 12:09:21 GMT
Do you want pics of mine to compare or would you rather wait and see??
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 8, 2010 13:48:20 GMT
I really want to know but I will be patient RF (but thank you for the very kind offer). Can't change anything anyway and I really don't mind what they are. It's a bit like waiting to see if you have a boy or a girl  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 8, 2010 13:49:07 GMT
...or 2 boys or 2 girls ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 8, 2010 13:50:12 GMT
Hehe - ok I won't spoil your surprise then!!
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 8, 2010 13:52:35 GMT
I'll let you know as soon as I can tell RF!
You'll be able to hear all the way over there anyway - I am beside myself already!
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Post by Auricula on Jun 9, 2010 14:09:38 GMT
I have just ordered £50 worth of penstemon young plants - 12 AGM varieties and 11 Ice cream ones. This means that I can begin ( later in the summer) a proper cuttings and propagation regime from named plants. I am terrible at planting plants out without labels ( Christo Lloyd once said a garden doesn't have labels, a nursery does ;D) and promptly forgetting which variety they are........so, now if I have labelled "stock plants" I'll hopefully, have a bit more control  I expect come next spring, I'll be nagging everyone to let me send them rooted cuttings before I disappear under the weight of them ;D ;D |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 9, 2010 14:20:40 GMT
Careful Auricula - postage to Germany is expensive...
RF
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Post by Auricula on Jun 9, 2010 14:29:27 GMT
It'd be a pleasure RF |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 9, 2010 14:30:52 GMT
Cooo many thanks - wonder if they would cope with our lousy wonderful winters!!
RF
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Post by Auricula on Jun 9, 2010 17:09:27 GMT
;D ;D...only one way to find out  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 9, 2010 17:17:08 GMT
Postage to East Sussex is very reasonable ;D
And, I bet you'll be quicker than Hayloft! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Jun 9, 2010 17:25:17 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 9, 2010 17:40:35 GMT
And postage is free if you are down this way... ;D
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Post by Auricula on Jun 9, 2010 17:44:51 GMT
I haven't even got the plants yet...let alone taken cuttings ......but.............I'm looking for a propagation project, so I'll keep you all posted and hopefully be able to deliver |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 9, 2010 17:45:22 GMT
;D  |
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Post by Tig on Jun 9, 2010 18:55:37 GMT
You all know how I stick most broken off bits in water, just in case Well imagine my delight today when the top I snapped off one of the tithonias by accidentally treading on it soon after planting has loads of lovely white roots!! How wicked is that ;D As the stems are hairy I was certain it would just rot, or go all droopy! x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 9, 2010 19:05:49 GMT
That sure is wicked and good to know Tig. Well done.
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 9, 2010 19:08:00 GMT
Auricula sounds like you're going to be very busy. |
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Post by Jilly on Jun 9, 2010 20:01:32 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Jun 9, 2010 21:47:39 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by Tig on Jun 9, 2010 23:23:56 GMT
Staffordshire can be extraordinarily beautiful at certain times of year due to our unique micro-climate which is ideal for penstemons  ;D Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 10, 2010 7:13:00 GMT
That's your w/e breaks sorted for the next year then Auricula ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 10, 2010 7:13:18 GMT
Gardeners are easily bought aren't they ;D
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Post by Auricula on Jun 10, 2010 8:37:49 GMT
Well....should my little venture be successful  I'll enjoy touring parts of the country with which I am unfamiliar......a cross between Mother Xmas and the Angel of Doom perhaps??? ;D Mind you...I'll be looking for evidence of Teddy Bear abuse as I go..............especially rife in parts of Cambridgeshire I believe ;D ;D It's down to Haylofts now though..................... |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 10, 2010 10:04:45 GMT
Perhaps it's next year's w/e's that are sorted in that case - or even the one after that ;D
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 10, 2010 17:51:29 GMT
Well....should my little venture be successful I'll enjoy touring parts of the country with which I am unfamiliar......a cross between Mother Xmas and the Angel of Doom perhaps??? ;D Mind you...I'll be looking for evidence of Teddy Bear abuse as I go..............especially rife in parts of Cambridgeshire I believe ;D ;D It's down to Haylofts now though..................... You mean your brother abuses teddy bears? |
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Post by Auricula on Jun 10, 2010 17:54:27 GMT
;D ;D He wouldn't dare!!!!!!!!!!! He'd have his big sister to answer to ;D ;D Today I took cuttings from pinks,penstemons and fuchsias |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 10, 2010 17:57:55 GMT
Can't think who you could be talking about then ;D I forgot...I did go looking for some nettles as I have a bucket with a lid now and would you believe that someone has cut them all down  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 11, 2010 16:33:52 GMT
Looks as though my rose cuttings are Jasmine  What a coincidence! Got a few months to decide how we are going to get one to you MRH! |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 11, 2010 18:11:15 GMT
;D might have to meet up next time you are in MK
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I'll enjoy touring parts of the country with which I am unfamiliar......a cross between Mother Xmas and the Angel of Doom perhaps??? ;D Mind you...I'll be looking for evidence of Teddy Bear abuse as I go..............especially rife in parts of Cambridgeshire I believe ;D ;D It's down to Haylofts now though.....................