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A Visit to Tonkins Bulbs in the Dandenongs
Last weekend we visited a friend's nursery which specialises in rare and unusual bulbs.
Here are some pics of the plants in the "Stock beds"
1) An Australian native ground orchid, Pterostylis pedunculata
2) Serapias lingua
3) Serapias neglecta (though this might be a hybrid)
4 & 5) Fritillaria imperialis
...more to come
cheers
fermi
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A few more from our garden:
1) Bellevalia ciliata
2) Hesperantha bachmannii
3) Asarum magnificum
4) Babiana cedarbergensis
5) Anemone pavonina
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fermi
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Some more daffs from early September:
1) 'Jolly Jumbuck'
2) 'Katie Heath'
3) 'Chickadee'
4) 'Stray'
5) 'Jocelyn Newman'
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fermi
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« Last post by Vinny 123 on September 16, 2024, 10:38:57 AM »
@Carolyn
It very much is the case and has been for pretty much all the time since Brexit.
Read again - UK to EU, nothing to do with EU to UK.
The instrctions/law/rules/regulations online on the DEFRA website, EU to UK, do not agree with what has been posted here or what I have received from DEFRA in emails.
Or the one UK specialist society that I am aware of have just spent £150 for nothing, to cover sending seeds for their exchange, to France.
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« Last post by Carolyn on September 16, 2024, 10:26:38 AM »
Vinny, this is not the case. Ian Bainbridge has posted the up-to-date information and this is what members should follow.
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« Last post by Vinny 123 on September 16, 2024, 09:25:10 AM »
The EU requires a phyto' if shipping from anywhere outside of the EU.
The starting price in the UK is roughly £150 - 125 for inspection lasting max' 30 minutes, and 25 for the certificicate (near enough). Inspections over 30 minutes are charged pro-rata.
That is a "basic" inspection - never seen one so have no idea what is really involved. Lab testing, if required (i've no idea what countries require which one(s)), is extra, but surprisingly cheap (100% from memory - around £45???).
It is all available online and pretty easy to find.
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and from the UK to Europe? you still need a phytosanitary certificate?
and to send seeds from France to the UK, you have to post the letter with a CN22 form?
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« Last post by John D Hanson on September 15, 2024, 09:21:31 PM »
I have enjoyed reading the replies to my initial question. Thank you very much.
Dad (Frank) would have been interested too. Back in the 1960s, although he grew very few if any alpines, he did attend the AGS meetings in Birmingham. In fact, we did have a tufa garden, which came from Roy Elliott, the long standing editor of the AGS journal. He built his famous tufa wall and he had some left over which he gave to Dad.
Funnily enough, I have only just started using my homemade hypertufa in pans, cut up into pieces the size of the palm of one's hand, and planted such that they are just visible on the surface when I pot up plants or seedlings. Once the pan is watered the tufa locks with the compost and it is forced up slightly over time by pressure from the heavier surrounding compost. I will illustrate this in another note sometime. The plants and seedlings all appear to benefit significantly.
Although we had few alpines in the 1960s, we did have a nice collection of auriculas. Dad attended the society shows and did some exhibiting. I estimate that half our Christmas cards came from members. The names I recall were Dr Duncan Duthie, Richard Loake, Hal Cohen, Arthur Bridgewater and the Rev Oscar Moreton.
Dad would have been 100 this year.
JOHN
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« Last post by Leena on September 15, 2024, 04:51:31 PM »
I don't have inside space for my Cyclamen seedlings (hederifolium, coum, purpurascens and cilicium), but I have kept them in our root cellar over the winter. It is dark and temperatures are +3 - 0C, and all seem to be well in spring. Of course inside under lamps they would grow also during winter. C.purpurascens seedlings do well also outside in open ground, they has even self seeded some.
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« Last post by Leena on September 15, 2024, 04:47:02 PM »
Thanks Robert.  It has been in the news also here how hot (and fires) it has been in your part of the world. I'm glad it is not as hot here, but nevertheless I have also had to start thinking about more drought resistant plants and maybe change some plants. Gentianas seem to cope quite well, but I have had to water my Meconopsis plants many times during the summer. I still love them and want to try to grow them.
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