Flowers and Foliage now - December 07

[shelagh]

Thought you might like to see what Brian found lurking in the greenhouse and frame.
Firstly Correa 'Dusky Maid' a lovely flower but a poor specimen shape wise. We had hoped to use it on the Show bench but I think I would have to prune it severely and see if it will bush out a bit. Will it stand this treatment do you think?
Secondly Petrocosmea rosettifolia, this is our first venture with the
 Petrocosmeas and I think we chose the wrong one, some of the others have better flowers.  Still at least it is still alive, if a bit congested.

Merry Christmas to you all, my AGS seed has arrived, looking forward to SRGC's arriving in the New Year, so many more little pots to knock over. Brian says it does them no harm they just think the scree has moved down the mountain a bit.

I have had to retype several parts of this meassage as my fingers seem to keep plaiting together today, anyone would think I had been on the cooking sherry. (The very idea, G&T's aren't due till 5.30pm.)

[Maggi Young]

Nice flowers on the Correa, Shelagh.
 Ian says he'd cut it all back quite hard. I'd say, try one ot two outside branches first, taking them hard down but waiting until you see how it offers to break into growth before cutting it all down..... I think we've covered all our bases there   I do inlcline to the some now, some in spring method, though it is hard to chop anything that is so obliging as to be flowering now!

so many more little pots to knock over. Brian says it does them no harm they just think the scree has moved down the mountain a bit.

Oh, Brian, it's saying things like this that make me love you! (Your wife won't read this, will she?  )

[johanneshoeller]

Is this the same Petrochosmea?
Hans ?

[Lvandelft]

Today was a very unpleasant day outside here in Holland. Very cold and grey, though the children were already skating on some canals after a few nights frost at -5 C.
But nature was beautiful!
I want to show you a tree which I planted almost 30 years ago as being a dwarf Ulmus.
I had no idea what this meant, maybe expecting about 1 m. in height.
Now it has a beautiful stature and measures about 4 x 4 m.
Luit van Delft

[mark smyth]

very nice tree

Duck egg blue - well my camera at the time refused to see the colour my eyes saw

[mark smyth]

I should have looked harder to way back in June 2003

[Tim Murphy]

Helleborus vesicarius is looking good at the moment; it will be flowering here in the not too distant future. The third photo shows a young plant of vesicarius outside. It will be a while before this one flowers :-)

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Same type of weather we have as Luit showed a bit earlier. Cold - foggy but some sunny spells in between resulted in some very beautiful artwork from nature !

[shelagh]

Petrocosmea or Petrochosmea? Yes Johannes I think they are the same but over here all the ones I have seen for sale or on the Show bench have been minus the H, sorry I can't explain it.

[mark smyth]

look what I discovered in the green house today.

In the garden in full flower and out of season Daphne 'Jacqueline Postill' and also out of season Lonicera purpusii

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great shots Mark - but we do seem to live in different worlds - have a look at my yesterday's posting - no question of anything blooming out here !

[ChrisB]

Your greenhouse must smell wonderful, Mark.  Why do you keep her there instead of in the garden?

[mark smyth]

well ... the green house only refers to the Tecophelia. I'll re word the post

[Lesley Cox]

Luit, your tree is superb. I imported this in 1981, from Hillier's, when I was in the UK and the young man who made up my order told me it would grow to about 50cms in height. I had to leave it in my previous garden 10 years ago because it was as large as yours and still growing. I took cuttings though and I'll keep one of these hard-pruned to see what happens. It's a lovely variety.

[Anthony Darby]

Surely your greenhouse is too warm if your Techophilia is flowering now, Mark?