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derekb

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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #105 on: April 11, 2008, 06:57:19 PM »
 This is the first time I have flowered Calanthe bicolor
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #106 on: April 11, 2008, 07:03:48 PM »

Arthur I will PM you when I have the seeds I have several other colours too will see nearer time.
Ask Dave to call and see me when he is about.

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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #107 on: April 11, 2008, 07:29:04 PM »
Some Daphne's.
Sorry about the quality of the pics but it was bitter cold here today.


Daphne petraea.
Daphne x  mantensiana  Audrey Vokins.
Daphne x  rollsdorfii Arnold Cihlarz.
Daphne x hendersonii ernst Hauser.
Daphne x transatlantica Jims Pride.
Daphne Kilmeston Beauty
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #108 on: April 11, 2008, 08:08:00 PM »
Michael,

Thanks for the marvellous photos of your daphnes. Are they grafted or on their own roots? It is amazing that they are so floriferous on such small plants.

Alan
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #109 on: April 11, 2008, 08:19:46 PM »
Alan, Jims Pride is from cuttings,the others are grafted.
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #110 on: April 11, 2008, 08:26:57 PM »
Michael

I forgot to ask how old the plants are.

Alan
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #111 on: April 11, 2008, 08:37:22 PM »
Alan, Audrey vokins and Kilmeston beauty are this years grafts, (20th Jan) the others are last years grafts and cuttings.
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #112 on: April 11, 2008, 09:03:42 PM »
Alan, I can take a a general view of the cuttings and grafts tomorrow if you want to compare them.
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #113 on: April 11, 2008, 09:11:05 PM »
Quote from: Michael J Campbell on April 11, 2008, 09:03:42 PM
Alan, I can take a a general view of the cuttings and grafts tomorrow if you want to compare them.
Michael, I would appreciate that, too, please. Weather permitting!
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #114 on: April 11, 2008, 09:17:36 PM »
Maggi, I just noticed that I have acquired a title
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #115 on: April 11, 2008, 09:26:40 PM »
Michael, I had been trying for a while to find a good title for you, then , the  other week, when someone mentioned how amazing your range of skills and plants is, I thought that had to be the one.. so "Mr Amazing " you became... and a richly deserved title it is, too!  :-*
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #116 on: April 11, 2008, 09:44:57 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #117 on: April 11, 2008, 09:52:52 PM »
Michael.

Yes please, if not too much trouble, and as Maggi says, weather permitting.
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #118 on: April 11, 2008, 10:04:37 PM »
Will do.
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Re: Flowers and foliage April 2008
« Reply #119 on: April 11, 2008, 10:10:20 PM »
Michael, I have some very straggly old Daphne petraea 'Grandiflora' that I've been thinking of cutting back hard and using the prunings as cuttings this Spring or Early Summer, hoping to get some rooted cuttings and rejuvenate the old plants into neater bushier things all at the same time. Do you think that's advisable or have any other tips of D. petraea from cuttings and/or cutting back old straggly plants to make them neater and bushier again?

I'm amazed at the range of stuff you propagate and hybridize. Are you sure you're not still a one-man nursery?  8)
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