February 2009

[Jo]

I just see only Cyclamen, Jo 

BTW, your link in your profile does not work for me, did you know that?

I think my link works now, though the website is in its infancy, I have to bribe my children to help me with it 

[art600]

Jo

Have just looked at your website - it is wonderful.   

I really enjoyed the tour of your garden in 2007, especially the Snowdrops.  I am due to visit 5 gardens this coming weekend, and may not get to see any, so it was nice to have seen yours.

The attachments showing Cyclamen appear very large, and take a long time to download.  would it be  possible and sensible to reduce their size.

[Paddy Tobin]

Jo,

I have enjoyed visiting the website. Isn't it a bit like peeping over the wall to see what someone's garden is like?

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

It is, Paddy! That's rather the feeling I get from visiting all the websites of our talented forumists who both garden and share it via the net.... such a treat for us to enjoy.
Jo, you didn't tell us yet how your open day went at the weekend? Many early visitors out and about?

[Lvandelft]

I just see only Cyclamen, Jo 
BTW, your link in your profile does not work for me, did you know that?

I think my link works now, though the website is in its infancy, I have to bribe my children to help me with it 

Thank you Jo!
After reading your posts I was curious about your garden.
Now it works and I enjoyed it very much.
It is for us from abroad the (almost) only way to have a look in other people's gardens,
because visiting is seldom possible.

[Giles]

OK...so they are not 'Alpines', I'm not 'Scottish' and I didn't even grow them myself.......but they are dead classy shrubs, certain to cheer one up!

[Maggi Young]

Woo, fab selection of Witch Hazels there, Giles... have you a bit of a soft spot for Hamamelis?

OK...so they are not 'Alpines', I'm not 'Scottish' and I didn't even grow them myself.......

...and how would this be relevant , exactly? 

[Giles]

H. x intermedia 'Vezna'
H. x intermedia 'Aphrodite'
H. mollis 'Pallida'
H. x intermedia 'Aurora'
H. x intermedia 'Barmstedt Gold'
H. x intermedia 'Livia'

I gather there are some very keen Belgian growers/collectors of these..... (?)

[Giles]

.....it was a case of needing to be cheered up, and these seemed to fit the bill.
(and anything goes on these pages!!!)

[Carlo]

Hmmmm, "dead classy shrubs"? I don't know about anyone else, but I don't care how classy they are, dead shrubs don't cheer me up.

(yes, I get it, I get it...)

[Gerdk]

This is Nesocodon mauritianus (syn. Wahlenbergia mauritiana) - originally from Mauritius -
it is surprisingly 'hardy' down to approximately zero (Celsius) - for a short time.
Of course in winter it does much better inside in a cold room.
It's a very showy species but with an unpleasant feature, it produces a red-colored nectar en masse which stains the surrounding.

Gerd

[Giles]

ummmm.... Carlo, this language thing can be most troublesome...
some of the misunderstandings on my one and only trip to North America were most amusing....(and unrepeatable on these pages!!!)

PS. The photos of Primula scotica I took at Dunnet earlier in the year, and posted on this site, have now been accepted and posted on the 'PrimulaWorld' website.  You saw them here first folks !!!

[Maggi Young]

I gather there are some very keen Belgian growers/collectors of these..... (?)

no, no: It's  not that the Hamamelis are relevant or not.... but that you not being Scottish is relevant??

Carlo, you're not helping!! 


Giles.... good news about the Primula scotica pix... which were a joy! Pam Eveleigh's Primula World is a great place....in a world ( class)  of its own, eh? 

[Maggi Young]

Gerd, I haven't before seen this plant ..... and with the red staining nectar,I won't be trying to find it ....but I do find it interesting.... the flowers do not seem to "fit" with the foliage... looks too different!
Another new plant learned today- Thank you!

[Carlo]

Just having a bit of fun. Like Giles I've heard stories about misunderstandings--going from this side of the pond to yours as well. They're actually great fun at cocktail parties.

Well done on the primula photos Giles!

...and it's firmly my opinion that one can never have enough witch hazels...although they are at their best in photographs (where the amazing flowers can fill a frame). Luckily they flower at the most opportune times.