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David Nicholson

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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #240 on: March 29, 2010, 04:10:23 PM »
Pieris 'Valley Valentine'. Seems to be having a good year for a plant that is supposed to be tender!

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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #241 on: March 29, 2010, 07:25:32 PM »
Not in your neck of the woods I wouldn't have thought David.
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #242 on: March 29, 2010, 08:04:14 PM »
I can report that a plant of Pieris 'Valley Valentine' lasted only two or three years in our garden in Aberdeen before giving up the ghost.  :-X
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #243 on: March 29, 2010, 09:16:57 PM »
Great colour on that pieris, David.

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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #244 on: March 30, 2010, 02:37:27 AM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on March 29, 2010, 08:04:14 PM
I can report that a plant of Pieris 'Valley Valentine' lasted only two or three years in our garden in Aberdeen before giving up the ghost.  :-X

Strange as people grow it here though it is for our mildest areas only.  The ones we can't grow all contain reference to fire in their names - Forest Fire, Forest Flame, Flaming Silver, Mountain Fire (if it survives for 10 years here it's mis-labelled), also formosana forrestii and taiwanensis though the latter hung around quite awhile.

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« Last Edit: March 30, 2010, 03:11:57 AM by johnw »
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #245 on: March 30, 2010, 04:17:56 AM »
Here are some of my favorite violets - all a little bit tender and therefore cultivated in the greenhouse

1. Viola odorata - a nice coloured one from the Pontus Range/Turkey
2. Viola jaubertiana - originally from Mallorca - scented with shining
    ivy-leaved foliaga - related to V. odorata
3.+4. Viola trinervata - from the Western US

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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #246 on: March 30, 2010, 12:54:38 PM »
Gerd, what a gorgeous posting   :D  Your fabulous Viola give me the feeling of Spring and I wish I could smell them from here!
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #247 on: March 31, 2010, 10:10:28 AM »
The first snowdrops in Moscow.  ;D Many of you possibly by now forgot how it looks like.
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #248 on: March 31, 2010, 11:20:39 AM »
Keep them coming Aleksey. 8)
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #249 on: March 31, 2010, 11:50:52 AM »
Yes, please do Aleksey, otherwise the snowdrop lovers will get withdrawal symptoms  :o  Welcome to this great Forum for showing what's flowering with you  :)
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #250 on: March 31, 2010, 01:47:33 PM »
A lovely photo of the Viola, Gerd.
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #251 on: March 31, 2010, 05:28:57 PM »
RR & Anne,
Thanks for the compliments!

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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #252 on: March 31, 2010, 08:43:33 PM »
A warm welcome to the Forum Alexei (?). Lovely to have someone else from Russia and for us, another chance to learn more about gardening in that great and diverse country. Your snowdrops make a happier picture than those which we've seen recently from Moscow. I hope things are returning to normal again.
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #253 on: April 01, 2010, 06:31:08 PM »
Quote from: dialexx on March 31, 2010, 10:10:28 AM
The first snowdrops in Moscow.  ;D Many of you possibly by now forgot how it looks like.

maybe late compared to britain/southern europe--but still ahead of me  ;D
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Re: March 2010 Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #254 on: April 01, 2010, 09:01:54 PM »
More and more plants get up again after this relatively hard and
long winter.
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