new bedding plants

[mark smyth]

I bought some Nemesias this week for a summer bedding display in a pot. Their smell is fantastic and strong. It goes under the name of N. Aromatica Scarlet. The scent is difficult to describe. My brother says vanilla custard

[mark smyth]

oops I forgot the photo

[mark smyth]

Has anyone seen or bought the new Gazania Apache? What a plant!

[Paul T]

Very nice, Mark.

I grow a few perennial Nemesia here, but am not aware of them being perfumed.  Next time they flower I'll have to check them out.   Excellent colour to the Gazania.

[mark smyth]

Is anyone growing the new black Petunia that sometimes has a yellow stripe? I dont rate it but that couild be down to the poor weather

[angie]

Mark same thoughts here, after a few days of rain my plants look really poor. Mine have the yellow stripe, won't be buying them again.

Angie

[mark smyth]

A bit like this Angie?

I still dont rate it as a good plant. Mine are in a manger and althought they flower they havent grown. Maybe they would have been petter in the ground

[angie]

Yep that's mine. I was thinking today about removing them from my planters. Maybe it's just the amount of rain we have had but I think it's not worth growing.

Angie 

[Lesley Cox]

Well if they were like that first plain black, I'd even grow petunias myself!

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Mark and Angie,
Purpleand blue petunias often have a sweet scent - are these scented?
cheers
fermi

[mark smyth]

yes they're scented - of a lovely horse scent. That's the only way I can explain it

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely horse or lovely scent? or are you being a trifle ironic and it actually smells of manure?

[maggiepie]

I bought a black plant, no yellow on it at all.
I didn't realize they were the same plant.
Think I better plant it and hope for some seeds.

[Roma]

I bought this Lysimachia last year but do not remember its name or which mail order company I got it from.  I didn't get round to using it in a pot so planted it out in the garden not expecting it to survive the winter, but survive it did and now looks as if it could be quite invasive.  The foliage is very attractive and the flowers are of a similar size to the ordinary 'Creeping Jenny'. 

[mark smyth]

Gazania Apache is the best buy this spring. One flower lasts a long time