Hi Verd, just want to say thanks for the tip about woottens. I ordered about 20 plants at approx. 1am on Monday and they arrived this morning at 9am - now that's what I call service! Nice big plants in big pots - much better than I've been used to - and extremely well packed with those biodegradable 'cheesey wotsits' that are now mixed into the compost heap.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
My angelica gigas have green leaves. The parent did have the red/purple head.
I sowed ripe seed sAugust 2012, overwintered in cold mini poly greenhouse, planted out in may. they have made big plants this year. I expect them to flower next.
Thanks fb and Verdun. I shall await with interest to see the 2 plants in flower. More exitement for next year. I should think they'll be big enough to flower.
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Hi Verd, just want to say thanks for the tip about woottens. I ordered about 20 plants at approx. 1am on Monday and they arrived this morning at 9am - now that's what I call service! Nice big plants in big pots - much better than I've been used to - and extremely well packed with those biodegradable 'cheesey wotsits' that are now mixed into the compost heap.
My angelica gigas have green leaves. The parent did have the red/purple head.
I sowed ripe seed sAugust 2012, overwintered in cold mini poly greenhouse, planted out in may. they have made big plants this year. I expect them to flower next.
Verdun, you didn't pick up your godfather truffle. If you're teetotal, theres a caramel cheescake left that might suit you better.
Thanks fb and Verdun. I shall await with interest to see the 2 plants in flower. More exitement for next year. I should think they'll be big enough to flower.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Mine was a new plant - leaves bit sorry for themselves - purple stems. Seems there are 2 sorts.
It was a little pot bound - the story of planting today
Look forward to seeing it now.Roll on next year
Very pretty cake, archiepem, bet it tasted good too, but to be quite honest, for an instant I thought it was one of the Queen's hats!
Miserable and rainy here today, slept all afternoon. Have a good evening everyone!
Thanks Matty, Ididn't know there were 2 sorts.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Some are for the new planters and some for established borders, Verdun. A few of the more exciting (to me) ones are:
Ceanothus 'Autumnal Blue'
Chaenomeles 'Crimson and Gold'
Corydalis 'Purple Leaf'
Dierama 'Merlin' (the white one was o/s)
Dicenta spectabilis
Myrtus 'Tarentina'
Viburnum 'Eve Price'