Dove and Verdun, see page 28. in GW mag for lovely pic of. red hot pokers with rudbeckia (echinacea?) ( wll that's what they look like to me). I remember using the leaves as swords as a child. Never grown them as always seemed to be a blast from the past (ie old fashioned) but they are making a revival aren't they now. Not watched GW yet.
PD wish I was going to Harrowgate but instead will go to an ngs tomorrow
Right true story coming up. MY friend's Father in Law, a very stuffy , ever so , ever so, sort of a chap, decided he wanted some Red Hot Pokers, but thought he'd ask for the proper name.
All the way to the GC he was saying Kniphofia ,Kniphofia,Kniphofia,Kniphofia.
When he got there , he marched up the sales guy and said .....
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A walled garden is on my wish list too Lesley.
We would buy their house tomorrow, but for some reason they don't want to move lol.
Verdun, It is, isn't it - almost like a saw! What are you going to plant around yours? Will you be able to 'mask' the foliage a bit?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Morning all.
Dove and Verdun, see page 28. in GW mag for lovely pic of. red hot pokers with rudbeckia (echinacea?) ( wll that's what they look like to me).
I remember using the leaves as swords as a child. Never grown them as always seemed to be a blast from the past (ie old fashioned) but they are making a revival aren't they now. Not watched GW yet.
PD wish I was going to Harrowgate but instead will go to an ngs tomorrow
Morning all.
Right true story coming up. MY friend's Father in Law, a very stuffy , ever so , ever so, sort of a chap, decided he wanted some Red Hot Pokers, but thought he'd ask for the proper name.
All the way to the GC he was saying Kniphofia ,Kniphofia,Kniphofia,Kniphofia.
When he got there , he marched up the sales guy and said .....
" I'm looking for necrophilia please"
Honest guys, I'm not making it up.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
did anyone notice that lady in South Africa on GW last night pronounced the K in Kniphofia?
Verdun, what colour Pokers have you ordered? Was it the buttery yellow one?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
K. Little Maid I think it was.
I had it in my last garden in Hants, but the soil was too light and sandy, it didn't do well.