I'm sorry if my posts struck a wrong note. Certainly far from my intention.
We all have plants we call all sorts of names, perhaps our parents called them that?
and we all have vast areas of unknowing and inexperience and the great thing about this site is that there are people here who do have that experience and are generous enough to take the time to help. Less preachilly than me, luckily!
Easy answers? Showing off? LMAO. I dream of the day I can refer to any answer on a gardening question as 'easy'. I like to think I've made a pretty good effort to educate myself on the basics (isn't the internet wonderful sometimes?) but still feel totally at sea most of the time.
It's lovely to find such a welcoming, friendly forum. All too many forums (fora?) are populated by at best slightly grouchy people, at worst... I shan't comment any further. Maybe that's why I immediately felt I'd done wrong and irritated someone! The fault is entirely mine Hester, no apologies necessary from you!
Pariate, some of us have been in horticulture as an amateur or professional for many decades you forget some knowledge and acquire other but you never know everything about everything in gardening, there's just so much to learn. But you'll find the majority of people have the same plants, so you quickly build up a idea of what something is likely to be. I got Escallonia straight away only because I had one in my garden. I still googled it to double check, especially the spelling. You also learn how to get the most out of google. My tip is to be obvious. You're looking for a small shrub with pink flowers. Type that in, that'll bring something along the right lines then you can refine your search again.
hello, I know this is probably a bit late, but I came across a 'bee tree' on ebay and thought of you, the latin they gave for it is 'euodia evodid daniellii hupehensis'. I couldn't find it in the rhs big book, and hope I hav'nt caused confusion.
On the pronunciation question, I was once told simply to say each syllable, with equal emphasis on each (clem-a-tis, not clem-ay-tis). But it really doesn't matter how you say it, as long as you can make yourself understood.
hello, I know this is probably a bit late, but I came across a 'bee tree' on ebay and thought of you, the latin they gave for it is 'euodia evodid daniellii hupehensis'. I couldn't find it in the rhs big book, and hope I hav'nt caused confusion.
Wow, grows to 15m! Really is a tree... Thanks for your idea Lisa.
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and showing off a bit
In the sticks near Peterborough
who? us??
Never .......................................
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Of course not. Sorry
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm sorry if my posts struck a wrong note. Certainly far from my intention.
We all have plants we call all sorts of names, perhaps our parents called them that?
and we all have vast areas of unknowing and inexperience and the great thing about this site is that there are people here who do have that experience and are generous enough to take the time to help. Less preachilly than me, luckily!
Easy answers? Showing off? LMAO.
I dream of the day I can refer to any answer on a gardening question as 'easy'. I like to think I've made a pretty good effort to educate myself on the basics (isn't the internet wonderful sometimes?) but still feel totally at sea most of the time.
It's lovely to find such a welcoming, friendly forum. All too many forums (fora?) are populated by at best slightly grouchy people, at worst... I shan't comment any further. Maybe that's why I immediately felt I'd done wrong and irritated someone! The fault is entirely mine Hester, no apologies necessary from you!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Pariate, some of us have been in horticulture as an amateur or professional for many decades you forget some knowledge and acquire other but you never know everything about everything in gardening, there's just so much to learn. But you'll find the majority of people have the same plants, so you quickly build up a idea of what something is likely to be. I got Escallonia straight away only because I had one in my garden. I still googled it to double check, especially the spelling. You also learn how to get the most out of google. My tip is to be obvious. You're looking for a small shrub with pink flowers. Type that in, that'll bring something along the right lines then you can refine your search again.
hello, I know this is probably a bit late, but I came across a 'bee tree' on ebay and thought of you, the latin they gave for it is 'euodia evodid daniellii hupehensis'. I couldn't find it in the rhs big book, and hope I hav'nt caused confusion.
On the pronunciation question, I was once told simply to say each syllable, with equal emphasis on each (clem-a-tis, not clem-ay-tis). But it really doesn't matter how you say it, as long as you can make yourself understood.
Wow, grows to 15m! Really is a tree... Thanks for your idea Lisa.
http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/tetradium-danielii