From the conversation I had with the chap yesterday they are no longer doing wild swan ... He said " well it is 2 years old now!" He was quite frank and said that they did loose a lot of them they are now doing "dreaming swan" and another swan variety it hats a double but both are late flowerers not long flowerers..... The only other stall that looked like nice (not rip off show prices) was hopleys of much hadham( I'm gutted my ex lived in the village drank in the pub all the time and the nursery is just round the corner I never knew!!!)
I agree Verd... wouldn'y it be good if the growers, GCs etc had the courage to put a "health warning" on plants, alongside all the effusive plaudits and pretty pictures e.g. this one seeds around a lot, this one is invasive, this one is prone to mildew etc. At least then we could take the necessary measures, or not be too expectant of great results.
p.s. "chrysanthemums direct" supply good plantlets, in good condition, with good instructions.
on the subject of hard-to-find plants, does anyone know where I can get hold of Hydrangea 'Fireworks', ? I saw it at Hampton Court a couple of years ago, should have bought it then, but couldn't carry anything else. Any ideas ? Also ,does it come with any 'health warnings' ? ( I bought 3 wild swan from hayloft, delivered very late, utterly feeble,2 died within weeks, the third died a few months later- J As are normally so rampant ! )
Verdun I was thinking just that yesterday... They give generic advice on plants that is t more often than not generic not specific. Yesterday when I bought the ecinechia befor I would have gone for flower flower flower but after bein on this site( and your specific advice verd) I went for a plant that had a very healthy bottom growth and the flowers were a bonus. I spoke to the woman for about 5 mins about not planting out this autumn she was very good and told me more about the plant, and advised me to plant it out as it idea have a food bottom growth and is a v hardy strain .... So we shall see. Verdun the other wild swan was a late flowerer with purple on the back instead of blue! V pretty but mmmmm still didn't get it
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From the conversation I had with the chap yesterday they are no longer doing wild swan ... He said " well it is 2 years old now!" He was quite frank and said that they did loose a lot of them they are now doing "dreaming swan" and another swan variety it hats a double but both are late flowerers not long flowerers..... The only other stall that looked like nice (not rip off show prices) was hopleys of much hadham( I'm gutted my ex lived in the village drank in the pub all the time and the nursery is just round the corner I never knew!!!)
I agree Verd... wouldn'y it be good if the growers, GCs etc had the courage to put a "health warning" on plants, alongside all the effusive plaudits and pretty pictures e.g. this one seeds around a lot, this one is invasive, this one is prone to mildew etc. At least then we could take the necessary measures, or not be too expectant of great results.
p.s. "chrysanthemums direct" supply good plantlets, in good condition, with good instructions.
on the subject of hard-to-find plants, does anyone know where I can get hold of Hydrangea 'Fireworks', ? I saw it at Hampton Court a couple of years ago, should have bought it then, but couldn't carry anything else. Any ideas ? Also ,does it come with any 'health warnings' ? ( I bought 3 wild swan from hayloft, delivered very late, utterly feeble,2 died within weeks, the third died a few months later- J As are normally so rampant ! )
Hydrangea Fireworks
http://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pn_id=355
The cheque is in the post Verd., honest........
Verdun I was thinking just that yesterday... They give generic advice on plants that is t more often than not generic not specific. Yesterday when I bought the ecinechia befor I would have gone for flower flower flower but after bein on this site( and your specific advice verd) I went for a plant that had a very healthy bottom growth and the flowers were a bonus. I spoke to the woman for about 5 mins about not planting out this autumn she was very good and told me more about the plant, and advised me to plant it out as it idea have a food bottom growth and is a v hardy strain .... So we shall see. Verdun the other wild swan was a late flowerer with purple on the back instead of blue! V pretty but mmmmm still didn't get it