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Dovefromabove
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Growing behind my pond in the shade - bone dry in summer, damp in winter. The plant is a good 15 - 18" tall with very fresh-green coloured scented leaves. The flower is small - little more than a centimeter in diameter, with pretty fringed petals. It dies right down in the winter.
This might be one given to me by lovely Nutcutlet, or it might be one of the interesting unknowns that spring up from time to time in this garden.
It's bottom right in the third pic - to show scale etc.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Agree G. nodosum but didn't know it was called knotted cranesbill. I wonder if I'll remember
Did you get that from me Dove? It seeds well and might have hitched a lift with something
In the sticks near Peterborough
Think I probably did Nut - but there are two of them
I thought it might be that but the pic here http://plantsforshade.co.uk/acatalog/geranium-nodosum.html just didn't look like it.
Now I've looked at the pic here http://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=5114 which looks exactly like it.
Thanks you two
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Verdun, you can't escape from Nut until she's given you sandwiches and coffee and cake and filled your car with plants
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I seem to remember that G nodosum is a good 'doer' in a woodland style border - must remember to put it on the list.
Not being funny Dove (honestly!) but is the fern in the picture intended to be copper / bronze foliage or is that last years growth which hasn't been cut back? It looks very pretty & I can think of a spot where that colour would work in my garden.
My ferns go that colour over winter but look very messy after the frosts and never stay nice and upright like that. If it is a bronze fern can you remember the name please?
Verdun that's naughty
Topbird I can supply some seedlings of the species, I can pot some up for if we meet up on any trips this year
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes Topbird - that's the colour of that fern's new growth - it looks best at this time of year but hangs onto the colour quite a while, if I remember correctly. I'll have a hunt for it's name ... it should be in the notebook somewhere ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, here it is - Dryopteris erythrosora 'Prolifica' - I've found it also called the Dwarf Rosy Buckler Fern and the Japanese Shield Fern and various other names http://www.tropicalbritain.co.uk/dryopteris-erythrosora-prolifica.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ooooh - thank you Dove - I rather like that one. My garden is still very new and, whilst I have most of the major tree and shrub planting done, there is still a long way to go filling in the gaps with perennials. There are some good basics - but this year I'm concentrating on introducing foliage texture and colour. That fern will do very nicely!
Nut - thank you - that's very kind. I would love some G. nodosum seedlings. There are loads of spaces for them in my woodland style border. I hope we do meet up this year - we had some lovely visits last year didn't we?
Such nice people on this forum....
Good morning Topbird, I'll pot some up.
I was looking at potential gardens last night. Shall I start a East Anglian garden visits thread for suggestions?
In the sticks near Peterborough