Hi Salino. Much enjoy your company and your comments - feel we have much in common - lets please keep nattering. Ref the Roses I do feel and am sure that they are a speciality of yours whereas with myself they are just another lovely but also just running member of my garden taking second place to my own preferred plants etc. - to each their own for sure. A little in thin air ref your last comments here re pasties, saffron cake and clotted cream ( a ref to Cornwall?) - care to explain but if not totally understood. Have another post re plants which will follow and hopefully it will keep this ( to me for sure) interesting topic going. Your name Salino interests me and would without prying love to know what it represents, an actual name perthaps?.
hi Keen... thanks for your prompt reply... always enjoy talking about plants, especially roses.... I don't talk about much else really, unless it's a bit tongue in cheek stuff... I think it's nice to add little bits to a discussion, opinions and suchlike...
yes Cornish born and bred I'm afraid... I think there are a few others on here from that region and still living there.... I moved away some time ago... work related reasons mostly...
Salino - appreciate you asking... if you ever watch a film called 'The Sting'... well, I hope so, it's a favourite old film of mine...
you've got me interested in growing roses from seeds now.... I've been checking this out and I'm going to give it a go myself this autumn... from what I gather, I shall pick a hip when it turns orange.. in about November... empty out the seeds into water and you're suppose to add a mild bleach solution to clean them... before putting into damp tissue and into the fridge to stratify until end January... after that the seeds can be sewn in pots...and left outside.... may take some time to germinate... couple of years maybe... or straight away that Spring... did you know that when the seedlings have two sets of leaves, and you transplant them on, that you should only touch the leaves, not the stem, as apparently oil from your hands can kill the plants at this point.... I was surprised at that...
does any of that make sense to you...??
it will be fun to get one's very own rose this way... I'm determined to give this a try...but not sure which rose I shall choose...
..oh, what's that little yellow shrub in your photo above, the one on the right... I can't quite tell from the image... I like bright plants like that.. one or two...
Hi. Ref that post I referred to in last comment. Gardening is for sure a challenge all round because to a large extent we are going against nature (Ma) and trying to manipulate it all to our way of thinking rather than going along with hers. This will particularly apply to us "been at it for years" types and my thoughts are of those plants that we would dearly love to have grown but which in spite of trying our best to give them exactly the conditions they require( ref experts) they just did not want to know about us and after a time walked out. They did not need to be anything exotic or grand exactly, they varied from quite humble plants ( as with me) right up to the "you can't grow them" types. Ok but even so we did give them a go. How about telling of your own special little successes and failures - I will tell you of mine and theres been quite a number. Give it a go please and help keep this thread going since there is interest.
...I do have a problem with large flowered Clematis... they so often wilt on me or get eaten by snails before they've got off the ground... I probably don't feed them enough either... had many disappointents...
..I love these Hosta flowers... otherwise I'm not a great lover of the plants, but the flowers are gorgeous I think... do you let yours flower or cut them off, as I think some do...?
Hi Salino - all. Thank you for your prompt responses - as I said nice to natter. Ref the Hostas . Being a foliage nut I am madly keen on them and have quite a number of all sizes. and variations of single and variegated leaves in the garden. These include the species and the named varieties of which there is now a mass of in the garden centres, all beauts to me, believe a lot come from US. All of my differents combos will almost for sure t contain one . I have always found them completely troublefree to grow other than the dreaded slug and snail problem though having lived in dryish to very dry areas always their numbers (and also by other means) were much reduced - first sign of attack anywhere and I hunt them out - very sadly nothing like the same number of Thrushes around now, where I am now rarely see them and apart from their pest control do so miss their song. As well as in the ground I grow several in large containers and here the S&S are easily controlled. I have others in pots as well and shift them here and there to provide a"something" when a plant has finished and died back. I also always leave them to flower but do make a point of cutting off the stems when they have finished before the seeds form. As for a favourite well difficult that, I also love sieboldiana and elegans as you do but I suppose of all its Frances Williams with its blue yellow edged leaves. I have a plant I bought years ago from Mrs. Fish called elata with large plain green only leaves. I have found also that its not all that unusual for a Hosta to grow a "sport" and I acquired a nice plain yellow from a variegated one that way. - marked it with wool and dug it/root off in autumn- it came back the same. I do not know if my posts are too long and also if I am in order sending pics contnuously - I would like to send pics of my Hostas as they are at their best right now and just beginning to flower. Can you tell me pse?.Regards. .
Hi Salino - all. Ref the growing roses from seed. You are looking at going about it as by the book and probably that is more the way to go - in my case the Haws were picked, opened and the seeds as they were sown straight into a pot of compost and out into the coldest part of the garden all winter - cannot for sure remember now if they stood one or two, going by what you said probably two. I suppose mine was the Ma way of doing it - only the natural elements to take the process along but when they showed up there they were there aplenty. The bushes size etc I agree with you but I mentioned that "woodsy" bit of land I can use to garden and mine grow there with as much space as they want.. Interestingly the red only shows red flowers but the other has both red and white seemingly on the same bush - can only assume that when I originally potted on the small ex seedlings I managed to get one of each together somehow - whatever whatever the result is good.
I find growing roses from seed pretty easy. I only grow species type, and they go in the old orchard belonging next door(with their permission) the Rosa filipes is already flowering 40 ft up a seedling cherry tree. One of the seedlings flowers a week later, I took some hardwood cuttings, it is growing over a hawthorn, as high as the house. This one is slightly different, it has pink buds, and slightly larger flowers, and a trunk as thick as my arm.
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Hi Salino. Much enjoy your company and your comments - feel we have much in common - lets please keep nattering. Ref the Roses I do feel and am sure that they are a speciality of yours whereas with myself they are just another lovely but also just running member of my garden taking second place to my own preferred plants etc. - to each their own for sure. A little in thin air ref your last comments here re pasties, saffron cake and clotted cream ( a ref to Cornwall?) - care to explain but if not totally understood. Have another post re plants which will follow and hopefully it will keep this ( to me for sure) interesting topic going. Your name Salino interests me and would without prying love to know what it represents, an actual name perthaps?.
do. understand this.
hi Keen... thanks for your prompt reply... always enjoy talking about plants, especially roses.... I don't talk about much else really, unless it's a bit tongue in cheek stuff... I think it's nice to add little bits to a discussion, opinions and suchlike...
yes Cornish born and bred I'm afraid... I think there are a few others on here from that region and still living there.... I moved away some time ago... work related reasons mostly...
Salino - appreciate you asking... if you ever watch a film called 'The Sting'... well, I hope so, it's a favourite old film of mine...
you've got me interested in growing roses from seeds now.... I've been checking this out and I'm going to give it a go myself this autumn... from what I gather, I shall pick a hip when it turns orange.. in about November... empty out the seeds into water and you're suppose to add a mild bleach solution to clean them... before putting into damp tissue and into the fridge to stratify until end January... after that the seeds can be sewn in pots...and left outside.... may take some time to germinate... couple of years maybe... or straight away that Spring... did you know that when the seedlings have two sets of leaves, and you transplant them on, that you should only touch the leaves, not the stem, as apparently oil from your hands can kill the plants at this point.... I was surprised at that...
does any of that make sense to you...??
it will be fun to get one's very own rose this way... I'm determined to give this a try...but not sure which rose I shall choose...
..oh, what's that little yellow shrub in your photo above, the one on the right... I can't quite tell from the image... I like bright plants like that.. one or two...
Verd. ...we'll leave them to it shall we? see on the evening thread.
Hi. Ref that post I referred to in last comment. Gardening is for sure a challenge all round because to a large extent we are going against nature (Ma) and trying to manipulate it all to our way of thinking rather than going along with hers. This will particularly apply to us "been at it for years" types and my thoughts are of those plants that we would dearly love to have grown but which in spite of trying our best to give them exactly the conditions they require( ref experts) they just did not want to know about us and after a time walked out. They did not need to be anything exotic or grand exactly, they varied from quite humble plants ( as with me) right up to the "you can't grow them" types. Ok but even so we did give them a go. How about telling of your own special little successes and failures - I will tell you of mine and theres been quite a number. Give it a go please and help keep this thread going since there is interest.
...I do have a problem with large flowered Clematis... they so often wilt on me or get eaten by snails before they've got off the ground... I probably don't feed them enough either... had many disappointents...
..I love these Hosta flowers... otherwise I'm not a great lover of the plants, but the flowers are gorgeous I think... do you let yours flower or cut them off, as I think some do...?
Hi Salino - all. Thank you for your prompt responses - as I said nice to natter. Ref the Hostas . Being a foliage nut I am madly keen on them and have quite a number of all sizes. and variations of single and variegated leaves in the garden. These include the species and the named varieties of which there is now a mass of in the garden centres, all beauts to me, believe a lot come from US. All of my differents combos will almost for sure t contain one . I have always found them completely troublefree to grow other than the dreaded slug and snail problem though having lived in dryish to very dry areas always their numbers (and also by other means) were much reduced - first sign of attack anywhere and I hunt them out - very sadly nothing like the same number of Thrushes around now, where I am now rarely see them and apart from their pest control do so miss their song. As well as in the ground I grow several in large containers and here the S&S are easily controlled. I have others in pots as well and shift them here and there to provide a"something" when a plant has finished and died back. I also always leave them to flower but do make a point of cutting off the stems when they have finished before the seeds form. As for a favourite well difficult that, I also love sieboldiana and elegans as you do but I suppose of all its Frances Williams with its blue yellow edged leaves. I have a plant I bought years ago from Mrs. Fish called elata with large plain green only leaves. I have found also that its not all that unusual for a Hosta to grow a "sport" and I acquired a nice plain yellow from a variegated one that way. - marked it with wool and dug it/root off in autumn- it came back the same. I do not know if my posts are too long and also if I am in order sending pics contnuously - I would like to send pics of my Hostas as they are at their best right now and just beginning to flower. Can you tell me pse?.Regards. .
please post more pics of your hostas would love to ss them
Hi Salino - all. Ref the growing roses from seed. You are looking at going about it as by the book and probably that is more the way to go - in my case the Haws were picked, opened and the seeds as they were sown straight into a pot of compost and out into the coldest part of the garden all winter - cannot for sure remember now if they stood one or two, going by what you said probably two. I suppose mine was the Ma way of doing it - only the natural elements to take the process along but when they showed up there they were there aplenty. The bushes size etc I agree with you but I mentioned that "woodsy" bit of land I can use to garden and mine grow there with as much space as they want.. Interestingly the red only shows red flowers but the other has both red and white seemingly on the same bush - can only assume that when I originally potted on the small ex seedlings I managed to get one of each together somehow - whatever whatever the result is good.
Salino, those hosta flowers look like regal lilies.
I find growing roses from seed pretty easy. I only grow species type, and they go in the old orchard belonging next door(with their permission) the Rosa filipes is already flowering 40 ft up a seedling cherry tree. One of the seedlings flowers a week later, I took some hardwood cuttings, it is growing over a hawthorn, as high as the house. This one is slightly different, it has pink buds, and slightly larger flowers, and a trunk as thick as my arm.