Hi Salino - all. Yer tis - as I said somehow I must have put a white and a red in the same pot. Forgot to say thanks for the info ref sending from Picasa.I gave it a go but as always I am happier with a handfork than a PC and made a complete hash of it. I did try however sending the pics from Picasa (which I upload to always) to My Pictures and find I can send them direct OK from there - as the help line said from the PC they are auto resized.
hi Keeny... pleased to hear you got the photos sorted out... send as many as you want, that's what we all do... on various threads... I grew Rugosa's back in the 1980's so a long time ago, and if I recall I thought I had both pink and white flowers on the same plants too... are yours very prickly..? they always are if rugosa's... apparently they're pretty easy to grow from seed, so probably the best ones to choose for that respect giving quite variable plants... wonderful to do though isn't it..?
...and I do love the fresh green foliage on these shrubs.... I don't have the space in my smallish borders for these, but if I had a wilder area would certainly have one or two...
..Hosta 'Frances Williams' I also grew back in the 1980's... it was the first Hosta I bought... and very nice too... these days so many to choose from... I dare not put in the ground.. would get demolished overnight...
...I also love the look of that tree in the background there... a Rowan of some sort..? a real shapely specimen, I do like that very much...
Salino, those hosta flowers look like regal lilies.
hi fidgetbones.... nice to talk to you...
well... I never thought of that, but now you say, yes they do... bit smaller though... but I do love the freshness of these flowers especially on a dull day...
I note you've been growing roses from seeds too with success... and you have Rosa filipes too... oh my goodness... how big is your acreage...? hope you can show us some photos in due course...but that's up to you, sometimes our homes are just very private...
...I grew the rampant 'Paul's Himalayan Musk' up a large willow tree when I lived in Cornwall, it was on a river bank where it quickly grew through it and cascaded downwards towards the stream... oh my... it was a joy to behold that one, in June.... short season.... I also grew a rambler up a Hawthorn tree, my choice for this was 'Francois Juranville'... a nice scented frilly pink one....with a mass display in June...like they all do...
...Keeny... I note you got a sport from one of your Hosta's... how marvellous is that..? I wonder if it's one that's already on the market as some named variety...?
I also lament the lack of Thrushes in our gardens..my very favourite song bird.. we still have a few around here. it's quite rural where I am and hear one or two in the trees and hedgerows... I miss them so very much and I only have one good ear [deaf in the other]... but the thought of not hearing them at all would be just dreadful...either way..
...I do have a pheasant in a neighbouring field that has made himself at home... quite a sound they make, not one of my favourites in this direction...
...please show us some more photos of your hosta's if you can...
My back garden is 225 ft long. 40 ft wide at widest point, tapering to 18ft. My OH sold his house(which he was never in ) and invested in buying the house next door. Similar garden for me to play with, now with a lodger in the house.
Next door other side has 5 acres, with a prewar orchard allowed to run wild, running up the length of my garden. After we cleared the debris after a bad storm some years ago, it had a lot of gaps. I got permission to plant in those, so long as it didn't cost any money. I planted things grown from seed, and buddeljas from cuttings, to create an undisturbed wildlife sanctuary. The fox family live in there, and it gives cover and food for a lot of birds. The wildlife have most of the fruit and berries. I get a "borrowed" landscape. Apart from the traffic noise, you would think we were in the countryside. (I am less than a mile as the crow flies from junction 25 M1)
Hi Salino - bluejan - all. bluejan - ref the request for Hosta pics I have just been out and taken some and would like to send individual pics but t'would take ages so will send them in groups as they are growing will send today. Salino. Ref the Roses their foliage is a lovely fresh green as you said and also they are very very prickly. That tree in the backround is a Rowan, always been a great favourite of mine, all those lovely berries to see and for the birds in Autumn. I have planted that myself since living here (near 3 yrs) along with a grey(ish) foliaged Malus, a fastigiate Hornbeam ( another favouirite) but above all my very best favourites a couple of Amelanchiers. A tree for every garden I think, good all round and lots to offer.. I find Hostas can be vary variable depending on where they are planted, two of the same plant can look a lot different - I like to give them the shade they really need but grow more of mine in sun and they seem to love it. Just as a thought and thinking of your comment ref Clematis wilt I have to say I have never been overly successful with them either other than montana and montana rubens. What i did read though (and thats as far as it goes) in older books, maybe still the same, that ref that wilt if when you plant a new one to plant it two or three inches deeper and then if it did wilt it might come along again. Cannot in any way vouch for that, mer;ly that I read it - you might care to look it up yourself. Finally you asked about that small yellow plant on the right in the pic of the Antholiza I sent - it is a very healthy clump of gold Marjoram - super plant - super scent when crushed between fingers - as we do with these aromatic plants. Best wishes to all.
Hi fidgetbones. Your wildlife garden sounds wonderful. I have a narrowish strip next to me which I am allowed to garden, have planted trees and shrubs on it along with suitable "woodsy" plants to go with them including as many "wildies" as poss, Foxgloves, evening Primrose right down to Bugle. It is on the woods side only bounded by a 3 feet fence and the Deer jump that without a snort - nice things to eat (my plants) on the other side. Cannot fight it and so apart from a few plants just the trees and shrubs remain but as stated it still is nice. Wildlifewise a goodly variety of birds (and yet nowhere near as many as when living nearer Town), Deer, Squirrels and have seen smaller things, Grass Snake, Frogs, Toads etc. Have 4 good sized Buddleia bushes which are a magnet for the Butterflies and bees + later.
Hi Salino - all. Its surprising that plants do often just throw these sports and they can be saved, lots of the variegateds on the market today arrived in this fashion I imagine. It seems to happen more on shrubs, variegations appearing on green but also of course the variegated plants reverting back to green. I did once years ago see a lovely clump of variegated with yellow Stinging Nettle and also Docks. I keep my eyes wide open all the time looking for these things and the unusual seedlings which appear in the garden - no forks or hoes allowed in mine - just a handfork. Have to go now on the "dreaded" shopping trip but hope to see you all later. Regards.
fidgetbones....never mind the M1, can't do much about that, but your garden does sound quite vast to me... compared with my own little plot... how wonderful to have that borrowed landscape too... I don't have that where I am... I'm not sure I could cope with much larger today...as we get older you know..? ...you must get endless pleasure watching the wildlife..I think I would... if you have the time of course... we don't always do so...
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Hi Salino - all. Yer tis - as I said somehow I must have put a white and a red in the same pot. Forgot to say thanks for the info ref sending from Picasa.I gave it a go but as always I am happier with a handfork than a PC and made a complete hash of it. I did try however sending the pics from Picasa (which I upload to always) to My Pictures and find I can send them direct OK from there - as the help line said from the PC they are auto resized.
hi Keeny... pleased to hear you got the photos sorted out... send as many as you want, that's what we all do... on various threads... I grew Rugosa's back in the 1980's so a long time ago, and if I recall I thought I had both pink and white flowers on the same plants too... are yours very prickly..? they always are if rugosa's... apparently they're pretty easy to grow from seed, so probably the best ones to choose for that respect giving quite variable plants... wonderful to do though isn't it..?
...and I do love the fresh green foliage on these shrubs.... I don't have the space in my smallish borders for these, but if I had a wilder area would certainly have one or two...
..Hosta 'Frances Williams' I also grew back in the 1980's... it was the first Hosta I bought... and very nice too... these days so many to choose from... I dare not put in the ground.. would get demolished overnight...
...I also love the look of that tree in the background there... a Rowan of some sort..? a real shapely specimen, I do like that very much...
hi fidgetbones.... nice to talk to you...
well... I never thought of that, but now you say, yes they do... bit smaller though... but I do love the freshness of these flowers especially on a dull day...
I note you've been growing roses from seeds too with success... and you have Rosa filipes too... oh my goodness... how big is your acreage...?
hope you can show us some photos in due course...but that's up to you, sometimes our homes are just very private...
...I grew the rampant 'Paul's Himalayan Musk' up a large willow tree when I lived in Cornwall, it was on a river bank where it quickly grew through it and cascaded downwards towards the stream... oh my... it was a joy to behold that one, in June.... short season.... I also grew a rambler up a Hawthorn tree, my choice for this was 'Francois Juranville'... a nice scented frilly pink one....with a mass display in June...like they all do...
...Keeny... I note you got a sport from one of your Hosta's... how marvellous is that..? I wonder if it's one that's already on the market as some named variety...?
I also lament the lack of Thrushes in our gardens..my very favourite song bird.. we still have a few around here. it's quite rural where I am and hear one or two in the trees and hedgerows... I miss them so very much and I only have one good ear [deaf in the other]... but the thought of not hearing them at all would be just dreadful...either way..
...I do have a pheasant in a neighbouring field that has made himself at home... quite a sound they make, not one of my favourites in this direction...
...please show us some more photos of your hosta's if you can...
Acreage, I wish.
My back garden is 225 ft long. 40 ft wide at widest point, tapering to 18ft. My OH sold his house(which he was never in ) and invested in buying the house next door. Similar garden for me to play with, now with a lodger in the house.
Next door other side has 5 acres, with a prewar orchard allowed to run wild, running up the length of my garden. After we cleared the debris after a bad storm some years ago, it had a lot of gaps. I got permission to plant in those, so long as it didn't cost any money. I planted things grown from seed, and buddeljas from cuttings, to create an undisturbed wildlife sanctuary. The fox family live in there, and it gives cover and food for a lot of birds. The wildlife have most of the fruit and berries. I get a "borrowed" landscape. Apart from the traffic noise, you would think we were in the countryside. (I am less than a mile as the crow flies from junction 25 M1)
Hi Salino - bluejan - all. bluejan - ref the request for Hosta pics I have just been out and taken some and would like to send individual pics but t'would take ages so will send them in groups as they are growing will send today. Salino. Ref the Roses their foliage is a lovely fresh green as you said and also they are very very prickly. That tree in the backround is a Rowan, always been a great favourite of mine, all those lovely berries to see and for the birds in Autumn. I have planted that myself since living here (near 3 yrs) along with a grey(ish) foliaged Malus, a fastigiate Hornbeam ( another favouirite) but above all my very best favourites a couple of Amelanchiers. A tree for every garden I think, good all round and lots to offer.. I find Hostas can be vary variable depending on where they are planted, two of the same plant can look a lot different - I like to give them the shade they really need but grow more of mine in sun and they seem to love it. Just as a thought and thinking of your comment ref Clematis wilt I have to say I have never been overly successful with them either other than montana and montana rubens. What i did read though (and thats as far as it goes) in older books, maybe still the same, that ref that wilt if when you plant a new one to plant it two or three inches deeper and then if it did wilt it might come along again. Cannot in any way vouch for that, mer;ly that I read it - you might care to look it up yourself. Finally you asked about that small yellow plant on the right in the pic of the Antholiza I sent - it is a very healthy clump of gold Marjoram - super plant - super scent when crushed between fingers - as we do with these aromatic plants. Best wishes to all.
Hi fidgetbones. Your wildlife garden sounds wonderful. I have a narrowish strip next to me which I am allowed to garden, have planted trees and shrubs on it along with suitable "woodsy" plants to go with them including as many "wildies" as poss, Foxgloves, evening Primrose right down to Bugle. It is on the woods side only bounded by a 3 feet fence and the Deer jump that without a snort - nice things to eat (my plants) on the other side. Cannot fight it and so apart from a few plants just the trees and shrubs remain but as stated it still is nice. Wildlifewise a goodly variety of birds (and yet nowhere near as many as when living nearer Town), Deer, Squirrels and have seen smaller things, Grass Snake, Frogs, Toads etc. Have 4 good sized Buddleia bushes which are a magnet for the Butterflies and bees + later.
Hi Salino - all. Its surprising that plants do often just throw these sports and they can be saved, lots of the variegateds on the market today arrived in this fashion I imagine. It seems to happen more on shrubs, variegations appearing on green but also of course the variegated plants reverting back to green. I did once years ago see a lovely clump of variegated with yellow Stinging Nettle and also Docks. I keep my eyes wide open all the time looking for these things and the unusual seedlings which appear in the garden - no forks or hoes allowed in mine - just a handfork. Have to go now on the "dreaded" shopping trip but hope to see you all later. Regards.
fidgetbones....never mind the M1, can't do much about that, but your garden does sound quite vast to me...
compared with my own little plot... how wonderful to have that borrowed landscape too... I don't have that where I am... I'm not sure I could cope with much larger today...as we get older you know..? ...you must get endless pleasure watching the wildlife..I think I would... if you have the time of course... we don't always do so...