UK gardening - 'Climbing' Pelargonium

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'Climbing' Pelargonium

Sacha

2007-07-19, 8:25 pm

Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about
the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a
present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it
and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it.
;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing.

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Sacha
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Chris Hogg

2007-07-21, 3:25 am

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:31:21 +0100, Sacha
<sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about
>the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a
>present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it
>and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it.
>;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing.

I asked.

But I don't think you'll get many customers with a name like that!
Isn't there an equivalent in French? It would sound much more exotic!

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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

Sacha

2007-07-21, 3:25 am

On 21/7/07 08:33, in article mjd3a3lpjcsn5nrp8qvu3m7pmlv8or8pes@4ax.com,
"Chris Hogg" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:31:21 +0100, Sacha
> <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> I asked.
>
> But I don't think you'll get many customers with a name like that!
> Isn't there an equivalent in French? It would sound much more exotic!
>
Panier de pain lacks glamour, I think. ;-) We'll try to get it identified
but it could be difficult. It's been in that particular spot at least 15
years. I think somewhere on this computer I've got a photo of it but all my
photos seem to have waltzed off to somewhere else, unexpectedly. I'll do a
hunt and if I can find it and you trust me with your email address, I'll
send you a pic. It's quite remarkable to see and it does look terrific
against the white wall of the house, going up to just under a bedroom window
sill.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Chris Hogg

2007-07-21, 1:25 pm

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:58:14 +0100, Sacha
<sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>On 21/7/07 08:33, in article mjd3a3lpjcsn5nrp8qvu3m7pmlv8or8pes@4ax.com,
>"Chris Hogg" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>Panier de pain lacks glamour, I think. ;-) We'll try to get it identified
>but it could be difficult. It's been in that particular spot at least 15
>years. I think somewhere on this computer I've got a photo of it but all my
>photos seem to have waltzed off to somewhere else, unexpectedly. I'll do a
>hunt and if I can find it and you trust me with your email address, I'll
>send you a pic. It's quite remarkable to see and it does look terrific
>against the white wall of the house, going up to just under a bedroom window
>sill.

I look forward to it. E-mail address in sig.

--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

Sacha

2007-07-21, 1:25 pm

On 21/7/07 18:49, in article unh4a3p425b5ejl04ea1670dtb3juf9t4t@4ax.com,
"Chris Hogg" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:58:14 +0100, Sacha
> <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> I look forward to it. E-mail address in sig.
>

I can't retrieve my photo without help so I've asked my son for another pic
of that particular plant. My husband doesn't think there's anything
remarkable about the Pelargonium itself, it's just the location he thinks.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Jim Jackson

2007-07-25, 5:25 pm

Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about
> the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a
> present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it
> and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it.
> ;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing.

Dunno what "climbing" means in this context - but in the greenhouses at
Temple Newsome House in Leeds (yorks) pelargoniums have been grown up the
rear walls for years. Some of them are 10 feet high with very large
spread. Is that what you mean by "climbing"?

Sacha

2007-07-25, 5:25 pm

On 25/7/07 23:14, in article f88i0j$jt2$1$830fa79d@news.demon.co.uk, "Jim
Jackson" <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:

> Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Dunno what "climbing" means in this context - but in the greenhouses at
> Temple Newsome House in Leeds (yorks) pelargoniums have been grown up the
> rear walls for years. Some of them are 10 feet high with very large
> spread. Is that what you mean by "climbing"?

I think it probably is. I know there's no such thing as a climbing
Pelargonium but some will scramble upwards, given the chance. The one I'm
thinking of must be around 18' high, I should think. It's outdoors in the
sheltered angle of two walls facing south and west.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

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