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Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming addicted
to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i may
have the bug. i have had some failures ,but some have turned out to be
a great surprise .
and right now , they seem to be sprouting some new growth really
quickly , and i hope that we dont have a really bad frost to kill it
off.
i am hoping that there may be some other clematis addicts out there
, and i am wanting to learn from others.
one clematis that i got last year was one called JOHN TREASURE i
really had to search for this one , i am trying to get clematis which
have the names of family members close to me . my husbands name is John
and he really is a treasure, so that name appealed to me .
it is now starting to shoot up new growth from the ground so i am
so pleased that so far it has not been a failure, and i am really
looking foreward to seeing what the flowers are like . i dont think
they are the big flowers but as long as it flowers i dont mind .
i have also got one called HELEN CROPPER Helen is my
daughter-in-laws name so thats why i got that one ,not sure about the
cropper though , (hope she doesnt think that i have come a cropper
LOL) i thnk that one will be a pinky lavender one .
any way i could go on ,but just thought i would tell you abit about
my new found addiction.
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may
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| Bob Hobden 2008-03-16, 8:25 pm |
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"may" wrote
>
> Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming addicted
> to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i may
> have the bug. i have had some failures ,but some have turned out to be
> a great surprise .
>
> and right now , they seem to be sprouting some new growth really
> quickly , and i hope that we dont have a really bad frost to kill it
> off.
>
>
> i am hoping that there may be some other clematis addicts out there
> , and i am wanting to learn from others.
>
>
> one clematis that i got last year was one called JOHN TREASURE i
> really had to search for this one , i am trying to get clematis which
> have the names of family members close to me . my husbands name is John
> and he really is a treasure, so that name appealed to me .
>
> it is now starting to shoot up new growth from the ground so i am
> so pleased that so far it has not been a failure, and i am really
> looking foreward to seeing what the flowers are like . i dont think
> they are the big flowers but as long as it flowers i dont mind .
>
>
> i have also got one called HELEN CROPPER Helen is my
> daughter-in-laws name so thats why i got that one ,not sure about the
> cropper though , (hope she doesnt think that i have come a cropper
> LOL) i thnk that one will be a pinky lavender one .
>
>
>
> any way i could go on ,but just thought i would tell you abit about
> my new found addiction.
>
Well you need this link then...
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
and if you are lucky Charlie will be along in a moment. He does frequent
this Newsgroup.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
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"may" <may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
news:may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk...
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> Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming addicted
> to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i may
> have the bug.[...]
Gardening and shopping are not at all the same thing. If you think that
buying things willl make you happy you are doomed to misery.
Tim W
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| Muddymike 2008-03-17, 9:25 am |
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> "may" <may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk...
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> Gardening and shopping are not at all the same thing. If you think that
> buying things willl make you happy you are doomed to misery.
>
Why oh why does this newsgroup attract so many miserable sods.
Take no notice May. I have bought many things that make me very happy.
My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.
Sitting here looking out of the den winnow in between working on the
computer I can see a whole array of shrubs some of which I bought whilst
shopping, they also make me happy. I may have bought the original tiny
specimen in a pot, but it was me that decided where to plant it, how to
prepare the soil, when to feed it, when to protect it, and how to prune it
into shape.
So come on everyone lets hear your "makes me happy" garden purchases, and
drown out the miserable sods.
Mike
(very happy today)
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| Bob Hobden 2008-03-17, 9:25 am |
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"Muddymike" wrote after "may" wrote via gardenbanter.co.uk..instead of
direct.
>
> Why oh why does this newsgroup attract so many miserable sods.
> Take no notice May. I have bought many things that make me very happy.
> My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.
> Sitting here looking out of the den winnow in between working on the
> computer I can see a whole array of shrubs some of which I bought whilst
> shopping, they also make me happy. I may have bought the original tiny
> specimen in a pot, but it was me that decided where to plant it, how to
> prepare the soil, when to feed it, when to protect it, and how to prune it
> into shape.
>
> So come on everyone lets hear your "makes me happy" garden purchases, and
> drown out the miserable sods.
>
Two trailer loads of well rotted Horse manure for this years potato plot,
means the growing season is starting. :-)
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK
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| Stuart Noble 2008-03-17, 9:25 am |
| Muddymike wrote:
>
> Why oh why does this newsgroup attract so many miserable sods.
> Take no notice May. I have bought many things that make me very happy.
> My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.
> Sitting here looking out of the den winnow in between working on the
> computer I can see a whole array of shrubs some of which I bought whilst
> shopping, they also make me happy. I may have bought the original tiny
> specimen in a pot, but it was me that decided where to plant it, how to
> prepare the soil, when to feed it, when to protect it, and how to prune it
> into shape.
>
> So come on everyone lets hear your "makes me happy" garden purchases, and
> drown out the miserable sods.
>
> Mike
> (very happy today)
>
>
What do you expect with a northerly wind blowing?
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| David in Normandy 2008-03-17, 1:25 pm |
| Muddymike says...
> I have bought many things that make me very happy.
> My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.
>
> Mike
> (very happy today)
>
Gardening is mostly happy purchases. Especially plants
which have been nurtured from tiny plants or seeds for many
years into magnificent plants. My "happiest" plants were
ones grown for free from seed - a huge phormium, some
amaryllis by cross pollination and some oak trees I grew
from seed at my fathers house forty years ago. Many others
too.
I'm now watching with delight a Gunnera Manicata bought a
couple of years ago as a small specimen, it is up again
after the Winter frosts and probably won't be many years
before I can shelter under its huge leaves. That is the joy
of gardening to me.
--
David in Normandy. DavidinNormandy@yahoo.fr
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted.
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| JennyC 2008-03-17, 1:25 pm |
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"may" <may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
news:may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk...
>
> Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming addicted
> to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i may
> have the bug. i have had some failures ,but some have turned out to be
> a great surprise .
>
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> may
I have the same problem with Euphorbia's :~))
Jenny
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JennyC;779339 Wrote:
> "may" may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote in message
> news:may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk...-
>
> Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming
> addicted
> to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i
> may
> have the bug. i have had some failures ,but some have turned out to
> be
> a great surprise .
> -
> snipped-
> may-
>
> I have the same problem with Euphorbia's :~))
>
> Jenny
just got back from morrisons supermarket, and i have just found 2
very sad looking clematis , they were in amongst the out of date fruit
and veggies , and they were only 99p each , so i could not leave them
there to die , so i have just planted them in the garden and given
them a really good drink they were as dry as a bone. They were THE
PRESIDENT, and SUNSET .
--
may
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| Pam Moore 2008-03-28, 8:25 pm |
| On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:05:47 +0000, may
<may.2533b16@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:
>one clematis that i got last year was one called JOHN TREASURE i
>really had to search for this one , i am trying to get clematis which
>have the names of family members close to me . my husbands name is John
>and he really is a treasure, so that name appealed to me .
Hello May
I loved your clematis photos.
I see you have John Treasure. Not sure where you found it but do you
realise that he was a clematis breeder, and his garden centre is
called Treasures of Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire. I visited once
and the plant centre had loads of clematis. You could get a
catalogue.
When we were there we got chatting to the head gardener, and I asked
if John Treasure was still around. "Yes he's just over there under a
stone in the graveyard" was the reply!
I'd seen the man on TV, with Geoff Hamilton, and knew he would be
quite an age if still alive!
Pam in Bristol
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Pam Moore;781265 Wrote:
> . [/i][/color]
>
> Hello May
> I loved your clematis photos.
>
>
> Pam in Bristol
thank you,
i will hopefully have some more pics this year, i have just counted
up how many clematis i now have in the garden ,and it is 22 but most
of them are only planted last year and this year ,so i will have to
wait and see how they turn out .
they all seem to be growing so watch this space.
i only have a small garden but it is surprising how many i can find a
place for .
--
may
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| Stuart Noble 2008-03-30, 1:25 pm |
| may wrote:
> Pam Moore;781265 Wrote:
> thank you,
>
> i will hopefully have some more pics this year, i have just counted
> up how many clematis i now have in the garden ,and it is 22 but most
> of them are only planted last year and this year ,so i will have to
> wait and see how they turn out .
>
> they all seem to be growing so watch this space.
>
>
> i only have a small garden but it is surprising how many i can find a
> place for .
>
>
>
>
You're lucky. I can't even get one to grow. Well, if I prune it in
Autumn, I get masses of foliage and no flowers. If I leave it, which I
have over this winter, it looks like I'm going to get masses of twigs
with perhaps the odd bloom 5 feet off the ground. It's a summer
flowering, deep red job and, if it doesn't shape up this year, it's on
its way out I'm afraid.
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| Charlie Pridham 2008-03-31, 3:25 am |
| In article <yONHj.30449$Ge4.21898@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>,
stuart_nobleNOSPAM@ntlworld.com says...
> may wrote:
>
> You're lucky. I can't even get one to grow. Well, if I prune it in
> Autumn, I get masses of foliage and no flowers. If I leave it, which I
> have over this winter, it looks like I'm going to get masses of twigs
> with perhaps the odd bloom 5 feet off the ground. It's a summer
> flowering, deep red job and, if it doesn't shape up this year, it's on
> its way out I'm afraid.
>
Start with something like Polish Spirit or Etoile Violette, forget the
large flowered sorts till you get the hang of it!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
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