Re: coming out/Tender Succulents Outdoors
> paul spracklin wrote:
>
> Hi List
>
> Wow, lots of intersting replies there!
> From Moira:
> I would question, though if you are the only person in Essex who has
> any
> interest in outdoor succulents. I have before me an old book (1978) by
> Beth Chatto entitled "The Dry Garden"and on the cover is a patch of
> nerines with an underplanting of what is very obviously a clump of
> Echevera. The Echevera has a subtile edging of deep pink on its leaves
> which very nicely echos the colour of the nerine (possibly N
> filifera).
> That is the sort of thing she is reknowned for, finding odd plant
> combinations that work brilliantly. It does look tantalisingly like
> an echeveria but is a sempervivum - there is a name given somehwere
> for the front illustration. Beth Chatto's garden is an unending
> source of inspiration; she is a true ground breaker in terms of
> planting philosophy and plantsmanship. Fantastic. She uses a few
> tender succulents but more as seasonal displays that are moved under
> cover for winter.
Oh well
A good try. I didn't happen on the caption, so was just guessing. Quite
a few of the Echeveras and other succulents are hardy in my garden,
provided I keep to the warmer of my microclimates and the well-drained
upper levels. (My lowest temps of winter are seldom below -3°C with the
odd horror winter every ten years or so down to -6, but winter is mainly
-the time of rains here). I simply don't have the time or energy to
cover things in the open garden, but try to keep known tender subjects
in pots so they can be sheltered in winter, even if just under the house
eaves.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
