Dan Hinkley's lecture in Melbourne

As part of the 1998 Australian Garden Lecture Series Dan Hinkley from 
Heronswood Nursery (Seattle) spoke last weekend on "Autumn Blossoming 
Perennials" and "Plant Marriages, Flowers and Foliage". 

The slides that he used were from his own garden and some of his 
suggestions were both innovative and inspiring. I quite envy those on 
the medit-plants list with access to his nursery - wow!

Many of the ideas require a cooler/wetter environment than many 
mediterranean gardeners experience but not all - for instance:

Geranium x oxonianum "Thrustonianum" growing up through Rosa glauca with 
the flowers of the geranium mimicking the rose flowers throughout the 
summer (if anyone knows a seed source for this geranium I would be 
interested - even though it probably would not come true from seed you 
might get something similar)

or 

Yucca filamentosa "Variegata', Origanum vulgare and Cerinthe major 
'Purpurascens'

or 

Cotinus coggygria 'Atropurpurea', Eryngium giganteum and Tropaeolum 
speciosum

There were many other ideas and I won't go on about them - but well 
worth listening to! Did anybody else catch him while he was in 
Australia? 

(ps - he showed a slide of local black slugs which appeared huge - are 
they for real?? - I take back everything I have said about my slugs 
presenting a problem!)

Also, somebody asked about 'Botanica' - I have it and think that it is a 
good, reliable and pretty comprehensive general reference - the only 
criticism is the weight - I find it too heavy to just hold and read - I 
have to place it on a table - but a relatively minor problem. Well worth 
purchasing.

Susan George
McCrae, Victoria, Australia

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