Re: clivias

     Avril, 
     Thanks for the explanation of the two plants - very different.  I 
     struggled to find a place for the schizostylis as the pink is quite 
     vivid & a little at odds with my mainly pastel colour schemes, hence, 
     planting it against the base of the full length bay window.  Luckily 
     it loves it & now I understand why its growing so much better than 
     MIL's in her garden on the Fylde coast - it's wetter here (an 
     understatement) in the summer.  Of course, I will continue to let her 
     believe that its as a result of my much greener fingers - after all, I 
     have to better than my mother in law at something!
     
     One of my favourite alpine nurseries is on the edge of Snowdonia and 
     of course I've forgotten the name - its off the A480 in the Conway 
     valley, just south of Bodnant.  
     
     Cheers
     Karen in Cheshire
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


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Subject: clivias
Author:  Non-HP-avrilh (avrilh@newscientist.net) at HP-UnitedKingdom/o2=mimegw3
Date:    08/08/99 19:36


I was given Kaffir Lilies as schizostylis from a friend's garden here in 
Wales - they are autumn-flowering and frost-hardy - flowers are crocus-like, 
delicate, on 2ft slender stems, glowing away when the annuals have been 
zapped. Need lots of rain in summer, which is no problem in Wales. Clivia 
here are for indoors. Wouldn't stand temperatures below freezing, and 
flowers are trumpet-shaped, exotic. Seeds pricey. They also are known here 
as Kaffir Lilies, and that's confusing, for they're quite different from 
schiz. Avril in Snowdonia
     
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