Sedum in the UK
- Subject: Sedum in the UK
- From: G* H*
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 07:53:42 -0400
Hi Louise,
I noticed you are from the UK. My mother is over in Maine with me now,
visiting from the UK. We have been to numerous Garden Centers!! She is
disappointed that she can't find many sedum varieties in the UK. Do you
know of any specialists that have a large variety of Sedum?
Gayle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louise" <louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: in bloom now?/floppy Crater Lake Blue veronica/Johnson Blue
geranium
>
> Here in the UK last week was a wonderful half hour gardening programme
with
> the great Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter. He showed us his Geranium
Ann
> Folkard, which I also thought was supposed to be a shorter geranium that
> wouldn't flop - well it flopped for him. What he did was in spring used
> 2-3' twigs which he bent over, over the plant, to make a sort of cage. The
> geranium could grow up through this. Seemed to work well.
>
> Louise, Surrey, England
>
> > Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 21:14:05 EDT
> > From: Pavlacky@cs.com
> > Subject: Re: in bloom now?/floppy Crater Lake Blue veronica
> >
> > SU,
> > I, too, have the Pat Austin rose next to a lovely Johnson Blue geranium,
> with
> > the Lysimachia 'Purpurea' behind it. Great in theory,( and its still
> pretty,
> > colorwise) but I was very disappointed that the geranium grew to 30" at
> > least and then just blew apart. It'flopped all over and simply can't be
> > helped. I didn't expect the shorter J.B. to do this, and this is only
its
> > second year in the garden. Is the geranium you have more compact and
> mound
> > forming? Or do I have a poor placement, I wonder. It is in absolutely
> full
> > sun.
> > SP
> > SE Portland
>
>
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