Re: Newly bought plants
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- Subject: Re: Newly bought plants
- From: B* B*
- Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 23:57:00 +0100
You're right, Louise, I'm near Woking, just 10 minutes from Wisley, who have
just the same sort of soil as me, but seem to have no trouble growing
anything!
I've just acquired Euphorbia griffithii 'Dixter', Christopher Lloyd's
selection which is supposed to be slightly shorter with darker leaves. I'm
keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be successful this time. With good
loam, I should think you would be fine.
Barbara
Surrey UK
-----Original Message-----
From: English family <cenglish@globalnet.co.uk>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: 10 May 1999 13:57
Subject: Newly bought plants
>
>Hello Barbara and Barb,
>
>Thanks for your help. Barbara, I also live in Surrey, at Horley down near
>Gatwick Airport. If you've got sandy soil, I should think you are to the
>north or west of me. Most of the soils around here are heavy Wealden clay
>but we have beautiful soil in our garden, a lovely loam. I think it's had
>100 years of being fed and looked after by the previous occupants of the
>house. I might have problems with that Euphorbia Fireglow but I shall give
>it a go because I love it wherever I see it.
>
>Louise English in southern England
>
>
>
>>Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 00:06:14 +0100
>>From: "Barbara Barklem" <barbara.barklem@virgin.net>
>>Subject: Re: Newly bought plants
>>
>>Hi Louise
>>
>>How nice to hear from another Brit on this list - I'm afraid I mainly
lurk,
>>but enjoy the different gardening experiences. Dixter is a wonderful
garden.
>>I've been several times, but wish I could get there more often.
>>
>>As far as your plants are concerned, I would say that the helianthemum
needs
>>sun and good drainage -typical Mediterranean conditions.The fuchsia can
take
>>some shade, but won't be too fussy. It may be cut down to the ground in
>>winter, but should shoot again. Euphorbia shillingii is a good plant,
clump
>>forming and even in my sandy soil it isn't a thug at all. I have it in
>>partial shade and it seems quite happy. 'Fireglow' has a reputation as a
>>thug, but I've managed to kill it several times so far. I think it may
need
>>more moisture than I can easily provide.The thermopsis has, if I remember
>>rightly, yellow lupin-like flowers, but I'm afraid I don't know about
>>cultivation without a book to hand and the Isoplexis is new to me.
>>
>>I hope this is some help
>>
>>Barbara Barklem
>>Surrey, UK.
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 22:36:36 -0500
>>From: Barb Pernacciaro <bpern@idcnet.com>
>>Subject: Re: Newly bought plants
>>
>>I had never heard of Isoplexis either (sounds like an exercise regime),
>but my
>>Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening has this to say:
>>
>>"Two undershrubs from the Canary Islands, of the family Scrophulariaceae,
>their
>>outdoor cultivation confined to Calif. or similar climates. Leaves
alternate,
>>usually thick and persistent. Flowers yellow, mostly in a dense, terminal
>>raceme. Corolla tubular, two-lipped, the upper and lower lips of about
equal
>>size. Stamens 4, slightly protruding. The plants are closely related the
the
>>perennial form of the foxglove.
>>
>>canariensis. A stiff, erect plant 3-4 ft. high, the leaves thick,
>lance-shaped,
>>4-6 in. long. Flower cluster nearly 12 in. long, the flowers about 1 in.
>long,
>>yellowish-brown.
>>
>>sceptrum. resembling the former, but the leaves are larger, the flowers
>>drooping, and the corolla not 2-lipped, its 5 lobes nearly equal."
>>
>>Sounds interesting - when does it bloom? Let us know.
>>- --
>>Barb P.
>>SE Wisconsin, Zone 4
>>
>
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