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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Violas and English Gardening v. Gardening in

In a message dated 07/03/98 21:23:35 GMT, you write:

<<
 Thanks! I just posted the group that I found the tag that came with the plant
 and it read "Viola 'Rodney Davey'". I would like to buy the one you and
others
 have mentioned. Is it available in U.S.?
 Mary are you a member of the BHHS? I re-joined last year thanks to Glen
 Pether. I spent my sabbatical in London and became friends with a great
number
 of the Anglohostaphiles.

Hi Clyde, no I am not a member of the society. I am "new" to hostas in as much
as I had never grown them before buying them for France. To be honest, when I
started that garden I bought one of  all the herbaceous plants at the good
nursery near here and took them across the manche. The reason was that I
didn't know what would grow there and if I would be able to purchase
interesting plants plus there is the exchange rate factor!

The landscaper planted all the trees and shrubs but the plant names are
frequently different so it was easier to buy here. As for hostas.  I have this
heavily shaded bed and decided to give them a go, and I don't regret it. They
struggled a bit at first but I am hoping than when I get back there I will
find they have over-winterd o.k.


 If anyone here is interested in joining, let me know and I will dig out the
 address. It is the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society, a great
 organization.

 Mary, when can I see your English garden? I might be coming over the pond
this
 summer, in mid-July. Which do you prefer--gardening in England or in France?
 Are hostas available from French nurseries?

My English garden is definitely not worth a visit as it is tiny and on a
windswept cliff top. In any case I will be in France during the warmer months.
So if your trip is taking you to the continent that is where we would have to
meet. I am in Normandy.


 Whilst I was Editor of the HOSTA JOURNAL I solicited a piece from a Frenchman
 on Hostas in France. He sent me beautiful pix of the garden of a Princess
 _V______(?)[Might have been a Countess V______.]
 I lent the issue where the article and pix appeared(a real NO_NO!) so I have
 for >>

Where was the chateau? There are some around with me with beautiful gardens.
To be honest I haven,t looked for hostas over there but I am sure they are
available. Since I went there 10 years ago many excellent plant centres have
opened.

Mary.
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