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Composts / Re: Found in leafmould

« Last post by Maggi Young on April 15, 2024, 05:57:59 PM »

Or was introduced with compost?

  Yes, much more likely to have come into the garden via a plant pot.  It's how we got what we called the New Zealand Flatworm and various other pests, animal and plant based    :'(    We no longer have the flatworm, thankfully.

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SRGC Shows Questions and Answers / Re: SRGC /AGS Spring Show Hexham 2024

« Last post by Maggi Young on April 15, 2024, 12:51:38 PM »

Several replies on facebook saying it was V. altaica - including from Chris Lilley himself, who confirmed it was Viola altaica  sown  September 2022. 

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Composts / Re: Found in leafmould

« Last post by ashley on April 15, 2024, 12:49:48 PM »

Or was introduced with compost?

Australian flatworm Australoplana sanguinea came to my garden in potted plant(s) from a nursery, possibly in imported stock.
They established for a decade or so, but now seem to have died out again fortunately.

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Composts / Re: Found in leafmould

« Last post by ian mcdonald on April 15, 2024, 12:42:08 PM »

Or was introduced with compost?

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Composts / Re: Found in leafmould

« Last post by Palustris on April 15, 2024, 09:34:41 AM »

Frodsham is a fair distance from either London or the sea. Unless of course it swam up the Mersey and across Frodsham marshes.

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Composts / Re: Found in leafmould

« Last post by partisangardener on April 15, 2024, 09:19:34 AM »

I have read it is in the area of Greater London and in coastal areas fairly frequent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henia_vesuviana

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SRGC Shows Questions and Answers / Re: SRGC /AGS Spring Show Hexham 2024

« Last post by ashley on April 14, 2024, 10:10:21 PM »

Thank you both.

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SRGC Shows Questions and Answers / Re: SRGC /AGS Spring Show Hexham 2024

« Last post by veteran vet on April 14, 2024, 06:14:35 PM »

It was labelled Viola altaica

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SRGC Shows Questions and Answers / Re: SRGC /AGS Spring Show Hexham 2024

« Last post by Maggi Young on April 14, 2024, 05:45:41 PM »

The labels & captions are very helpful, but can anyone please put a name to Chris Lilley's viola?

That lovely viola was, I can see from it's card, in Class 45, for  1pan non-bulbous plant grown from seed - I'll see if anyone can help with it's name.

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Galanthus / Re: Galanthus April 2024

« Last post by Maggi Young on April 14, 2024, 05:41:57 PM »

Trillium beside 'Glenorma' is Trillium nivale

Oh! I thought it was a Trillium pusillum.