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Hans J
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January 23, 2008, 10:53:50 PM »
ooops Maggi
Has Ian ever sown Toblerone ?
I dont remember in all his bulb logs if he has a pic from sowing Toblerone .....
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Has Ian ever sown Toblerone
I can't find any mention of it in the Bulb Log Index, Hans
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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January 25, 2008, 05:00:36 PM »
Hello, do you know of Cotswold Garden Flowers nursery? They sell aspidistra, I'm told.
Their site is here:
http://www.cgf.net/
"Cotswold Garden Flowers is a small specialist nursery in the English Midlands with a reputation for easy and unusual hardy herbaceous perennials and smaller shrubs. It was founded in 1991 by Bob Brown."
The site says: THE 2008 CATALOGUE HAS NOW BEEN POSTED AND WE ARE TAKING ORDERS FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY....... so I'd contact them quickly for a list if you are interested.
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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January 25, 2008, 05:34:08 PM »
Though I have met Bob Brown of Cotswold Garden Flowers, it was some years ago and I have not made an order from CGF... has anyone here had recent dealings ?
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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January 25, 2008, 05:43:44 PM »
Maggi, thank you
I have just contacted it two days ago!
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Alberto
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January 25, 2008, 10:59:12 PM »
I have a spare catalogue for CGF if anyone wants it (contact me privately)?
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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January 25, 2008, 11:06:38 PM »
Very good plants from Bob. He has been to speak to our NCCPG group and brought some very fine plants at the time. Recommended.
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Chris Boulby
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January 26, 2008, 03:09:52 PM »
A new entry blooming this week,
Aspidistra typica
. It differs from other species, usually seen as
elatior
, for the blade angled with the petiole, that is very short.
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January 26, 2008, 05:19:43 PM »
I've found a pic of Cotswold Garden Flowers nursery on my hard drive from last year.
Looking in this years catalogue there are a dozen aspidistra, mainly 12.50 GBPounds each with some at 8.50
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Casalima
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January 26, 2008, 07:20:30 PM »
I bought plants there last October - including my Ipheions. There were a lot of tempting plants
Photo of one of the many greenhouses.
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Chloe, Ponte de Lima, North Portugal, zone 9+
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March 15, 2010, 12:50:46 PM »
Here a rare species of Aspidistra has some flowers, A. larutensis. This one is the only Aspidistra occuring in Malaysia, it was once collected by an orchid expedition who thought it was a terrestial orchid, only after the first flowers it was clear which genus the plant belongs to. Flowers are small and far from being spectacular, but I still like the plant...
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Michael
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This is the habit of A. larutensis...
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Michael
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March 15, 2010, 12:58:52 PM »
I'm still looking for my first flower on mine. One day I guess....
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Chris Boulby
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March 15, 2010, 06:25:23 PM »
I havent seen this thread before and what a coincidence .. a non gardening friend is looking for an Aspidistra. Who sells them?
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March 15, 2010, 06:46:06 PM »
As I mentioned above: http://www.cgf.net/ ...... Bob Brown of
Cotswold Garden Flowers used to sell them.....and seems to have a page full of cultivars now.
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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