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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Lesley Cox on August 29, 2016, 11:37:42 PM
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Ok, so I'm a little ahead of myself here but as today and tomorrow are "plantless" days I thought I'd get in early ahead of Fermi for a change (smiley here). I fly out of Auckland tomorrow by way of Bangkok and Munich to Vienna, arriving 1st September local time.
This 3 week trip to Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia is a gift from my older sister (she is 80) for my 70th birthday which was 3 years ago but it is only now that we are able to go together. There will be large public gardens but mostly music, art galleries, museums, castles and the like. I expect to enjoy it all hugely but on the other hand, it is the worst possible time for me to be away from home, with propagating getting under way and seeds still to be sown as well as all my fritillarias about to flower and most likely finished, especially the new, first flowering ones, finished when I get home. There are at least a dozen I've not seen before and some look very interesting indeed, already in bud but not open for perhaps a week. Most crocuses are at their height or already finished so I've been able to enjoy those and the Iris reticulata forms are past now. They were really good this year. Tecophilaeas are just starting.
There are many mini daffodils out but still a lot to come and of course all the other iris species will start when I'm home on the 21st Sept, with the littlest dwarf bearded forms budding up now so plenty to look forward to later in the spring. Our OAGG spring Show will be just 10 days or so after I'm home so lots to be done as soon as I arrive, to get everything ready in time.
I'll not have my laptop with me so won't post here but will put a few photos on Facebook as I have recently and hope to catch up with the Forum in late September and even get the re-sizing of photos sorted out at last. Yes David, I did try out the tool you sent me a link for and it worked perfectly, but I've not been able to find the re-sized pictures themselves. They are not showing up in any picture folder anywhere that I can see.
In the meantime, I leave my garden to the rabbits and the myriad blackbirds and will hope to find something alive and uneaten in due course. I've covered everything I can with bird netting but inevitably there will be things left unprotected. Oh well....
So - very best wishes to all Forumists and especially to those in the Southern Hemisphere where spring is happening at last.
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Lesley, you have a great trip.
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I'll not have my laptop with me so won't post here but will put a few photos on Facebook as I have recently and hope to catch up with the Forum in late September and even get the re-sizing of photos sorted out at last. Yes David, I did try out the tool you sent me a link for and it worked perfectly, but I've not been able to find the re-sized pictures themselves. They are not showing up in any picture folder anywhere that I can see.COPIED
Lesley when you use the resizing tool the pictures go back to exactly the same file that they came from. The file name given to the individual resized pictures starts with 'SRGC' and has lots of hyphens in the name.
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Have a great trip Lesley :-*
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Enjoy, Lesley … and stop worrying.
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Spring is sprung .......
Erythronium caucasicum
Fritillaria minuta
3 in a row-- Narcissus at the back just opening -Clump of Crocus prins claus --- Young seedling Trillium with lovely leaf markings ......
Corydalis solida x George Baker from home seed
Corydalis malkensis
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Anemone pavonina grown from SRGC Seedex seed;
Muscari armeniacum ex 'Gul';
Hesperantha oligantha Silverhill Seeds 2014;
Hybrid jonquil 08-06 MJ (Demmo x 0-02 J);
Moraea bipartita from NZAGS seedex;
cheers
fermi
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I loved the beautiful blooms posted by toolie and fermi.
It's well and truly hayfever season now - haven't stopped sneezing all day.
1. The narcissus 'hawera' has started opening
2. English primroses starting to fill out again
3. Pulmonaria 'ensign'is a lovely deep blue
4. The flowers of the Tasmanian laurel.
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Oh dear, some didn't load again...something at this end I'm sure.
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Hawera
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3. Pulmonaria 'ensign'is a lovely deep blue
I think it's full "handle" is 'Blue Ensign'- good name really!
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Yes it's a lovely blue, and seedlings come fairly true although the seeds are hard to gather.
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Thanks for persevering to get the pix loaded, Jacquie!
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Had a bit of a play with my old point and shoot camera....possibly my settings were a bit dark....
anyway here's a video of the garden this afternoon --- part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7oTxvExPlM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7oTxvExPlM)
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Part two....
http://youtu.be/NVIOMwjJzJ4 (http://youtu.be/NVIOMwjJzJ4)
Cheers Dave.
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Superb, Dave … wonderful to see your ever expanding collection and to hear your voice again resonating across those many thousands of miles. Best wishes to you both from Sue and I.
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Superb, Dave … wonderful to see your ever expanding collection and to hear your voice again resonating across those many thousands of miles. Best wishes to you both from Sue and I.
Thanks for those kind words Bud .Warm regards from Hild and I.
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Nice to visit your garden again Dave. I hope you will follow this up with another video as spring progresses.
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Thanks Dave, I enjoyed that.
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Dave,
I certainly enjoyed the tour of your garden. 8)
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Nice to see your place in early spring, Dave.
Is there less car-parking space? ;D
Kyneton Horticultural Society had their Spring Flower Show on the weekend, here are a few pics:
Friday afternoon setting up;
Some of Fred Silcock's display (his own seedlings)
Daffodil Benches full! (Sunday)
Graeme Brumley won a trophy for this display of 6 pink cups
cheers
fermi
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Thanks all.
Nice to visit your garden again Dave. I hope you will follow this up with another video as spring progresses.
Yes another video or two once my new camera arrives ,( the current dated one is too slow to focus when tracking ).
Nice to see your place in early spring, Dave.
Is there less car-parking space? ;D
;D ;D
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A Primula or two....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHfXxnZQO18 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHfXxnZQO18)
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A lot of things in bud and about to burst in the crevice garden, but Globularia cordifolia is leading and looking really nice.
Plus this little pink tulip whose name I've forgotten...
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Dave,
Your cool climate stuff always makes me envious as I know we have no chance of growing them here!
Jamus,
it's Tulipa aucheriana, a real sweetie.
Here's Ornithogalum bungei whch we received from Otto last year, so I'm glad it is back this year! Our garden is very, very different to his ;D
And my favourite tulip is Tulipa clusiana, these are pics of the type form,
cheers
fermi
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A lot of things in bud and about to burst in the crevice garden, but Globularia cordifolia is leading and looking really nice.
Hello Jamus,
a very nice photo of Globularia cordifolia.
I particularly like the color of the stones. I use in my rock garden also red and yellow stones . A nice contrast to the plants.
Regards Thomas
Sorry for my english
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Thanks Leucogenes. I like your red/yellow/orange stones. I have hand picked a lot of stone with red coloration, but a lot of our local stone is blue or grey. I prefer warmer colours too!
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Jamus ...for me it is the same. Each stone was collected in the quarry individually by hand. Is really a fantastic color of your stones. That makes the whole picture perfect.
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Dave,
Your cool climate stuff always makes me envious as I know we have no chance of growing them here!
cheers
fermi
Ditto here for a number of your sun lovers Fermi .... 8)
Tulipa aucheriana is just about to get going here as well Jamus and it seems to cope with a bit of shade ...
I use in my rock garden also red and yellow stones . A nice contrast to the plants.
Regards Thomas
Lovely shot of the Ranunculus and Raoulia Thomas .The rock is almost as what I would see when viewing them in the wild.
Cheers Dave.
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Hi Dave...it would be glad if you like the recordings. Even more so since you're a Kiwi. I love youre alpine plant life above all else. The problem in Europe is to just get to the other types. But i have quite a bit together.
With the South Americans i have less success at the time. Last week almost my entire small Nassauvia Collection died. ...too hot. But i do not give up.
The NZ Native fascinates me not only the flowers, but especially growth and shape are often unique.
Add more from last year...Raoulia lutescens.
Of the really spectacular R. spp unfortunately i can only dream :-)
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Enjoyed the rock features very natural.
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Each year a daffodil festival is held at a local town as a fund raiser for local charities. A local farm has a hill side full of daffodils and the public can visit and for a $4 donation pick 2 dozen daffs. This year the day dawned sunny which was great as there were gale force winds and rain for most of the week leading up to the day.
There is also steam train excursion for the day that brings visitors to the event. In the local town street stalls are set up with a variety of goods for sale. This year[attachimg=1][attach=1] about 4000 people attended.
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Each year a daffodil festival is held at a local town as a fund raiser for local charities. A local farm has a hill side full of daffodils and the public can visit and for a $4 donation pick 2 dozen daffs. This year the day dawned sunny which was great as there were gale force winds and rain for most of the week leading up to the day.
There is also steam train excursion for the day that brings visitors to the event. In the local town street stalls are set up with a variety of goods for sale. This year about 4000 people attended the event.
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A little bit of colour coordination!
Iris bicapitata
Iris subbiflora
Iris hermona hybrid dark form
Various choice hybrids
I tried crossing the last two so I hope they set seed.
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Maggi help!! why do they appear the right way in my pictures folder but come up sideways on the forum???
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Something to do with how they were taken/stored initially, I think. Not sure - it happens a lot these days. Were they taken on a phone?
Anyway, I'll fix 'em!
By the way - have you got a cute cat to match every Iris colour? ;)
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Lovely iris and cat, Pat!
Our first oncos are a few days off :)
In the native section of the rock garden we have
Senna artemisioides;
close up;
Olearia pimeleoides;
Prostanthera calycina;
Dampiera rosmarinifolia 'Pink Form'
cheers
fermi
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Beautiful Irises Pat. You're having a good year... no buds on my babies. :(
Here are some things happening in my garden at the moment...
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Ferarria crispa, the first bloom of the season opened yesterday
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Sedum spathulifolium is settling into the rock garden and starting to do just what I hoped it would
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I'm really enjoying the tulips; little princess is nearly done but still looking lovely
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T. aucheriana, showing the outside of the petals and the lovely flower form
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Pulsatilla vulgaris; this should be a good dark red but haven't seen it flower yet. Two good buds on it as we speak!
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part2
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Thymus longicaulis is about to burst into bloom
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Nemophila maculata is a favourite little annual of mine
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Exciting to see Cardiocrinum giganteum back again. I don't expect a flower yet...
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The bureau forecast rain yesterday but the sun shone all day until 4pm! We made good use of the unexpected bonus and gardened ALL day long. I think the expression is like a pig in mud? Well that was me.
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The little princess just keep on giving! They looked beautiful with the morning light shining through them.
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Nicotiana langsdorfii self sowed itself in the Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum. I like this pairing so much I will do it on purpose next year.
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I'm enjoying Origanum dictamnus with its new spring growth
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I built this little low wall at the bottom of the rock garden yesterday; an idea I've had rattling around in my head for months.
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Pat, I wish I could grow and flower Aril Irises like you ,but the moist rain forest here does not become them .
Jamus I like your new semicircular rock wall -Cardiocrinum usually take 7-8 years to flower from seed .
This year Fritillaria affinis surprised and thrilled me growing 1 meter tall , which i have not seen before .,also a few smaller yellow Frits.
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Hi Otto,
Here are 2 arils together - 'Satan's Mistress' which I got from you and A hybrid I.kirkwoodiae x I. atropurpurea from Pat,
cheers
fermi
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Stunning plants Fermi, thanks for showing us. I especially like that hybrid from Pat. Such a rich colour.
Otto that Fritillaria is HUGE. :o I wonder if there'll be any still flowering when we see you in a couple of weeks time...
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Don't know why it's take five years for this Moraea villosa to flower from seed?
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Don't know why it's take five years for this Moraea villosa to flower from seed?
Takes a loooonnnngg time to paint all those dots, Anthony!
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Takes a loooonnnngg time to paint all those dots, Anthony!
;D ;D ;D
Possibly it's taken it's time to decide which of its parents it resembles more? It appears to be a hybrid, possibly with M. aristata.
Did you get it from Bill Dijk, Anthony? He raised some hybrids and named one 'Zoe' - it's a bit like yours,
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MoraeaHybrids (http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MoraeaHybrids)
cheers
fermi
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The label doesn't say, but I probably did get it from Bill.
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"There's often a clue"
;D
cheers
fermi
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This Dodecatheon media alba has been flowering for about a month, really like this plant.Don't know if I can set seed on it, hope so , as bought dodecatheon seed has never germinated for me.
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Paul,
Seems to be self fertile for me, but PM me if you don't get any.
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Thanks for that offer Rob.
Did you manage to get a colony of Lilium Japonicum going, if not I have spare seed, also Duchartrei and Lankongense if wanted.
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Paul,
Thank you for your offer. I do have problems with japonica (on my soil it is rather prone to basal rot when dormant), so I might want to take you up on the seed.
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A member of the Victorian Daffodil Society donated some narcissus to the hospital where I do some work in Kyneton.
The garden designer, Jim Sinatra, used them around a feature of snow-gums planted in a circle.
Even in their first year I think they look quite good and hopefully they will multiply and make a bigger display each year,
cheers
fermi
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Add more from last year...Raoulia lutescens.
Of the really spectacular R. spp unfortunately i can only dream :-)
I am interested in the origin of your plant. Raoulia lutescens is considered a synonym of Raoulia australis which is what your plant is most likely to be. However Raoulia taxonomy is a bit messy with several undescribed species being recognized with tag names. There appears to be a least one other entity similar but different to Raoulia australis which typically forms a dense flat cushion with bright yellow flowers.
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It's been a good year for the tulips!
Tulips in the rock garden;
Narcissus and tulips;
Tulipa vvedenskyi x T.greigii hybrid;
Tulipa albertii
cheers
fermi
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I am interested in the origin of your plant. Raoulia lutescens is considered a synonym of Raoulia australis which is what your plant is most likely to be. However Raoulia taxonomy is a bit messy with several undescribed species being recognized with tag names. There appears to be a least one other entity similar but different to Raoulia australis which typically forms a dense flat cushion with bright yellow flowers.
Hello David,
I start a new topic in the Alpine forum. So we can discuss (and hope finally many others) about the beautiful plants in your home.
Because here the current garden plants are indeed shown (all very nice).
bye for now
Thomas
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Narcissus 'Splatter' emerging through Banksia petiolaris which has crept over it;
close-up of 'Splatter';
Mixed bulbs, including Spiloxene capiensis, Tulipa 'Orange Emperor', Narcissus jonquilla hybrids;
Eremophila denticulata x E. calorhabdos;
Bulbinella cauda-felis
cheers
fermi
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There has been a flurry of posts lately. Spring will do that I guess. Aside from all the spectacular blooms, I am terribly impressed with Jamus's dry stone walling - seems a perfect hemisphere and beautifully constructed. I would love something so attractive in my garden.
I have a few photos. Unfortunately a far too clever little rabbit has been wreaking havoc in my garden - as soon as i seal the holes he digs them out. I have chicken-wire scratches all over my forearms and am very cross. there is a small vegetable patch but apparently not nearly as appetising as anemones, crocus leaves, geraniums, campanulas etc. and flowers on erythronium and trillium.
1. a tiny little plant still, Illicium majus has spidery blooms of cream tinged with red
2. the early spiketail, stachyurus praecox, has been putting on a display
3. i love the plainer erythroniums the most really. This spike is is E. Frohnleiten.
4. viburnum carlesii has smallish spheres tinged with pink.
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...and three more :)
5. To my great delight the Narcissus triandrus purchased from Kiera bulbs has flowered. I guess the test will be to see if it survives until next year as I gather they are not easy.
6. Fothergill gardenii just coming into flower
7. This fetching iris came from Lynn McGough. I have no idea what species it is - perhaps someone can advise. It has a furry mauve patch on each of the falls.
jacqui.
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Is it perhaps just a small bearded iris?
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So much happening! Good luck with the rabbit wars!
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Thank you Maggi,
not sure i am winning against the rabbits, but some small battles have fallen my way :)
1. Another pretty iris of unknown species
2. The last of the hellebores giving way to spring
3. A moderately tall triandrus hybrid from Rod Barwick 'Lapwing'
4. An Australian native: Grevillea rosmarinifolia lutea
5. The blushing heart of Magnolia liliiflora 'Holland red' after the petals have dropped
Jacqui.
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I believe that Saturday and Sunday are the two days of Otago Alpine Garden Group's Spring Show - that's October really, but sending best wishes to all taking part for a great weekend!
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I'm enjoying Tropaeolum pentaphyllum which every year climbs my sleeping Laburnum tree and provides some decoration on the bare branches.
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I'm enjoying Tropaeolum pentaphyllum which every year climbs my sleeping Laburnum tree and provides some decoration on the bare branches.
If that sets seed, Jamus, I'd be very pleased to get a couple. :)
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Obviously a woman of taste, Maggie … such a delightful species.
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Very easy from seed and it sets a lot. I think I lost azureum this year. Not a sign of it unfortunately. It's a bad year for Trop. tricolor too, which doesn't look good at all.
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Glad you haven't been washed away, Jamus!
cheers
fermi
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Well... we are very soggy over here but no major damage fortunately. We were lucky. There's something to be said for living on the side of a hill. Higher up, strong winds, lower down, flooding. We are about in the right spot I reckon. My biggest Cynara cardunculus 'Gobbo de Niza' broke in the wind on Thursday night and I had to cut most of it off. I hope it will regrow nicely and look good again within a month or so. 2016 will be remembered as the year it rained... and rained... and rained...
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Not every day you see a cardoon used to make a flower arrangement!