Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Plants Wanted Or For Exchange => Topic started by: Lawrence on November 12, 2017, 08:58:21 AM
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Trawling through old journals as one does at this time of year and came across pictures of Trochocarpa grown by Brian Russ. Does anyone know where I might obtain seed please? Also Campanula hakkiarica?
Many thanks
Lawrence
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Aberconwy used to sell plants of Trochocarpa, Lawrence. We have flowers - I' ll look for seed but not hopeful of them setting seed at this time of year.
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Found a whole lot of old journals of the SRGC from around 1958 onwards! This is going to be interesting on these cold dark nights!
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I've read they are Australian plants so might be worth your while to PM Fermi and Otto Fauser. Having said that Roma might still have her plant?
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Found a whole lot of old journals of the SRGC from around 1958 onwards! This is going to be interesting on these cold dark nights!
Excellent idea, Sue - and a chance for me to give a reminder that for those not fortunate enough to have the paper copies of all those wonderful journals, they are all available to download, free, from this page ......
http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/extensions/journal (http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/extensions/journal)
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Yes, David, Trochocarpa thymifolia is from Tasmania.
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Thank you all very much for your replies, I might try the Aberconwy option in the spring
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Ian says he'll try some cuttings if he can - if there is suitable material it may callous over winter and root in Spring.
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Thanks Maggi and Ian that's very kind
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Have you tried Simon Bond? He sells a lot of ericaceous shrubs.
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Have you tried Simon Bond? He sells a lot of ericaceous shrubs.
Thuya Alpine Nursery
Contact S W Bond
Address Glebelands , Hartpury , Gloucestershire, GL19 3BW
United Kingdom
Telephone (01452) 700548
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I've still got my plant. It flowers off and on most of the time. It does not seem to have a regular flowering time. I have never seen seed on it. I got it from Ian Christie (if memory is correct).
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I've still got my plant. It flowers off and on most of the time. It does not seem to have a regular flowering time. I have never seen seed on it. I got it from Ian Christie (if memory is correct).
Don't know where you got it, Roma- but it flowered for the first time in 2011 - after you got it in 2008! ;D
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6858.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6858.0)
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And this is how it looked in 2013 - where you mentioned you'd got it from Ron McBeath - the forum has many uses, eh? !!
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11022.msg287659#msg287659 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11022.msg287659#msg287659)
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Thanks, Maggi. Where would we be without you searching out information for those of us with bad memories or just too lazy to do the searching.
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Have contacted Ian Christie, who despite not supplying Romas plant, has offered to send me some cuttings. Thanks to everyone for there contributions, especially Maggi for the photos.
I also grow Correa reflexa var. nummulariifolia another beautiful Australian shrub and wander what other Antipodean shrubs members are growing in our UK climate?
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I've still got my plant. It flowers off and on most of the time. It does not seem to have a regular flowering time.
Tasmanian mountains can have snow falls most months; alpines seem take what chances they can to flower. Lots of natives I've seen described as 'spring-flowering' by UK sources are less fixed in their habits down here. For an interesting alpine that seems quite well-adapted to my lowland garden near Hobart try Diselma archeri, which seems OK with warmer, drier, conditions that it gets in nature.
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I also grow Correa reflexa var. nummulariifolia another beautiful Australian shrub and wander what other Antipodean shrubs members are growing in our UK climate?
Callistemon citrinus did well for me outdoors in Suffolk. Clianthus puniceus is going mad against the front wall of my house here and attracted much favourable comment from neighbours this spring. One that I've loved and lost and want to try again is 'Brown Meg', Boronia megastigma.
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Boronia looks interesting Gail. There are a few I would like to try Rulingia being one of them, Bellendena as well but no idea if it is hardy or not.
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I had to look both those up. The Bellendena looks pretty but I note "it is difficult to grow at low altitudes" which may be a problem here at 40m above sea level. (I know Norfolk isn't totally flat but it is certainly not alpine...)