SRGC Discussion Weekend 2012- Dumfries 28th to 30th September

[Stan da Prato]

Regarding  the begonia it is hardy. We have it outside in East Lothian and friends have it outside in Midlothian; Glasgow Botanics  probably still have it in one of their borders. It dies down in winter so mark the place where it is growing. It readily produces bulbils in the leaf axils which can be used to increase your stock.  In one of the few recent  books on the genus Mark Tebbitt notes it growing  in the USA down to at least -7 C. It comes from China where it is said to grow as far north as Beijing and is traditionally  associated with forsaken love! There are white and pink flower forms in cultivation. It does best in semi shade eg in woodland conditions. The sub specific name evansiana, though still often seen -it is on the RHS  website - is no longer valid according to to Tebbitt (Begonias, Timber Press, 2005, pp. 138-141 ).

[Lesley Cox]

We have the Margyricarpus here as M. setosus. I'm pretty sure from the image that it is the same plant. The little pearl-like fruit are very pretty and the whole plant, being evergreen and glossy is attractive all year round. My present plant is less than 20cms across but I've seen plants close to 2 metres!

I do like Gentiana 'Gowrie.' I love all those pale blue gentians.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Hello everyone . A bit late but I was to busy ...Here are our impressions from the weekend. We had a great time.
First we had a stopover. And maybe we could show you some pics from this place to .   

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Ofcourse the Irish sea was not the reason for this stopover ....

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This was the true reason ...

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Some pics of the nursery , ofcourse it was already autumn ....

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And just a few more ....

Leucogenes tarahoa is the silvery one and the green one is Sebaea ...
Stil in flower : Gentiana saxosa

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After another night sleep we drove to Dumfries .....

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My respect to al the hard workers that rebuild the garden of the hotel .Great workshop. 

[SusanS]

Fab photos Kris. 
Nice to see what Aberconwy nursery looks like ..... it has been on our list of 'we really must go to ....' for quite a while now, maybe next year 

Glad you had a good time

[krisderaeymaeker]

Fab photos Kris. 
Nice to see what Aberconwy nursery looks like ..... it has been on our list of 'we really must go to ....' for quite a while now, maybe next year 
Glad you had a good time

Thanks Susan . Oh yes , I am sure you like the nursery. The whole family is devoted to alpine gardening ....It was on my list for a long time to  and now I found the right excuse ....
Must come back sometimes for the discussion weekend ! 

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Plantsales area : Macplants

Overview and some details. Gentians ,Nerine , and a showy Meconopsis stil in flower . 

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pic1 : Aberconwy's plantsale . (right side of the picture one of the speakers : Henrik Zetterlund)
pic2 : Jaques Amand's plantsale - you can see  also another speaker on this picture  : Tim Lever who gave an excellent lecture (Bhutan)     

pic 3 : A picture about pictures ... 

[angie]

Great pictures, seems so long ago now.

Angie 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Great pictures, seems so long ago now.
Angie 

Thanks Angie . Maybe you recognise some of the people on next picture 
You are right , it already seems ages ago ....