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  1. kindredspirit

    kindredspirit Gardening around a big Puddle. :)

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    Haemanthus albiflora.

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    Flavour of the month: Petrocosmea sericea.

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    Sempervivum "Gold Nugget".

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    Autumn flowering Gentian.

    Petrocosmeas look far better in real life than with my camera.
     
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      Surely the haemanthus isn't hardy @kindredspirit ?
      I love the gentian too - I need to work on getting an area where they will survive for me. More grit!
       
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      I had gentians in a previous garden @CarolineL - I literally planted them on top of gravel, so they were barely in contact with soil at all. I do that with quite a few things to prevent them rotting in the heavy soil. I've been thinking of getting a white gentian for this garden.
       
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      White would be good! But isn't it funny - we have so few true blue plants, and then we want a version that isn't! (I was hankering for a pink delphinium...)
      I also love gentiana verna and acaulis, but I think they're even more picky
       
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      It's simple for me @CarolineL - I don't like blue!
      I don't mind the stronger blues so much though - it's those peely wally pale things I don't like. Same with pink - love the strong ones, loathe the pastels. They're too depressing with the many grey skies we get, so I stopped growing any pastels colours a long time ago.
      The only exception I make with blue is our Scottish bluebell - the harebell -Campanula rotundifolia, but it's a good colour, not pasty and pale. It reminds me of my hill outings, and is lovely with rain on it.
      We're all different aren't we? :)
       
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      kindredspirit Gardening around a big Puddle. :)

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      Hi @CarolineL . The Haemanthus is in the Alpine House out of the rain. Seems to do fine there.
       
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      You're doing well then @kindredspirit - when I was at Botanic Garden of Wales, the haemanthus were all under heated glass.
       
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