Do Aganpanthus Grow From Tubas?

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  1. shiney

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      00000000000000000000000000001348That`s a well orchestrated display Shiney.lol
       
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        Nice one Dai! :thumbsup:
         
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          Hahaha! Before I read this and only saw the title, I thought someone didn't know how to spell tubers!:snork: Really cool picture and a fun display .:):yay::hapydancsmil::dancy:
           
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            Looks like Euphonium to me.:snork:
             
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              Sorry! I'm a bit nutty :heehee:
               
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              Is that a mobile eu-phone-ium? :loll:
               
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                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                Well it dont look very mobile to me :biggrin:
                 
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                  A magnificent display of Agapanthus! I get the pun..... very funny quip there @shiney :snork:

                  Got an old violin in the loft - might see if it will play host to some Agapanthus.

                  You can add it to your orchestrated display for free - no strings attached.
                   
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                    Mowerman, Violets would be more apt for your violalin.lol
                     
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                      Lol... like the pun :snork:

                      I'm rather violent towards violets... at least the wild type (Viola odorata) that orchestrate a magnificent symphony of harmony for themselves but a tune as bad as Achy Breaky Heart - by Billy Ray Cyrus for many a gardener.

                      Thinking about trading the violin in for a piano and growing some peonies out of the lid but the keys will probably end up infested with opportunistic violets.
                       
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                        Don't you dig violets? :heehee:

                        I'm doing that all the time. :dbgrtmb:
                         
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                        I definitely don't dig them, but do dig them....paradoxically speaking :)

                        I delicately hand fork them out but if the soil's too wet or dry, chase the roots out with a dandelion fulcrum. But the pesky little blighters so often wrap their roots around other plants (usually under perrenials... particularly roses and fuschias around here), and it seems that any miniscule fragment of root left behind soon regenerates a cute little violet that invokes another bout of fisticuffs.

                        It's not so much of a problem on weekly jobs as they succumb more easily, but fortnightly jobs give them some extra time to land an uppercut right on the chin. :wallbanging:

                        They seem incredibly resistant to weedkiller that shrivels even Horestails to oblivion in just over a week. I hate violets, but must admit to admiring their tenacity... and the challenge they provide.
                         
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                          I filled a wheelie bin with them the other week :rolleyespink:. I dig them with a border fork (can't use a hand fork) and although I like the look of them they tend to try and take over the garden.
                           
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