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    Hi All,

    I live in St Albans, Herts, just north of London.
    Am originally from South Africa (Cape Town), been in the UK for 12 years.

    I have been growing plants/gardening for about 30 years.

    My main interests are exotics. My garden is as exotic as I can have it in our climate. I have plenty Bamboos; Palms, Schefflera, Aroids, Impatiens, Kniphofia etc.

    I also have a greenhouse with cacti, succulents and a few other interesting bits and pieces.

    Looking forward to chatting here, and meeting new people.

    Thanks
     
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      Hi Sirius, welcome to Gardeners Corner:thumbsup::biggrin: As you've probably seen they're a really friendly and help bunch of gardeners here, with all levels of gardeners from the beginners to the really knowledgeable and the specialists who all always ready to give and ask for advice.:snork:
       
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      Hallo Sirius,
      welcome to Gardeners Corner. Quite a few of the members have an addiction to "Exotica"!! Loads of knowledge on just about everything. Good fun too,
      enjoy,
      Jenny namaste
       
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        Welcome to Gardeners Corner:sign0016:
         
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        Thanks for the welcome
         
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        Welcome to Gc Sirius....Enjoy:dbgrtmb:
         
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        :spinning: Welcome.
         
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        :sign0016: to GC Enjoy :WINK1:
         
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        Welcome to GC Sirius, as you know exotic growing here can be a challenge!:smile:
         
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        Welcome to GC :dbgrtmb: You may be just down the road from me - or quite a distance away :)
         
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        Thanks for the welcomes.

        I am in St Albans.
        Where are you??
         
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        I'm about 30 minutes away from you in a little village over near the M11.

        Pity you didn't join one month earlier as I had my garden open for charity and about a dozen members came from around the country to meet each other. We raised £3,000 for a local charity :dbgrtmb:.

        This is a link to a thread on here that shows a preview. It's four years old but gives an idea of the garden - although quite a bit has changed.
         
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        Shiney
        You must be near Rodings bamboo nursery. Ever been there?
        And Beeches a bit further is also great.
         
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        I've never been there but I'm not too far from there (about 5-10 minutes) and you would pass my door on the way. If you're going that way anytime, then send me a PM (called Conversations on here) and if I'm around you can pop in for a cuppa and a chat. :dbgrtmb:
         
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        Ok, thanks for the invite.
        I am not likely to go there soon.
        For one, I have about as many bamboo I can fit in my garden. (Weeeeell, I will squeeze in a Borinda papyrifera when I can track down a reasonably priced one.......)

        But I felt that Rodings missed a trick.
        They have a fantastic list of rare and hard to get species. But the place looks a bit of a mess when you get there. They should really try and do some sort of Japanese style garden and promote what they are selling. IMO anyway....
         
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