survivors

which one did you buy pete? tye species is supposed to be hard to grow. the hybrids are much easier. i had a couple outside for a few years but killed them moving them. took a while to find a good source of replacements

 

Strongy,
I have recently returned from India and brought back some fresh Caesalpinia seeds. I put up an ID request last week which Silver Surfer correctly named for me.




If you would like some, PM me,
Jenny

 

I haven't had time to have a look at what's available yet and it's unlikely I will buy anything this year as I'm looking to move house.

 

i've bought some nice plants from italian and french suppliers this year. there arent many good uk suppliers

 

Sorry Jenny, when I mentioned Pete's Caesalpinia it is different to the one you had seen. Caesalpinia Gillesii is almost hardy (well Pete's is) C. Pulcherima is sub Tropical and very difficult to grow here even in a greenhouse.

 

Im on my 3rd yr with my callistermons from seeds i was sent from strongy in 2011,theyve survived my inexperience and are now budding up
I always said that i will not let them leave home until i see them flower


They are also getting to tall,so i will rehome them this yr and will be sorry to see them go
Thank you strongy,ive loved growing them xxx

 

When I was repotting the Hedychium gardnerianum last spring I piled up a few old roots, that were in the middle of the pots, in a small heap on the allotment. I tend to keep the strong growing new stuff around the edges.
They stayed there all last summer bone dry, and all this last winter soaking wet with the odd light frost.

Moved them out of the way today and most have new shoots already, and although its fairly warm at the moment its not been especially warm up to now.

 

A couple more which have come through the winter unscathed.

This Nerium oleander is totally damage free.

Apart from the fact it appears to be growing on its side

And an osteospermum, the bedding kind, left in a pot all winter.


You have already seen the Lotus,

 

@pete - it has certainly been a kind winter. My Nerium oleander is also unscathed, but my Lotus is shamed by yours!!!

 

lonk, kind temperature wise, one of the mildest I can remember.

 

At no time this winter did I feel the need to move any of the Iochroma that are still in pots in, nor my Sollya, triphylla Fuchsias (although they look tatty now) or a few others. The Hedychium that you sent me last year remained in the green all winter outdoors.
The only things in the shed were my Mackaya bella, an Impatiens niamniamensis, some Kalanchoe x houghtonii and a few other things like that.

 

I cut down my hedychium stems about a week ago, new shoots should be about to show.
Hopefully flowering ones.

 

The good news. Salvia Patens Cambridge Blue and Oxford Blue have come safely through the Winter. Sadly, not the pot - bloomin' girt crack all the way down.
Can I somehow stick it together with anything please?
Jenny

 

When they go like that, pots that is Jenny, I usually put a wist of wire around the top just under the rim, twist it a few times with pliers and cut off the excess.

 

I've lost just one Salvia, a Patens cultivar called Blue Angel. Salvia elegans is just about to burst back into bloom again.