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Offline Palustris

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Favourite view
« on: January 31, 2007, 12:38:38 PM »
This is my favourite view of part of the garden
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Re: Favourite view
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2007, 12:58:38 PM »
I can see why! It looks real good. Thanks for posting.
I think I can see a fine specimen of what we call Pampas grass in the background. What else are you growing?

It looks like you have a nice open garden there, so very suitable for those alpines.
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Re: Favourite view
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2007, 05:59:15 PM »
The grass in the background is actually a very tall Miscanthus though which one I can never remember.
The foregrouind is what we call the Sedum Scree. It was full of various forms of Sedum, obviously though a Lithospernum (not called that now though) zahnii is the white blob in the middle and there are a lot of self seeded Pulsatilla vulgaris in there now.

I did start listing the plants we grow for another site once, but since at the time I had over 200 sempervivums and a simillar number of sedum, before I got on to the rest of the garden with 100 plus Clematis etc. I got fed up and stopped.
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Re: Favourite view
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2007, 06:19:10 PM »
You just might get encouraged to re-start that project Eric!

I have a question for you about Pulsatilla vulgaris
I have the species mauve and the Ruby. I have tried a number of times to grow the alba (white) variety, but in every case, it does not overwinter. Do you have the alba?  Any tips?
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Re: Favourite view
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2007, 09:27:17 PM »
We have a white P. vulgaris which self seeds as much as the other colours, though the plants vary in colour quite considerably from red to white.   I find the white a very pale pink rather than a pure colour.  It must be inherently weaker in constitution than the others as it does seem to die out quicker. No tips on growing them though, they just seed all over the place. Now if you can tell me how to get P. grandis to set seed I would be grateful! Or maybe how to keep P. nuttallii to flowering size? Or best of all send me fresh viable seed of P. alpina sulphurea......... ;D :D ;D
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Re: Favourite view
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2007, 11:35:53 PM »
You just missed Santa, Eric  ;D
Seriously, it would be nice to get a seed exchange going. Does that happen on the other forum you and Ken frequent?

Harry had a whole consortium of seed for sharing last year, and I was the only one who took up the offer.

RE: Keeping plants to flowering size:
I have a BIG problem with that. Plants grow anything from 6 ins to 2 ft larher than the label in my garden.
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