tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post332796741187598274..comments2024-03-28T08:16:13.470+00:00Comments on Stasher: Six on Saturday - 3 April 2021Stasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-89996757972560652022021-04-09T04:06:45.275+01:002021-04-09T04:06:45.275+01:00Thank you for a lovely selection, Noelle. Hope you...Thank you for a lovely selection, Noelle. Hope you had a nice Easter. Isn't it amazing that we can go from hottest March day to very cold April week!<br />My vote goes to the Sorbaria. Must go go ogling it. Pádraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162860924417320919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-1554413127939230272021-04-05T20:46:40.054+01:002021-04-05T20:46:40.054+01:00ohh, my favorite is your Echeveria, I just bought ...ohh, my favorite is your Echeveria, I just bought one and am now hoping for flowers..The warm and frosty weather is annoying!Shrub Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07213728819915230871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-29051524352608816522021-04-05T11:28:05.546+01:002021-04-05T11:28:05.546+01:00I think you mean Noelle, Katharine, we have so man...I think you mean Noelle, Katharine, we have so many contributor, you got the names of the plants right though!<br />Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-13970953443372819122021-04-04T12:00:14.502+01:002021-04-04T12:00:14.502+01:00Hi Gill - you've shared yet more lovely treasu...Hi Gill - you've shared yet more lovely treasures with us today. I'm very taken with your auricula and the dicentra. So very pretty!Katharine - Tea Break Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818011932017424783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-67090578676716610242021-04-04T08:51:53.163+01:002021-04-04T08:51:53.163+01:00Thanks Erin, did you see the foliage a couple of w...Thanks Erin, did you see the foliage a couple of weeks back? As for the Sorberia all of this is new growth, early on it looked like pink prawns emerging and as they unfurl turn this beautiful light green. This shrub is a real beauty, but I don't know how far its suckers would travel if out in the garden.Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-84927362226228907482021-04-04T08:49:50.112+01:002021-04-04T08:49:50.112+01:00The photograph doesn't quite capture its beaut...The photograph doesn't quite capture its beauty. I love the old paintings of them by the Dutch artists. Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-22770558939100407562021-04-04T08:48:21.767+01:002021-04-04T08:48:21.767+01:00I have found some echeveria not so good on the low...I have found some echeveria not so good on the low light levels we have. This one works well in the conservatory all through the winter.Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-37886581143237921772021-04-04T08:47:26.767+01:002021-04-04T08:47:26.767+01:00The whole pot has been in the conservatory since i...The whole pot has been in the conservatory since it got frosted late last year. I may well divide it and have a 'conservatory' and garden plant next winter.Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-7713644899821575072021-04-04T08:46:05.239+01:002021-04-04T08:46:05.239+01:00I can just imagine has lovely that is Paddy.I can just imagine has lovely that is Paddy.Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-78115308019558250042021-04-04T08:45:33.263+01:002021-04-04T08:45:33.263+01:00Thanks for the tip, I'll pop a few corms in th...Thanks for the tip, I'll pop a few corms in the border when I repot. Maybe one good pan and some in the garden, which will release one pan for growing something else.Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-42748454012217254532021-04-04T08:43:59.933+01:002021-04-04T08:43:59.933+01:00I used to grow quite a nice selection, but that ch...I used to grow quite a nice selection, but that changed when we moved. This was was just squeezed onto a pot with other shrubs, with a bit of tlc the four pots are pretty much the stars this week. Almost as good as your Primula sieboldii. Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-58762883277028313812021-04-04T08:25:27.340+01:002021-04-04T08:25:27.340+01:00I hadn't heard about it being the hottest day ...I hadn't heard about it being the hottest day for all that time - I remember a March Easter in the early 80s when it was into the 70s... We had an unexpected frost last night, so I have some checking to do later, including Indian Summer now you have mentioned it �� You certainly have some pretties in your sixCathyhttp://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-1609219167535988792021-04-04T04:28:08.616+01:002021-04-04T04:28:08.616+01:00The dicentra has attractive foliage. I imagine it...The dicentra has attractive foliage. I imagine it would be a wonderful addition to the woodland garden, if the risk of annihilation were not too great. Haven't seen this sorberia before - the bright green of the mature leaves is nicely offset by the bronze of the new.Erinhttps://roguegarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-82330534407602546402021-04-03T20:26:40.993+01:002021-04-03T20:26:40.993+01:00I was hoping someone would have some Primula auric...I was hoping someone would have some Primula auricula to show. They seem a little unreal, in a good way. The colour of your Nessun Dorma is so rich and gorgeous.Hortus Baileyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238150695984094255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-30407537422969949862021-04-03T14:15:35.414+01:002021-04-03T14:15:35.414+01:00Your Echeveria is looking lovely. Mine (slightly d...Your Echeveria is looking lovely. Mine (slightly different variant) is just coming back from the dead but I love your primula auricula too.Megan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104139262347509955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-77582167037486627932021-04-03T13:05:53.852+01:002021-04-03T13:05:53.852+01:003 years and already flowers for your Echeveria! We...3 years and already flowers for your Echeveria! Well done. <br />Another bravo for your blooming alstroemeria. Mine looks sad at the moment. We had a great week of good weather but now some plants like altroemerias will have to go back to hibernation again...FREDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883181533931437843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-81878087948535468622021-04-03T11:18:05.688+01:002021-04-03T11:18:05.688+01:00Hmm, I can't read 'Nessun Dorma' in a ...Hmm, I can't read 'Nessun Dorma' in a non-Pavarotti way. It's very pretty, as is the foliage of the Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem.'One Man and His Garden Trowelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578928589238776551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-87904079630769178512021-04-03T08:16:21.879+01:002021-04-03T08:16:21.879+01:00I have Dicentra cucullaria in a trough in shade fo...I have Dicentra cucullaria in a trough in shade for a number of years, 5+ at least, and it has done very well. It is in flower at this moment also.Paddy Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903253506082342663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-57945923098027082942021-04-03T08:05:37.197+01:002021-04-03T08:05:37.197+01:00This weather is giving us all a bit of a work out,...This weather is giving us all a bit of a work out, moving plants from one place to another, then back again! I'll be moving all the peppers back out of the greenhouse and into the living room for a couple of nights!<br /><br />Your D. cucullaria looks in fine fettle, a little bit further along than mine (which will probably be making an appearance next week). I grow it in roughly the same area as C. solida and chums: light shade and leafy soil.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234784017844328492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081101795597600004.post-40442241651674187132021-04-03T08:04:13.259+01:002021-04-03T08:04:13.259+01:00I'll start at the end, what a pretty little pr...I'll start at the end, what a pretty little primula! Not one that I have heard of before. I have tried the dicentra outside, but I don't think it lasted too long. Perhaps worth a sample? And the colour of that auricula is just perfect! You have such lovely plants. I think of you everytime I write a label, if you know what I mean. Happy Easter Sis xGill Heavenshttps://offtheedgegardening.com/noreply@blogger.com