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Post by Cherry on Aug 7, 2011 11:49:44 GMT
When I was at Morrisons yesterday, there were four large cell trays of cyclamen for £3. The quality was excellent and there were loads of buds on each plant. These would last well into autumn and possibly come up next year as mine did. When they were over, I put them in the garden.
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Post by peony on Aug 13, 2011 14:23:25 GMT
In Robin Lane Fox's (LF) gardening article today, he reports on a visit to T&M at Ipswich where he learned from one of their experts that 'an incurable downy mildew has spread in the soil and has started to attack Busy Lizzies and nobody knows a cure. So T&M predict impatiens will have to be dropped by responsible nurserymen'.
According to LF breeders aim to replace it with with a hybrid called SunPatiens, which LF didn't think much of!
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Post by esther on Aug 13, 2011 15:24:53 GMT
That is interesting Peony  In Garden News this week there is a pic of T & M's busy lizzie 'wall' - the busy lizzies have died  I love sunpatiens but it is not suitable as an edging in a bedding scheme - lovely in pots though i am going to take as many cuttings from mine as I can ;D |
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Post by sweetpea on Aug 13, 2011 16:16:48 GMT
There is an article re this in todays daily Mail. Sorry, don't have a link to post.
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Post by Cherry on Aug 13, 2011 16:27:24 GMT
I heard that in the local gardening programme, but we knew all that didn't we?
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Post by Geranium on Aug 13, 2011 21:19:44 GMT
My Busy Lizzies in one area of the garden have now all died, but the ones at the other side are fine at the moment. I expect they'll go soon if the fungal spores are air borne. |
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In Garden News this week there is a pic of T & M's busy lizzie 'wall' - the busy lizzies have died 
