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Post by Geranium on Jan 30, 2011 16:34:44 GMT
Hallo Lou - I was pleased that my little collection meets the royal standards! ;D  I've just looked for a photo of 'City of Rotterdam' which I grew in 2009 and lost. My fault for not digging it up!  I was chuffed to find it in the catalogue!  I think it's a cactus dahlia, isn't it? |
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 30, 2011 17:02:50 GMT
Mmmmm....that is a pretty colour....I like that  .....it is indeed a cactus type |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 30, 2011 18:43:32 GMT
Well, they're on order, so let's hope they look as good as this one did. |
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Post by Rosie on Jan 31, 2011 8:57:33 GMT
Welllll i was at the Happy Plant at the weekend and i bought 3 tubers....plus the one's i have ordered from Richard  Nice to see you back Mark, hope you are feeling better these days  |
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 31, 2011 8:58:42 GMT
Ooooooonice Rosie!!...which ones did you get?. Did you like "Abbie"? |
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Post by Rosie on Jan 31, 2011 9:32:48 GMT
Ooooooonice Rosie!!...which ones did you get?. Did you like "Abbie"? Abbie is lovely, i shall be ordering that one too ;D I have got Lilac Time,My Love and Tomo from Richard and i bought Black Narcissus, Osirium and Kelvin Floodlight from the Happy Plant also a pink Crinum Powelli. I could have spent a FORTUNE there yesterday  |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 31, 2011 9:34:59 GMT
What's the 'Happy Plant', Rosie?  |
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Post by Tel on Jan 31, 2011 10:19:12 GMT
Ooooooonice Rosie!!...which ones did you get?. Did you like "Abbie"? I looked at Abbie, last year in Halls cat, i liked the colour of it, but my personal opinion, it was not for me, a show variety. |
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 31, 2011 11:18:16 GMT
Abbie is a pretty garden dahlia....I recommended it to Rosie as it is her granddaughters name |
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Post by Tel on Jan 31, 2011 11:22:34 GMT
Abbie is a pretty garden dahlia....I recommended it to Rosie as it is her granddaughters name I agree with you on that Lou. Just this once mind. |
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 31, 2011 11:24:04 GMT
Thats kind of you our Tel ;D |
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 31, 2011 11:35:36 GMT
Ooooooonice Rosie!!...which ones did you get?. Did you like "Abbie"? Abbie is lovely, i shall be ordering that one too ;D I have got Lilac Time,My Love and Tomo from Richard and i bought Black Narcissus, Osirium and Kelvin Floodlight from the Happy Plant also a pink Crinum Powelli. I could have spent a FORTUNE there yesterday Looked them up Rosie.....You are going to have a colourful garden this year. That Kelvin Floodlight is a whopper ;D ;D |
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Post by Rosie on Jan 31, 2011 12:52:15 GMT
What's the 'Happy Plant', Rosie? The Happy Plant is a good garden centre 7 miles from here Geranium, i do like going there. They have a nice restaurant too  ;D www.happyplant.co.ukThis is the real Abbie..  |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 31, 2011 13:22:39 GMT
Hallo Abbie! What's that you're playing with? |
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Post by Tel on Jan 31, 2011 13:41:23 GMT
i'll let you post this if you think it is ok tel. I used chase barn cloches which I had at the time and placed them on top of my compost heap which was very warm due to the litter from the rabbit hutch. We had rabbits when the kids were young.) i placed the tubers in trays and placed direct on the compost heap and covered with the cloche which was closed at the ends. i was producing shoots from the tubers in February when snow was on the ground but my little mini g'house was snug and warm. i suppose you could do similar with a traditional hotbed if you have access to stable manure. anyway tel. it worked for me. Read more: gardenfriends.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=pmview&view=1&id=1270#ixzz1CcUqpI8S |
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I was chuffed to find it in the catalogue! 
.....it is indeed a cactus type 
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