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[Upsy Daisy]

Will do,. Same to you too

 

[alp]

Good morning, @ Upsy Daisy Nice to have a free day! Gosh, Monty's flowers are early. His camassia is already blooming and the tulips are lovely and the peony is already open. I will buy more when they are reduced. I was dithering when I had nerine 3 for £1.49. I will splash out when things are reduced. Today, I will look around to see where I can plant anything as the hellebores are now taking over. I think I'm going to decimate the last of my butt!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning @alp, I am in awe of you..............you know ( and remember ) so many names of plants, shrubs etc........tell me how you do it! I'm afraid I'm more on the lines of...'I like that one over there with the long leaves and pink bloom . Tell me you've got a magic answer for me........or, as I suspect, is it too late for my old brain

 

[alp]

Haha! Verdun must have another boys' night out again! Verdun is the person who's got the name, @Upsy Daisy . Last time, he teased me with a Latin name for Dandelion. I googled and found out it was Dandelion. A VERY NAUGHTY boy! I wouldn't bother about Latin names as some of them are impossibly long and difficult to pronounce. The first flower of the programme is a camassias. Worth buying as the grower said it would take whatever weather throw at them. If I manage to get seeds, I will send you some. @Mark56 If you're after Allium giganteum seeds, I will collect them for you. Just give me a shout.

 

[Logan]

Just watched GW, Nigel wasn't there this week.I'd like to have a cutting garden. All my plants in concervatory are growing well. Got some cucumbers forming.

 

[Verdun]

Hello everyone.
Damp morning......prob avoid the world famous Flora Day for now.
However, sun is pushing through.so........
Expected a parcel of Zaluzianskya Ovata today so bit disappointed but no doubt it will arrive on Monday to complete my online plant purchasing.....for now! For evening scent these are hard to beat

 

[alp]

@Upsy Daisy You see that name Zaluzianskya Ovata from Verdun. He IS the expert. I still haven't got any of these famous fragrant flower. Must keep an eye out for a packet of seeds when Wilko does it seeds sale.

I have caught up with sleep and True Crime and was worried that I might miss a credit card payment, so I switched on the laptop again.

@Verdun What is this Flora day?

@Logan If you have room, why not? I wonder if I should just plonk 4 pieces of wood to make a raised bed in the middle of the lawn and get some cardboards from up the road. Someone has had a kitchen fitted. Loads of cardboards outside. Very tempted as I will have room for my veg and some plants. At the moment, I have NO room?

 

[Verdun]

Alp, Flora| Day is one of the famous Cornish traditional May celebrations in Helston Cornwall. People come from across the world to be there. Features dances through the streets and houses from 6am. Never heard of it? Terry Wogan had a hit record with the Flora Dance song a few years ago..... I have been so often so not so tempted today esp as it has been mostly damp.
Logan, go on do your cutting garden

 

[alp]

Flora Day with no mention of flowers? How obscene! I thought I wouldn't miss it if I were in the West country. Dances I am not so keen. Never heard of it, probably because I'm too young!

 

[Verdun]

Flora Day DOES feature flowers alp. Principally Lily of the Valley......these flowers are EVERYWHERE.
Too young??? The local schools provide the dancers for the children's dance.....this year more than 1000 primary school children took part. I'm sure you are older than they are alp
It is a TRADITIONAL event.....young and old know of it, participate in it and enjoy it.

 

[alp]

Oh crumbs! Lily of the valley is everywhere! I wish the same here! You mean as prevalent as hydrangeas? I remember when we went on holiday in the west country, hydrangeas grew like weeds.. everywhere festooning the rivers or streams. Very naughty of you to stay away then! ! I'm off to take some photos to see if there is any new surprises!

 

[johnny canoe]

Hello everybody,
Interesting evening yesterday. I was done my work for the day, mostly gutting my GH and moving it back a few feet so that I have more room for my, summer evenings space. I was sitting in front of the GH, the sun was almost down, 27C and a slight breeze, my radio was on and I was indulging in a couple glasses of apple ginger cider, and I thought I heard , "johnny, johnny". I turned down my music and followed my name, back behind my GH I could see the top of a lady's head and her hand and cigarette hanging over my fence. I was one of my customers from down the street. She needed my help, there was some critter scaring her over in her backyard. I went down the alley with her and found a very young squirrel in the middle of her carport.
It didn't run from me and so I picked it up and it curled up and started to close it's eyes. Well this lady figured she could get me to take it home. Not happening, I get too attached to animals and it breaks me when they die. So we put it in her yard, behind her shed. I got it too drink some water and it ate a bit of grass. I said see ya to the lady and went home. Ten minutes later she calls me on the phone. So in a few minutes I was holding the little critter while she drove us to the vets and they were happy to care for it and turn it over to wildlife rescue in the morning. We get back to our street and there is a fire truck and ambulance in front of my house, then my elderly neighbour is behind taken out of his house and rushed to the hospital. The Mrs. next door was rather upset about her husband going to the hospital, she is in her 80's uses a walker and is on oxygen. I called my sister, she's only a few minutes away. She went over and helped calm her down and get her ready for bed. I drank another apple ginger and went to bed.

Now I want just a quiet day today.

 

[Mark56]

Very kind of you Alp, will have a gander at the Allium stall for Hampton Court, now I'm not an Iris man but blimey the yellow one is stunning! apologises for the delay on the water tanker, only had a few drops here about a week ago. I believe your yellow geum is Lady Stratheden

 

[Logan]

The only place I could put a cutting garden is in the front where the grass is.Monty said if tulips are planted deep, will get taller stems.

 

[alp]

@johnny canoe That's quite an evening. Glad that they all see you and your family as saviour. Always say no to squirrels as they can really be troublesome. Some even wreak havoc in the car and chew wires. Not very funny. One traverse my lean to every morning. I reckon they go up to Tesco and pinch the shelled peanuts and bury them all over my garden. Very nice of your sister to help that old lady.

@Mark56 - a bulb will cost you £3.50. I can send you seeds and they will be flowers next year (hehe, I think. I don't really know. I just scattered them and there are tons of them in my garden.

If you have room, go for it, @Logan