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Thank you, Pete. Frassino is not a fruit tree but I just posted it to be extra sure that the mistery leaf was not a frassino.

Thanks thats brilliant. Will let you know how I get on!Cheers MJ

I grow Garnet as it is about the hardiest Penstemon you can grow which is important from the point of view of where I live (in Scotland) It's not nearly as showy as Lucifer or as tall. If you wanted to grow a showy penstemon of similar colour to Lucifer then something like King George. This...

But, I bet a pound to a pinch of s**t I`m right. I`ve been in this game to long to be wrong.:D

Sorry if it seems like teaching gradma how to suck eggs!The most common types seem to be yellow sorrel with dark brown/blackish leaves and yellow flowers or wood sorrel with green leaves and yellow flowers. There's debate over whether they are the same species or subspecies of one another....

well waddayaknow Unwins replied with the mix: Achillea Cerise Queen Agastache Foeniculum Catananche Blue Centranthus Red Delphinium Pacific Giant Mix Lupin Russell Mixed Lychnis Chalcedonica Pyrethrum Robinson Mixed Verbascum Phoeniceum The mix will vary from time to time depending on...

Monkshood. Don't eat it.

Hi Shobhna 0) I stroke mine ( for the attention of ziggy and others, yes I am referring to my snakes :wink: ) Snakes don't have very good hearing or eyesight for that matter and rely on sensing vibration and smell, so even if I did try and make them jump through hoops, I dont think they would...

I bought my mother in law a chair for christmas. But do you think she`ll let me plug it in?:D

Kandy, I like those white ones! Here's someinteresting info I found on the BBC Plantfinder: Schizostylis coccinea 'Jennifer' Common Name: Schizostylis Genus: Schizostylis Species: Coccinea Cultivar: 'Jennifer' Skill Level: Experienced Exposure: Full sun, Partial shade Hardiness: Half...

By the way, the seeds are very small and dark brown, around 2mm in diameter and I think they were round. They grew around the top of the stem and - now I think about it there could have been flowers at the top (not what I'd class as flowers though - I dont' know a lot about plants !)at the top,...

I label everything, honestly, just that the labels get pinched by the blackbirds, magpies etc. I do have quite a few labels with question marks, or bulb?, crocus? etc.

They'd probably nick your shiny ornaments only getting magpies at the moment

:lollol::lollol::lollol:

I would have said cosmos, as it looks just like some in my garden.

Unlike any oenothera I’ve known or grown !

Well no harm in asking if your interested in either one

F.perscandens was bought in growth from Burncoose. Not cheap, but it was a good sized and mature plant, not a first year cutting. An online contact in New Zealand sent me the seeds for F.procumbens. I can have a look to see if I still have the seeds for the variegated form if you want. ...