What's Looking Good in March

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  1. "M"

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    My Bowles Mauve is in flower!!! :hapfeet: :hapfeet: :hapfeet: :hapfeet:
    Why so excited? :scratch:
    Well, it is a "cutting" that I took when I knew I was moving here (2014). Never taken a snip of this before and I don't think it was even the "right" time, it was so random and a desperate bid for bud :dunno:
    I shoved it (yes, unceremoniously) into a pot.
    Last year, it still looked as retarded as when I first put it in a pot, so I shoved it (unceremoniously) into one of my clematis pots. It seemed to like it there; a bit.
    A couple of weeks ago, when I dug a new border by the trellis, the BM was given a fresh space all to itself ... and now ... BINGO!!!!!! :dancy: ... those petals are opening :wub2:
    So, so thrilled! :wub2:

    Ok, not big shakes in the horticultural world, per se ... but, it's big shakes in *my* world :wub2:And she's looking ... sassy! :dbgrtmb:
     
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      Good morning @"M" my friend ,well done ,I just love Bowles Mauve in my garden,but as much as I try I just cannot get Bowles Orange to grow as well:smile:
       
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        Nice one M! It is so rewarding when a plan comes together.

        In the front garden of our new bungalow is a rather tall and unkempt Mock Orange, with all the flowers way up above sniffing height. I took some hard wood cuttings in the autumn, stuck em in a pot, and left em in the shed by the window, hoping to start from scratch and have a couple of better trained bushes.

        Hey presto.....here they are.

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        Chuffed to bits. I know you can buy them in Poundland for errrrr, a pound, but its the thrill of the chase isnt it.
         
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          Well done "M" and Agent Orange. :dbgrtmb:

          For a few years I was trying to get Clematis cuttings to root. I followed all the rules because they are supposed to be difficult....but nothing, zilch! I gave up. When pruning on another occasion I broke several small pieces off and shoved them in a planter in the garden in passing and forgot about them. To my surprise half of them rooted and grew into lovely plants. Who says rules aren't meant to be broken! :biggrin:
           
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              Well done to you @Agent Orange it is indeed "the chase" that gives the thrill - you just need to get yours up to sniff-able height now :heehee: :star:

              Wonderful @Sheal :star: I love it when something you "shove in" gets a grip and 'takes'. That was my very first experience of success in my last garden: a couple of pieces of hebe and a sucker from a Rosa Rugosa. Shoved in pot, forgot about and ... they are now in the ground here as a constant reminder :thumbsup: Of course, now I know better that they are easy-peasy-lemon-squeezey plants to root, but, that doesn't matter - as a beginner it was s.u.c.c.e.s.s. :pathd:
               
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                The orange erysimums (didn't know there was one called Bowles orange) are usually a much smaller plant than Bowles mauve. :)
                 
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