Australian and New Zealand Gardening: TEA ROOM #76, 1 by 77sunset
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77sunset wrote: Good morning everyone. I should say good windy morning. The wind came up in the night and I hope it blows away the forecast rain for Sunday. I don't want to be standing around at the Show in the rain. People won't come and I'll sell nothing. Kat, you poor thing. You need a very large dog I think. Train it to eat turkeys. It would be a great disappointment to lose all those lovely gingers etc. Feel free to send a few turkeys to Karen, I will happily forgo my share of them for her. Karen,glad you enjoyed the day with your daughter. I have leaves here if you want some. Always ready to share. Gum trees shed leaves and twigs here all year round. Anthony , take it easy and have a good rest over the weekend. Sit and think of all the lovely lilium flowers you will soon have. Elaine, I went to Bunnings yesterday in Mt Gambier and found 2 orphan lavenders which are very pretty . I also popped in K mart and found 4 small polyanthus and two cordylines for just a few dollars. Lots of other plants but not many orphans. Teresa, lovely peony. I gave up on them. They just wont grow here. May be the soil or the awful water. I enjoy them in other gardens now , like yours. Hello Colleen. I see a few of the opium poppies coming up here . Looks like a poor year for them this year. I will have to wait and see as more could come up as the ground dries out and the weather warms. I only ever get the pink and the purple with a mix of singles and big fluffy ones. I have thrown seed around from other colors but they have never appeared. Mine originally just appeared in the garden about 7 years ago. I had never planted any at all. Same with the californian poppies. I have millions of the lovely orange but never a sign of the other colors. I have thrown seeds around from heaps of plants but never see them . Anything that self seeds here grows well but appaerntly new seeds give up and disappear. I have tried growing them as seedlings then planting out but they still disappear. Would you believe I threw about 5 packets of zinnias around and have never even seen one grow. I love them with their vibrant colors. Someone sent me some hollyhock seeds which did grow. Well 6 of them did anyway. They flowered last year and have grown even bigger this year. I just have to be satisfied with what does grow. Louise, hope those girls are enjoying life back in Florida. Enjoy your trip. Hello to anyone else out there. I am off out to see what the wind has done to the iris. Nothing, I hope, as they are sheltered from the worst of our north winds. Have a great weekend and enjoy your gardens. I hope the sun shines for you all. Have some yummy Chocolate Cupcakes. Happy gardening . Jean. |