Opening the Garden to the Joy of Autumn Leaves and Winter flow
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» mickyr - micky roo Thank you, Barbara. It does sound delicious. I lo
micky rooThank you, Barbara. It does sound delicious. I love perfumed plants. Roses grow well here in Hobart. I am not sure but I think Gay's mysterious plant is a Lobelia, but I don't know the botanical name, Micky
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» Cottage_Garden - Micky, are you guessing the blue one or the tree thing? :)
Micky, are you guessing the blue one or the tree thing?
Barbara Martin
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» Howie - Gay, I always admire your photos. What variety of Eunonymous wa
Gay, I always admire your photos. What variety of Eunonymous was it in your picture collection? Mine have whimpy fruit in comparison.Sorry I was not around to participate in the great Grackle debate. We were on holidays. You do not want to be subject to a Grackle's call. It puts a Crow's or Jay's to shame. They greet the morning with the most grating, raucous shriek. No one could call it singing.
The street birds in Sydney were Myna's, oddly enough they are relatives of Starlings. The ones I encountered did not talk with Aussie accents.
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» Cottage_Garden - Micky -- your guess is better than mine! But we'll have to wait
Micky -- your guess is better than mine! But we'll have to wait for Gay to find out for sure what it is. Do you have lots of roses in your garden?Barbara Martin
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» Cottage_Garden - Hi Howard! Gay is away for a few days so I am babysitting her co
Hi Howard! Gay is away for a few days so I am babysitting her column. She'll have to tell you about the euonymous, I'm afraid....Does that mean the mynas sound better or worse?
Barbara Martin
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» Cottage_Garden - Oh golly! Now I am really on <i>very</i> thin ice! I hope Gay
Oh golly! Now I am really on very thin ice! I hope Gay comes home soon! I never studied ornithology and as it turns out I seem to have a tin ear.... Howie, is there a pseudo phonetic description for myna vs grackle or whatever sounds in the bird world? Barbara Martin
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» Gay_Klok - Hello Howard, I have been up 36 hours, no exaggeration! but I wo
Hello Howard, I have been up 36 hours, no exaggeration! but I would like to answer your question. The photograph of the seeds of the euonymus is of a seedling from an old E. oxyphyllus which already has better [bigger] seeds than its parent. It is in a sunnier position. E. oxyphyllus comes from Korea and Japan, about 8ft tall shrub. I believe there are more than 170 species of the plant. E. europaes "Red Cascade" is one that I would like to get for Middleton garden, not only does it have good Auumn colour but the seeds are bigger red-orange beauties. <img src="http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/2779/Su101pea.jpg"align=left>Come for a stroll in my gardens
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» Cottage_Garden - Micky -- I think you were right!!! What an interesting plant p
Micky -- I think you were right!!! What an interesting plant palette you must have -- meconopsis and now this .... a tree formed lobelia.... I am shaking my head having planted the little blue flowered annual lobelia into a pot or two this week... and double checked on the survival so far of the herbaceous red and blue flowered lobelias in the ditch garden... all without having to look UP.At least I usually recognize roses when I see them. Unless of course Gay has yet another mystifying puzzle up her sleeve!
Barbara Martin
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