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Post by revmichael on Sept 11, 2007 8:06:05 GMT
I love to have a few of them, although they do get out of control if you let them. I'm not talking about Buttercups or Dandelions - which, strangely, are very easy to grow. But I love my real Primroses and Bluebells (not the nursery sort that don't have the 'proper' perfume). It's illegal to get from the wild these days but it is still possible to get real ones from nurseries. I have had mine for around 20 years and they keep going. There is one plant that is invasive - but I do like to keep a few. It is Evening Primrose. One planted itself right near the public footpath at the front of my garden. Unfortunately they are only fully open when it is getting dark or getting light. The other morning I managed to catch this one. Can you get a hint of its smell?  Looking at the photo again I can see a small Teasle plant growing to the left of the Evening Primerose. Do others grow these kinds of wild plants? |
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Post by faeryboots on Sept 11, 2007 8:36:31 GMT
I have loads of Evening Primrose and love it! I haven't pulled any up partly because it just keeps going all summer and into the autumn.
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Post by smiffy on Sept 11, 2007 9:45:47 GMT
In our English garden I had some proper cowslips. They were given to PMS by someone, not hookey! When I first set them, under a tree there was two plants, when we left there was a little path. Each year we waited to see how many would come up! I just hope the new owner found them.
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Post by revmichael on Sept 11, 2007 10:13:54 GMT
In our English garden I had some proper cowslips. They were given to PMS by someone, not hookey! When I first set them, under a tree there was two plants, when we left there was a little path. Each year we waited to see how many would come up! I just hope the new owner found them. I don't know why but I have tried cowslips and oxslips and after a few years I lose them - but my primeroses go from strength to strength. Sadly my Spainish bluebells are beginning to hybridize with my English ones - as they are everywhere. |
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Post by Rose Tinted Glasses on Sept 11, 2007 16:35:53 GMT
we grow native wild flowers - willowherb, nettles, woodbine to name but a few !
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Post by sarah on Sept 11, 2007 21:58:31 GMT
they are beautifull
xx
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Post by Lord L on Sept 13, 2007 4:56:13 GMT
I love to have a few of them, although they do get out of control if you let them. I'm not talking about Buttercups or Dandelions - which, strangely, are very easy to grow. But I love my real Primroses and Bluebells (not the nursery sort that don't have the 'proper' perfume). It's illegal to get from the wild these days but it is still possible to get real ones from nurseries. I have had mine for around 20 years and they keep going. There is one plant that is invasive - but I do like to keep a few. It is Evening Primrose. One planted itself right near the public footpath at the front of my garden. Unfortunately they are only fully open when it is getting dark or getting light. The other morning I managed to catch this one. Can you get a hint of its smell? Looking at the photo again I can see a small Teasle plant growing to the left of the Evening Primerose. Do others grow these kinds of wild plants? Yes, but your reasoning is slightly let down by one rather inconvenient fact: the Evening Primrose is NOT a British wild flower. |
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Post by revmichael on Sept 13, 2007 6:41:49 GMT
I love to have a few of them, although they do get out of control if you let them. I'm not talking about Buttercups or Dandelions - which, strangely, are very easy to grow. But I love my real Primroses and Bluebells (not the nursery sort that don't have the 'proper' perfume). It's illegal to get from the wild these days but it is still possible to get real ones from nurseries. I have had mine for around 20 years and they keep going. There is one plant that is invasive - but I do like to keep a few. It is Evening Primrose. One planted itself right near the public footpath at the front of my garden. Unfortunately they are only fully open when it is getting dark or getting light. The other morning I managed to catch this one. Can you get a hint of its smell? Looking at the photo again I can see a small Teasle plant growing to the left of the Evening Primerose. Do others grow these kinds of wild plants? Yes, but your reasoning is slightly let down by one rather inconvenient fact: the Evening Primrose is NOT a British wild flower. Well, I'm happy to adopt it as it grows wild around here. |
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Post by Lord L on Sept 13, 2007 7:24:20 GMT
Yes, but your reasoning is slightly let down by one rather inconvenient fact: the Evening Primrose is NOT a British wild flower. Well, I'm happy to adopt it as it grows wild around here. I grow wild around here. I'm not a native. |
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Post by revmichael on Sept 13, 2007 8:12:14 GMT
Well, I'm happy to adopt it as it grows wild around here. I grow wild around here. I'm not a native. I'm glad to hear it my Lord because I understand that the natives are restless - and we know that you are always calm, serene and full of light. |
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Post by Shuggie on Sept 13, 2007 11:35:21 GMT
Great Willowherb and Hairy Bittercress are my specialities .. particularly the latter
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Post by revmichael on Sept 13, 2007 13:10:00 GMT
Great Willowherb and Hairy Bittercress are my specialities .. particularly the latter I understand that the Hairy monster is rather difficult to grow and only produces 8,000,000 plants each year from each individual plant - if you let it. His Lordship will probably be able to tell us if it is a native species - it's certainly pretty wild. |
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Post by Lord L on Sept 13, 2007 13:29:24 GMT
Great Willowherb and Hairy Bittercress are my specialities .. particularly the latter I understand that the Hairy monster is rather difficult to grow and only produces 8,000,000 plants each year from each individual plant - if you let it. His Lordship will probably be able to tell us if it is a native species - it's certainly pretty wild. His Lordship certainly could - as could a half-way decent book. Why not try one? |
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Post by erindawes on Sept 13, 2007 13:52:25 GMT
I understand that the Hairy monster is rather difficult to grow and only produces 8,000,000 plants each year from each individual plant - if you let it. His Lordship will probably be able to tell us if it is a native species - it's certainly pretty wild. His Lordship certainly could - as could a half-way decent book. Why not try one? You ARE in a snarky mood today! Used to rent a field for my horses Rev and sowed part of it with native herbs and flowers. It looked wonderful and the horses really enjoyed browsing through it. |
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Post by Fi on Sept 13, 2007 14:31:57 GMT
In our English garden I had some proper cowslips. They were given to PMS by someone, not hookey! When I first set them, under a tree there was two plants, when we left there was a little path. Each year we waited to see how many would come up! I just hope the new owner found them. I don't know why but I have tried cowslips and oxslips and after a few years I lose them - but my primeroses go from strength to strength. Sadly my Spainish bluebells are beginning to hybridize with my English ones - as they are everywhere. |
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Post by carlott on Sept 13, 2007 14:43:30 GMT
^5 to Fi for saying what I had meant to but forgot  |
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Post by heidikidsrscomin on Sept 13, 2007 16:29:34 GMT
I don't know why but I have tried cowslips and oxslips and after a few years I lose them - but my primeroses go from strength to strength. Sadly my Spainish bluebells are beginning to hybridize with my English ones - as they are everywhere. if left, the spanish and hybrids will kill off our natives |
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Post by revmichael on Sept 13, 2007 17:05:24 GMT
I don't know why but I have tried cowslips and oxslips and after a few years I lose them - but my primeroses go from strength to strength. Sadly my Spainish bluebells are beginning to hybridize with my English ones - as they are everywhere. Yes that's a good idea. At the moment the Spainish ones are all in the back garden and in a fairly confined space. I'll dig them up - and then what can I do with them? |
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Post by revmichael on Sept 13, 2007 17:07:29 GMT
His Lordship certainly could - as could a half-way decent book. Why not try one? You ARE in a snarky mood today! Used to rent a field for my horses Rev and sowed part of it with native herbs and flowers. It looked wonderful and the horses really enjoyed browsing through it. I must say it's unusual for his Lordship to be so sharp. Personally I'm not worried whether the 'blessed thing' is British. Irish or from any other country. I just want to get rid of it. |
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Post by erindawes on Sept 13, 2007 19:48:40 GMT
You are SUCH a sweetie Michael! Lord L always seems to have an underbelly like a seething, rancid gut without Rennies.
With occasional medicaton, he appears fine and almost human but still............
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