JEARRARD'S HERBAL
Thats enough introduction - on with the plants!
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16th December 2007
Ipheion uniflorum 'Charlotte Bishop' .
A young plant in the greenhouse has decided to become winter flowering, and has come out this rather curious stained white,
instead of the usual pale pink. For the first time ever, I may have flowers of Ipheion uniflorum
open at the same time as I. sellowianum, which could make for an interesting hybrid.
16th December 2007
Fuchsia excorticata .
Fuchsia do a great jobin the garden filling out the background with interest - it is easy enough to find distractions
through the spring but the garden would get a bit tired later in the year without their cheery flowers.
F.excorticata is an oddity, flowering from the bare stems in mid winter. I usually expect it in January
but this year it has managed a few early flowers just before the shortest day and they are very welcome.
A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but a Fuchsia in winter is delightful.
16th December 2007
Prunus subhirtella 'Autumnalis' .
Along with the new and the unexpected, this month has thrown up its quota of old reliable friends.
I have planted this autumn flowering cherry in every garden I have ever made, and am planning
to continue to do so as long as I make new gardens. A very lovely plant that can be relied on to whisper
warm spring-like ideas into the garden through all the worst weather of winter, come rain or wind or hail or snow.
16th December 2007
Camellia 'Show Girl' .
Another plant in flower that I traditionally go out to look for on New Years Day - I'm going to have nothing left to do over the festive
period but lie around and eat things I shouldn't. (And trim the Leylands and weed the herbaceous border and ...). It's a pretty pink,
and although it is a whopper, it doesn't produce too many flowers or sprout them too densely, so it still retains the illusion of elegance. Too many plants
in too small a space mean that it may have to be found a new home shortly (no worries, I think it will move!)
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