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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Mrs Ava on August 03, 2004, 13:31:04
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If you have patience, and somewhere to keep them cosy through the winter, just look what greets you when you go out to feed the fish!
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Curious, the flower is huge compared to the puny little stems. They are now 3 years old, one small flower last year, and 2 this. I think they are AMAZING! ;D
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Those are gorgeous EJ - very exotic. do you mean you raised them from seed yourself? Wow!
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I did Wicker, and of course, I can't for the life of me remember what they are called, and I am not about to go rooting around in the garden in my underwear at this time of night looking for the label. I already have a reputation in this neighbourhood, I don't want to lower house prices any further! ;D ;) ;D
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Oh come on Emma Jane just this once, I want one for my pond :'(
Roy ;D
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No Roy, I couldn't do it to our neighbour. He sees far too much of me as it is! :o The bulb is called Tigridia Pavonia and the blooms only last a day. I am hoping they will set seed as I only have about 8 or 9 bulbs currently and would like to multiply my little collection.
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They are beautiful Emma - do you actually keep them in the pond in the summer. PLEEEEZE try to find out the name :)
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Oh, I realise now I am misleading you all. They are not pond plants. What I meant was, the flower was on the table that I see as I opened the conservatory door to go up to the pond to feed the fish. Sorry. :-\
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Still like to know the name Emma if you can find it :)
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Tigridia Pavonia ;D
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Never heard of that one Emma - thanks :)
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Hi EJ,
IT grogeous, Is it hard to grow them. Where do you get that from? I wonder why they thought was a plant for pond? ???
yuet
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I have absolutely no idea where I got the seed from. I have a few friends in different places who once in a while send me lovely seeds which I get more pleasure growing than seeds I have purchased. They were not hard at all, you just have to be patient as they take a couple of years to flower. Once the foliage starts to die back, in October time, they go up into my greenhouse, where I leave them to die back naturally, watering less and less, and then, the only water the get is any that fall from the staging above. In spring I start watering the pot again, giving it just a tiny feed, when I remember, and as soon as they start peering though the surface, and I know we are past the frosty period, they go out onto my sun baked deck where they are completely forgotten about until they do that! 2 out of 7 flowered this year - and they have set seed, so I will be collecting. If the seeds looks okay, and you want to try them, send me your address and I will happily send you some. ;D