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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Hector on April 28, 2009, 17:26:03

Title: Christmas Box
Post by: Hector on April 28, 2009, 17:26:03
Have any of you grown this from seed or cuttings. I adore the scent and have seen seed for sale :)
Jackie
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 29, 2009, 08:44:51
it self seeds quite easily - though I just had a look at ours, and there aren't any
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Hector on April 29, 2009, 08:50:49
Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 29, 2009, 08:44:51
it self seeds quite easily - though I just had a look at ours, and there aren't any

LOL, that made me smile. I think I'll get some seed then....do you have it as a sngle plant or low hedging?
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 29, 2009, 09:32:24
it's a single plant. Maybe if you ask in Swap Shop someone can give you seeds or a seedling. Fresh seeds usually germinate a lot better than from packets

PS Ann Swithenbank from GQT says never plant it near the house because she says the smell inside the house is nauseating  ??? Mind you i,m the same with lilies
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Hector on April 29, 2009, 10:15:56
Thanks for that :) I asked beacause we went to village open day at Usk a few years ago and a guy had a low hedge and I am sure it was in this, smelt super. I think it smells ok....know what you mean re lillies...a tad overpowering in a small space.
You going to Ness plant sale?
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,51241.0.html
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 29, 2009, 10:29:57
went to Ness plant sale last year. also Liz Carter's NGS garden in Burton. Super
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Hector on April 29, 2009, 10:52:41
Thanks Rhubarb, have added the NGS one to our list of days out.
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 29, 2009, 12:08:16
It was opened last weekend I think, but you can view privately. I edged the borders for last Spring's opening. Her plant sale is something to see
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Hector on April 29, 2009, 12:14:20
:(    Looks like she is opening in May too and is going to be on TV? I will look closely at the edges!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2006/04/28/feature_briarfield_feature.shtml
Title: Re: Christmas Box
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on April 29, 2009, 12:46:22
How interesting! Thanks for that