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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Squash64 on June 22, 2011, 17:48:04

Title: Alstromeria, Pinks, Thyme and a bit of grass
Post by: Squash64 on June 22, 2011, 17:48:04
Taken on my plot today

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Alstromeria

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Pinks, Thyme and grass!
Title: Re: Alstromeria, Pinks, Thyme and a bit of grass
Post by: saddad on June 22, 2011, 18:56:58
Very nice...  :)
Title: Re: Alstromeria, Pinks, Thyme and a bit of grass
Post by: irridium on June 22, 2011, 21:35:17
i've got a lovely dianthus that's been flowering for quite a while now - is yours heavenly scented too? i love them!
Title: Re: Alstromeria, Pinks, Thyme and a bit of grass
Post by: Squash64 on June 23, 2011, 05:32:27
Quote from: irridium on June 22, 2011, 21:35:17
i've got a lovely dianthus that's been flowering for quite a while now - is yours heavenly scented too? i love them!

Yes, the scent is beautiful!  I took some cuttings yesterday, hope they 'take'. 
What colour is yours?
Title: Re: Alstromeria, Pinks, Thyme and a bit of grass
Post by: shirlton on June 23, 2011, 08:07:08
I'm gonna pinch some of them there alstromeria . Thats if Phsyco lets me on to your plot ;D.
Title: Re: Alstromeria, Pinks, Thyme and a bit of grass
Post by: Squash64 on June 23, 2011, 08:46:13
Quote from: shirlton on June 23, 2011, 08:07:08
I'm gonna pinch some of them there alstromeria . Thats if Phsyco lets me on to your plot ;D.

No chance Shirl, I've warned her about you.
Title: Re: Alstromeria, Pinks, Thyme and a bit of grass
Post by: irridium on June 24, 2011, 18:01:55
Quote from: Squash64 on June 23, 2011, 05:32:27
Quote from: irridium on June 22, 2011, 21:35:17
i've got a lovely dianthus that's been flowering for quite a while now - is yours heavenly scented too? i love them!
!  I took some cuttings yesterday, hope they 'take'. 
What colour is yours?

not sure what the variety is called (got it from a cutting at a B+B when I was in Torquay yrs ago when I went there for the Total Solar Eclipse) but it's a soft-pink colour that's single petalled that's about 6" high that does well in pots. Do you know whether other varieties have different scents or are they're generally of the clove kind? I've got 'Doris' as well that's got a similar smell (tho' not keen on their cheap-carnation-look  ::))  I want to try out some white and bicoloured ones too.