Presentation
Don Witton, who holds a Plant Heritage
National Collection of hardy Euphorbia, kept us interested and entertained with
his knowledge and wit as he talked about Euphorbias and other Spring flowers. Don, whose enthusiasm is catching, showed us
that there is a plant for every situation and we went away clutching the
handouts we were given to decide which we could add to our gardens.
Display
Table
A hint of Spring:
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| Ann’s Crocuses; the Chrysanthus yellow Advance and the white Ard Schenk’ plus the purple Tricolor |
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| Gill’s attractive display of Spring flowers |
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| Gill’s Hellebore flowers |
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| In Gill’s pot contains: snowdrops including the tall but droopy Cicely Hall, the Snowflake Leucojum, Pulmonaria rubra and Cardamine |
Kate brought a tall Euphorbia in a pot
with only a few leaves at the top. Expert
Don Witton advised her to plant out in the soil and new leaves will soon appear
at the base.
Gardening
Matters
Are you guilty of Godwottery?
Meaning: 1.
A highly romantic, exaggeratedly elaborate garden, usually composed of
bizarrely incompatible plants and objects. 2. A love or affection for
such gardens. 3. Affected, archaic language.
Here is a gardener’s blog about it:
Notice Board
Maggie braved the weather and visited
Burton Agnes to see their Snowdrop Spectacular. She was disappointed that they
had no interesting ones on sale. Open
until March.
Hodsock Priory’s Snowdrop Walk is also
open until the beginning of March and there is a list of snowdrops for sale on
their website.
Next
Meeting
2nd March: Forum – content to be advised. That’s what it says on the programme, but we
all like a surprise and we are never disappointed!
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