Postponement of meetings until further notice

Meetings of Friday Forum have been postponed until further notice.

Houseplants

Presentation: House Plants

Friday Forum’s member Eric Wells spoke about the benefits of keeping plants in our homes, where to situate them and how to look after them. Many of us who find it hard to keep houseplants alive will go home and choose a better spot for our plants, water them (being careful not to overwater them) with tepid water, feed them, split them and repot them when necessary using a peat based compost, adding vermiculite or pearlite for drainage.  We learnt how to maintain our plants when we go on holiday and how to control any pests.
Whether we choose houseplants for their flower, fragrance, greenery or culinary uses, we now know how to care for them.

Ann’s variety of slow growing Sansevieria or Mother-in-Law's Tongue.  The large one is Sansevieria masoniana and the small one in the background is Ann

Margaret H's coffee plant

 and Haemanthus Albiflos 

Margaret's houseplants

Derek grew this Beaucarnea recurvata (Pony Tail Tree) from seed he procured from a flower in a hotel foyer in Lanzarote

The name escapes me

 Abutilon

Carol’s Cactus and succulent

Display Table

From her garden, Kate brought Narcissus Jetfire, Chaemomeles, Pittosporum Tom Thumb, Epimedium rubrum, Pulmonaria Blue Ensign, Pachyphragma macrophyllum, Skimmia japonica, Veronica Georgia Blue and Euphorbia characias

Judith’s hardy Begonia with its lovely foliage

Caroline’s pot of Iris reticulata Harmony

Carol’s Echium Black Prairie

Jenny’s Trachystemon orientalis, commonly known as Abraham-Isaac-Jacob, grows in shade and has rough leaves which get larger as the season progresses

Gill brought some Stachyurus, a shrub with stiff racines, Allium paradoxum normale, Primrose, Pulmonaria, Epimedium, white and blue  Anemone blanda and Scilla bifolia  

What a garden Ann must have! Her container has Narcissus Tête-à-tête, Bright Jewel and Jetfire, Leucojum vernum vagneri, Fritillaria meleagris, Corydalis he red George Baker and malkensis, Cardamine, Hellebore, Cyclamen coum, Iris unguicularis and  Iris reticulata Polar Ice, Crocuses Romance and Vernus, Pulmonaria Sissinghurst White and Mandrake

Notice Board

Reminder of the forthcoming Paxton AGM

A heads up that Friday Forum Spring Mini Show is coming up on April 3^rd

Surprise! Happybig birthday Judith

Next Meeting

20^th March – Presentation by Tracy Foster entitled Influences that have shaped our Gardens