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| Seedheads |
Presentation: Sarah Hopps on Evergreens, Stems and Seedheads
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| Evergreens that blend with pink and purple |
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| Sarah Hopps |
Sarah,
a frequent guest speaker to Friday Forum, entertained us with her
ideas and tips for using evergreens, ornamental stems and bark and
seed heads to enhance our gardens. Sarah also showed us slides of a
range of gardens where they have been planted to great affect. We
were also able to purchase some of the mentioned plants and take
cuttings of the examples displayed.
Display Table
Ann
brought Campanula Bowles Mauve, Corydalis ochroleuca, Magnolia
liliiflora nigra, Borage laxiflora, Aconitum spatlese, Alstromeria
Indian Summer and Ceratostigma Desert Skies
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Kate
brought Helenium ‘Sahin’s Ear;y Flowerer’ which is still in
flower since July, Helianthemum ‘Lemon Queen’, Salvia ‘Mystic
Flowers’ and ‘Amistad’, Hesperantha ‘Pink Princess’
(Wilfred H Bryant), Anemone ‘Dreaming Swan’, Digitalis ‘Falcon
Fire’ and a Hudrangea flower head |
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| John
brought this plant which he grew from spores of a plant given to him
in 1990s by the caretaker of one of the oldest houses in
Northumberland |
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| Dorothy’s
Sunflower is an offshoot from a 9ft multiheaded Sunset one grown from
seed an had a very wide stem |
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| Judith brought Corokia,
the wire netting bush |
She also
brought this enormous leaf from Comfrey Knitbone, so called as it is
supposed to heal broken bones naturally
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| Judith also brought Cosmos and Senecio Vera Vera |
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| Suzanne
brought Anemone Honorine Jobert and Anemone September Charm, Geranium
sanguineum, Salvia Pink Lips, Verbena bonariensis, Liriope muscari,
Hydrangea macrophylla, Fuchsia magellanica, the evergreen ferns
Polystichum makinoi and Polystychum tsussinense which grows best in
shade, has dark red fronds with purple tinged ones in spring |
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Meeting
1st
November: Forum - Gardeners’ Question Time
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