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Post by nazimundo on May 6, 2010 20:02:27 GMT
Beautiful photos Victoria' really love the last one of the rose  Alfie |
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Post by victoria on May 6, 2010 21:07:56 GMT
Thank you one and all ... I do like to share my flowers with everyone.
Yes, David, it's very strange how it went when it was planted in the ground but retains it's tiny leaves and blooms, so incredible.
Sis, ask your friend about the Honeysuckle, it is called American Beauty but sadly does not have a scent. It is a very sturdy strong plant.
Alfie, think you'll see that pic elsewhere ............
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Post by victoria on May 10, 2010 15:12:50 GMT
A few more things coming into life ... Cuphea llavea (Bat Faced Cuphea) ...  ... and the first flowers this year on the Alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily) ...  |
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Post by DAG on May 10, 2010 17:10:12 GMT
They are absolutely beautiful Victoria!  |
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Post by kedigato on May 11, 2010 11:52:39 GMT
They are absolutely beautiful Victoria! Yes, I agree with DAG. I'm wanting a red-blooming flower, but a climbing one. Am thinking of a Mandavillea. |
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Post by victoria on May 11, 2010 15:07:41 GMT
Thank you DAG and Sis.
Yes, Sis, a Mandevillea come in red as well (often referred to as Dipladena). Mine are all red and of course they are evergreen, sort of with me but surely so with you.
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Post by kedigato on May 11, 2010 17:29:11 GMT
Well, they better be as I want them on the second trellis.
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Post by victoria on May 12, 2010 11:10:42 GMT
Sis, you need to check which ones to buy as some are not really climbers but more suitable for tubs and hanging baskets. The first pic is of 'Scarlet Pimpnel' which is a climber but I lost it. The other three are the ones I currently have but they are shrubby and they are in pots and tubs ... sorry, I don't know the name of them ...     The last pic is them in the concrete tubs at the base of the Thevetia peruvianas. |
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Post by kedigato on May 12, 2010 12:50:22 GMT
Yes, I have noticed that some seem to be climbers whereas others are just shrubs.
I love the red with the purple flowers in the last pic. I think the shrubs that are around the base of the trellis are a light purple, so we'll get a nice combination as you have, Sis.
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Post by victoria on May 14, 2010 18:11:49 GMT
My most disliked flower opened yesterday ... I say most disliked because it is invasive and Sis will verify this ... NEVER, NEVER, NEVER plant it in the ground, only in pots ...  |
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Post by kedigato on May 15, 2010 2:03:04 GMT
A most lovely invader - and I dread to think what ours at home is doing in our absence!
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Post by pete on May 15, 2010 14:31:35 GMT
Nice collection of red flowers there Victoria, I have a very tatty looking dipladenia that has somehow managed to survive in my greenhouse. I think I bought it a "sundaville" or some such name, it was in full flower and bushy when I bought it, but once I potted it on it soon became a climber. My guess was it had been treated with a growth hormone to make it stay compact for pot growing. But your now making me think different. Are there really non climbing dipladenias?? Your third picture of the group of red dipladenias appears to be making long twining stems.  |
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Post by victoria on May 15, 2010 18:37:18 GMT
Hiya Pete and thank you ... they are 'showy' ...
Yes, there are the climbers and bushy varieties but I 'think' only with the red ones. Yes, they do sent out 'feelers' but often only less than a meter long. We did have one last year in a pot on one of the pedestals that reached about 2 meters, just one stem, the rest stayed bushy. Mine are in their third year now, just getting their leaves back (even I lose almost all the leaves in winter) and have one or two blooms. I bought 30 plants (3 per pot for 5 Euros) a few years ago and have lost most and transplanted most that survived, but they are not climbers for the most part in my opinion (the red ones that is).
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Post by pete on May 15, 2010 19:39:29 GMT
Ok thanks Victoria,
I did have what was know as Madevilla some years ago, the old pink flowered climber, and then this Dipladenia showed up and everyone said its the same plant as mandevilla.
I'm not sure it is, although I'm sure its related
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Post by victoria on May 16, 2010 18:11:20 GMT
Hiya Pete Mandevillea is the 'new' name shall we say for Dipladena .. but a chappie name Mandeville 'discovered' this plant in South America many years ago ...  ?? don't know when, would have to look it back up. They are sold here under both names and I think so in the UK also. Yes, the pink one was the first one I knew also and is still sold here (as a Mandevillea) and is a true climber. To be honest, I'm not sure of the relationship either, but I do know having had the red ones for three years now, they are not climbers ... but they are relatively hardy here and come back afrer a light frost even in pots. |
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