tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post7138388356697489856..comments2024-01-31T04:09:28.704+00:00Comments on SILVERTREEDAZE: DESERT ISLAND DOODAHSPlant Mad Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-49096382246505819912010-01-21T15:39:56.798+00:002010-01-21T15:39:56.798+00:00I have it from a reliable source that the fancy-sc...I have it from a reliable source that the fancy-schmancy new Echinaceas need to have the first buds removed so that the plants won't bloom themselves to death. The straight species E. purpurea and E. pallida are much less fussy and seem to be more favored by the bees (at least by American bees).Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-46982607124653976222010-01-15T07:42:38.266+00:002010-01-15T07:42:38.266+00:00Lucy - my list is totally illogical. I just sat a...Lucy - my list is totally illogical. I just sat and more or less wrote whatever came into my bonce and then stopped at 50. After that, a few other 'must haves' occurred, which I crammed in, removing plants almost at random. <br /><br />There are memories associated with almost every plant in my garden - most of them pleasant, some hilarous, one or two unpleasant. More logical lists may follow one day (see my previous comment.)<br />NigelPlant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-15291290114502144862010-01-14T21:02:52.443+00:002010-01-14T21:02:52.443+00:00What a great question, Lucy.What a great question, Lucy.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-21111164622643903462010-01-14T17:38:15.780+00:002010-01-14T17:38:15.780+00:00I've never seen Leucanthemum x superbum 'O...I've never seen Leucanthemum x superbum 'Old Court' before but immediately like it a lot.<br /><br />I'm wondering how much of your list is completely logical and how many plants are in there because of memories associated with them.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-63208986491943435132010-01-14T08:40:16.373+00:002010-01-14T08:40:16.373+00:00Thanks, everyone, for the response.
Super Bum, ...Thanks, everyone, for the response. <br /><br />Super Bum, Silly Bum - is there any other pronunciation! Someone once drew up a list of plants with rude names. Such a shame they re-named Uganda's unfavourite plant, Rubus fokeanus.<br /><br />Later on, I thought, a couple of specialist lists. The next, I think, might be GOOD WITH GRASSES, aka, OUDOLFIAN PERENNIALS. <br /><br />James, McGr's Dau - that will certainly include scads of sanguisorbas and thalictrums. Not sure about echinaceas - some of them are lovely at flower shows but crap at growing. And we always have the PG's 'Turds on Sticks' (Rudbeckia occidentalis) to fall back on.Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-73386531025829386922010-01-13T22:10:41.231+00:002010-01-13T22:10:41.231+00:00I'm tickled that you've included one of my...I'm tickled that you've included one of my favorite plants on your list, Smilacina racemosa n/k/a Maianthemum racemosum a/k/a Solomon's Plume. I'd have to include at least one Heuchera and a Lobelia, probably 'Monet Moment.' For Phlox, I'd list 'Nicky,' which blooms much longer (both earlier & later) than other paniculatas. And definitely a Tricyrtis, either 'Tojen' for sheer stature, or 'Gilty Pleasure' for foliage interest. And a dark foliaged Actaea, they're all interchangeable.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-55011431572882008722010-01-13T13:59:26.034+00:002010-01-13T13:59:26.034+00:00Silybum marianum always makes me giggle, HappyMouf...Silybum marianum always makes me giggle, HappyMouf - but then I'm quite easily amused!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-28590864284011027262010-01-12T20:05:59.798+00:002010-01-12T20:05:59.798+00:00Darn it, I'm trying to reduce the number of di...Darn it, I'm trying to reduce the number of different types of plants in the garden but looking at your list has made me want to increase it.<br /><br />Am I the only person to mis-pronounce 'superbum' in my head each time I read it? I always end up putting the stress in the wrong place.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-5936065246805409732010-01-12T10:30:06.147+00:002010-01-12T10:30:06.147+00:00good list and in fact I might even print it out an...good list and in fact I might even print it out and go buy them all to put in my new garden :D<br /><br />I love big lazy boys (in the garden, not in the house). And girls. Especially Rudbeckia 'Herbstonne' which I started growing this year and rapidly promoted to my top ten wouldn't-be-without plants. We have already exchanged admiring comments about Leucanthemella. I would also add cardoons which are absolutely fabulous and just get on with looking gorgeous pretty much all year with minimal input from me. <br /><br />I prefer my Aster 'Climax' to 'Monch' though as 'Climax' doesn't get mildew in my soil.<br /><br />and I agree with the Hat: Thalictrum, Sanguisorba, Verbena and Echinacea would bump out the kniphofia (so scruffy in winter!) and lilies which hate my garden (or rather the lily beetles that live there).<br /><br />My thoughts on that guardian blog post are unprintable and I decided not to comment over there as I might have got into trouble. Glad to see you have though.The Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-52377454676536197602010-01-11T20:36:38.364+00:002010-01-11T20:36:38.364+00:00I have really thought & thought about this &am...I have really thought & thought about this &, although it is dufficult to believe I conclude that she is just being a wind up merchant!<br /><br />Back to the business of plants, so difficult & you have got some good'uns in there. I was really pleased to see Euphorbia amygdaloides ssp robbiae, one of my favourites & I think rather under-rated. In fact I have just remembered using it in a planting scheme during my RHS General exam or whatever it was called.Ms Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794781629692466913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-92078294836394916902010-01-11T19:05:33.954+00:002010-01-11T19:05:33.954+00:00Good list NIgel.
I tried very hard to find a coupl...Good list NIgel.<br />I tried very hard to find a couple of ill begotten monsters but,alas, they are all good.<br />But....<br />no Sanguisorbas, Verbenas, Thalictrum or Echinaceas ? <br />Shame on you.<br />(Although not as much shame as that which should be piled upon the fetching head of Arabella Sock. 50 Heucheras? I would rather be pelted with fifty different varieties of rotting tomato.)James A-Shttp://web.me.com/blackpittsgardennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-35048222909188430072010-01-11T07:10:08.140+00:002010-01-11T07:10:08.140+00:00Arabella - would these all be planted in a collect...Arabella - would these all be planted in a collection of gabions, in your desert island garden? (It would be rude and unkind to suggest that you need therapy, so I won't suggest it.)<br /><br />Hilde - I do grow a hosta, in fact two - well, even snails and slugs need to eat - but like Arabella's heucheras, they are not big features in our garden.<br /><br />But that's the lovely thing about plants. We can be as prejudiced and racist as we like about them and no one is insulted. Or, if they are, they really do need therapy.Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-33590706525284843082010-01-10T20:13:53.002+00:002010-01-10T20:13:53.002+00:00Hmm, interesting list, but can you really survive ...Hmm, interesting list, but can you really survive without a single hosta??<br /><br />-Hilde :)fru Sandeggenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423826018105453072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-87007918690925381712010-01-10T12:03:34.034+00:002010-01-10T12:03:34.034+00:00Tee hee! My Desert Island plant list would be 50 d...Tee hee! My Desert Island plant list would be 50 different heucheras all with names of food and drink starting with 'Plum Pudding'.Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-62851053150573180202010-01-10T11:30:14.544+00:002010-01-10T11:30:14.544+00:00Oooh! Lovely list. Loads I agree with, plus some I...Oooh! Lovely list. Loads I agree with, plus some I don't know, so off to the encyclopaedia for an inspiring browse over a nice cup of tea (poss biscuit!)<br /><br />NewShootAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com