Laurie's Garden Tour

Interesting that NWS and FA were off the mark. Hmmmmmm. Maybe we would all be better off in England.

Laurie - do you have any closeup pictures of Brown Finch? I know you showed a bed with it in your tour, but I don't have a sense of what it looks like close up.

Hi there, John!
Thanks for the pic: that's a lot of white!
Makes me re-evaluate 40° & rainy, lol.

I saw the Eryngium when I was surfing awhile back at either Coltswold or RHS not sure which. I snagged the picture then.

Well, see great minds think alike!
Welcome, Hoosier! I'm not a hoosier, but I did attend Earlham college in Richmond, IN. It's where I met my dh.

Welcome John! Glad that we no longer have that much snow! Hope your staying warm :0)

Welcome John, I'm so glad you enjoyed the tour. Hope you read through some of the others - we have 4 garden tours now, and a wonderful barn raising. Hope you'll give us a walk through of your place too. In England the dark purple beech is called copper beech because of its autumn colour. Interestingly, the French also call it purple beech, but then we've never been on very good terms with them. Sadly, this week saw the demise of the 200 yr. old purple beech at Versaille that was planted for Marie Antionette in her shepardesses' village - (she had a 'village' built in the grounds of the palace so she could dress up as a shepardess and live among peasants - my guess is mighty clean sheep and peasants!) . Apparently it came down in a dramatic wind storm. Alas. I'll try to find you a photo of ours in its copper phase.

Katie, I don't have a close up of the Heuch. Brown Finch the best I can do is the photo in #5973602 above. I will make a note to take detail photos this spring, I should have that in my files if I'm going to rave on about it. Noted, stamped.

Thistle, I'll check with Cotswold when I place an order with them next week. That would be wonderful to manage to get it.

We have a coooollllldddd day today, but no wind and sunshine. I'm out to get good and muddy. TTFN

Just checked - cotswold is showing Eryngium Pan. 'strain 1' - you can click a photo.

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Thank you, Laurie. So sad to hear about Marie Antoinette's tree . . . a piece of history.

I never knew about the 'village'. I think I need to check this out. It sounds veerrry interesting!

Here is one story I found http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1003088.html

Dyane, good to see you over here. I love the NE and the PNW and now the UK. LOL

Welcome, Dyane. Thanks for the link!

I've been lurking. This thread is amazing. I've made many many trips to England, Scotland, and Ireland over the years. I've often fantasized about having a little cottage in the UK. I have Irish citizenship by descent so I could possibly do it some day......

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Oh, Dyane, you must show them pics of your little one. She is a cutie!

Ok you twisted my arm...don't want to sidetrack the thread, but...

and I can't leave out her big sister...

They will be such helpers in the garden this year!!

What cute kids!
What would happen if all of us tried to buy a little cottage in England/Ireland/Scotland? We could all contribute! Pretty bad timing right now though...

We're still putting together a flying purple bus to make a quick field trip. If we ever get that off the ground, we'll be sure to include you. It seems like there are quite a few of us who have a fantasy to live somewhere in the English or Irish countryside.

^_^

I think the housing bubble has burst in the UK as well as here. I see a buying opportunity!

A time share cottage? Maybe so - have you all see the romantic comedy "The Holiday?" THe cottage she stayed in was darling!!

http://greensboring.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7601

Oh my wouldn't that be fun! I'm in!

That's a cute cottage. We have a darling little brick sloped roofed cottage on the canal that is my favorite. I am so tempted to go up and ask if I can see inside.

I should have said "there is a darling---". "We" don't own it.

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I have got way behind on the treads these days, thought the hoildays where bad, No its inventory time and jobs are on the line. Glad when its over and hope I still have a job. Its on the 5th of Feb.

Welcome to all the new Dgers.

Heres a pic, of Brown Finch Kathy.

Darling children! Aren't they wonderful small beings?
Oh my, I do love that cottage.

Laurie, I'm off to Cotswold to check that out.

Drat! They do not have a photo. I'm thinking, however, that if that was the same plant as 'Physic purple', they would say as much. Likely that would be a selling point, would it not?

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Thanks, Mary - it's a nice little guy and looks very happy there.

Good luck on the job thing. I think there's probably more than one of us worrying about that at night.

I'm in for a time share cottage too.^_^

Darling little ones, beautiful eyes!

Welcome newcomers!

Welcome Dyane, and thanks for the link to Marie Antionette - our paper gave far less coverage. Look closely at the first additional photo, and you can see the little shepardesses' village in the background across the pond.

Definately a good time to buy property, but don't expect too much depreciation in the UK - the talk is bigger than the drop. But definately worth a peruse, there are some wonderful cottages in this country.

Pix, if you go back into the Cotswold list there is a listing for the physic purple just above 'strain one' with a photo, but they are not selling that one just yet. It does look like Crocus is going to have them in the spring - and I have flagged the order 'wish list' to inform me when they become available.

Laurie, you're a dream! Thanks!

You're welcome. Anytime.

As Always

to true, tills. as always.

Laurie, are you buried in snow? Do you have to travel to London?

Laurie, just to let know. I thougt I had lost them but the Blue Bells are coming up. So Happy
Hugs

Say Laurie, please go to this site:
http://www.terranovanurseries.com/wholesale/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=328 and then post which of the Winter Jewels varieties of hellebores make your little British heart go pitty pat. I am currently in the process of putting together a wholesale order of these.

Portland - we did have to come back up to london on Sunday - and it was gruelling - most of the motorway (freeway) wasn't gritted, so we were on packed snow, more coming down, and four lanes (roughly) of traffic. Fortunately everyone drove with great caution and politeness - so it stayed fairly sane. But at 7-11mph.. Bless the car and all of its computers and the automatic transmission - a clutch would have been hell.

By morning we had over 5 inches of powder snow in London (I don't know what they got in East Sussex, apparently there and the neighbouring county Kent got the heaviest fall). but I have to say, it looked stunning. Today it is cold, but the sun is shining. Forecast is for very cold temps, but no snow today. Thanks for asking.

Tills, I'm so thrilled about the bluebells coming through. I was pretty sure they would do well. have your snowdrops come up yet? Ours are just beginning to blossom - I do love them.

PIX!!!!! Yikes - what a website! I almost refused to answer the door to a patient I didn't want to leave. I will go back to that later on. You're getting a wholesale order?! DH is a very very good husband. Very good. What do you think about the bamboo fence in Sally's first photo, especially with the lovely stone stepping path - could DH help you make some of your lovely cement stones that are raised like that? Very nice.

Laurie, you've lost me on the photo. Which thread, this one?

I'll have to email you later about the hellebores. Must get ready for workwork now. Enjoy your snow!

Sorry, Pix, I think it was Sally's photos on your thread. I'll find the link.

Here you go, it was on yours - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6086482

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My goodness - I have to say all of those hellebores make my heart go pitty pat. Which are you using? If I was planting in isolation, I think that double black is stunning, but i think it would be a tough one to partner, it could be quite severe - planted in among stipa arundina I think it would be really beautiful. Yup, I'd go for that planting. I think the hellebore leaves would be a good out of flower combination with the grass.

But if you were doing a mass planting, I think it would be very hard to beat a stand of the Berry Swirl, Amber, and Lotus - I would probably go very easy with the berry and use them just as an enrichment to the other two. Planted under large shade trees I'm not sure you would need much else. Although, perhaps with some shade tolerant lilies for the summer - isn't martagon good in shade - there is an orangey red with purple spots. Maybe with a good smattering of fern.

Lucky girl to be within their shipping area - I just checked. No to international. Is Dan Hinkley involved, I noticed they referred to 'Dan' in the description of the single black.

I think it's a different 'Dan'. I love that double black one and I'd like to pair it with something chartreuse and with pure white hellebores as well. I'm thinking of getting a couple of those. The amber is a very unusual color, so I'm going to get that one, too.
I have to be careful about believing that plants do well in 'shade' as my shade is pretty dark. Some of my lilies that are supposed to do fine in shade get very, very leggy and long in my yard.

Laurie have not seen the Snow drops, And I don't remember planting them. are you sure you sent them?? or did I and forgot what I did with them O no. I went tru all my seed packets, I never throw them away till I know who made it and who didn't.
Can't wait to get more Hells, love them. More babies have showed.