tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post209533821407186318..comments2023-09-25T15:00:22.436+01:00Comments on The Constant Gardener: Identity parade #5 - the answersThe Constant Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-65948795965289906412009-03-23T22:24:00.000+00:002009-03-23T22:24:00.000+00:00Thanks for the snowdrop posy - you could not have ...Thanks for the snowdrop posy - you could not have chosen better :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-60531609915832308442009-03-21T10:09:00.000+00:002009-03-21T10:09:00.000+00:00Fingers and toes double crossed then!Fingers and toes double crossed then!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-6996108232145766542009-03-17T17:44:00.000+00:002009-03-17T17:44:00.000+00:00I didn't see the Butcher's Broom at the RHS show, ...I didn't see the Butcher's Broom at the RHS show, annoyingly - sounds great. According to Mary Keen in the Telegraph, they aren't self-fertile - you have to look for a hermaphrodite form (she says there's one called 'Wheelers Variety' - could this be your RHS one?) or take pot-luck on choosing a male and female (you can't tell the difference until they berry, or not, I believe).<BR/><BR/>VP - I'm a very superstitious person and since the project is a competition I'm not breathing a word just yet. Keep your fingers crossed for me - at the moment just getting the damn thing completed will be win enough for me though...<BR/><BR/>Nigel - shredded coconut chrysanths on their way. <BR/><BR/>And it may well not be a scilla. I never could tell the difference between them and Chionodoxa and we had them both in the ident. But like a drowning woman I clutched at the straw offered me by the tutor which is that Scilla always have a pale blue stripe down the back of the petal. Now if you're going to tell me Chionodoxas do too I shall turn up my toes and give up right now.The Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-3198902918276160102009-03-17T17:19:00.000+00:002009-03-17T17:19:00.000+00:00As soon as I read your answers, I kicked myself! ...As soon as I read your answers, I kicked myself! 'Okame' of course!. Odd scilla, masquerading as a Chionodoxa but very beautiful.<BR/><BR/>I think the Ruscus at the RHS show, in the windowbox, was a named cultivar, but I can't remember which. If anyone does know, please tell me because it seems to be an excellent clone and I've got exactly the right spot for one in my dry, shady bit. Also, does anyone know if the females are self-fertile?<BR/><BR/>Could my Chrysanthemums please be those monstrous shredded coconut ones which the Japanese grow? <BR/><BR/>Thanks for a brilliant quiz. Looking forward to the next one. (It really is a scilla, is it??)Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33596622.post-35184457340752438962009-03-17T13:06:00.000+00:002009-03-17T13:06:00.000+00:00Hope the project's going well - hope you'll tell u...Hope the project's going well - hope you'll tell us all about it soon.<BR/><BR/>Did you spot the butcher's broom at the NCCPG stand at the RHS Show? It was most special as it had come from Buckingham Palace!<BR/><BR/>And mmm those blowsy roses are very nice :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.com