GARDENING
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We have a small garden
to the back of the shop in Salisbury and a large garden at about 200m in
North Dorset - we like to experiment with exotic species in both of
these. Unfortunately the winter of
2005/2006 was rather more severe than we are used to in this area, resulting
in some losses, but also some surprising survivals – click here for details.
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Musa Basjoo: we have
grown these hardy bananas outside and without any winter protection for
at least 10 years. In this time they
have only died back to ground level once, but then re-grew successfully
from the roots. Hardy to at least
-5C.
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Kniphofia Rooperi: (back)
and K. Caulescens
(front)
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Echium Pininana: in the
second year. Will withstand slight
frosts in a sheltered position. A
tall blue flowering monocarpic triennial from
Tenerife, flowering in the third year and then dying, but self-seeding.
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Kniphofia Rooperi: (back)
and K. Caulescens
(front), Echium Pininana,
and Verbena Bonariensis.
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Ajuga Reptans Atropurpurea: with Ferns, in the rockery
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Oleria x Scillonensis: (white rear)
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Clematis Armandii: A fragrant and vigorous evergreen climber.
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Dwarf Rhododendron – ‘Blue
Diamond’: Some early
colour in spring-time.
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Prunus Tenella – ‘or Dwarf Russian Almond’, a small deciduous suckering shrub
– pink flowers in spring.
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Rhododendron – ‘Cunningham’s
White’:
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Acer Palmatum Dissectum Viridis with Atropurpureum behind.
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Part of the ‘Mediterranean’ Garden
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The ‘Sub-tropical’ Garden with the Himalayan fish-tail palm, Caryota Maxima to the right and Musa
Basjoo, hardy banana in the distance.
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Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly
around the new pond area.
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Enallagma cyathigerum - Common Blue Damselfly around
the new pond area.
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Anax imperator - Emporer Dragonfly
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Rana temporaria - Common Frog in the new pool.
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The
winter of 2005/2006 brought repeated frosts of down to -5C together with
cold winds and low daytime temperatures.
Plants surviving:
Echium Pininana
(some lost)
Hedychium Gardnerianum
(unprotected)
Hedychium Densiflorum
(unprotected)
Melianthus Major
Musa Basjoo
(unprotected)
Plants Lost:
Musa Sikkimensis
Musella Lasiocarpa
Olearia Ramulosa
(survived until the late heavy frosts)
Leonotis Leonurus
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