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'Climbing' Pelargonium
Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about
the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it. ;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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'Climbing' Pelargonium
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:31:21 +0100, Sacha
wrote: Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it. ;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing. I asked. But I don't think you'll get many customers with a name like that! Isn't there an equivalent in French? It would sound much more exotic! -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:58:14 +0100, Sacha
wrote: On 21/7/07 08:33, in article , "Chris Hogg" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:31:21 +0100, Sacha wrote: Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it. ;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing. I asked. But I don't think you'll get many customers with a name like that! Isn't there an equivalent in French? It would sound much more exotic! Panier de pain lacks glamour, I think. ;-) We'll try to get it identified but it could be difficult. It's been in that particular spot at least 15 years. I think somewhere on this computer I've got a photo of it but all my photos seem to have waltzed off to somewhere else, unexpectedly. I'll do a hunt and if I can find it and you trust me with your email address, I'll send you a pic. It's quite remarkable to see and it does look terrific against the white wall of the house, going up to just under a bedroom window sill. I look forward to it. E-mail address in sig. -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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'Climbing' Pelargonium
On 21/7/07 18:49, in article ,
"Chris Hogg" wrote: On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:58:14 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 21/7/07 08:33, in article , "Chris Hogg" wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:31:21 +0100, Sacha wrote: Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it. ;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing. I asked. But I don't think you'll get many customers with a name like that! Isn't there an equivalent in French? It would sound much more exotic! Panier de pain lacks glamour, I think. ;-) We'll try to get it identified but it could be difficult. It's been in that particular spot at least 15 years. I think somewhere on this computer I've got a photo of it but all my photos seem to have waltzed off to somewhere else, unexpectedly. I'll do a hunt and if I can find it and you trust me with your email address, I'll send you a pic. It's quite remarkable to see and it does look terrific against the white wall of the house, going up to just under a bedroom window sill. I look forward to it. E-mail address in sig. I can't retrieve my photo without help so I've asked my son for another pic of that particular plant. My husband doesn't think there's anything remarkable about the Pelargonium itself, it's just the location he thinks. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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'Climbing' Pelargonium
Sacha wrote:
Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it. ;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing. Dunno what "climbing" means in this context - but in the greenhouses at Temple Newsome House in Leeds (yorks) pelargoniums have been grown up the rear walls for years. Some of them are 10 feet high with very large spread. Is that what you mean by "climbing"? |
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'Climbing' Pelargonium
On 25/7/07 23:14, in article , "Jim
Jackson" wrote: Sacha wrote: Someone posted asking about a climbing, ivy leaf pel. I said I'd ask about the one I know in Jersey. Nobody knows the name of it. Apparently it was a present to my ex mil and 'came in a basket'. If we manage to propagate it and can't get an ID I think Pelargonium Basketcase has a certain ring to it. ;-) Certainly, it seems to be a bit confused about what it should be doing. Dunno what "climbing" means in this context - but in the greenhouses at Temple Newsome House in Leeds (yorks) pelargoniums have been grown up the rear walls for years. Some of them are 10 feet high with very large spread. Is that what you mean by "climbing"? I think it probably is. I know there's no such thing as a climbing Pelargonium but some will scramble upwards, given the chance. The one I'm thinking of must be around 18' high, I should think. It's outdoors in the sheltered angle of two walls facing south and west. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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