Sacha wrote:
And the Oemleria cerasiformis that Ray put in the garden last
year has come into flower and promises to be very beautiful,
especially as it gets larger.

I wonder why this plant isn't seen more often. It's a delightful shrub or
small tree, with nicely scented flowers. And it flowers when not much else
is in flower (well, maybe not this year!).

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Jeff
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On 10/2/08 10:17, in article ,
"Jeff Layman" wrote:

Sacha wrote:
And the Oemleria cerasiformis that Ray put in the garden last
year has come into flower and promises to be very beautiful,
especially as it gets larger.

I wonder why this plant isn't seen more often. It's a delightful shrub or
small tree, with nicely scented flowers. And it flowers when not much else
is in flower (well, maybe not this year!).

I agree. It's a fairly 'quiet' thing, so perhaps it doesn't get enough
attention for itself. But as you say, it's very pretty, scented (though not
powerfully so) and its fresh, bright green leaves unfurling are a joy in
themselves.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

The cherry plums have been flowering for a while now. Crocuses are
beginning to show in the front wall. Daffs are just about out. Mum's
bees are out whenever it warms up a bit.

AND there's definatly something stirring in the pond!

JW

Dave Hill wrote:

About a mile away from us is a roundabout over the M4 and on the
aproach road there is a Hawthorn that is always the first into leaf,
and is my indicator of springs timing,
Last year it came into leaf mid to late Feb.
Well I went passed it today for the first time since we came back
from our Holls and it is well into leaf and quite green, must have
started about 2 weeks ago.
That makes it about 3 weeks earlier than last year, and that was
earlier than normal.
I must check for frogs spawn.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries


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