tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post3737521231184647483..comments2024-02-04T12:11:27.763-08:00Comments on Rambling towards an exotic garden paradise: Love in the bushesClivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-11623179027370871492011-09-21T04:09:15.368-07:002011-09-21T04:09:15.368-07:00Clive the Cobea can be obtained as a plant from Ch...Clive the Cobea can be obtained as a plant from Charlie Pridham at Roseland in Cornwall - http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk/ We had a very nice plant last year from him which has come on well this year.Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-71013641105421241182011-09-20T01:11:45.815-07:002011-09-20T01:11:45.815-07:00Thanks for the plant tips, espcially the Cobea one...Thanks for the plant tips, espcially the Cobea one...looks very exciting I will hunt down some seeds! also interesting as it was an old friend who collected it from the wild. Tibouchina also sounds interesting, but looks a bit too tender for us....Clivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121702191706190527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-37147770626873604802011-09-19T13:43:50.571-07:002011-09-19T13:43:50.571-07:00Amusing post Clive, 'loved' the way you ca...Amusing post Clive, 'loved' the way you categorised your featured plants :) Astelia 'Silver Spear' seems to be a hit or miss sort of plant and you're not the only one who doesn't have success with it (when other do!). As for the Cobaea, try Cobaea pringlei which is root hardy and goes herbaceous in the winter but comes back from the ground in spring. The flowers are much nicer.Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896756321056623696.post-9228267770984041822011-09-19T08:56:30.044-07:002011-09-19T08:56:30.044-07:00We have been given some pink nerines and they look...We have been given some pink nerines and they look sad. Perhaps because I don't like them at all. Perhaps a different colour?<br />I love the tithonia. We used to grow it in Orkney. In the conservatory, of course and it was wonderful. You are so lucky to be able to grow it outside. I can't grow it here at all, in or out!<br />Clive, have you tried tibouchina? It is the most stunning colour. Used to grow that in the conservatory too... those were the days...Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999513105724635810noreply@blogger.com