Conrad McCormick

Designer | Writer | Environmentalist | Radio & TV contributer | Speaker | Exotic plant nerd | | Gym | Consumer of much food | Views are my own |

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@Hillborn13 @ilenagm @MikesRarePlants @GardeningSaul @Devsubtropgdn @BobMehen Glad to hear it, that'll be an exciting delivery!

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@BobMehen @Tender_Plant And no-one's gonna run off with them either!

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@ilenagm @Hillborn13 @MikesRarePlants @GardeningSaul @Devsubtropgdn @BobMehen "But I wasn't even expecting anything" 🤔😈

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@Hillborn13 @MikesRarePlants @GardeningSaul @Devsubtropgdn @ilenagm @BobMehen "The plants were only resting in my online basket, I swear!"

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@Hillborn13 @MikesRarePlants @GardeningSaul @Devsubtropgdn @ilenagm @BobMehen Resistance is futile

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@missjansevilla @thorogoodchris1 @Matthew_Pottage @HarrietRycroft They are:
Hibiscus, one of those perennial as opposed to shrubby ones.
Rhus typina, shrub or small tree, can sucker quite a bit)
Double sunflower, an annual.
Echinops, perennial.

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@charbhardy @papaver @SmallhytheNT Is it perhaps 'Dainty Bess'?

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@stervinoupep @Darran_Jaques @Littleashgarden @GardeningSaul @BobMehen @Mixedmoso Lovely!

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@Gymjoe68 Most of them have to come in, it's not too cold but very wet in winter

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Planting out my version of summer bedding.

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@Mixedmoso @Darran_Jaques @Littleashgarden @GardeningSaul @BobMehen Nope, not yet!
I did pick up 'Sterling Moon', hoping it's as hardy as suggested and also doesn't mind cool springs and indifferent summers!

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Finding new uses for old fence boards.
What do you think I'll plant in them?

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@Lionheart1012 We love to see it! 🌱

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@InigoPeirce Come on now, do try to keep up!! 🙄

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I still find it amazing that Aloiampelos striatula, formerly Aloe striatula is hardy outdoors here!

We've no sunbirds to feed on their nectar but will happily make do with the raft of native pollinators that flock to feed on its exotic spires of blooms.

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@Darran_Jaques It's lovely stuff, just not in my garden!

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I love the unusual split corollas of these hedge bindweeds, Calystegia sepium, not often seen.
It's a pity they're so invasive as they're incredibly ornamental.
I remember trying to introduce bindweed to my parents' garden when I was young, luckily it didn't establish!

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@NorthofDunmail Stunna!

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@OlivBern Thank you, I'll try to visit!!

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If someone were to find themselves in La Rochelle.....are there any amazing gardens/nurseries/garden centres within a couple of hours travel (by car) worth visiting?

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@smerko 🤐🤐🤐