Last weekend Sue and I were at the Chelsea Flower Show on Friday and Monday. Most of the time we were helping to man the International Camellia Society stand so we didn't get to see much of the rest of the show, but talking camellias for hours on end is pretty much my idea of…
Tag: Impatiens omeiana
Six on Saturday – 3/10/2020
In like a lamb and out like a lion describes this week. I need better weather, I have things to get on with. Rainy days are good for blogging and bad for things to blog about.Bulbs have been to the fore this week in that Tony Tomeo sent me lots of Amaryllis seed, thank you…
Six on Saturday – 15/2/2020
I didn't wait for Saturday to get out for some pictures this week, they were all taken yesterday. I just went out there, it was a good call. Not nice. On Monday I'm going on a workshop being run by Plant Heritage about how to use their database system. It's currently meaning I'm getting my…
Impatiens omeiana
I have three very distinct forms of the Mt Omei balsam in my garden, two planted out and one still in a pot. The one that I have had the longest is the form most often encountered here and came to the UKĀ from America, having been introduced to cultivation by Don Jacobs of Eco Gardens…