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Lovely :o)

17 Nov, 2011

 

Can't go wrong with lavender (says she, who keeps killing it off somehow lol)

17 Nov, 2011

 

Nice - love it - sorry for being ignorant but is it evergreen or die off ?

17 Nov, 2011

 

I love lavender & planted 3 of the dwarf variety of Hidcote in our very first small garden at the back. It's doing really well & beginning to spread out now with flowers on it. I also planted another variety of the 'winged' type in my side garden. I am hoping to put dwarf lavender in either side of my front path, with erigeron growing through it.

17 Nov, 2011

 

Sorry Paul, were you asking me if it's evergreen? I wouldn't know - it never lasts with me!!!! lol

17 Nov, 2011

 

lol sheilar

18 Nov, 2011

 

It is evergreen Paul!
Mine self seed for some reason!? I have 8 babies in pots and have spied about 6 more tiny lavs growing in the gravel! All Hidcotes.

18 Nov, 2011

 

cool - I have lots of it and curry plant also rosemary

18 Nov, 2011

 

You will have to get a 'cotton lavender' next Paul!! It has round, bright yellow flowers!

18 Nov, 2011

 

got it in front Lulu - love it :)))))))))))))))))))))))))

18 Nov, 2011

 

Hi Dwyllis, Have you seen those lovely hares that Noahs garden has clipped up in lavender and rosemary? Thats what I would like to do eventually with these. Well Ill have a go, dont know what shape I will try yet.
Paul, Lulu and Sheilar...lol Can anyone join in??? What are you all like???

18 Nov, 2011

 

We're all hopeless!!! As far as lavender's concerned,
mine is more 'everbrown' ... lol

18 Nov, 2011

 

haha Sheilar :DDD

18 Nov, 2011

 

I bought some today :))))))))))))))))))))

18 Nov, 2011

 

If the one I've got in the garden at the moment pops it's clogs, I'm gonna get a plastic one and stick it in the ground! lol

18 Nov, 2011

 

well that's one good thought :D I have curry plant too

18 Nov, 2011

 

What a plastic one?!

18 Nov, 2011

 

real one lol - ;)))

18 Nov, 2011

 

Sorry to sound thick Paul, but what's a curry plant?

18 Nov, 2011

 

it looks very much like Lavendar but smells like curry!! a herb :)))

18 Nov, 2011

 

Never heard of it! I thought you might have meant a kerria japonica - I've got one of those! lol

18 Nov, 2011

 

kerria japonica is amazing love it

18 Nov, 2011

 

Yeah but to my knowledge you can't use it as a herb!:o)

18 Nov, 2011

 

I wouldn't try it :D

18 Nov, 2011

 

Yes Poppylover, I did see those in Noah's garden. Loved them. Paul, there was a big curry plant growing just outside of my kitchen door in a house we bought when I first returned to NZ late 1998. Everytime I stepped out into the sunshine for a quiet cup of tea, I was hit by the smell of curry. I hated that plant & if we hadn't sold that house within 2 years of moving in, it would definitely have been history lol.

23 Nov, 2011

 

heehee - I love curry fortunately :D

23 Nov, 2011

 

Me too ..... but not in my garden lol.

23 Nov, 2011

 

You must have had a really smelly one Dwyllis. I dont think Ive ever smelled a curry plant unless I rubbed it. It would probably make a nice topiary - !

23 Nov, 2011

 

Maybe our summer heat intensifies the curry smell, Poppylover? Just a thought. I know I didn't have to rub it to appreciate the curry odour. Even after all these years I can still remember how much I hated that plant lol. Interesting fact that it is only ornamental ... I thought it might be the same as the dried Curry leaves sold in bags in healthcare shops.

27 Nov, 2011

 

Like your new avatar D.

28 Nov, 2011

 

thanks Poppylover. Our beautiful native Tui .... & it has a very distinctive song too ... like a heavy booming noise, so I always know when its somewhere close by.

28 Nov, 2011

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Bik
 

does anybody knows where I can find this dwarf levandula angustifolia hidcote?Ive never seen this type of lavender here in Greece and I need dwarf plants in my garden.

5 Jan, 2012

 

I think its quite common Bik. Have you googled it?? Failing that I will send you some cuttings, but will have to be in the spring.

5 Jan, 2012

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Bik
 

hmmm.. cuttings is interesting looking forward for them.
do you know the dimentions of the plant when mature?

8 Jan, 2012

 

Bear with, Ill look on the label for you but its dark now so will have to be tomorrow!

8 Jan, 2012

bik
Bik
 

ok poppylover thanks

9 Jan, 2012

 

Hi again Bik. Had a look at the label - no information whatever!! Looked it up in RHS book - There are a few different varieties of Lavender angustifolia (mine is just labelled angustifolia) Most of them are around 3ft. Hidcote is the exception and is slightly shorter at 2ft. I would like to eventually clip mine into topiaries. Hope this helps.

10 Jan, 2012

bik
Bik
 

thanks poppy

11 Jan, 2012

 

ur welcome Bik

11 Jan, 2012



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