Monday, May 28, 2007
A new Availability list is ready.
A new Availability list is done. Go to http://www.jackdawsfield.co.uk/ to Download it
Monday, May 21, 2007
A brand new availability list.
A new Availability list is done. Go to http://www.jackdawsfield.co.uk/ to Download it
Monday, May 14, 2007
It's new Availability day!
A new Availability list is done. Go to http://www.jackdawsfield.co.uk/ to Download it
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Notes for May part 2
You may have noticed that we rather like Cistus and just at the moment many are producing their first flush of flower and many flowers have the wrong number of petals in this first flush. Where there should be five there are seven, eight or even nine and this can be very striking in varieties with prominently blotched petals – like Snowfire. Some of the ladanifer varieties are semi double anyway, with ruffled petals and they too are spectacular. As I have said many times in the past Cistus never look as good again as when they first come up to flower and for many varieties this is best achieved by potting under cold cover anytime from July onwards. You won’t have to cut them back and they will be perfect at the right time next year.
In recent years I have become concerned that there was no difference between what we were offering as Phormium Cream Delight and Yellow Wave, and the Cream Delight was not as I remembered it. Therefore we have restocked and now Cream Delight is more cream than yellow.
You may think that we are only just getting used to 2007 but in propagation terms we are into 2008 already. In our catalogue about one in five items are listed as ‘to order only’ and this means that it is unlikely that they will appear on the availability list; we will only set out to produce the numbers that are pre-ordered. This does not mean that they are not worthwhile plants – in fact some are overlooked gems – but we cannot grow everything and this is a way of maintaining the range without cluttering the nursery with free stock which may or may not sell. If you pride yourself on the range you offer then have another look at the catalogue and give it some thought. The cut-off dates vary immensely and it would be a nightmare to set them all out, so assume it is the end of May and get that order to us. For those of you getting this list by e-mail a list of these items is attached; for fax, internet and post recipients please ask if you would like such a list.
We are still taking orders for Clematis armandii as detailed last month.
In recent years I have become concerned that there was no difference between what we were offering as Phormium Cream Delight and Yellow Wave, and the Cream Delight was not as I remembered it. Therefore we have restocked and now Cream Delight is more cream than yellow.
You may think that we are only just getting used to 2007 but in propagation terms we are into 2008 already. In our catalogue about one in five items are listed as ‘to order only’ and this means that it is unlikely that they will appear on the availability list; we will only set out to produce the numbers that are pre-ordered. This does not mean that they are not worthwhile plants – in fact some are overlooked gems – but we cannot grow everything and this is a way of maintaining the range without cluttering the nursery with free stock which may or may not sell. If you pride yourself on the range you offer then have another look at the catalogue and give it some thought. The cut-off dates vary immensely and it would be a nightmare to set them all out, so assume it is the end of May and get that order to us. For those of you getting this list by e-mail a list of these items is attached; for fax, internet and post recipients please ask if you would like such a list.
We are still taking orders for Clematis armandii as detailed last month.
Notes for May part 1
There are some new things on this list which I am sure you have not heard of and I will save you the effort of googling them.
Anometheca laxa is a perennial with iris-like leaves. Growing to 15cm and carries carmine star-shaped flowers on thin wiry stems. Long-lived and hardy in a sheltered spot.
Eryngium serra seems similar in description to E. pandanifolium and looks very similar at the young stage. Massed heads of spikey greeny-white flowers on stems to 2m, foliage is saw-toothed and grows in an upright rosette. Hardy.
Salvia azurea grows flower spikes to 2m and the flowers are (unsurprisingly) azure blue.the flower stems arise forma basal rosette and respond well to being cut back in early summer (the Chelsea snip). Very hardy – and naturally grows in barren ground so it is presumably drought-tolerant.
Euphorbia Excalibur is not new, but has seldom appeared on the availability list. It is an excellent foliage plant – similar to E. schillingii in habit, with long narrow leaves on stems to about 1m. Its striking feature is the red margin to the leaf and reddish stems. The colour subsides in summer but then there are long-lasting yellow flowers.
Eupatorium sordidum is a true oddity, and its habit is unlike any other of its genus that I know (if indeed it belongs in this genus). It is a very vigorous shrub with thick tomentose stems, large hairy leaves and terminal clusters of violet, slightly fragrant flowers. It hails form Mexico and is probably only just frost-tolerant so it another one for pot culture.
Somebody please buy the 40 Abeliophyllum distichum Roseum that are listed – I am fed up with them being the first item on the list. In truth it is not a robust plant – but it does have very pretty flowers in the depth of winter. Its common name of White Forsythia is not good – it is not a thug but a blushing violet. Best grown on a cane as the stems are not strong.
Anometheca laxa is a perennial with iris-like leaves. Growing to 15cm and carries carmine star-shaped flowers on thin wiry stems. Long-lived and hardy in a sheltered spot.
Eryngium serra seems similar in description to E. pandanifolium and looks very similar at the young stage. Massed heads of spikey greeny-white flowers on stems to 2m, foliage is saw-toothed and grows in an upright rosette. Hardy.
Salvia azurea grows flower spikes to 2m and the flowers are (unsurprisingly) azure blue.the flower stems arise forma basal rosette and respond well to being cut back in early summer (the Chelsea snip). Very hardy – and naturally grows in barren ground so it is presumably drought-tolerant.
Euphorbia Excalibur is not new, but has seldom appeared on the availability list. It is an excellent foliage plant – similar to E. schillingii in habit, with long narrow leaves on stems to about 1m. Its striking feature is the red margin to the leaf and reddish stems. The colour subsides in summer but then there are long-lasting yellow flowers.
Eupatorium sordidum is a true oddity, and its habit is unlike any other of its genus that I know (if indeed it belongs in this genus). It is a very vigorous shrub with thick tomentose stems, large hairy leaves and terminal clusters of violet, slightly fragrant flowers. It hails form Mexico and is probably only just frost-tolerant so it another one for pot culture.
Somebody please buy the 40 Abeliophyllum distichum Roseum that are listed – I am fed up with them being the first item on the list. In truth it is not a robust plant – but it does have very pretty flowers in the depth of winter. Its common name of White Forsythia is not good – it is not a thug but a blushing violet. Best grown on a cane as the stems are not strong.
A new Availability list is done
A new Availability list is done. Go to http://www.jackdawsfield.co.uk/ to Download it
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