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Offline Hugo

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« Reply #720 on: July 21, 2016, 01:06:16 pm »
The Yucca tree is in flower now, the most flowers I've ever had on it is 13 but then it became so heavy I had to chop half of them off

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« Reply #721 on: July 21, 2016, 02:18:02 pm »
Amazing! Could be the Riviera especially with that view.


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« Reply #722 on: July 21, 2016, 05:03:44 pm »
That looks like the Yucca tree in the front garden of Edited by mods my in laws old house ?
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« Reply #723 on: July 21, 2016, 07:47:07 pm »
That's a lovely shot of your yucca Hugo!
If you ever decide to sell up that pic would attract loads of enquiries!
Rhuddlan

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« Reply #724 on: July 21, 2016, 08:27:30 pm »
That looks like the Yucca tree in the front garden


Well spotted Spotty Dog,  the name was (Edited by Mod) named after the first owners, we are the third owners of the property and changed the name when we moved in

We've had to remove the address after a member asked
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« Reply #725 on: July 21, 2016, 08:29:22 pm »
That's a lovely shot of your yucca Hugo!
If you ever decide to sell up that pic would attract loads of enquiries!
Rhuddlan

Thanks Rhuddlan,  see you on Saturday

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« Reply #726 on: July 21, 2016, 08:34:23 pm »
Amazing! Could be the Riviera especially with that view.


Thanks Hollins,   more sunshine and much more cash and I'll imagine that I'm there now.          ZXZ

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« Reply #727 on: July 21, 2016, 09:42:21 pm »
Probably classed by all you 'posh' gardeners as a weed, but here are my amazing evening primroses which self seed every year and give me a glowing display and great pleasure.
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know.

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« Reply #728 on: July 29, 2016, 02:29:57 pm »
I've got an Acanthus ( Bear's Breeches ) in my back garden and it's had a powdery mildew on the leaves every year so I've taken Nemesis' advise and chopped all the leaves off leaving just an attractive but spiky flower remaining.
This year and having been through one of the wettest June on record there has been no mildew on the plant which is quite surprising so I'll just have to see what happens to it for the rest of the season

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« Reply #729 on: July 29, 2016, 03:19:36 pm »
No mildew here but no flowers either! Something likes eating the leaves too, oh dear!

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« Reply #730 on: July 29, 2016, 04:15:15 pm »
Those leaves look healthy enough Hollins but has your plant ever flowered?     The flowers are tall and very attractive but the plant looks silly after I have cut all the mouldy leaves off it and I have to make sure that my dog doesn't walk on them as they are so spiky.
I don't know much about the plant apart from what Nemesis has said so I looked up on a Q & A  on the plants
Q    Why doesn't my Acanthus flower?
A     This is probably due to there being snails in the crown of the plant. The flowers spikes are lovely and soft and extremely attractive to molluscs. Snails are often seen “sliming” along the leaves after it has rained. Another reason can be that the plant has been caught by a very sharp frost and the flower buds have been spoilt. The last cause could be exacerbated by the soil being too rich or if the plant is fed with too much nitrogen. In this instance, the plant is too well fed to need to flower or set seed.

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« Reply #731 on: July 29, 2016, 04:46:03 pm »
I think it has flowered in past years but no sign this year.
Maybe it is the snails that are eating our leaves?

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« Reply #732 on: July 29, 2016, 06:36:18 pm »
I have one flower spike and some very 'holey' leaves........................and a lot of snails.
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« Reply #733 on: August 08, 2016, 04:20:50 pm »
Busy bee!

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« Reply #734 on: September 01, 2016, 01:01:53 pm »
The Geraniums are out at the moment and the hedge and Marco have been clipped so all that's left is to mow the lawn this afternoon.