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(M)EDITORIAL Caroline Harbouri
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 5 Summer 1996
This issue of the journal is available as a free download
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/journal5.pdf
In this article the editor writes about the history of gardens so I am going to look through my photos to see what I can come up with
Stonehenge, Knossos, Alhambra, Topkapi,
Seville ( The Mercury Pool), Hyde Hall,
Alnwick Garden ( The Cherry Orchard),
The Eden Project
And of course, Ancient Corinth
The photos don’t all show gardens you have to use your imagination
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Very interesting photos which bring back memories. I would love to revisit The Eden Project but this time spend a few days going round it to appreciate it. The journal is also interesting. After going over the names of the articles I remember some of them. Luckily we have then all in the book case so I can re read some of them.
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CASTAWAY’S CHOICE by Hugo Latymer
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 5 Summer 1996
This issue of the journal is available as a free download
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/journal5.pdf
A list of ten plants which the author suggests that he would choose if castaway on a Mediterranean island
Koelreuteria bipinnatum, Red-fruited Golden Shower Tree being one of them.
I have two photos of a Koelreuteria paniculata tree in Sparta in the spring but have omitted to take a photo of the fruit in the autumn
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Hilary, we have one of the above trees. It is still very young. It was given to us by Fleur Pavlides a few years ago. It loses all its leaves in the winter. It is taking its time to grow. It is special as it is an offspring from her beautiful tree. I know I admitted not to be fond of yellow But there are exceptions.
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A DATABASE OF PLANT NURSERIES FOR MEMBERS OF
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY
By Duncan Ackery & Hamish Warren
This article appeared in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN issue number 5 Summer 1996 which is now available as a free download
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/journal5.pdf
I don’t know if this database was ever created but I do know that
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY runs a seed exchange. You can find information here
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/seedlist.html
I have been availing myself of this service for the last few years an there have been some wonderful surprises in the spring when some of the seeds which had germinated produced lovely flowers
Here is a photo of this year's loot and some photos of successes from other years
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Beautiful flowers all of them. The seed exchange service is amazing. Chantal does such great work. I am once more waiting for some seeds to arrive.
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I am just about to send off some seeds and order a few too. Just wanted to second the thanks to Chantal. I hope she reads these entries but I fear not.
I was hoping some plants would have produced seeds now so that I could include them in my offering to the seed bank. One plant that is in the process of producing seeds is Caryopteris incana. A second is a new plant to me and one which I grew from seed. Centranterum intermedium (photos below). I am trying to think what I can combine it with as it is so unlike typical mediterranean plants, especially the foliage. I have just received a cutting of a white form of Justicea carnea. Maybe close together but with the Justicea in the shade?
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You are correct David. TheJusticea cornea likes the sun. Our daughter has a large one. It has survived many dry summers. Regarding posting seeds there is a tale to be told. I have send seeds to Rome on the 2nd of August. A few days later they made there way back to Cyprus and I have been trying to retrieve them since then. I have made telephone calls, sent requests for their return on the computer, took my receipt to the post office but there are not here yet. I am also expecting seeds from London that were posted two weeks ago by my friend and some from France. I find this rather frustrating. There is a limited variety of ready plants brought here and I think we have them already in our garden. They have a better rate of survival if planted or seeds put down in the autumn.
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Acacia podalyrrifolia
This Acacia is mentioned in several issues of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
In the letters section of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 5, Summer 1996 there is a letter written and illustrated with a drawing of this Acacia by Rosemary Bentley.
Here is a scan of the illustration
The letter can be read in full in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN issue number 5 Summer 1996 which is now available as a free download
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/journal5.pdf