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Miscellaneous / Re: Unsung Heroes, Journal 17 Summer 1999
« Last post by Hilary on November 05, 2023, 08:48:42 AM »
Journal 17 Summer 1999
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Heidi Gildemeister

Apart from general news about all the branches of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY and contributors to the journal there is an account of a plant event in Courson, south of Paris.

 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY was generously offered a free stand and an ample number of plants were donated by a member.   

The letter is illustrated by a drawing of the  MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY stand at Courson  by Dave Cooper
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Miscellaneous / Re: Unsung Heroes, Journal 17 Summer 1999
« Last post by Hilary on November 04, 2023, 07:42:23 AM »
Journal 17
MORE ROSES FOR WARM DRY CLIMATES
By Trevor Nottle
This article is about an Australian rose breeder named Alister Clark and gives a list of some of the roses he bred.
Unfortunately, there is no illustration to the article and I don’t have a photo of any of the roses on the list.
What I can do is give you the list of roses recommended for Mediterranean gardens and you can look them up on the Internet
‘Borderer’ (Clark, 1918)
‘Daydream’ (Clark, 1924)
‘Squatter’s Dream’ (Clark, 1923)
 ‘Sunlit’ (Clark,1937)
‘Jessie Clark’ (Clark, 1915)
‘Mrs. Richard Turnbull’ (Clark, 1945)
‘Nancy Hayward’ (Clark, 1937)

A post without a photo or two is a bit dry so here are three anonymous and abandoned rose bushes. A mauve rose somewhere in Lakonia, pink roses on my way to the shops in Corinth, and yellow roses in an area I have been to only once in Corinth. 
 
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Miscellaneous / Re: Unsung Heroes, Journal 17 Summer 1999
« Last post by Hilary on November 03, 2023, 07:25:05 AM »
Journal 17
UC SANTA CRUZ ARBORETUM
By William Grant

This article is illustrated by a drawing by John Jefferis of Leucospermum cordifolium, an Australian plant.

I quote
Quote
“the University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum now contains the largest collection of Australian plants outside their native habitat”

And as a bonus, A stamp issued in 1977 by South Africa of Leucospermum cordifolium

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Miscellaneous / Unsung Heroes, Journal 17 Summer 1999
« Last post by Hilary on November 02, 2023, 07:04:20 AM »
Journal 17

ON THE MAKING OF GARDENS:
4. THE PLANTERS ART
BY Martin Wood 

The title of the article is self-explanatory

One of the illustrations of this article is of the
Summer House, The Herb Garden, York Gate,
drawn by Derek Toms
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Miscellaneous / Re: Postcards ,plants and places
« Last post by Hilary on November 01, 2023, 06:44:09 AM »
Wisteria

A postcard sent to me a while ago depicting a Wisteria covered cottage in the Lake District, U.K.

As you can imagine Wisteria is mentioned in many issues of
 THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN

I chose to read A MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN IN NORTH DEVON
 by Alasdair  Forbes
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 18 Autumn 1999
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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on October 31, 2023, 06:53:16 AM »
Antigonon leptopus, Coral Vine

Snapped in July 2007 at Rabat, Malta
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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on October 30, 2023, 06:38:20 AM »
A Tamarix tree and an Olive tree

Next to the sea, here in Corinth, there is a pedestrian area lined on both sides with coffee shops, tavernas and eateries. The Tamarix trees were planted several years ago, suffer rigorous pruning sometime in the winter and become these lovely shaped trees in the summer. This year there has been a group of Gardeners pruning the offshoots of the trees and cutting the grass wherever it is.

The poor Olive tree in a pot was installed by one of the coffee shops which closes for the winter and the poor tree left to its own devices which means only getting any water if and when it rains

The first photo was taken in 2019, the tree in the pot had already been there for a couple of years
The next two photos were taken on the 5th October and 25th October 2023.

The Tamarix trees, near the coffee shops, were pruned as they were shedding their tiny seeds and covering the tables, a photo opportunity I lost.
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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on October 29, 2023, 06:22:23 AM »
Phalaenopsis, Orchid

This year’s Orchid.

This time with useful information on the back of the label.

No wonder that two of the older Orchids died this summer when the recommended maximum temperature is 25C. and we had a heat wave.
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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on October 28, 2023, 06:04:11 AM »
Dahlia in a garden in Waterloo, Canada.

A friend of mine sent me this photo so I thought I would share it with you.
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Miscellaneous / Re: Coronavirus situation
« Last post by Hilary on October 27, 2023, 06:00:32 AM »
Dahlia in a garden in Einbeck- Salzderhelden, Germany.

A nephew of mine sent me this photo so I thought I would  share it with you
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