Unsung heroes

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David Dickinson

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Re: Unsung heroes Saxifraga stolonifera
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2020, 01:09:42 AM »
Saxifraga  stolonifera deserves to be recognised as an unsung hero, I think, not only putting up without water but without much light too. Just starting to flower for me now.
I have a small garden in Rome, Italy. Some open soil, some concrete, some paved. Temperatures in winter occasionally down to 0°C. Summer temperatures up to 40°C in the shade. There are never watering restrictions but, of course, there is little natural water for much of June, July and August.

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Fermi

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Re: Unsung heroes
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2021, 02:59:13 AM »
These "Stocks" came from a friend who calls them "Brompton Stocks" - perhaps someone here might know why? They last a few years but always set a few seedlings to replace themselves - fortunately they can be moved while young to where we prefer them to be growing!
They go well with Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' in one of our garden beds,
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Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
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Fermi

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Re: Unsung heroes
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2021, 03:26:19 AM »
I'm not sure why we only have two types of Arctotitis in our garden - perhaps because they are often used for council plantings and industrial sites! Definitely an unsung hero and unlike their fellow South Africans, gazanias, they don't seem to self seed around the place,
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Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
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working as a physio to support my gardening habit!

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Charithea

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Re: Unsung heroes
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2021, 11:58:24 AM »
Fermi, I love the combination of "Stocks" and "Cerinthe", also the dark "Arctotitis" . The yellow....?
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

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Charithea

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Re: Unsung heroes
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2021, 05:05:09 PM »
I was searching for some information when my eyes fell one of Fermi's postings back in January 2016.  It was about Perovskia atriplicifolia (Salvia yiangii) and it said how well they did in his garden.  Well today on a plant trip I saw in the garden growing out of very dry looking corner an enormous Perovskia.  I thought it was a sign for me to search for them.  I asked the young girl and she pointed me to an area full of them .  I bought three. She also said that they are tough.  I did not tell her that mine are still struggling to establish and that I had many failure before.  So here is a photo of them and some of the other plants that we bought.  Teucrium chamaedrys and Muhlenbergia capillaries.
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I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

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Fermi

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Re: Unsung heroes
« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2021, 12:18:15 PM »
Known as "Curry Plant", Helichrysum italicum, smells strongly of curry, especially in warm weather.
We have some under the Olives on top of a rock wall - I thought this was deserving of a photo,
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fermi
Mr F de Sousa, Central Victoria, Australia
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Charithea

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Re: Unsung heroes
« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2021, 02:54:45 PM »
They are lovely Fermi.  They grow wild on the hills in Cyprus and in the summer the hot air is full of their aroma.  We also have some growing in our garden.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.

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Charithea

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Re: Thumbergia grandiflora
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2022, 10:20:14 AM »
Hello to everybody.  I am posting a photo of our Thunbergia grandiflora.  It seems to love the hot summer days alike some of our other plants that droop until the sun goes down.
I garden in Cyprus, in a flat old farming field, alt. approx. 30 m asl.