Hi. I chose to put my photos under posts as it covers different elements. John has already posted photographs of roses and other flowers we saw on our last trip with the MGS so I will post my personal ones. The first photo contains plants that were brought to me by David Dickinson. I have complained many times about the difficulty of obtaining different plants here so he offered to get me some from Italy. He brought them on the train from Rome to Frascati. It was the topic of conversation for the fist two days in our group. Some of the gardeners fell in love with the Clerodendrum ugandense; it had beautiful pale- blue butterfly like flowers on in it and some loved the dark red flowers of the Calycanthus floridus. Both plants had to be pruned so they would fit in my hand luggage the rest went in the suitcase. During the trip I housed them in the bathroom to begin with then bused them to Todi where they lived on the balcony of our room, finally they boarded two planes and arrived to Cyprus. They are thriving in our hot garden. Umbrian said' Where there is will there is way' and it is true in this instance. Of course there must also be luck. Finding the right kind of person who would go out of his way to acquire the plants. David thank you. Names of plants besides those already mentioned are: Salvia Martinus Borg, four Salvia guaraniticas of different intensity of the colour blue, one S guaranitica Costa Rica, Salvia spathacea,Sedum thundercloud. I also got two Salvias from Umbrian and a present of Salvia Love and Wishes from Sonia Vives who bought one for herself to take to Spain. I was sad to give away some other plants but I thought it was better to keep them alive instead of squashing them in the suitcase.
