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spreading campanula (Campanula patula (Spreading Bellflower))

grown from seed last year and now flowering, it's nice but spreads quickly...



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no rain drops????

3 Jun, 2012

 

no this is under my Magnolia 'Jade Lamp' bought it last year as my youngest is called Jade.... very dry under it...

3 Jun, 2012

 

nothing dry at all in my garden to day. nice name, nice idea!!

3 Jun, 2012

 

Thanks.. it's the only dry place at the moment..i have a few plants with my girls names on :-))

3 Jun, 2012

 

i would do that too!! but it doesnt work for boys names!!

3 Jun, 2012

 

what name are you after then?

3 Jun, 2012

 

Andy, Steve???

3 Jun, 2012

 

i may need a few days for this one.... see what i can come up with ...

3 Jun, 2012

 

yes, not so easy!!! sorry.

3 Jun, 2012

 

nice one - do like these - we have white ones on the front

4 Jun, 2012

 

I love Campanulas also. I bet there is a rose with 'Andrew' in the name? Not convinced about Steven, but you never know!

4 Jun, 2012

 

there's a lot of red about :D

4 Jun, 2012

 

Steve, Stephen or stevie would be fine!

4 Jun, 2012

 

There is a blue-ish clematis called Andrew

http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=891

And an apricot Rose called 'Just Steve'

also Hedychium densiflorum 'Stephen'

4 Jun, 2012

 

oh thank you Pimpernel thats really lovely, and thank you for taking the time to find it too!
His wife's name is Susan ~ but thats easy ~ there is a Magnolia, probably lots of other things too!

4 Jun, 2012

 

Just added a Stevphen for you

4 Jun, 2012

 

Love Campanulas :)

4 Jun, 2012

 

oh thank you pimms, was just thinking ~ Stephan -otis???

4 Jun, 2012

 

lol..sticki

4 Jun, 2012

 

;-))

4 Jun, 2012

 

heh!

4 Jun, 2012

 

look what i found

http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/product.asp?productid=868

4 Jun, 2012

 

OOh thats pretty! Good one :)

4 Jun, 2012

 

and sold in the next county to where he lives!!!!

4 Jun, 2012

 

Meanie has Hedychium I think...

4 Jun, 2012

 

Oh wow! cool! :)

4 Jun, 2012

 

i shall HAVE to ask him about it now, thanks pimms

4 Jun, 2012

 

thanks Karen, Paul, Pixi, looks like it's sorted Sticki, i have Hedychium gardnerianum but it's not been a good year here for it...

4 Jun, 2012

 

Is it a good plant to grow? ie relatively easy? And does it work in a border or a pot?

4 Jun, 2012

 

mine i have in a large pot nice plant good scent, seems ok very easy to grow heat and moisture.. although i may plant mine this year see how it goes,,,

4 Jun, 2012

 

ok, thank you surreylad

4 Jun, 2012

 

That is very nice to have a garden with flowers which have names of your daughters. Never heard that. But I like it very much :)))))))))))))))

5 Jun, 2012

 

Thanks Kat :-)

5 Jun, 2012

 

I have just flowers :-(

7 Jun, 2012



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