Hebe " Purple Pixie "

ah now i understand, thanks pimms, its lovely

I like the name of this one, Purple Pixie :o)

Lovely colour :)

Gorgeous colour! (another two Sheilas comments together Pim!! lol)

Can't have too many Sheila/r's

How sweet. Hoping my hebe black beauty flowers this year :-)

Having your finger print sent off to Interpol. I'm sure there is a pic of you on file somewhere ;)

Oh wow!

oh, my "check out" list of new (to me) plants is getting longer by the day! lovely pic, Pim

That is delicate looking. I like hebes but always find they end up looking `unloved`!

there was one in this garden when we moved here, one of the smaller varieties but in 7 years I hadnt seen any flowers so i cut it back quite hard and i see there are a few flowers this year!!

CAn you take cuttings?????

Hello Cheeky.. I will try :))

hehe just asking! that would be very kind! :)

;)

i will go a snipping.

Pimp he would a snipping go
to get Pix a bit of Hebe
would it grow?
maybe not
but maybe!
Lame i know lol

It is early!

yeah loo now its 10am and I'm reading that thinking wth was i thinking about! lol ;)

Just took them Pixi..6 to 8 weeks for rooting I think. I will let you know ;))

Thats pretty colour .......

Aw cool thanks Pimp..fongers crossed! :)

I see you finally got round to washing your hands, then....... I've got dreadful "Gardeners' fingernails" at the moment. Most of me is as gorgeous as ever, but the hands are a real giveaway.

I always remember to put on a pair of rubber gloves - after I've got my hands thoroughly muddy first!

I usually find myself up to my elbows in mud and weeds just before the 'phone rings.

I always get an itchy nose.

lol reminds me of something I read in a cookery book - always keep a plastic bag beside you so you can slip your hand into it if someone rings up while you're baking. like that's going to happen often!

But if it IS going to happen, it'll be then. Sure as eggs is eggs. Actually, that isn't 100% true - the caller usually waits until I'm making scrambled eggs or a bechamel sauce which HAS to be stirred continuously or it'll go lumpy, and OH has just wandered up the garden to the compost heap and is out of hearing................

lol. That's what answerphones are for. the instinct to rush for the phone as soon is it rings is very strong, but there are times when I ignore the ring - if it's important they'll leave a message or ring back, if they do neither it can't be important!

I remember when if phone rang after 10pm it was sure to be Dreadful News a death in the family at the very least!

We not only forget to switch the darned thing on, what is worse, we forget to switch it off again, and after 2 rings callers get this bright and garrulous Italian lady chirruping on about leaving name and number. Yes, we CAN re-set it, but each time we get a power cut (a very frequent occurrence here) it loses all our messages, wipes out my elegant and friendly Italian/English greeting and automatically reverts to factory settings. Such a pain!

lol it still does to me, Pim! or not-very-good news, at least. That's the gist of the opening line of Ben Elton's Blast From the Past - no one ever rings with good news at 2am!

that sounds a pain, Gattina. would a UK one work on Italian voltae? it'd still need to be rest after power cuts, unless it had a battery backup.

I don't have an asnwerphone, I use the BT message thing, and the only inidcation of a message being left is when I get an interrupted dial tone when I pick up the receiver. Annoying, as often I don't have a need to phone anyone on the landline for a week on end. I bought a phone with answerphone, but I can't use it cos it needs to be plugged in, and there's no convenient socket, so I need to get one installed, sigh

I think it'd involve an awful lot of plug adaptors, Fran. Also, it's a cordless phone we've got, and getting an English handset would create more problems than it solves. Nice idea, though.

lol there's always some snag!

Loving your new avatar Gattina! Gorgeous :)))

Thank you, Babe! Me when I was about a year old, making daisy chains in my Nana's garden. Ever the gardener!