My Roscoea Plants.

What fascinating plants, Scotsgran. I'm sure they'll thrive for you!

They are lovely - I don't remember seeing the purple one the other night, I hope it was because it wasn't flowering and not because I wasn't paying attention :)

Aren't they lovely? Looks as though you'll soon be having lots more too - wonder how long you'll have to wait for them to reach flowering size?

Lovely plants Kath, most unusual.

They are intriguing Mel. and I hope to get a few different ones in coming years. Some are not hardy but these all are. You will just need to pop back again Scottish. The first one is at the end of the raised bed nearest to the house. In the same bed but at the far end and in front of the bed is the second one. The first yellow one is in the front garden near the greenhouse, the second, cream one is under the apple tree near the rhubarb.
Steragram I'm not sure how long it takes from seeds to flowers but I do not mind how long it takes. I just wanted to find out if I could be successful in raising plants. One of the HP Geranium seeds that I planted at the same time is still tiny but it has three flowering stems. If I find out how long they take to flower I will add the information.

Sorry Stera you have the wrong Scot but I'm sure Scotkat (Kath) will have some good news for us soon.

Such unusual and interesting flowers. It's nice to have something out of the ordinary :)
I hope your seeds are successful ...

They are really pretty, don't think I've seen them before, hope the seedlings continue to thrive...

Thank you Hywel and Lynclass. They are members of the Ginger family but unlike the South African gingers they come from the Himalayas or the mountain regions in China so are hardy here. Scottish and I both bought Nomocharis seeds at Dunblane SRGC show. I was not sure if the seedlings in one of my pots was Nomocharis so it was good to hear Scottish say hers looked the same as mine. We are both hoping to show good results from that sowing too. Its nice to have a member of Goy living so close so that we can compare plants where we are both just discovering all that the SRGC has on offer, which we would not expect to find in most Garden Centres. OH and I are going to a wedding near Penrith later in the year so I hope to pay a visit to the Hartside Nursery Garden near Alston. I bought the first four tubers from them when they attended SRGC shows near us.

Scotsgran, sorry you've lost me? I don't think I mixed anybody up, or am i being dozy?

Apologies Steragram that should have read Stroller. It is unfortunate that there are three of us with names which are very similar but there is no way of changing to a different name unless one starts a new account as Karensusan/Cottagekaren did.

Yes that's true - t can be confusing sometimes, but you are all so different really.

Yes we are and our gardens reflect that. It is nice to know that joining GOY has not turned us into clones of one another. I think the fact that we are all different generations helps too.