last autumn push

Nice to see you back SL, and what a lot still going on in your garden:)
Hope your kids are all well again.

Hi Warwick .. Pretty pics ..
Get well soon everyone !

I hope the girls aren't too sick SL bet they are keeping you one your toes :)
Very pretty grasses and that Carpensis plumbaga is just delightful! It's a lovely colour. Good to see you back :)
Speaking of grasses, you don't happen to know if Pennisetum summer samba is hardy. I've found conflicting advice online. Good sized pots on sale at local GC for half price.

Great photos. You've got such a lot of interest there :o)
Sorry to hear your children are not well. Such a worry isn't it ...

Great photos SL ...That Caroensis is spectacular!

Thanks everyone, the kids have just had a bad chest colds and swollen glads in their throats, they are mostly over it now thanks.

Hi Scottish thanks. The pennisetum you have I would treat as a half hardy, like most Pens they are categorised as hardy h3 / h4 but what they don't tell you is they don't like the cold wet so if I was you I'd put it under cover late Autumn /start of winter. But a lovely worth while grass to get especially if at half price ;-)

Thanks again everyone :-)

Hi Surreylad glad to hear the kids are getting better.Love the pictures especially of the carpensis such a lovely colour:))))

Very nice, Slad. Carpensis and its aquamarine colour is a real jewel among your plants. How high is it? I like all your photos, also Achillea summer beries attracts me, that is very warm and extraordinary colour.

Thanks Mark :-)

Thanks Kat, the carpensis at the moment is only two feet tall but I can grow up to about 4 metres tall but you can prune to size you want. The achillea is a great filler and flowers right up to the frosts :-)

Thanks SL - I don't think I'll bother then. I fell for it year before last with another red grass and it didn't come through even though it was inside a greenhouse.
They were reduced to £7.99, still expensive for something that might die!!
Are these kind of grasses easy from seed and are they sown in spring. Sorry for all the questions.

That's ok Scottish I don't mind, yes the pens don't like to freeze, I put mine in a box in the shed over winter and don't think about them again till at least late march they are quite easy from seed yes, and yes again for the spring sowing :-)

Thanks SL - I'll source some fancy seed in spring and see what I can produce :)

That's good news about the Bulbine SL as I've just sown B.narcissiflora.

Where do you go for seeds for something like this? I use Scampton Succulents a lot with great success...................

http://bit.ly/1eA7NNM

Great source for reliable Lachenalia seed!

That's a nice one to B.narcissiflora, I use plant world seeds quite a lot, loads of success there and like you scampton. I did use a South African company one but they went under last year. Can't remember their name now..