Jun 11 2013

Accent of the Day – Hosta Thumbelina

This is a new one for me that I got in a swap with Xavier over at petit-arbre.com

Jun 10 2013

Accent of the Day – Hosta Gingee

Had this variety for ages and is well suited to accent pot culture. I have only just had it identified as Gingee by Bali Hai Nursery.

Jun 9 2013

Accent of the day – Lewisia

I have a lot of accent hitting their best at the moment, so I’m going to pop one or two up each day until I run out of plants or interest, whichever comes first 🙂

Lewisia

Jun 6 2013

Snart on Tour Stop 7

On our way back to County Down, we stopped at Carnlough to visit Bali Hai, a Hosta Specialist Nursery. Just one phone photo from here but more on what I got at a later date.

May 31 2013

May Accents

Sea Thrift

Sea Thrift

Mukademia

Wild Strawberry

Hosta Tumbelina

May 7 2013

Hurry Up Hostas

Thanks to a bit of swapping this year I have lots of new mini Hostas, I just wish they would get a move on so I can see what they are like! This last week has seen a bit warmer weather and they are now starting to respond well.

Apr 24 2013

Rick’s Fern

When I was in Florida a few years back I picked up this little fern courtesy of Rick J who’s bonsai collection I visited. I just love the red foliage. I keep it permanantly in the poly tunnel and it seems to work. I managed to split it in the Autumn and ended up with three. One now resides in Scotland. Pot by Susan Francesca Hunter

Apr 10 2013

Spring – Accents

Soldanella

Soldanella

Apr 2 2013

Accent Friendship

I may have mentioned a few weeks back about swapping some accents with Xavier in France. He has kindly mentioned me on his blog showing the Soldanella that I sent in flower.

Here is his Soldanella and the lovely pot that he put it in. If you want to know more about the pot, read his post here. Google translate is my friend 😉

Mar 27 2013

Xavier Heaven

Yesterday saw my parcel arrive from Xavier in France. This is the second year when we have swapped accent plants.

Too many plants to name but among them are several varieties of Hosta, Rhodohypoxis, some Sedum, Saxafraga, Mukdenia, Ledebouria, etc. The list goes on. Most were big enough for me to split further and I ended up with 30+ plants! I had to make up more mix!!