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Friday 31st October, 2014
Its show time in the garden
Hi
OMG who would have believed after the telecom cable was cut the other week that the internet would then go down at least two more times and for no reason other than to be told there is an outage. The second main outage went down on Friday just before 5 pm and lasted until nearly 4 pm on the Saturday on one of our busiest gardening weekends.
Saturday we managed by creating a hot spot with my Vodafone mobile but then for some unknown reason our IP address was changed (I didn't know that it was our IP until Monday) which all made for an interesting weekend trading here at Wairere. So if you were out at the nursery on Labour weekend and it all seemed a little disjointed it was because nothing was working as it should have been and there were a lot of system restarts being done by me in an attempt to make it all work. Harry was yacking to all and sundry as usual and one customer shared her experience with him. She rang the Spark help desk only to be told to email her problem to which she stated that she was ringing because she couldn't email LOL, she had no internet for 4 days. So here's a link you Spark customers may find useful.
None of this was helped by the fact that I was a tad under the weather due to a night out in Auckland at a friends 60th birthday, not that we are anywhere near 60 (or rather should I say I) and it turned out to be a surprise wedding. A few too many drinks and not enough food and we should know better at our age.....
There is now a contingency plan in place to change our focus from relying on the internet ( which has been trouble free for the last 4 years ) but this does take a little time to get into place.
Colour the WOW factor !!!
We always have this dilemma in the nursery and the rule is all plants get listed into our system by their botanical name, but as typical in horticulture its all about exceptions and or as I say shades of grey. I mean would you really find our large range of Daisy's by looking for Argyranthemum frutescens. Its all about an accepted name or common usage and to that end we list them all under the common name of Daisy followed by their cultivar name. Daisy's belong to the family Asteraceae along with many other types of daisy like flowers and Chrysanthemums would be another good example of this family.The daisy's that I want to deal with are the ones called properly Argyanthemums or Marguerites and these are a classic garden plant with typical daisy like flowers and seem to flower endlessly all Spring, Summer and Autumn long. Most of these long flowering beauties will form a bush from 50 to 100 cm high and wide and form what I guess horticulturalists would call a herbaceous shrub. More fancy terms to describe a half hardy not really that woody but not really a true perennial in the terms of something that dies down and comes back next year.
Anyway enough horticultural rambling, in terms of value for money you can pop these free flowering plants in a sunny spot in your garden or in a pot and they will reward you for months. They just never stop flowering but remember they are sun plants and need lots of light. If the spot that you have these in is shaded they will tend to stretch and perhaps not flower as much. A good trim every now and then will keep them bushy and in good order and will just be followed by another batch of flowers.
I mentioned that they are half hardy and in a warm climate or sunny warm micro-climate will probably last for years.
Other plants to consider for your colourscape are
Cape daisies (don't ask me where they get their common names) or correctly Osteospermum
Dianthus or Pinks, call them what you will, but I just love that their fragrance (Musky and clove like) and pretty flowers are another great plant to add colour to the garden which suits being in the front of the border with it's attractive grey spreading form and pretty pink or white flowers held high above leaves.
Diascia is a close relative of Nemesia both are members of the snapdragon family Scrophulariaceae. Diascia offers larger flowers, larger plants with a more open growth habit and colours ranging from scarlet through salmon and coral into pink. Both Diascia and Nemesia are profuse flowerers over a long period offering a delightful range of colour for the front border. Diascia
Nemesia
Don't forget the
Lavenders which are currently providing a lovely spot of colour at the front of shop here at Wairere with their fragrance wafting into the shop on the breeze.
Bearded Irises are another stunning provider of colour in your beds. Here is a small selection of our latest arrivals.
Figs have been cultivated by man since ancient times (4000 BC) and are well known throughout the world. The unusual fruit grows on a deciduous subtropical tree, native to Western Asia. There are several types of fig, a large number of cultivars (cultivated varieties) of each type are available. Figs have grown successfully in home orchards & backyards since early European settlers first brought them to New Zealand. Kumara plants available in bundles of 50 plants.
If you are a baby boomer born 1946 - 1964 who has used the internet for health information in the last six months please help University of Waikato to pilot test a questionnaire on baby boomer's use of the internet to search for and/or to share information about health. Click this
link to participate. It could take around 20 mins of your time so pick a rainy day and grab a hot drink.
At last the
thyme (sorry had to do it)
has come for the
ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL PTFA GARDEN RAMBLE - SUNDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 10.00AM - 4.00PM You can email the organisers stjosgardenramble@vodafone.co.nz
Haven't got a ticket? Never fear, you can stop in and pick them up here or alternatively from Kim Scott, at the Garden Cafe Woodstock, 30 Anson Avenue, Fairfield.
Have a great weekend!
Lloyd, Harry and the Wairere Team
Make it a Wairere weekend where even
GNOMES know that gardening's not a drag.
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