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  • #1

    If you had to choose?

    IF you had to choose one genus of plants in your garden, which would it be?
    Being a self-confessed planta-Holic- It's a very tough call but I think I'd opt for
    Primula (family Primulaceae) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primula

    I just love the variations in colour and form from the
    very dainty wildflower primrose Click image for larger version Name: prim.jpg Views: 2 Size: 117.1 KB ID: 2405301
    and nodding Cowslips and Oxslips,Click image for larger version Name: Prim cowslipDSCN7156.jpg Views: 2 Size: 67.0 KB ID: 2405302
    the vivid Primula Vialii Click image for larger version Name: Primula-vialli.jpg Views: 2 Size: 200.5 KB ID: 2405303
    to the stately Beesiana Candelabra types Click image for larger version Name: prim cand.jpg Views: 2 Size: 213.9 KB ID: 2405304- blooming in such a wonderful colour selection not to mention the many surprise crosses that occur in your garden as they are rather promiscus -flowering in spring-summer and autumn for me they really are, a must have in any garden
    Last edited by BeeHappyFlutterBy; 19-08-2017, 01:23 PM.
    “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

    "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
    - Joni Mitchell

    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html
    Tags: cowslip, oxslip, primrose, primula
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    I'd have to choose the nightshade family-solenaceae so I can still have potatoes,tomatoes,peppers,cape gooseberry & petunias then it would be quite similar to now,I can see a pest problem with just those,we could get the neighbours to choose something different & we can do a swap if it's allowed?
    Location : Essex

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    • #3
      we could get the neighbours to choose something different & we can do a swap if it's allowed?
      Im liking that idea JJ - thats a defo thumbs up from me, as ive got nowt to eat in my
      "If you had to choose " garden didnt really think that tru lol
      “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

      "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
      - Joni Mitchell

      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html

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      • #4
        We can do a plant swap day don't worry!!
        Location : Essex

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        • #5
          Cor...that's a difficult choice!
          Allium, daffs/narcissi or poppies?

          Probably the daffs/narcissi as they welcome Spring and lift the heart over a period of several weeks.
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Jungle Jane View Post
            We can do a plant swap day don't worry!!
            Brilliant , ta very muchly Click image for larger version Name: ec991ac35b8cc237e1a088b026032819.png Views: 3 Size: 17.5 KB ID: 2374511
            Last edited by BeeHappyFlutterBy; 19-08-2017, 02:22 PM.
            “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

            "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
            - Joni Mitchell

            http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html

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            • #7
              Mine would be lavandula or the lavender family
              sigpic

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              • #8
                Probably the daffs/narcissi as they welcome Spring and lift the heart over a period of several weeks.
                They so do Nicos such a wonderful time of the year, all that promise of whats to come Click image for larger version Name: gardening-quotes-first-kiss.jpg Views: 1 Size: 43.8 KB ID: 2374512
                “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

                "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
                - Joni Mitchell

                http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by noviceveggrower View Post
                  Mine would be lavandula or the lavender family
                  Lovey choice- NVG So pretty, such amazing fragrance and more importantly the buzzys and flutterbys love it
                  “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

                  "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
                  - Joni Mitchell

                  http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html

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                  • #10
                    Iris! and all of em!

                    Without a doubt!
                    "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Deano's "Diggin It" View Post
                      Iris! and all of em!

                      Without a doubt!
                      Oh YES DD, they are so varied and such spectacular intricate blooms- lovely choice
                      “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

                      "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
                      - Joni Mitchell

                      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html

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                      • #12
                        What a lovely thread !...brill idea!
                        Each post makes me smile!
                        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                        Location....Normandy France

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Nicos View Post
                          What a lovely thread !...brill idea!
                          Each post makes me smile!
                          Awww bless you Nicos how kind of you to say -
                          I'm sure you'll agree there can never be too many smiles in the world Click image for larger version Name: 422303-bigthumbnail.jpg Views: 1 Size: 31.1 KB ID: 2374528
                          Last edited by BeeHappyFlutterBy; 19-08-2017, 09:18 PM.
                          “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

                          "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
                          - Joni Mitchell

                          http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html

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                          • #14
                            Easy: has to be Rosaceae.

                            Apples, pears, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, almonds...

                            Hawthorns, rowans, pyracantha, photinia, potentilla, alchemilla, geum, spiraea...

                            And of course roses!

                            (Thanks wikipedia).
                            My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
                            Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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                            • #15
                              Great choice MH, well-thought-out, as it covers such a diverse variety of the plant spectrum
                              Top of the class - methinks your choice deserves a Click image for larger version Name: 2771161-goldstar.gif Views: 1 Size: 4.1 KB ID: 2374551
                              “It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur” — Meridel Le Sueursigpic

                              "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."
                              - Joni Mitchell

                              http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...owerpower.html

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