Comments on: The summer has ended, the clocks have changed and we are now in the season of dark evenings. http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/the-summer-has-ended-the-clocks-have-changed-and-we-are-now-in-the-season-of-dark-evenings/ A subtropical garden in a temperate climate that defies being in a city. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:26:04 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Will http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/the-summer-has-ended-the-clocks-have-changed-and-we-are-now-in-the-season-of-dark-evenings/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Will Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:36:07 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=383#comment-148 Hi Christine Thanks for your comment – I don’t grow any houseplants now as I only grow them in the garden. Gosh – Alaska – you must be really cold now– what temperature are you at the moment? We were a balmy 10C (50F) today, though I think it might go down to freezing by the end of the week.... Regards - Will Hi Christine

Thanks for your comment – I don’t grow any houseplants now as I only grow them in the garden. Gosh – Alaska – you must be really cold now– what temperature are you at the moment? We were a balmy 10C (50F) today, though I think it might go down to freezing by the end of the week….

Regards – Will

]]> By: Christine B. http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/the-summer-has-ended-the-clocks-have-changed-and-we-are-now-in-the-season-of-dark-evenings/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Christine B. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:22:55 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=383#comment-147 Your pictures are amazing. I have a serious case of zone envy. I had to laugh about the umbrella plant bit "catching dust in the corner of the living room" because that is indeed the case at my house. Cheers from Alaska, Christine B. Your pictures are amazing. I have a serious case of zone envy. I had to laugh about the umbrella plant bit “catching dust in the corner of the living room” because that is indeed the case at my house.

Cheers from Alaska,

Christine B.

]]> By: Will http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/the-summer-has-ended-the-clocks-have-changed-and-we-are-now-in-the-season-of-dark-evenings/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Will Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:04:13 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=383#comment-133 Hi Nell – Tropicals are great, do you grow any yourself? Rob old chap – Yes the summer has been really good here on the east coast of England. Yesterday my shade thermometer registered 21C (70F) which is greate seeing as we had about a centimetre of snow this time last year! Sqeezal Dweezal is a lovely cat and he loves getting into everything. He defiantly thinks he is a parrot though, as he loves to see everything from shoulder height. I absolutely adore my Schefflera macrophylla – several people I have met have lost theirs – ouch! I agree about moisture – I think Paul lost his this way. It is going to be permanently planted on the right side of the steps leading up to my house. There is a rather tatty Cordiline Australis there at the moment, so its days are numbered! It does have nice fruit though and is one of the pictures posted here. Next week I will begin the big pulling in of the more tender perennials; it’s just been so warm here I haven’t wanted to start. Debbie – yes the weather has been fab, I’m not sure what the plants think of it though – so much stuff is still in glorious bloom! If only we could guarantee that temperatures never went below 0C we could just about grow anything. Well – may that will be so in the not too distant future... Hi Nell – Tropicals are great, do you grow any yourself?

Rob old chap – Yes the summer has been really good here on the east coast of England. Yesterday my shade thermometer registered 21C (70F) which is greate seeing as we had about a centimetre of snow this time last year!
Sqeezal Dweezal is a lovely cat and he loves getting into everything. He defiantly thinks he is a parrot though, as he loves to see everything from shoulder height.

I absolutely adore my Schefflera macrophylla – several people I have met have lost theirs – ouch! I agree about moisture – I think Paul lost his this way. It is going to be permanently planted on the right side of the steps leading up to my house. There is a rather tatty Cordiline Australis there at the moment, so its days are numbered! It does have nice fruit though and is one of the pictures posted here.

Next week I will begin the big pulling in of the more tender perennials; it’s just been so warm here I haven’t wanted to start.

Debbie – yes the weather has been fab, I’m not sure what the plants think of it though – so much stuff is still in glorious bloom! If only we could guarantee that temperatures never went below 0C we could just about grow anything. Well – may that will be so in the not too distant future…

]]> By: Debbie Scott Anderson http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/the-summer-has-ended-the-clocks-have-changed-and-we-are-now-in-the-season-of-dark-evenings/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Debbie Scott Anderson Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:26:11 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=383#comment-132 Fabulous photos and brilliant blog as always. Glad the temperatures are being as kind to you as they are here on the South Coast - this week has seen 19c day and 12c at night. Good news for yr delicate plants before they move to their winter resting home. Fabulous photos and brilliant blog as always.
Glad the temperatures are being as kind to you as they are here on the South Coast – this week has seen 19c day and 12c at night.
Good news for yr delicate plants before they move to their winter resting home.

]]> By: Rob http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/the-garden/the-summer-has-ended-the-clocks-have-changed-and-we-are-now-in-the-season-of-dark-evenings/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Rob Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:17:03 +0000 http://www.exoticgarden.com/blog/?p=383#comment-131 Hi Will, Some great close-up shots there! We've had a superb extended summer, and well-deserved, I say. I didn't catch Dweezals name before - he is such a cute kitten. Seeing your Schefflera macrophylla makes me want to try one again. It was an expensive mistake, but their need for constant moisture cannot be underestimated. Best wishes for the autumn upheaval, when it finally does happen. Regards, Rob Hi Will,

Some great close-up shots there! We’ve had a superb extended summer, and well-deserved, I say.

I didn’t catch Dweezals name before – he is such a cute kitten.

Seeing your Schefflera macrophylla makes me want to try one again. It was an expensive mistake, but their need for constant moisture cannot be underestimated.

Best wishes for the autumn upheaval, when it finally does happen.

Regards,
Rob

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