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For Olga

23 August 2009 21:15:01

Vallota

this is the Vallota or Scarborough Lily I told you about on your journal, What do you think?

Ternie 23 August 2009 22:26:11

Yes, reallt, looks similar! I was told mine is amaryllis, and I never checked. I used to think it is amaryllis. I love it anyway :)))

rita d 24 August 2009 11:49:27

I love it too Olga, Hope its not too long before mine is as good as yours. Dont you think VALLOTA sounds a bit Russian??

Ternie 24 August 2009 18:41:40

Yours is good too. Mine started to bloom just 3 years ago (this is the 3d time). At first year there was 1 stem, second year - 2 stems and now I've got 3! No, for me Vallota sounds Italian :)))

Alan S 25 August 2009 22:26:16

i think amaryllis bulb is more exposed above the soil because it likes the sun. once your flower blooms rita it will be a lovely shade. leaves look lovely and healthy

Susan 28 August 2009 14:19:42

Rita when you are able to read this I am sending all my 'Best Wishes' to you for a most speedy recovery back to health.

spider 28 August 2009 21:33:39

Rita wishing you a speedy recovery and looking forward to your return to the gardening site. Best wishes

chilipepper 01 September 2009 16:19:37

Rita, Best Wishes to you for a speedy recovery, hope to have you back on the key-board very soon X

LindaB 02 September 2009 14:03:59

Yes we are missing you around the site, get well soon.

MichaelC 03 September 2009 13:58:05

Rita, Thinking of you and I hope you make a speedy recovery. I must say I miss seeing the little gems form your treasure trove.

Johnplotman 06 September 2009 09:36:13

I am so sorry to read you have been in poor form Rita.Wishing you good health and back to full form.

Drumanagh 08 September 2009 00:39:04

Rita sorry to hear you have been in hospital. Hope you are feeling better and that you will be blooming again soon.

kitty 13 September 2009 00:11:31

rita we miss you and need you back, hope you are recovering and not in pain

Alan S 17 September 2009 15:40:16

rita, your garden is one of the featured ones online at the moment. WELL DONE!!!

knocknakillew 17 September 2009 21:09:37

Rita Ann and John wish you well hope you are back in the garden soon.

Keego 17 September 2009 22:45:01

Rita I hope you are on the mend and able to be back to your treasured plants soon

MichaelC 17 September 2009 22:49:27

Rita lovely to see your garden in the featured section. Hope you are well on the road to recovery, I have missed your little treasures.

tessie 17 September 2009 23:24:13

Dear big sister lovely to see you featured, you are one in a million, cant wait to see you back at the computer in full health, we miss your sense of humour . We will not miss watering one tiny bit or trying to remember which orchid goes where. We had to move the synod as lorries are going in and out

Periwinkle 24 September 2009 23:14:47

Rita, just thinking of you and hope you are continuing to make good progress towards a full recovery.

Heather M 05 October 2009 02:17:56

Get well soon! Miss talking to you.

Jack17 21 October 2009 18:34:45

Hello Rita. This is my first time to read your journal. That Vallota Lily looks very like the enormous Lily I have but seems to more genteel. Mine has similar coloured buds but seven flowers come on the one stem one after another and the leaves are enormous although the snails put some manners on them. Like your other readers I pray that you will recover your full health soon. The name Vallota remnded me of Malta whose capital City is Valletta.

Joybells 30 October 2009 10:06:11

Wishing you well Rita, and looking forward to reading your journals very soon. Take care Joy x

kitty 18 November 2009 21:35:58

hi how is rita, sorry have not been in touch lately weeks going by so fast.tell her i said hi. although i have not been in touch i still think about her everyday. we miss her and hope she will be back on site soon best wishes from the gang in claregalway

Jacinta 26 January 2010 20:09:00

Just in case it slips my mind tomorrow, Rita, Happy Birthday. Hope you are doing well.

nephin 27 January 2010 15:22:59

Happy Birthday Rita, Hope you are very well ,on the road to recovery.

for michaelC

22 August 2009 20:54:46

Watsonia

Hi Michael

Repotted my lovely Watsonias you gave me the nudge towards. Took this photo specially for you.. Do you think they will be ok in this size pot for a year or two. Pilansii was potted earlier and has already made new growth. look forward to lovely flowers next Spring. Apricot Queen was really pot bound

Periwinkle 22 August 2009 21:13:40

Now you make me wonder if I should divide my Watsonia that was planted 3 years ago(in ground)? Im sure yours will do well in that pot. They are lovely flowers.

Jacinta 23 August 2009 08:26:25

I have heard of Watsonia but not really sure what the flowers are like. Does it have a 'common name'? Please enlighten me. My memory is on a malfunction at this hour of the morning,.

rita d 23 August 2009 08:55:19

Jacinta, Michael C has a photo of an apricot watsonia in one of his albums, his is doing fab as its in the ground, whereas my poor specimens have to make do with pots..

Rachel 23 August 2009 11:15:26

I was lucky enough to inherit a watsonia this year (at least that's what I thought it was). It had been abused but hasn't flowered yet since it's got the tlc. When it does flower I'll but it up for a positive id. Reading with interest as I know little about the plant.

Mairin 23 August 2009 21:31:36

I bought one only about 3 weeks ago. Mine has orange flowers - quite a dark orange colour. It's not planted yet though!

Pat 24 August 2009 12:19:20

I have a Watsonia in the ground and it is beautiful. It is in I think the July or Aug photos but it has no name on it as I couldn't put a name on it without Barbara, she knows these names. I thik it might be your Apricot. They do spread.

How about this?

22 August 2009 20:46:47

my prize

Sallysarah and I went on a day long plant hunt yesterday (Fri). We started off in the HSE Rural Training Centre in castlebar. I had never been there before but sally is a regular customer so brought me along. I was so impressed in spite of the rain which was relentless. We got four well established perennials for 10 Euro. Will post names and varieties when I have them repotted. The prize of the day was a large Strelizia given to me free gratis and for nothing by a member of staff looking for, as she said ' a good home' hope mine is good enough. Had (have) one which bloomed for the first time earlier this year. Since it bloomed I followed guidelines and placed it outside for the summer....but its looking very sad and has not made any new growth since flowering..afraid for it.. Today I bought a special deep pot and repotted my prize. Top dressed compost with aggregate and its now looking very smart... even think it has a flower bud developing.. fingers crossed (They take forever to open) probably next spring if it is a flower.. may only be another leaf..

Next stop was Horkins Garden Centre where we raided the hospital trolley. Then we met a staff member I have got to know through being a regular customer and she reduced the plants even further.. Will post names and varieties again when finished repotting. All activity in that area finished with onset of rain in the early afternoon today

Lìga 22 August 2009 22:31:05

O Rita,it is beautiful plant,very healty.Good luck with it.I had one long time ago,i grow it from seeds,but after first repoting thats die,,,eh ,maybe next time better luck.

Gismo1981 22 August 2009 23:10:11

that definitely is a prize its beautiful. love to hear about your bargain hunting. cant wait to see some pics :O)

Myrtle 23 August 2009 08:45:08

That looks beautiful even if it never flowers, but heres hoping it will.

Mairin 23 August 2009 21:29:10

Now, that is a fabulous plant. Can't wait to hear if it flowers.

Rachel 23 August 2009 23:53:54

It looks great. Want to try the Bird of Paradise - my seed never germinated unfortunately.

shelser 29 August 2009 20:37:02

That is a fantastic gift/freebee and the perfect home for it Rita. The pot is just perfect and the pale stones set it off brilliantly. You and Sally Sarah are a great team!

inside the diary

22 August 2009 20:25:27

inside

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Olga's diary

22 August 2009 20:23:47

diary

this lovely little diary was given to me by Olga when she came to stay in Westport at the start of her Irish holiday. I will now be more organised and keep records of new plants and repotting of older ones. Johnplotman, you have been my inspiration for resolve to be organised ( on paper anyway) Who says resolutions are for New Year only.

jocko121 22 August 2009 20:42:59

Rita, Thats all our wish to be more organised . I just did up a new bed and made a plan of what & where all the plants are and went, now if i can only find where I left it .... Oh to be organised

Ternie 23 August 2009 08:25:35

I hoped the diary helps :) you have so many plants already, long list :)