tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post6777490820753428843..comments2024-03-26T01:02:28.347+11:00Comments on Talking Plants: The exception that proves the rule - a hardy, terrestrial bromeliadTalking Plantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-23929049866122071932011-08-31T20:52:23.509+10:002011-08-31T20:52:23.509+10:00Thanks William!Thanks William!Talking Plantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-58908279471249802482011-08-31T20:24:01.268+10:002011-08-31T20:24:01.268+10:00Friend and colleague Gary Dunlop (Northern Ireland...Friend and colleague Gary Dunlop (Northern Ireland) knows his onions (and a hell of a lot more) See http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/inthegarden/Hardiness+of+Fascicularia+bicolor/31/william martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690169015453857183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-86110129977350025202011-08-31T20:16:29.811+10:002011-08-31T20:16:29.811+10:00Fasicularia has survived this winter at temperatur...Fasicularia has survived this winter at temperatures to - 12 c at Ottery St Mary in Devon this year without any signs of ill effect. When i worked at Rosemoor in North Devon we grew a plant there at the top of a South facing wall but with protection from an overhanging shrub. This survived temeperatures of below - 15 c and I consider it to be fully hardy.william martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690169015453857183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-53911819094507666372011-08-25T16:09:29.923+10:002011-08-25T16:09:29.923+10:00Thanks for the feedback from good old Victoria, a ...Thanks for the feedback from good old Victoria, a place not quite as tough as London for a bromeliad, but getting there! My pictures probably don't do the clump justice - the brown tips to the leaves stand out more than in reality. There are a few other clumps nearby, in the Alpine Rockery, that look better but their flowers weren't as pretty. But will look at Oxford's in due course...Talking Plantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-39966486181024090402011-08-25T11:06:36.423+10:002011-08-25T11:06:36.423+10:00The clumps you show are the worst condition specil...The clumps you show are the worst condition specilmens I have seen! If i remember rightly the Oxford Bots have some fine examples.william martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690169015453857183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-72157296062161597462011-08-25T11:02:49.051+10:002011-08-25T11:02:49.051+10:00I have grown this Brom for over 20 years in southe...I have grown this Brom for over 20 years in southern Victoria..it is to be found in older garden associated with Mr Guilfoyle. Another similar Sp is Ochagavia with confectionary pink flowers and is as tough as the above..for the best looking polants some partial shade is prefered. I have left clumps of these plants lying around unattached to the ground for in excess of 2 years and survive they do! P.S. The dandy designer Mr J Durie almost wet himself when he saw these plants in flower at my joint.. he went home with a bootload of em!william martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690169015453857183noreply@blogger.com