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GPI · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject: 412% above normal rainfall !!

Welcome Mac McDonald- O.R.G.
412% above normal rainfall, wow, sounds like we exported some Irish weather to you.
Member bugs has created a weather section under the general discussion topics.
You might want to post the odd weather report from California there to let us know what we are missing.

Novice · Hazel Tree Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 5

Hi all, Novice here from the midlands - new to gardening but enjoying learning. Not a bird watcher (yet) but facinated by the swallows that nested here this year - the young seem to be teasing our puppy!

Bugs · Ash Tree Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 210 Location: Dublin

Hi Mac Macdonald and Novice a warm welcome to Irish Gardeners if you are a real novice this the place to get all that free gardening advice Laughing

there are not many free things nowadays , but it is here
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Bugs

goreygreenhouse · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject:

Hello to all the newbies from goreygreenhouse here in the sunny south east... wexford...

BenWeedy · Hazel Tree Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

Hi there, forum looks great, well done.

I am a novice gardener from Monaghan. I have some seed pods from a common verburnum and I would like to know how to propagate them? Any help appreciated.

Ben

Kevin G · Hazel Tree Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Galway

Greetings All! And congratulations GPI on the nice Site/ Forum! Very Happy

Sugar_Ape · Rowan Tree Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 124

Welcome BenWeedy and Kevin G. Nice avatar Kev Wink

Kevin G · Hazel Tree Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Galway

Thank you Sugar_Ape ! Very Happy

You've some challenge ahead of you BenWeedy Viburnum seeds can been sown fresh in the late autumn on a soil based compost and covered with 5mm of small sized gravel. Leave outside over winter as they need temperature stratification and expect to wait 6-18 months for the seedlings to appear. Transplant and grow on for two more years and Presto! Laughing

If you've been holding onto the pods for a while and they are dried out open the pods and place the seeds in the fridge until spring and sow the same way...they should germinate the following year!

Lilith · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject:

greetings and welcome to all.

GPI the forum is blossoming so beautifully. Great job.

GPI · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks Lilith.
Welcome BenWeedy and Kevin G.

Great second post Kevin G, I can see you becoming a good gardening brain to have around the forum.

Bugs · Ash Tree Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 210 Location: Dublin

Hi to all new members ,
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Bugs

Kevin G · Hazel Tree Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Galway

Thanks for the warm welcomes....I just happened to know that one GPI! Wink

BenWeedy · Hazel Tree Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

Thanks Kevin G.

The common Verburnum seed I have are from a large tree at least 18 Meters high, from other websites it appears that common verburnum is normally kept as a small shrub, even in hedge rows.
Has anyone in the forum used common verburnum in a planting scheme? Whats your advise, I want to plant a small incline 3 M x 20 M with a mix of shrubs and small trees? Is it a suitable species?
Thanks.

Bugs · Ash Tree Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 210 Location: Dublin

verge · Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject:

Maybe you meant a Viburnum18 ft high, BenWeedy. If that is the case it could be Vibunum odaratissimum which grows to a small tree of 15-20ft.

Oh and welcome to Irish gardeners Benweedy and KevinG