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carolpz
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another few gems from Kennegy Nurseries
I just love that place, nice unassuming chap Steve, lovely plants at low prices and excellent service. I bought a baby W. fillifera just because it looked great and was a bargain at £7.95, a Muschia wollastonii, Sauromatum montanum and Arisaema candidissimum, all for £22. Lovely
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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Hi Carol
I'm intrigued, what is Muschia wollastoni? Even google couldn't find me a pic!
ps. Setaria is romping away!!!
Pete
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:29 pm |
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hilts
Joined: Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:30 pm Posts: 2269 Location: Devon, South Coast UK
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Never heard of this place Carol, where is it
_________________ If he paid me what it's costing him to stop me robbing him, I'd stop robbing him
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:10 pm |
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Puya
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Is Steve still running that nursery? Goodness, long time no see!
I did this basic website for him about 7 years ago!
http://lwrkenneggynurs.netfirms.com/
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:50 am |
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david feix
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:54 am Posts: 3206 Location: Berkeley, California
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:07 am |
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atropica
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:00 am Posts: 129 Location: Newbury, Berks, UK
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I first saw Musschia wollastoni at Lamorran last summer and fell in love with it
I haven't managed to track down any seed let alone a plant. Thanks Carol, you've made my day.
_________________ Andy
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:30 am |
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Puya
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:53 am |
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Chad
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:03 pm Posts: 2343 Location: Inland Cornwall UK
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I haven't found either of the Musschia species easy to keep, and have lost them both outside.
In theory wollastonii should be hardy here, it grows [or at least grew - I haven't been back to check recently] at the walled garden of Tregenna Castle in St Ives. aurea is a rare Maderian endemic from almost coastal areas [wollastonii is also endemic but from higher up]. The only place I found it there was on a development site [near a go-cart track - under the main road to the airport if anyone is looking].
Seed of both forms is available.
Chad.
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:56 pm |
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carolpz
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The plant I bought is a good-sized foot high and well developed. I also have some seeds I bought from a chap called Ray Brown who sells herbaceous seeds. No luck with them yet but they haven't been in for more than a couple of weeks. Steve reckons they are easy to germinate but with my record of germination the last couple of years I'm not holding my breath.
Steve doesn't do mail order but funnily enough I was discussing that with him yesterday and we both agreed that unless you have a much larger nursery with more staff, mail order is difficult and expensive. I noticed he's stopped doing ferns but forgot to ask him about that. He says he really has to be strong about not overdoing the range of plants so perhaps the ferns weren't worth the trouble. It's one of my favourite nurseries and the best time to visit is about now when most of the choice is available and ready. For anyone who knows the place he's doing up the old victorian greenhouse so the succulents are limited at the moment. If you don't know it head towards Trevena Cross and when you reach the far end of the village of Rosudgeon near the Coach and Horses, a little further and there's a right turn which is signposted for Lower Kennegy. There is a sign for the nursery too. Definitely worth a visit; there's always a nice surprise to be found.
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:00 pm |
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Mike and Hev
Joined: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:49 pm Posts: 80 Location: PLYMOUTH
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Definately the best of the 'Exotic' nurseries in Cornwall.
Places like this need to be supported .
It may be small , but as Carol says , you're always guaranteed to come away with
some gem or another.
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:18 pm |
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Zac in NC
Joined: Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:35 pm Posts: 1008 Location: Raleigh, NC
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I've never heard of Sauromatum montanum. Got a pic of it? As far as I know, there is only one species in Sauromatum, unless you include it back in Typhonium. There are 2 forms of it over here though. the regular one, and then a giant form from India which is about twice the size.
Zac
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:27 pm |
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Chad
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:03 pm Posts: 2343 Location: Inland Cornwall UK
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Zac,
Several horticultural forms of Saurumatum have been given [invalid] latin names over here.
Steve's plants have a paler stem with paler marks and wider sections to the leaflets than is normal in most UK stock.
I have them growing next to the 'normal' form, and hope to have a hybrid swarm of intermediates in a few years.
The 'normal' form grew here in a conservatory [an oversight] in a large pot, and produced leaves well over 1.5 M across and in height. It has reverted to a more normal size once liberated into the garden. Have you seen the 'Indian Form' grown under the same conditions as the normal form? Or, to put it another way, do you think the large reported size is genetic or cultural?
Chad.
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Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:25 pm |
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DaveP
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:51 pm Posts: 345 Location: TORQUAY S.W. UK
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This is my Typhonium venosum that I got from David Constantine about 7-8 years ago. The leaves regularly grow to over 1m. across and it tends to produce several during the season, each one slightly smaller than its predecessor. Stem spotting is quite strong, but not as purplish as on plants I've grown in the past. Unlike the hugely prolific Amorphophallus konjac, it does not produce offsets freely and has remained as a single tuber.
Typhonium (Sauromatum) venosum
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:13 am |
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Paul Spracklin
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I saw Musschia wollastonii (I think? Didn't know of aurea) in the little botanic garden near the trout farm north of Funchal - growing some impressive trunk on it, too. Not wild I know. They have a pretty impressive selection of Madeiran natives there including the illusive European 'treefern' Culcita macrocarpa.
Couldn't agree more about Lower Kenneggy and Steve Mules - I'd list that as one of the top five nurseries in England for getting that unusual something. And, unlike a couple of them, you don't need to see your bank manager first.
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