Warrington to Spalding and Southfield

[Peter]

There's room for two more in the car this Saturday so please send a private message if interested.

[Hob]

i'm still hoping to get to Spalding from suffolk ..........maybe see you there??

[iann]

That's a fair old drive Peter! Wave as you go past my house, somewhere between J1 and J2 on the M60 I won't be there

Are you buying or selling this time? Or both?

[Peter]

Ian:I sold quite a few plants at Woolston Cactus Mart and the empty spaces on the staging are making me twitch. As usual, I shall buy far more than I have either the room for, or the money - however in the latter case I shall simply reduce the wife's Bristol Cream ration for a few months. Do you live on the hard shoulder of the M60, or is it the central reservation (indians live on reservations).

Hob: I used to visit Pakefield (Lowestoft) and I know why your plants are flowering so early. It's all that sand and wind - they feel at home!(:D

[Hob]

[quote="Peter Turner"]Ian:I sold quite a few plants at Woolston Cactus Mart and the empty spaces on the staging are making me twitch. As usual, I shall buy far more than I have either the room for, or the money - however in the latter case I shall simply reduce the wife's Bristol Cream ration for a few months. Do you live on the hard shoulder of the M60, or is it the central reservation (indians live on reservations).

Hob: I used to visit Pakefield (Lowestoft) and I know why your plants are flowering so early. It's all that sand and wind - they feel at home![/quote]

gad sir what a cad you are .........the wife's bristol cream ration is essential to matrimonial harmony as any fool should know, as for iann, he lives in a pair of jeans with a busted zip

pakefield .......... just up the road a bit, full of them there holiday makers at pontins

[Julie]

Spalding!! Wish I'd known ages ago!

I was there not two weeks ago, ogling the nice gardens, and dutifully tripping around the shops with the parents. So not likely to get there again anytime soon, as it's an hour from us.

Probably just as well - with the cono and other funky new additions to the family, I should stop! I saw the sweeetest Lophies at the AGM, but I resisted.

There is a so-called Garden Centre - which is actually a supermarket of things for the home, with a little corner dedicated to gardeny stuff.

There's not much in the way of C&S in the gardens - in Charlie Dimmock's island there's a sorry looking Agave with more dead leaves than alive. There were enough live leaves for me to show the parents the print on the leaves that the adjacent leaves make before peeling themselves off the growing spike.

I was impressed with the Zen garden, and the purple boxes garden. The gardens are new and still growing, but have some nice features already.

[Hob]

if anyone else is going i found the address with the postcode for the satnav

Springfields Events Centre.
Springfields
Camelgate
Spalding
Lincolnshire
PE12 6ET

[Hob]

just back from spalding, 210 mile round trip
bought a few plants

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Peter i missed you, the man selling flowerpots said you were in earlier

[Vic]

The Echinocereus at the back with the big red/orange flower looks nice Hob - is it coccineus?

[Hob]

Vic Wrote:
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> The Echinocereus at the back with the big
> red/orange flower looks nice Hob - is it
> coccineus?


coccineus v.gurneyi SB917 on the label