hello from sunny newcastle

vwpauie

hello from sunny newcastle

Post by vwpauie »

hi all

i am paul from newcastle upon tyne, my username was meant to be vwpaulie but it appears that i missed the l out. oops!

i have been in my house for a while now, always lived in flats so i have never had a garden before. im only interested in gardening if i can make it look exotic, a run of the mill garden just doesn't appeal to me. so i guess i got the tropical bug before i mowed grass for the 1st time.

i have been transforming my garden into a tropical paradise., well trying too anyway.
ive got a few trachys, which i got half price from b&q waggies, chamerops, bamboos, yuccas, phormiums amongst other things. just bought a cerefera, hankered for one for a while now.

hopefully in a few years i can get the results i am after.

i would be interested to hear from anyone this far north on there experiences of growing in the north east climate.

cheers folks!

paul
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Post by Dave Brown »

Hi Paul, and welcome icon_salut

I did wonder about the username at the time, but mine is not to question why :lol: I'll have a word with Aido (webmaster) so see if it is possible to add an l.

Sounds like you are already adding the basics of the more hardy plants. There are a few members from up your way, perhaps they can comment on what is possible :wink:
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Welcome :D I'm sure we'd all love to see some pics of your first garden icon_salut
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Welcome
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Welcome.......
AKA - Martin

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Post by Deedee »

And a welcome from me to, a fellow Geordie :D
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welcome to HTUK paul icon_cheers icon_cheers
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Welcome to the asylum Paul icon_thumleft
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Post by GREVILLE »

Welcome Paul icon_cheers My youngest son's best mate lives in your part of the world. Whenever they communicate on Skype most of the topic of conversation centres on how cold and/or wet it is up there. So how do you manage with exotics in your hostile climate.........?
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Post by vwpauie »

cheers for the welcome folks... thanks dave if my L can be added that would be great.

just checked your garden pics deedee and i'm in ore...

tropical tom- will try to get some pics up soon of what i have done so far

greville - thats exacly what i am hoping to find out. my trachys have marched through the last few winters unscathed and my bamboo is taking well since planted however my chamerops took a beating in 2011 and appears to have regressed somewhat. lost a few things along the way too but hay-ho

deedee are you still in toon or an ex-pat??

paul
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Welcome!!

A nice collection of plants already. Pictures will be good. icon_thumleft
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Still in the Toon Paul icon_cheers
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Post by kata »

Welcome Paul!

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Post by dino »

Welcome Paul. I love a geordie accent, especially a woman's.
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Welcome! By eck, you are reet up north aren't you?!
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