Welcome to new members

Laury · Post by **Laury** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:00 am

A big hello to friends new and old.

I've been 5 years in establishing my exotic garden in south devon and am just about to start all over again in Spain.

Laury

Post by **Dave Brown** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:24 am

Hi, Barrie, Melissa, Laury... hope I've not missed anyone. Welcome to HTuk

Perhaps start some threads with pics of your gardens.

Laury, how's the Spanish garden coming along? The last I saw it was a big field with lots of work ahead... any updates.

Palmking, Playa de las Americas is my normal haunt. It is the best place for diversity of seed, and you know its fresh. I've always found that taking a picture of the parent Palm or plant, adds so much interest when selling or swapping seed or plants

ColinB · Post by **ColinB** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:14 am

Hi everyone, nice to see some familiar names over here.
Gaz - Thanks for the link

ColinB (Colin Burgess)

MarkD · Post by **MarkD** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:55 am

Hi Melissa and everyone, welcome

palmking · Post by **palmking** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:20 pm

Dave Brown wrote:Palmking, Playa de las Americas is my normal haunt. It is the best place for diversity of seed, and you know its fresh. I've always found that taking a picture of the parent Palm or plant, adds so much interest when selling or swapping seed or plants

It helps for many reasons, true- having taken 5 years to correctly identify a 1/2 dozen Syagrus Amara seedlings from Gran Canaria(Puerto Rico). I will definitely be doing that this time!!!

AndyC · Post by **AndyC** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:33 pm

Hi everyone

Regards
AndyC (UKO atropica)

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:11 pm

Firstly, a big hello to you all! HTUK has steadily grown into a real gem, thankyou and well done Dave.

Nice Washie by the way Dave, does he/she receive any form of protection over winter?

Laury · Post by **Laury** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:57 pm

Laury, how's the Spanish garden coming along? The last I saw it was a big field with lots of work ahead... any updates.

It's still a field.

The house is being reformed so we can't spend any time out there yet.
It should be finished soon and then we have to wait for the pool to be dug in before I sort out what and where.
I was planning on a selection of bananas around the pool area as they are less likely to drop leaves and flowers in the water and should give some good shade.

Melissa · Post by **Melissa** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:50 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

Dave, we have a gallery on the garden on Webshots, which we hope to update soon, when we do I'll post a link. We haven't updated since last year, been to busy changing it around, the garden not webshots.

Melissa

Don · Post by **Don** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:27 am

Hello Melissa-it's about time we had a bit of class in here. Can you suggest anyone

Melissa · Post by **Melissa** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:46 am

Hi Don, no I can't think of anyone.

Melissa

Libby · Post by **Libby** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:30 am

I see things are changing fast on here.
I'm fairly new to tropical plants, hopeless with the latin names (but working on it), been a mmeber here a little while now and planning on covering the whole garden with them,tropicals that is!!! just don't tell hubby

Post by **Dave Brown** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:29 am

Hi Libby,

Glad you got your greenhouse sorted, just in the nick of time. Have you filled it yet

Ali K · Post by **Ali K** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:31 am

A big hello to everyone!
Regards
Ali

grub · Post by **grub** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:34 am

hi ali, welcome, have fun.