I’ve been walking around the place looking for space. I’m trying to exercise a little sense and get in early with my planning, before too much sells out from the various nurseries and suppliers.
Already I’m snookered on one – American Elder (Sambucus canadensis for all you plant people). Flowering after our native elder and not self fertile, it doesn’t get to produce fruit – instead you get 5 months of huge flower heads starting in July. Sold out. There goes my 100m line of them at least for this year.
Chaenomeles are definitely on my maybe list. Like a shorter version of the quince tree, these lovelies make a metre or two high hedge if you plant them closely, with fruit similar to quince (below) – and used the same way. I’ve never eaten one. Perhaps I should go scrumping at Knightshayes where they’ve got a few…but by the time they’re ripe they’ll probably have sold out too.
To paraphrase Julian Cope I’m trying to find a plan of action but I can’t get it right.
Anyway, it’s stopped raining, so I’m off out with pencil and paper again.
I with you ,brother. I am currently searching for Rhododendrons.
Are you diversifying into industrial quantities of Elderflower champagne?
champagne or cordial (i suspect the former for me, the later to sell). Apparently chaelomeles makes a brilliant refreshing drink too – awaiting taste test when a friends are ready or a Knightshayes trip obviously). Can you make any nice pop out of rhododendrons?
Sorry James, and Mark, I just don't think Rhododendronade is going to catch on!!
However, who said Champagne? Should I come round now? And if you need a taster for the Chaenomele drink count me in, it is alcoholic isn't it?!
Ryan
What? Are you joking? rhododendronade would be huge! We could sell it in every national trust shop in Cornwall, Wales, Scotland…. It would be like the new Mead
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And I slated it! Bugger.
I missed a trick there. Please think of me when you're millionaires.
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