few questions about hellebore's and orange globe buddleia's

[4390evans]

Anyone got hellebores flowering for the second time this year?

I bought 6 from work in the sale as they had already flowered, so didn't expect anything from them till late this year, but when I went out this morning there is one there just about to burst into flower? What are they like are they common for this type of behaviour?

Also I was out on a walk earlier and come across a one of those orange globe buddleia's growing away along a river bank, It was massive! Some of the flowers had died back so I picked 5 to see if I could get seed from them to grow my own.

Are they as easy to grow as the buddleia davidii? Just sow the seed etc? or are they harder?

I've got 3 buddleia's in my garden atm and I could love to add the orange one

Please don't scold me for talking from the wild, I will take down another plant to plant there as a I'm sorry... but I needed to have you. Any suggestions would be fab... I thought maybe tick-seed?

[Containergardener]

I havnt any hellebores flowering again , lucky you

Re buddleia , I've only tried cuttings not seed. Worth a shot though.

[4390evans]

Cuttings, carnations and fuchsias

Think I will, a few other people has said they have only done them from soft wood cuttings as seeds are quite hard, but when I nicked some seeds from the neighbors bud when she was cutting it down, I think every one of them must of germinated as I had hundreds of little seedlings, I kept a few and gave loads away.... I think that is where I got the assumption from that it must be easy to grow.

But the orange globe ones I haven't seen them anywhere, not even in garden centers (my friend informed me last night that they grow all over in murton). I might pop back down and take a few soft wood cuttings see how I get on with them.

I took some cuttings of a neighbors fuchsia, and I put some in water and some in soil, I've never done this before does anyone know how long these usually take to root, Oh and carnations I got some cutting from the private breeders that was at work the other day, has anyone managed to root these before?

I know I ramble on but I do appreciate your help guys... still learning

[Containergardener]

No idea lengths of time. Mum has pulled bits of carnations off before and potted on and they've taken.
Fuchsia I've rooted in water before .

[veggiechicken]

Please don't scold me for talking from the wild, I will take down another plant to plant there as a I'm sorry... but I needed to have you. Any suggestions would be fab... I thought maybe tick-seed?

The buddleja may have grown from prunings that have been dumped in the river and washed up on the riverbank. Please don't plant anything else on the riverbank. It should be a home for native species, not for something that looks pretty in a garden.

[DannyK]

Have a look at The Buddleja Garden- Buddleia globosa and araucana / nappii

I have Winter Sun. It flowers far longer than the davidii.

You may be breaking the law if you plant anything on the bank. Garden escapes are causing a lot of problems.

I believe some old sewage outfalls have fig trees nearby!