Ginger bush

Post by **burnham28** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:13 pm

Do we have any gardeners who can help my wife with her ginger bush. It has started to curl up and doesn't look very happy. She may have been cutting it too severely or over watering it. I'm sure we must have some expert gardeners in the club.

Post by **firedrake1942** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:22 pm

Seriously ?????

Post by **burnham28** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:28 pm

We went on holiday to the Azores where they grow like weeds. She managed to find one when we got back but I don't think it likes the english climate

Post by **Sleeper** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:57 pm

My wife has the same/similar and trims it twice a year , maybe over pruning is the problem?

John

Post by **firedrake1942** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:19 pm

Really ??? Seriously ???? Perhaps 31 years as a Police officer has made me over cynical but even so .......

Post by **SteveClem** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:06 pm

We are a ginger(ish) family and I must say that if I refered to a 'ginger bush' all the kids would roll around laughing and the innuendo game would start big time!
Having said that I do know that such things exist in the horticultural world and suggest the OP consults a gardening website where people have cleaner minds

Post by **firedrake1942** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:11 pm

Priceless!

Post by **samuria** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:19 pm

burnham28 wrote:Do we have any gardeners who can help my wife with her ginger bush. It has started to curl up and doesn't look very happy. She may have been cutting it too severely or over watering it. I'm sure we must have some expert gardeners in the club.

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Post by **firedrake1942** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:30 pm

Shouldn't this topic come under TRIM ??

Post by **greendefender123** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:08 pm

Think im too immature for this thread. Tho I am ginger

Post by **palacebear** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:32 pm

I desperately want to 'contribute' to this thread but my instinct begins in the gutter and travels downwards.

Post by **firedrake1942** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:42 pm

According to the sublime Oscar, 'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.'

Post by **burnham28** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:50 am

Oh dear what have I done after reading my first post I can see that I should have worded it more carefully. My wife has now read it and I'm in deep poo poo mind you I'm always in it it's just the depth that varies. She says that she cannot now go to any Morris Minor events as everyone will be asking her how her ginger bush is doing. My ear is swollen and I slept on the sofa last night.

Post by **Sleeper** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:58 am

John

Post by **firedrake1942** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:58 am

It's not that serious, given us all a bit of a laugh, You will probably end up on the News Quiz, but in any case a bit of a close shave. Is the Bush in question of the Brazilian variety, I know from my own experience that there are several, and is it large enough for topiary ?

.....I'll get my coat !.......

Post by **burnham28** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:56 am

Im glad to know you have a vast experience of bushes so have I probably from being in the same job.

Post by **Boomlander** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:30 pm

The good old Tetradenia - always gets a laff!

Post by **firedrake1942** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:31 pm

Just in case anyone was interested, a picture, Tetradenia riparia - Unlike any Ginger Bush I have ever seen!

Post by **olderisbetter** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:42 am

I think planting them near a double entendre shrub can create a few problems

Post by **firedrake1942** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:04 am

I understand that they can complement a carefully tended Box in part shade with moist conditions.

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