This month's Saintpaulias from Dibleys now online

As well as our range of Saintpaulias available in our catalogue, we have added lots more varieties only available online - available on a first-come first served-basis.  The range includes bi-coloured, variegated, trailing, doubles & miniatures. None of these varieties are readily available from any other source in this country.

Here are a sample from this month's selection.

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Dibleys Achimenes Catalogue now out

Welcome to Dibleys Achimenes Catalogue.  This is our 3rd colour catalogue of Achimenes, and this year we have included a section of related plants which grow in similar conditions and have a similar growth habit, i.e. they die back to rhizomes for the winter. In the wild Achimenes are mainly distributed in Mexico with some species native to Central and South America and the West Indies.These plants were very popular in the nineteenth century when many new hybrids were introduced, their popularity picked up again in the 1940’s but had declined again by the end of the twentieth century.We have managed to collect many varieties over the last few years and hope that yet again they can become the justly popular houseplants that they once were.
For those of you who have never grown Achimenes before, the Gift Pack is a good way to get stated as it contains everything you will need to grow 6 of these easy to grow plants (see page 6).
All our sundries, on pages 8-10, make excellent Christmas gifts for growers of all abilities. The Electric Propagators and Propagator Warming Mat are a very useful additional kit to any gardener as it enables you to keep propagating and growing young plants throughout winter.The Grow Light Garden is a fantastic piece of equipment, to either keep plants growing and flowering during the winter, or to situate in a dark corner and fill with a beautiful display of plants the year round.

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How to treat your plants during the winter

Here are some handy tips from Rex Dibley on how to overwinter your houseplants.  As well as Streptocarpus, Saintpaulias, Rhizomatous plants such as Achimenes, Kohlerias & Smithiantha, Coleus and Foliage Begonias are discussed.

Streptocarpus stars in Downton Abbey

Did you spot the cameo appearance of Streptocarpus 'Falling Stars' in last week's episode of Downton Abbey?  It looks like a beautiful specimen - but it's about 70 years too early!  We didn't release Falling Stars until the late 1980's!

Falling Stars won the RHS Award of Garden Merit in 1993.  It produces vast numbers of small dainty sky blue flowers. Very spectacular, early flowering and easy to grow, making this introduction of ours one of the very best Streptocarpus.

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10 RHS Gold Medals This Year!

This week we were at the RHS London Autumn Harvest Show at the RHS Halls in in the heart of London.  We have won another RHS gold medal for our Streptocarpus, foliage begonias &
other houseplants, making it 10 RHS gold medals in 2011.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-London-Flower-Shows/RHS-London-Autumn-Harvest-Show

RHS Gold at Malvern Autumn Show!

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Two RHS Gold Medals at Tatton Park

Come and see our two RHS Gold medal winning displays at Tatton Park Flower Show - stand FM/69 for our Streptocarpus, and stand FM/70 for foliage begonias, coleus, gesneriads
& other houseplants.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Show-Tatton-Park/2011