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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Post Number: 146
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 01, 2004 - 9:23 pm: |    |
... and what a day!! still 19C at 6pm when I got home from work. Did I work in the garden? nah I worked on my tan.
Anyway back to flowers and I'm gonna kick this month off with an Iris which I 'found' this evening hidden among all my other "must find a home for" goodies. I dont actually remember buying or being given it. The label is blank. I hope one of you guys can help and tell me how to look after it and where to plant it - rockery hopefully.
So this is my unknown Iris
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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in full bloom now is a Clematis with no tag I bought at B&Q last year
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Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Here is a close up of one of my Trillium grandiflorum forma roseum flowers. This form has the deepest pink flowers of several plants I have blooming, and is pink in bud.
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J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 4:27 pm: | |
A few non bulbs flowering in our garden.
A young plant Paraquilegia grandiflora flowering for the first time in one of the raised crevice beds that we re-did last year.
One of several plants of Phyllodoce caerulea, raised from seed collected in Japan on the AGSJ expedition. They are all good dome forming and free flowering specimens.
From China this time is this weird and wonderful flower on Epimedium acuminatum, makes the bend down to examine the flower well worth it, and, the leaves are equally sectacular when they are young.
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Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Hi, Mark, I like the Iris, though I'm not sure which it is. Is it scented? Your Clematis is a bit easier, it is one of the paniculata x marmoraria types. The one most often seen is a cultivar called "Avalanche". It is similar to Clematis x cartmannii "Joe". That is, if it has got long growths, if it is short and fat, then it's a marmoraria hybrid with less paniculata!!I can't tell from the pic how big the plant is!
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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I have tried the Paraquilegia so many times but it won't grow. The Iris has no scent and only one flower measuring 4cmx4cm / 1"x1". The flowering stem is 11.5cm / 4.•••••• is in a 4" square pot and has one main rhizome and 4 off it. I'll leave it in my room for a while to see if it is scented when warm |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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We have 'Avalanche' at work all of which have broken stems from the weight of the flowers. Mine isnt as big as that. I'm am considering buying one for one of my raised beds |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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yep the Iris is scented .. and now to try and describe it. It's cool and fresh with a slight scent similar to Dianthus and night scented pelargoniums |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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A couple of 'eric's' flowering in our garden right now
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We bought this roddy for £1 several years ago from a wee nursery just south of Oban - at the time it as just about dead! |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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This is my favourite Erodium from my collection. It opened it's first flowers today.
E. 'Spanish Eyes'
Here is a Narcissus looking good this month.
N. 'New Baby'
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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I was at Margaret Glynn's garden garden last night and saw a lovely 'weed' I had told her to keep several months ago. It's a Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris with almost all black leaves and pale lemon flowers. I'm going back to take photos today. Anyone know how variable this plant is? Should it be kept and maybe named? |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 11:52 am: | |
HI, Folks, a few comments... still don't know what Mark's Iris is, isn't there an Iris Buff out there who can put us out of our misery? I think Carol's revived rhododendron is either "Elizabeth Hobbie" or "Axel Olsen", they are almost identical. Axel tends to have a little twist in his leaf. I'm posting a couple of pics on the "Plant Identification page" of this Forum of a little plant that seems to be an Aristolochia, but which one?? We can't even hazard a guess as to where it came from. It's come up in the open garden, I wouldn't have planted it there ! Help! |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 7:56 pm: | |
according to a couple of guys from the Pacific Bulb Society my Iris is either
suaveolens http://freespace.virgin.net/jim.almond/Ex03irs.jpg
attica http://www.badbear.com/signa/display-photo.pl?Iris -attica+5+5
schactii http://www.badbear.com/signa/display-photo.pl?Iris -schachtii+3+1 |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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DB Iris time is here again. Yet another fantastic day here in N Ireland brought out the first of the flowers.
Iris 'Open Sky'
Iris 'Hocus Pocus'
unknown Iris from Margaret Glynn for my rockery. It stands just short of 3.5 inches high. Do you know it?
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Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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No fair, you guys have Spring now! Here's some of my Autumn bloomers:
Colchicum agrippinum
Little pyrethrum daisies:
Japanese Windflowers:
Cheers,
Lauren |
Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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Oh dear!! My pictures seem terribly large compared to everyone elses. I'll make them smaller next time, sorry!
Lauren |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Post Number: 159
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quite strange because I am unable to post a photo bigger than 350 pixels wide |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Trying out a new camera.
Trillium grandiflorum 'Snow Bunting'
Soldanella montana villosa, which always gives me a good display and plenty of seed. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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This is the Buttercup growing in Margaret Glynn's garden. Any input would be appreaciated
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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and the last from me for 9 days cos I'm off to Prague with the Ulster Group tomorrow.
Mistle Thrush eggs at work
and Robin eggs photographed in Pat Crossley's garden , in an opened bag of compost, where I went to today to rescue said person from a bat
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Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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Anthony, your Soldanella montana villosa is stunning, thanks for posting this as I had not heard of it before. What sort of conditions does it like? It's Spring-flowering, obviously...does it go dormant over the summer? I don't suppose you'd know a source for them in Australia would you? :-)
Lauren, who's thoroughly enjoying everyone's Springtime pics. |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Hi Lauren
I grow the soldanella in a gritty scree and it is winter dormant. I would not tolerate drying out. No idea about sources in Australia, but seed is tiny so easy to send if it is not on the banned list. Paul Tyerman in Canberra (ptyerman@OZEMAIL.COM.AU) may be able to help? |
Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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Oh that's very genourous of you Anthony. I'll e-mail Paul first and maybe you can e-mail me (you have no e-mail address accessable from here) and we can organise something :-)
Lauren |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Yes, the link to me seems to be dead. Not sure why? anthony@darby.eclipse.co.uk |
Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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Well still a bit wintery here at times with a heavy thunderstorm yesterday however some flowers like it so here is Gentian acaulis, Iris Knick Knack, Trillium vaseyi,and Meconopsis cookei
( M. quintuplinervia x M. punicea)
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Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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As our posting super hero(Mark) is away looking at gardens across the sea here are some more pictures from the garden. Gentiana kochiana, Pteridiophyllum racemosum, Trillium simile, Trillium sulcatum yellow.
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Darren Sleep (Darren)
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No one seems to have commented on Mark's mystery Iris from Margaret Glynn. It looks like the plant I grow as Iris cristata. It's a good plant for a 'high humus' bed in particular. Needs splitting and replanting frequently - I'm not good at getting around to these things and mine (in a big trough) hasn't flowered for a few years. It's also a mollusc magnet! |
Luit VanDelft (Lvandelft)
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I was delighted to see that Pteridophyllum racemosum is still in culture with Ian Christie.
Long ago I read about it in Alfred Evans book and put it on my wishlist, but never found it.
It’s remarkable this plant belongs to the Poppy family when looking at the picture.
Is it really such a difficult plant??
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Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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The first of my cypripediums is out:
Cypripedium 'Emil' |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Here's some more
Cypripedium calceolus
C. flavum
C. pubescens parviflorum |
J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Nice healthy looking plants Anthony.
Are you growing them in a sunny spot ?
Ian |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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They are growing in sun, although the ground doesn't entirely dry out. The calceolus and parviflorum have been flowering in the same spot since 1999. The flavum was purchased as Cypripedium henryi at the 2003 Early Bulb Display in Dunblane and this is its second year of blooming.
Anthony. |
Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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I would like to say we find the pteridiophyllum is easy to grow here in my North facing garden which is cool and damp, the picture was taken with a plant growing in a sink again in a shaded area, I have seen a few variations and not all flower as well as this clone which we have had for 20 years, anyway a few Cyprepediums from the same North facing area and two Paris.
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Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Ah I do like Paris in the
the spring |
Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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Hi Luit and others, I find the Pteridiophyllum easy but slow to multiply we always grow in a cool shaded spot and the photo was a plant growing in a shaded trough, not all plants flower as well as this one which we have had for around 20 years. I add Cyprepedium calceolus, Cyp macranthos pale, Paris japonica and paris lancifolia now within the genus Trilliacea so RHS say.
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Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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A couple more cyps
Cypripedium pubescens pubescens
Cypripedium calceolus growing under an acer, with a double Trillium grandiflorum from Blooms of Bressingham. Note the open flowers of the calceolus are twinned, with two per stem.
(N.B. the Cypripedium pubescens flower is 180mm across the horizontal tepals, which compares with 70mm across those of the C. pubescens parviflorum.) |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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very nice. Mine has come up with no flowers for the second year even though Mr Christain says in was flowering size. |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Which 'mine' are we talking about? My Trillium grandiflorum 'Snow Bunting' from Paul Christian has had two flowers for three seasons. The above Cypripedium calceolus was sold to me as "flowering size" by Hardy Orchids Ltd in early 1999, but flowered for the first time in 2001 with a single bloom. Last year it had three single flowered stems and this year four stems, three with flowers. My C. tibeticum had two flowers in 2001, didn't flower at all in 2002, or 2003, but this year it will have two flowers again. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Cyp 'Aki Pale'
I hope everyone else in the UK is haveing the weather we are having. 23C today and a mighty 31C while I was away in Prague. |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Lovely and sunny in Dunblane, but only 16C here!
Cypripedium 'Aki Pale' should be much more vigorous than the species. I fertilise with quarter strength phostrogen or 'Miracle Grow' once a fortnight. Michael Weinert (Frosch) on the www.cypripedium.de/forum offers very useful advice and always recommends growing hybrids before species. I prefer the species, but have some hybrids for comparison. Peter Corkhill (p.corkhill@daelnet.co.uk) is an excellent source of reasonably priced seedlings, but budded plants can be bought from Ian Christie and John Amand at shows (if ordered in advance). Hardy Orchids Ltd and 'Orchids by Post' are two other sources which have produced nice plants. Once they are happy and increase you know you have 'cracked it' as far as growing cyps is concerned.
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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hi all
I've got some photos to post to catch up on what has been happening in my garden over the last two weeks. I'll do it over a couple of posts. It's already 16C here (10.30am) so it may top yesterday's 26C.
Anthony thanks for the information on Cyps.
Here is the dainty and well behaved Geranium farreri
Anemone obtusiloba
DB Iris 'Serenity Prayer'
DB Iris 'Chanted'
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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.. and now for a couple of Erodiums
Erodium x kolbianum
Erodium x kolbianum 'Natasha'
Erodium macradenum
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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.. and a few Phlox
Bought for 30p or less from The Czech Rock Garden Club sales at their show
P. 'Daisy Hill'
P. 'Kvata'
P. 'Star Bright'
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Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Hi Mark
Love the phlox - hope you will be putting some seed to the exchange.
We had great weather yesterday too but today is cool and overcast so I don't feel too depressed at being in office.
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Carol I have never seen creeping Phlox set seed. We are asuming that the Phlox 'Daisy Hill' has a link to the N Irish nursery Daisy Hill but cant find any ifo on the plant.
We had a warm 21C today. |
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I have been impressed by the lovely pictures of great plants appearing on the flowering now here a few different non bulbous plants in our garden.
Both Himalayan plants that are fabulous if you can find a bit of space. We grow them in amongst the rhododendrons as they enjoy similar conditions.
A lovely pale pink form of Ramonda that we have grown for a very long time, we propagate it be removing side rosettes or from leaf cuttings. |
J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Not so much flowewring now but what will be in flower in ten days time ?
Sandy Leven and I visited Fred & Monica Carries Nursery at Tough to get a selection of plants for the SRGC display garden at Gardening Scotland which starts a week on Friday.
While we were there I found this butter fly and I need someone (Anthony) to put a name to it please.
After a cuople of hours we had a full car load of plants full of promise and buds.
Fred left, Sandy right and Susie the collie dog.
Fred is also our Webmaster who makes all this work. |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Hi Ian - it's green-veined white (Artogeia (Pieris) napi) |
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Well done, Anthony, knew you'd tell us! What kept you, it's been fifty minutes ? !!
Cheers,
Ian |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Sorry, went for a stroll round my garden. Mind you, that only takes 8 seconds! Ah! James (aged 7) was doing his homework (reading) and piano practice. Excellent photo. My new camera doesn't have a macro lens.......yet! |
Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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Here is my most recent pictures, Our President Ian worships Oxalis?. Lilium nanum, and two forms of Lilium oxypetalum insigne Oxalis sweet sue from Peter Erskine.
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Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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A gentle shower refreshed my garden today, so I went out and photographed one of my wisterias, which like my laburnum, is looking good this year.
Two plants from Tibet are blooming too.
Arisaema flavum tibeticum and
Cypripedium tibeticum. Both of these plants are from Paul Christian. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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The cyp is stunning as is the Oxalis. |
Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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Anthony the Cyp is wonderful. I found today another Lilium Oxpetalum insigne a lovely white one plus just one Meconopsis for now M. Bobby Masterton.
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Bulb time is definitely over in my garden just now. I had to remove all Narcissus and Galanthus leaves this week due to high numbers of Narcissis flies. I just dont know where they come from or how to control the adults. I swatted 12+ this morning before going to work.
Anyway onto what is looking good today. My first Ursina opened today and isnt as big as I had hoped.
Dianthus are starting to show a lot of colour. This is D. 'Inshriach Dazzler'
I must count tomorrow how many hardy Geraniums are in bloom. It must be 70+. This is Geranium 'Rothbury Gem'
And lastly a hardy Impatiens which has increased from 1 to 13 in a year. It creeps about so may be invasive. This is Impatiens omeiana
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004 - 11:49 pm: | |
Back on the 9th I showed you some Mistle Thrush eggs. Today was the big day to leave the nest and what a racket it caused from mum and dad. They left between 5pm and 6pm which is quite unusual as most birds fledge at dawn. Here are a few photos.
Itchy feet .. well wings
"Which way?"
"This reminds me of my nest fork"
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J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Registered: 2-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 7:06 pm: | |
Great pictures Mark and what a superb bird. You are lucky to have had the pleasure of seeing them, we have just a very few song thrushes around our garden. |
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