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Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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Thought I might as well start this month off with a few things. Trillium Grandiflorum is something that I have wanted for ages and mum managed to get it for me for my birthday, first time to flower!
Also Dodecatheon Pulchellum flowering from seed, it is a beautiful colour.
Fritillaria Sibthorpiana flowering first time from seed, wasn't expecting it to and nearly overlooked it! Only 3 years old.
And last, but not least, Trillium Sessile. A bit strange considering it's parents were red and all that have flowered are white! But the white clump was nearby.
Thanks also Mark for the tips, am taking note!
Lesley |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Are you sure about the Trillium grandiflorum Lesley? The ovaries are black which would suggest a white form of erectum? |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Lesley,
I love the pics..... beautiful. Well done with the F. sibthorpiana, it's a beauty. I had one flower a couple of years ago but not this year. We had a VERY hot summer which I think bothered a few of them somewhat.
Anthony and Lesley,
Couldn't the black ovaries make it Trillium simile? Lesley, if this is the "grandiflorum" that Woodbank was selling then a couple of us elsewhere sort of worked out that it was likely to be T. simile as the flowers are the size and shape more or less of grandiflorum, but the black ovaries mean it can't be. Certainly the flowers on my erectum are much smaller and "cuter" than the white one like Lesley's.
I would also note that mine has always produced flowers that look like the bottom flower of the two in Lesley's picture, with the petals sitting straight outwards. The top flower in lesley's pic definitely has the form of the erectum that I have, but the size of the white is decidedly bigger than the erectum. Again, this is going by comparisons of my two plants, so I can't know for sure about relative sizes of Lesley's plants. Did your grandiflorum come from Woodbank Lesley? |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Howdy All,
Given the discussion on Paeonies in the Southern Hemisphere October thread I thought I had to include at least one pic here of one of my tree paeonies.....
Paeonia (tree) 'Kinshe'
This is one of my favourite Salvias, although it is a little different and many wouldn't like it. The colour is rather strange to say the least, being a browny orange. I like it though as it is so different.
Salvia africana lutea
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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Anyone know why I can only seem to put 2 pics in each posting whereas Lesley can obviously put lots more? If I try to put more than 2 pics in a post then when I preview it only 2 of them appear and the third (or however many more than 2 I have) appears as the file name instead of a picture. How is it that Lesley can apparently load 5 large pics whereas it won't let me put more than 2 in the post? It seems really silly to be having to put up 3 separate posts just so that I can show you 6 pics!!?? Any advice would be appreciated!!
So now back to the pics.....
One of the various bearded iris that I have flowering at the moment. An interesting blend of colours, flowering for me for the first time.
Iris 'Life of Riley' (which we had to buy for the name as one of our dogs is called Riley for living the life of Riley! LOL
For something completely different here's one of my cactus currently in flower. I have a growing collection of smaller cactus along the lines of Rebutias and their family, plus quite a few mammillarias... and some Lithops. I can see another addiction forming! (sigh!)
Rebutia senilis |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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And finally here are a couple of Moraeas. The variety in Moraeas is just amazing, with sizes of flowers in the genus ranging from around 1cm wide to 3 inches or more, plus a whole range of colours from white through yellows, oranges, pinks, blues, purples and having wonderful colour combinations on the nectaries.
This one flowers for me every year, each time with more flower stems than the last. despite being in a small pot and now actually filling it enough that the pot is distorting it still flowers regularly. Can't ask for much more than that!!
Moraea huttonii
This is a first flowering for me, and I just love the colour combination. The other interesting thing with this one is that the flower lasted for 3 days, which is unusual for most of the smaller Moraeas which seem to have each flower last only the single day. Needless to say I was MOST pleased to have it around for longer. LOL
Moraea lurida |
J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Hello Paul, I cannot understand why you are having trouble attaching more than 2 pictures to your posts, you should be able to attach as many as you want. One reason for the attachment failing could be that the files exceed the 70kb permitted. The only other reason I can guess at is it could be something to do with your ISP.
It is so cheering to see all these lovely pictures of your flowers in the Southern Hemisphere, it makes our dark days so much easier to deal with. That and the fact that we still have a lot of bulbs flowering as the winter flowering Narcissus have just started to perform.
I am sorry to say that I have to agree with the others Lesley that is not Trillium grandiflorum you have.
Please keep the posts coming. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Ian,
beats me why I cannot. I doubt it is something to do with my ISP as it appears to be "automatic" in the site. I know that I cannot load pics more than 70k in size (found that out pretty rapidly! LOL) but this is just something where instead of the picture being displayed in preview it just prints the file name. I have not actually posted one with that in just to see if it appears on the Board but doesn't appear in the preview, so I might try that. Maybe it is just the preview that isn't working right for me? Rather odd anyway. Sorry if people find it a bit silly that I post multiple messages instead of just one, but at least you now know why. |
Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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I have to admit that I mixed up the photos! It is Trillium Erectum, sorry about that!
Paul, I can't understand it either, the only trouble I had was when I tried to put something too big in. Sometimes in preview it shows a red cross instead of the photo but it seems fine when it's actually put out there. Also my computer is OLD, ten years almost. I thought if anything'd go wrong it would be with mine.
Anyway, these came out today. The Telopea, Warratah, and it is our pride and joy at the moment. The yellow form is very rare and it has over 60 flowers on it this year. This is a Tassie native (one of the prettiest other than the Christmas Bells I think). I have also added the red form, which is more common. Both flowering in the fernery. Also Maggie speaking about the Blandfordia, the seed that I sent over to you, which we also planted here has flowered and it isn't it. It is a native Iris, obviously our friend that collected it didn't realy know the difference as the seed heads are pretty similar. But we are going to collect it ourselves this year and will send some more to you.
Lesley
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Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Paul I often get just name appear in preview but when I post up they all pop! Are you using a mac by any chance? |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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No Mac.... Windows machine unfortunately! LOL
Next time I have a bunch to load I'll load 3 or 4 and try and see if they come up OK. If they do then great, if not then I'll apologise in advance as it'll end up a messy post.
Raining here today which is wonderful. We need LOTS more of it or we're going to have a dreadful summer. We're already on serious water restrictions, although not as bad as they'll be in summer if we DON'T get some decent rain now. |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Paul - we need less rain. himself is complainingi about soggy ground! - It is...
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Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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It looks like they were wrong when predicting the hottest, dryest summer on record down here! We just got 4 1/2 inches of rain in the last week, we did need it though. Tassie isn't generally known for being dry but the last few years hasn't been real good.
Haven't been out with the camera lately, been potting paeonies the last few days, in the rain was great fun.
Lesley |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Lesley,
I love that yellow waratah. Didn't even know they came in the yellow colour. I'd hazard I'm not likely to see them up here though! LOL
Great pics! |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Here's some flowerings at the moment....
Lilium tenuifolium is the first flowering Lilium for this year. Delightful little "Turk's Caps" an inch and a bit wide.
This is my favourite variegated iris.... Iris laevigata 'Elegantissima'. The foliage is very cleanly variegated for the whole growing season. Topped by the dark blue flowers it REALLY stands out in the crowd! LOL This is a water iris and is winter dormant.
All the jackmanii hybrid Clematis are starting to flower now so here's 'Gypsy Queen'.
Looks like this will be the only oriental poppy to flower for me this year. I don't seem to have much luck flowering them, but I know htey take a while to settle in properly so I am hoping that is all the problem is. Most of my 6 varieties have only been in a year or two. Maybe I do not have their conditions right? I love this one.... 'Patty's Pum'
Now lets see if all 4 of these pics actually appear even though they don't in the preview! (grin) |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Yeah!! Obviously they do appear even though half don't in the preview (which sort of makes the preview feature a bit strange!!??). Glad that this has worked out now. Thanks for the advice. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Howdy again All..... just been out this morning and taken these pics or you to enjoy....
Crinum bulbispermum. Finally I have one of the striped crinums in flower for me. Yeah!!
This is a Dianthus seedling I have flowering at the moment from packet seed I sowed a while back. Very nice feathering.
This came as seed from Mark Smyth last year. I am most chuffed at it. VERY nice flower and foliage... the best of the various geranium seedlings I have from the seed that he sent me. This is the first of the 2 G. transbalaicum (I hope that spelling is right as I am running from memory) that germinated for me. VERY pleased with it. Thanks Mark!!!!!!
Gladiolus 'Nymph'. Lovely form to this miniature Gladiolus. Beautiful!
This little Pushkinia amethystina is in flower at the moment. Diminutive, but adorable!!
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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transbaicalicum. When the flowers are almost over cut down the whole plant to the ground. New leaves will be up in a few days and it will re flower in about 4 weeks.
I havent sent the Primula seeds. I must try and do so later this week. |
Susan More (Susan)
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Another couple of Trilliums out at present. Trillium pusillum var ozarkianum and T grandiflorum fl.pl. 
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Susan More (Susan)
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Our native Kowhai (Sophora species). There is a little argument which cultivar this particular one belongs to. It is particularly enjoyed by our large wood pigeons which strip the flowers and the foliage, as well as those from laburnums and the plum trees. As they are protected and sometimes considered an endangered species we have to grin and bear it. They are still not as bad as those Aussie imports the possums though.
This is a little clematis that has just flowered for me this year. Quaint little thing. |
Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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Hi Paul,
The yellow warratah is pretty rare, it took 8 years to flower for us! I loved Lilium tenuifolium, it is going to flower for me for the first time from seed this year. It only germinated last year, is that normal?
I also loved the Pushkinia amethystina I'll have to do some searching around for it because it would be perfect for the bulb rockery. We are in the process of doing another rockery, a bulb one this time! It will be different from the other one by being flat, but we are building it up with stone and dirt so that the small bulbs will be waist height so that they can be seen. Because the other rockery is so big things like Erythronium Dens Canis get missed completely.
I loved your Trilliums too Susan, T grandiflorum fl.pl. is on my 'wish' list. It would be a dream to see it in flower!
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Robert Krejzl (Rob_krejzl)
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Hi Lesley,
Have you seen the 'white' form of T.truncata? Is it as uninspiring as I've been told, or should I search it out? |
Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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Hi Robert,
There is a plant called the White Warratah but it isn't it, and that is insignificant. But from what the old hands have told dad, and what I have heard myself the white form of T Truncata is more spectacular than the yellow form. I'd be interested to know if you do find it because mum and dad have been looking for it for years now and haven't been able to find anything. We even went up on the Bluff (the mountain behind us) to see if we could find anything because we know about 60 years ago there was one up there, but not luck. We were walking around for about 8 hours but it was great anyway, all the Telopeas were out and a lot of other native things.
I have attached a photo of the yellow one, in the middle of the Fernery, to show how much it stands out.
From a washed out Lesley (yes raining again)
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Lesley,
That's interesting. I asked because I was up at Longley recently and when we stopped in front of 'Shady Lady' the talk turned to the native waratah's - especially since Essie H (finder of one of the yellows for non-Taswegians) is just along the road. He didn't rate the white much, but from your description it should be good. Perhaps it's a case of sour grapes.
I must say that I always associate telopeas with being damp - every time I've been to Mt Field the water is either in the air or under your feet as mud. Your yellow looks much more compact than those - a very nice thing indeed. |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Would make a nice patio plant here. |
J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Lesley many Liliums will flower quite quickly from seed but to flower Lilium tenuifolium within a year of germination is very quick indeed.
It must like your conditions down there plus your careful nurturing.
Your Fernery also looks great, who needs a tennis court anyway?
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Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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That's what we told Dad, Ian. No way were we going to have time to play tennis! This is much better.
Went out in the rain to take some photos of paeonies and dodecatheons today. All up this month so far we have had 6 inches!
First up is an Age Of Gold bud just opening, it is my favourite even though it's pretty common.
This one's colour is fantastic, don't know how to spell it's name, it's french and long.
Another one from the Rockery
Also the Dodecatheons are in full flower at the moment, this is the best they have been.
Lesley |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Lesley,
Great pics. The Brimeura has been very slow to multiply for me unfortunately or I'd offer you some. I originally got 2 bulbs of it about 4 years ago and I think I still have just the 2 of them. Strange as I thought that it should multiply fairly well. I'll check at the end of this season though and if I have offsets I'll send you some. |
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Susan,
Great pics of the Trilliums. I am so jealous of the double gandiflorum! Maybe one day they'll be available here in Aus.
Do you know what species the Clematis is? Rather an interesting flower to it. Is it one of the herbaceous varieties rather than a climber? For some reason it looks to me like that, but hard to tell from just a flower! LOL
Here the clematis are going crazy. I have all sort of the jackmanii hybrids in flower, plus the first of the viticellas (Mdme Julia Correvon). The montanas are just finishing flowering and various herbaceous varieties are in bud (recta, recta 'Purpurea', integrifolia var latifolia, x durandii and another one I can't spell the name of without checking) so it really is a wonderful time for the genus right now. Your little one looks rather different to anything else I have though, which is why I ask. |
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Paul, hover your mouse over the pix and if the poster has named the file, the name of the plant will magically appear! Thus, I reckon Susan's clematis to be C. fusca !!
Lesley, that french paeony is the fattest most luscious courtesan I've seen in ages!!She's fantastic! The weather here is really cold, wet and windy, not nice at all. The acer leaves are getting blown to blazes and late flowers are getting battered. I can't tell you how great it is to see these antipodean blossoms, whether native or imported, to brighten the day. I don't know very much about native Tasmanian or Australian plants, so it is an education for me to see the Sophora "live", as it were and as for those Telopeas, well!!! Thanks a lot, folks! |
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Good time plug the SRGC seed exchange again - so start saving these wonderful Tasmanian seeds Lesley. |
Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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Hi Anthony, I'll save some seeds for the exchange, another thing you might be interested in is our native clematis, it's not quite flowering at the moment but when it is I'll put a photo up. Because of this bad weather everything seems to have stopped in it's tracks.
I got the name of the Paeony Maggie, it's Souvenir De Maxime Cornu apparently it's meant to be pretty common from what mum says. It is a very old variety. Also, have you grown any of the Telopea's? |
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Hello, just briefly, a few pictures that I took today...
Aquilegias:
Roses taking over the shed, and the house:
Love all the photos from everyone!
Lauren |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Hello all, The Clematis Susan sent a few days ago is indeed, C. fusca but in a dwarf form and a great delight, just 20cms at bloom time It was available about three years ago at the NZAGS Spring Show, from Ann and Joe Cartman. Mine sets good seed so later in the summer I should be able to send some to you Paul. C. bigelovii is about the same height, with urn-shaped flowers like those of C. viorna; pink with a white edge, green inside. That sets seed too. |
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Here is a pot of Trillium grandiflorum fl pl which has looked quite good this year. I am also posting a photo of Clematis chiisanense, which has its first flower. Does anyone know anything about this one, as I cannot find information in any books. I have located it at a couple of websites. Susan
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Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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Don't know anything about the Clematis but WOW on the Trillium Grandiflorum Fl Pl!! I am green with envy 
This isn't the best picture in the world but here is a photo of Narcissus Pillenger Div 7 and one of my favourites, flowering fairly late for us as it was late to be planted.
Lesley |
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Susan,
The '00 edition of Grey-Wilson's Clematis mentions chiisanensis "...this Korean species has a certain charm that will endear it to the plantsman..". Your picture certainly looks similar to the one he has, though the distinctive spurs aren't entirely visible. If you want more information let me know. |
Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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Been out with the camera again.
First up something I have been waiting for for a while, Nomocharis Salvenensis!
Also a couple of Natives.
Stackhousia
Then the clematis I mentioned earlier, it is growing on the tennis court fence that we are putting around the fernery.
Lesley
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Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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Wow Lesley, the Nomocharis is gorgeous!! It looks lovely with that white thingamajig behind it, did you plan that combination?
The Stackhousia is really pretty too is it a bulb?, and the Clematis too. Oh, to have as much room as you! :-)
Cheers,
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Lesley Crowden (Lesley)
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Hi Lauren,
It's not a bulb, but it still is a very nice plant for a native, it is a pretty hardy perennial We had it a few years back but I trimmed it back too hard so this one was got from the Native Nursery down at Ridgeway, near Hobart. The Clematis has been growing in the bush behind us and we collected the seed. This one has been there just over two years.
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Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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Lesley the native nursery is right next to Jubilees which is where I got my Rhodos from, I should have popped in there at the same time! Oh well, I have an excuse now to make another trip :-)
Here are some Flowering Now's, speaking of Rhodos here is R. luteum, the last of the scented flowers on it now, I thought I'd better take a picture before the heat & wind destroyed them today:
And these are new for me this year, although I'm sure many of you have been growing them for years! I'm talking about Rhodohypoxis baurii:
Little Dicentra formosa var alba has been flowering for ages, they are so cute and the smallest of my Dicentras:
And now something that's not all that rare at all, but still a worthy plant for the garden, an Orange Geum which I have had for the last few years, in fact one of my first perennials that I ever bought:
Enjoy! I will post other pictures in the "Foliage Now" section too :-)
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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What's going on? A lot of pictures aren't coming through to my computer at least. Anyone else having this problem? I get a thin lined frame with a little red cross in the top left corner. Very frustrating as I want to see Lesley's Nomocharis. Mine are just starting, with Lilium oxypetalum in full bloom at present and others well into bud. Meconopsis punicea is in flower too. A few plants (of 30) have a curious greyish red shade instead of the usual scarlet (almost). It's very nice but I can't account for it. There's no possibility of hybridism as no other was in flower at the time when punicea bloomed. No other garden for miles around has a meconopsis in it. Is some colour variation usual? I need to know as I sell these and don't want to mislead anyone. I do hope Santa Claus brings me a digital camera!!! |
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My wife and I will be visiting New Zealand from 24 January/23 February 05. Can anyone suggest what areas we should visit to see Alpine Plants. I would presume that the South Island would be the place. I would stress that we are not coming purely on a Botanical trip but want to see Wildlife, Scenery etc. Any local knowledge would be a help. |
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Lesley, this is a browser thing that happens sometimes.
Place your mouse arrow on the red cross in the picture frame, right click your mouse and a menu will open up left click the option 'show picture'
and it should appear.
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Thanks Ian, your solution works a treat!
Re the Meconopsis punicea. Because all my plants are seedlings from a single hand-pollinated plant (raised from SRGC seed), I'm wondering whether THAT seed could be the result of species crossing. But I doubt it because every one of MY seedlings (there were over 400 from that one), is identical in every respect to true punicea, except in a few, for that odd colour variation. Here's something odd though; I'm hand-pollinating everything and so far the pure reds seem to be setting seed while the greyish reds don't. Steve Newall who raises thousands of meconopsis for commercial seed, says that they are not pollinated by bees. He never sees bees near them. |
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A lurker with a question:
Ms. Crowden:
Behind your Nomocharis are multiple white
flower heads of something. What is it, please ?
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Jim Fisher
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Thomas, you're right about the South Island being a better bet for alpine flora. Jan/Feb is a good time to see the best selection of species. Both the Otago Alpine Garden Group and NZAGS will have field trips during this period and you will be very welcome to join in any of these. As well, you could contact both groups for private contacts who would help, either with information or taking you to different places if you would like that. Could you contact me off the Forum and I'll send a few addresses and email addresses.
My partner Roger, and I will certainly do anything we can to assist. My address is galaplantsandlesley@hotmail.com |
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The white flowered plant behind Lesley's Nomocharis looks like a candytuft to me (Iberis species) in which case it's an odd (though pretty) companion, the Nomocharis loving cool, moist conditions while candytufts like it really warm and sunny, dryish. |
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Thomas and Jim welcome to the Scottish Rock forums |
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Hi Jim, Lesley got it right, although I didn't know that the candytuft liked it dry. They do really well for us, especially this year and it's been so wet. I will admit to cheating though, the Nomocharis was in a pot! No way was I going to risk the candytuft smothering it!
I've attached a close up photo of the Candytuft that I took at the same time, it's partents were pure white but this is a seedling we have grown on and it has a touch of pink/purple in it. I like it better,
Lesley
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Surely the 'odd' teaming of Nomocharis and candytuft is because one's a seedling in a pot (just visible in the lower picture). Like Lesley I too am waiting impatiently for saluensis - another year to go for me. |
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Oh well. |
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This is paeonia rockii which I have out at the moment. It is the best flowering I have had and is almost too heavy for the branches.
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Hi all, Lesley I noticed on your Nomocharis the tips of the leaves are going a red/purple colour, this is happening on my Nomocharis seedlings aswell, do you know what it's caused by? Does anyone know? Is it a bad thing? Love the candytuft, and the bee, here's some more bee pics:
Poor thing was trying to get into the flower from the wrong end!
Lauren |
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Lauren the bee isnt at the wrong end but actually breaking and entering. If they cant get at the nectar the normal way they will go to the outside and bite a hole in the area of the nectary and get it that way. Have a close look on the flowers to see if there are holes |
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Susan, this is a real stunner! I guess it is the same plant sometimes available as P. `Joseph Rock?' I had one this year from the Dunedin Rhodo. Group and it flowered in the tunnel, among others waiting to be planted. I didn't see it until it was a heap of petals on the ground. I'll be looking closer next year. |
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Lauren, the red colouring on the tips of Nomocharis leaves is not unusual and in fact to my mind, enhances the flowers' colouring. It may be caused by a little more heat than they like or perhaps by wind. I don't really know. I'm sure it's not bad however. I grow several Nomocharis species and it occurs in all, mostly from bloom time onwards. |
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Hi Lesley, sorry to be late with this but your Nomocharis is either N. aperta (sure it is this) or maybe N. maiei as N. saluenensis is a different shaped flower and it sits upright looking at you, see picture. Ian.
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Flowering at present here is this little Rhododendron camtschaticum. It is deciduous and has formed quite a good little clump.
and a closeup of same.
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Thanks Ian for the reidentification, it was grown from seed so I'm not surprised. What was grown as Nomocharis Aperta was going to flower for me this year, but it got broken off with a bad wind so now I'll have to wait till next year for that.
I'll try for Salvenensis again!
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Lovely, lovely Rhodo. camtschaticum!! Mine are just little seedlings, nearly 2 years old but still only a couple of centimetres in width. They are from seed donated by the Sutherlands of Ardfearn, to Otago Alpine Garden Group. What is especially wonderful is that even when bearly more than germinated, they take on super autumn colour - gold, orange, scarlet, thus feeding my obsession for these fiery hues as deciduous leaves fall. galaplantsandlesley@hotmail.com |
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Thanks Ian for the note about Nomocharis saluenensis and its habit. I think mine is wrong too. My first Nomocharis about 20 years ago was bought as Nomocharis species and the hundreds of seedlings I've raised from that single bulb show huge variation in depth of colour and intensity of spotting so I think the original was a hybrid. I suspect this is true of most seed from the various lists as almost none is true to description. But I've stopped worrying about it. They're all fabulous!
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Re. the missing pictures with a box with a red cross in its place, this seems to be a problem with Outlook Express 6 and Windows XP and service packs. There is a web-site called infopackets.com which gives solutions to the problem - right clicking does not necessarily work. One solution worth checking is
Load Outlook Express
Click Tools > Options
Next, click the SEND TAB
Under the MAIL SENDING FORMAT header,and ensure that HTML button is highlighted as your sending format
Next click on the HTML SETTINGS Button, and ensure that SEND PICTURE WITH MAIL has a checkmark
This is just one suggested solution but there are others depending on what version of Outlook Express is used, links to browser sites etc.
This site is worth reading to see if you can recognise any of the possible problems.
By the way, I have no computer qualifications but I think I have had every possible software problem known to man. so I subscribe to all sorts of "geek" letters for help. Sometimes they actually work!!
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rHi again, just a bit more about Nomocharis aperta, sure it will hybridise in the garden but seems to come true here most years I send two pics of plants raised from recent China trip. Ian
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Ian, what wonderful flowers! I love them, even though the poor darlings seem to be suffering from a floral form of chickenpox!
Yesterday I came home from my day job to find four pots on the front door step, each containing a large plant in bloom of Arisaema propinqum from, I think, a friend who is Manager for Parks and Recreation and Cemeteries in the Dunedin City Council. Some Christmas present! |
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I suspect my friend may have been raiding the supplies at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens (the oldest in New Zealand, est. 1859). A number of Arisaema spp were collected as seed in China by the DBG about 5 years ago. These I've been given have marvellous frilled and deeply veined foliage, even better than the "flowers."
I'm doing cuttings today but it's so cold my fingers have frozen up and I've had to stop and retreat indoors. There's new thick snow on the hills. My God, at this rate we'll have a white Christmas - in New Zealand! |
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Thanks for the advice, Thomas, on the red cross picture thing! I've had bother with this once or twice lately on other sites and I wondered if all the assorted protection we have running was part of the issue.
Lesley, lucky you to have gifts so early! We are growing quite a few Arisaemas, most of which we are not sure the names of! But that doesn't bother us too much and it is certainly true that some have the most exotic foliage and stems as an extra bonus to the wierd and wonderful flowers. There is an "Arisaema-L" site, I understand, but I haven't been there to lurk, yet! the url is http://nic.surfnet.nl/archives/arisaema-l.html
Cheers,
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Margaret, the Arisaema site is the property of the Arisaema Enthusiasts' Group and for access to most of it you have to be a member of the group. I am, as it happens and it is an excellent group for those with a passion for Arisaema. But like the Trillium-L site, I find huge amounts of information are either irrelevant to my conditions or so superficial as to be useless anyway. That's inevitable with membership so widespread over the world. There are fabulous photos through URLs and a good achive as well. Membership costs nothing and there's a good seed exchange which covers all aroids.
Today it's snowing HERE at home, less than a month until the longest day. Shivering in my shoes! |
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Lesley, my Arisaema propinquum flowered last year and I am just looking for the photos to put on. (So much for my filing system) Take one to the market and I'll try and remember my camera so I can put one of yours on. I cannot believe the cold. We actually had snow settled on the ground this morning. |
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Lovely pictures Ian, I'm looking forward to when mine increase and seed!
Lesley and Susan it sounds like you're having that cold blast we had just over a week ago, although it didn't snow here, we are 550m (1800ft) but it snowed on the mountains behind us. I can reassure you with the fact that the last two days have been 23-25 degree days. Very hot for me as I've been in the shearing shed and picking paeonies! Have also been trying to do some stone work as well but I'm not getting very far!
Tomorrow I hope to get home in time to take some photos because we have about five new tree paeonies in flower and Lilium Macklinae is just coming out as well.
Lesley |
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Snowing!! I'm jealous!! Here we had 35'C today, with similar forecast the next couple of days and we've already had a few before this aove 30. VERY warm for this time of year.
Great pics everyone. Been a while since I've been up here so lots to see. Will get to the other threads next time I am on here.... too late and still too hot to do much more than expire in front of a fan and try to sleep. Thankfully a cooler breeze is picking up now. If this is only late spring I hate to think what summer is going to be like!! They're forecasting 42'C for parts of Sydney tomorrow!!!! Will be setting records if it happens, that is for sure!!
Lots flowering here at the moment ..... Cardiocrinum giganteum, Biarum eximium, Scilla natalensis, Primula florindae, Dracunculus vulgaris, Helicodicerus muscivorus, Dactylorrhiza fuchsii, Clematis stans, Ornithogalum dubium (yellow form) and the Iris ensatas are just starting to bloom.... just to mention a fraction of what is flowering here. Some are lasting a little less than usual however as they get frazzled rather quickly in this heat (just like me! LOL)
All the best everyone. Sorry I have not been up here much of late. |
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Howdy All,
I thought I'd upload a few pics for your enjoyment.....
Cardiocrinum giganteum. Wonderful spicy perfume that is currently wafting through the house.
Dichelostemma ida-maia - This is particular pleasing for me as it is a bother to grow. I thought mine had gone to the Goddess as well, and then suddenly it was up and in bud. Very nice to see it flowering in person.
Iris ensata 'Peacock Dance' - This is the first of the "japanese" iris to flower for me each year. Definitely have to say that it is my favourite of them too.
Ixia polystachya - white form with blue eye. One of the later Ixias to flower.
Ornithogalum dubium (Yellow Form) - unlike the orange species this yellow flowered form is a very reliable flowered for me as well as multilpying well and setting seed happily too. Can't ask for more than that. The straight species on the other hand is a recalcitrant little so-and-so that rarely if ever breaks dormancy and is one of the banes of my gardening existence! LOL
Tigridia chiapensis - this first of the Tigridias to flower each year. The majority of the Tigridia species are much smaller than the commercial "jockey caps" that are generally grown in gardens. I find that the species are a real joy, and this is the opening species for the year.
This is a tiny selection of what is flowering now for me. If people would like to see more pics then please let me know. I can put up quite a few different things if people want, but I don't want to bore people with too many by one person at one time. |
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Keep them coming Paul. We don't get 35'C here - ever - so we can bask in your warm photos. |
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Agreed, keep 'em coming - som ething to cheer us all up in the northern hemisphere, especially Scotland, as the days get shorter and shorter and the only chance to see thegarden is at the weekend. |
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35'd kill me! We are lucky if we get over 30 once a year. So far we've had a 26 last week, just what I needed in the shearing shed! We have been doing a bit of stone work so this good weather has been good for that.
I finally got out with the camera, it was a bit late in the day so the photos aren't the best. I'll do the tree paeonies first, 6 all up. I've been a bit busy and I missed a few, Rockii was the main one that I wished I'd got a photo of. Still have a few to come out though.
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OK.... you asked for it!! LOL Here's a few more.
Biarum eximium - stinks at first, but well worth it to me. First flowering for me.
Clematis stans - this is a closeup of the individual flower. It is a strange Clematis, behaving more like a Tree Paeony in growth. It retains older growth which slowly thickens and forms trunks over time. I periodically give it a good hack back to about a foot tall and it always reshoots very well. In winter it is a bunch of dormant sticks, which reshoot from various places like the tree paeony. It flowers for MONTHS and will reflower if trimmed before it sets seed. I get seedlings around the place regularly so it is self fertile as well which is nice. Never met another Clematis like it!
This is C. stans again.... showing a bit more of the growth and leaves etc.
Dactylorhizza fuchsii - a real gem!!
Dianthus 'Highland Fraser'
Gladiolus nanus 'Mirella'
A late Iris .... 'Edith Wolford'
This is a rather nice Sarcochilus hybrid. A lovely little genus of native epyphytic orchids.
I will see about posting some more later today as well. |
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Hi Lesley. Great pics. We're forecast 35'C here today..... and it was today that Sydney had the 42'C forecast for. Ouch to say the least!! |
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Now for some of the others. First up we have Lilium Macklinae which has 13 flowers on one stem, the best it has been for me.
This is the Wagon Wheel Phlox, well that's what we call it. You can see the stone work that we are trying to do in our spare time in the background
I'm not sure what this is but it is looking really nice, we've had it in the rockery for about 5 years and it's spreading nicely.
This is a photo of Mt Roland, from our driveway. Not really flowering but I thought it was a good photo!
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Thank you so much for these photos, Paul and Lesley. I don't think we got much above 4 degress here in Aberdeen today, so you're heating us up nicely! Paul, don't suppose you could send a pinch of seed of that fab Clematis over here, could you? I'd love to try it. I guess it'd need winter cover! The dianthus is a familiar one, it is funny to see that you are growing exactly the same plants as us, in some cases. Love the native orchid. We grow D. fuchsii and types, good garden plants.
Lesley, that Lilium mackliniae is very good. I love to see them looking so happy and fat!! The stonework is most impressive, sets the garden off a treat.
Keep up the good work, all of you!!
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Really enjoying your photos. My cardiocrinums flower over Christmas it is one of those smells that always seems to bring Christmas to mind. Long days and the smell of lilies late in the evening - can't imagine Christmas being cold with short days, although 35 degrees is a bit over the top. We are still having a cool southerly blast.
Here is Helichrysum bellidioides flowering in the rock garden
Raoulia x loganii
and Weldenia candida just starting to flower
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Just a couple more. The first I grow as Aquilegia jonesii, but am not sure it is correct.
A closeup of flower
Weldenia candida more flowers, but hit by rain.
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Lesley, surely your unknown plant is a Penstemon. Apart from the colour, it's identical to what I have as P. davidsonii or P. menziesii (mingiesii to you lot up there) v. microphyllus. For me, these are closer to a mauve colour, but maybe that's just the photo making it bluer?
Susan, wherever did you get that fabulous Weldenia???
Will bring the Arisaema to the market on Saturday. The second one has an entirely deep purple/black leaf, and glossy rather than mat. Flower is the same though. Will also bring A. ciliatum which is the epitome of horticultural elegance to my mind. I have a spare if you'd like it.
42 degC in Sydney yesterday, 12 then down to 6 here in Dunediin. Why do I live in this climate? |
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Howdy All,
We ended up having the 38'C here today which is pretty horrendous for the last day of Spring. An absolute STINKER of a day, and what is worse a strong hot wind picked up during the afternoon bringing dust from out west (i.e the drier centre of Australia) with it. At one point I thought we had a dust storm brewing, but it was clearer by sunset. The wind is still out there unfortunately (around 10:30pm now) and it is still hot. Normally we'd at least be able to open up the house to let it cool down a bit, but the wind is still so warm it would be just aweful. This is all VERY strange for this time of year. Tomorrow is forecast at 25'C and it will definitely be a relief. We've had over 30'C for the last week or so. Yuk is such an understatement! <grin>
Lesley.... would your plant be a Mazus? Hard to tell without knowing what the leaves and growth habit really is. I think they're in sprays rather than individual flowers packed together like Mazus have though.
Margaret..... I will attempt to send you a private email re the Clematis. Definitely should be able to send you seed later on. Doesn't mind the cold here, but we only get down to -8'C or so. Probably nowhere near as cold as you get! LOL |
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Susan,
The Weldenia candida is absolutely STUNNING. I can feel a plant lust coming on!! ROTFL
Do you know what sort of temp requirements the Weldenia has? That looks like a little gem that I would love to grow, but I imagine as with so many of the alpine things shown here I would have difficulties with the summer heat rather than anything else. It just looks so wonderfully pristine!! |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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One last one to add for November.....
Dracunculus vulgaris has flowered in the last week or so. Deliciously different, even if somewhat stinky! The spathe (i.e the ruffled purpley bit) was around 18 inches long. |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Paul, You are so right about the Weldenia. It is my most favourite plant. Your summer temperatures should be OK for it; this clone is a native of Mexico. It is hardy here in NZ to about -10degC but if in any doubt, put some bracken, pea straw or a flat stone over the place where it's died down. I've had up to 145 flowers at a time on mine but after that, divided the clump and replanted all the bits, to be accused of "using it for bedding out now, are we?"
There are at least a few plants in Australia. Huw Evans and Don Schofield in the Blue Mountains have it (from me) and Otto Fauser in Victoria and Essie someone in Tasmania, have it from Don, so it is gradually getting around. It is not at all difficult and even propagating (which used to be the problem) is a breeze; simple division whereby the clumps fall into separate pieces (in late autumn) and STEM cuttings of autumn new growth. These callus in about a month and are well rooted by the time the plant comes through again, late September. There'es a very similar form from Guatemala which has tiny tufts of white hairs on the leaves. This is here too, but getting the two together in order to cross-pollinate is proving difficult. Mine has never set seed. "Pristine" is the perfect word for it, so go for it. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Lesley,
Sounds stunning!! 145 flowers must have been a sight!!
I know a couple of the names but don't actually know the people, so not much chance of getting pieces any time soon. I'll just have to keep an eye out on seed lists I think. Glad you shared the pictures of it though as it is a real beauty! |
Susan More (Susan)
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I have to admit, I think I bid for the Weldenia in a collection of "choice" plants, that Lesley had donated for a charity auction for the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival, some years ago. Alas the cyprepedium in the collection rotted away. That was before I read Tony's article in the SRGC Bulletin. Didn't use enough grit.
Will remember the camera on Saturday, hope the weather improves. Do you think we could have a little of the warm westerlies Paul, not just the usual cold stuff you usually send across the Tasman. |
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