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Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2003 - 7:40 pm: |    |
A couple of favourite "Wee Erics"(small, ericaceous plants)
Phyllodoce caerulea, a neat-growing dome of flower-power, grown from Japanese seed, with large pink bells.The Cassiope is one of Mike and Polly Stone's very good Cassiope fastigiata hybids, strong, upstanding growth with large flowers and -in the background - a clump of Narcissus bulbicodium that has been flowering for several months now. What a good garden plant that is! I am particularly fond of these wee erics, and these are two of the best. |
Luit VanDelft (Lvandelft)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 7:43 pm: | |
This plant below is now already flowering for three weeks.
I bought it without flowers because I liked the nice glossy leaves with the name Barbarea rupicola. Looking at the flowers and considering the smell of this plant I can not believe this and think it is Brassica puberula?
Is there anyone who knows more about this plant?
For the connoisseurs looking at this forum two pictures of a Prunus prostrata, growing for at least 15 years in a trough. The plant is about 25 cm. high and 50 cm. wide.
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SandyLeven (Sleven)
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We had a very good holiday in Cornwall in the week before Easter. I have been busy since then and have not put any pictures on the Forum for a few days.
Here is a picture of the Domes at the EDEN PROJECT.
Part of the layout was planted with crops which are grown commercially in Cornwall. The most interesting from my point of view were these Anemones. They look like Anemone 'St Brigit' types but had on their label the name of a different [probably a Cornish] Saint. They have lots of saints in Cornwall, with lots of towns named after them!
They [ the anemones] had beeen almost extinct but have been saved and are now grown and sold. There were certainly some beautiful colours amongst them.
I much preferred them to the Coffee, Rubber, tea Rice etc grown in the Domes!
 
 
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SandyLeven (Sleven)
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I like the pictures of Prunus prostrata. Here in Dunblane our's is not yet flowering. |
Luit VanDelft (Lvandelft)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 9:27 pm: | |
Here is a picture of an Iris of which the flowers are not
so special but the leaves are green and, unlike all the
Iris of the Barbata Group, these remain green all summer.
Besides it is a plant for sunny or halfshady places and
hardly to kill by wetness, drought or any other difficult
circumstances.
I named it after my sister in law in whose garden I had
seen it already for many years.
Iris croatica Barbara
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Luit VanDelft (Lvandelft)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 09, 2003 - 9:45 pm: | |
Just some pics. of a short-lasting beauty(for me):
Paeonia humilis var. villosa
Here an almost open bud, early in the morning.
and here two days later at noon the same flower.
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Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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This primula from seed ex East nepal year 2000 we did not know what it was at the time, Primula macrophylla hope we can keep it growing. Ian.
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Luit VanDelft (Lvandelft)
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Here is one of my favorite Dodecatheon.
This is an old hybrid probably bred by Messrs Lemoine in France at about the same time they bred the hybr. Queen Victoria.
In literature is hardly to find anything about these hybrids!
This is a strong growing plant of about 50 cm with flowers keeping their colour longer than most other hybrids like Red Wings etc.
The reason it is almost never seen in nurseries might be the slow propagating? A mature plant does not have many propagating buds at the roots.
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Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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Hi, we are getting ready for Gardening Scotland so please come along for a great day out. I found time to photograph these two,
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Ian Christie (Ichristie)
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Hi again I forgot to say what plants are, first is
Oxalis laciniata Seven bells and Omphalogramma delavayi. Ian Christie |
Luit VanDelft (Lvandelft)
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Flowering now:
It is raining every day and, if not, there is a
strong wind. Nevertheless I was able to make
some pictures in a sheltered spot.
The Cypripedium calceolus had last year 8
flowers, but seems to take a little rest this year.
The Ramonda nathaliae did suffer a bit from the
dry winter but does well.
Close to this place there is a Ramonda serbica whichdoes very well.Between these two Ramondas there is a seedling of R. serbica on a piece of tufa.
I hoped a little it would be a natural cross.
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Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Registered: 6-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 9:20 pm: | |
Found this in my photographs file so thought I'd post it now.
Cypripedium pubescens |
Flowers and Foliage Now