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J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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The snow is back in Aberdeen today so I have no picture but I thought I would open the March thread.
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Carol Shaw (Carol)
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When I have time will post a couple of pix from alpine house |
Gwendolen Mary Black (Gwenb)
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Talking of snow, can we persuade Mark Smyth to get out into the snow and identify that crafty celandine doing a clever soldanella impression the pic of which he posted somewhere recently?.He can persuade snowdrops to let him peep inside their petals so maybe he can at least get a hint of the inner colour of the petals of the celandine |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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some goodies from my weekend away
Narcissus longispathus
Narcissus pallidiflorus
Narcissus 'Navarre' ex Primrose Warburg
Ashwood Hellebore
Ashwood Hellebore
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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what snow?
Gwen is it the blue backed Celandine you are refering to?
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john forrest (Jof)
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The sun is shining in Blackpool and a few more plants have raised their heads.
Scilla greilhuberi seems to have more than its fair share of leaves at first but when they begin to recline to leave the flower stems proud it is not such a problem.
It really pays to have a closer look at the individual flowers because they have reflexed petals and beautiful navy blue anthers
The second is a freebie having started life in the plunge (they do seem to grow more quickly there) and then potted. I think it must be Fritillaria pudica which is the only small yellow that I have grown near there (no doubt someone will correct me if it is wrongly named).
Lastly Saxifraga burseriana Gloria growing in a piece of tufa on top of a sink garden
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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:18 pm: | |
John,
That scilla is rather speccy.... looks wonderful in closeup. The Fritillaria is just so elegant.... I've only have any of the yellows flower for me once or twice and thoroughly enjoyed them as they do seem to have a bit more elegance than many of the frits.
Mark, that last Hellebore is stunning!! What a colour combination with that dark throat. Would certainly stand out in the crowd.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia |
Gwendolen Mary Black (Gwenb)
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Mark, the pic you posted of an un-named R fic bud pushing up through the snow showed a soft bluish grey reverse if I recall. I'm dashed if I can find it now. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Gwen all my plants were, note were, all labelled. Some are now missing including that one. I'll have a hoke tomorrow.
Peeps I have quit Q&B so no more tips. |
Göte K. A. Svanholm (Gote)
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Just so you kow how favoured you are.
We had -16C in the night and yesterday the warmest temperature was -5.8. This is in town. Our main garden is 3-6 degrees colder. Since we had a mild January and first half of February I expect many plants that have been lured to start too early to die.
Spring with all Hepaticas is in April in my place.
(Central Sweden)
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Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Gosh Mark how are we all going to cope without your insider advice? Hope you have another job to go to.
Carol |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Here is Primula allionii which we had hoped to take to Edinburgh Show! Mind you if it stays as coldas this we might just be able to
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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Carol,
Glorious!! I would so love to get to one of your shows to see some of these things in the flesh. We just don't grow anything in displays like you lot do up there for the alpines etc. The pics from the shows really blow me away. I am looking forward to the show threads as discussed somewhere else for the various shows as they come through, even if it is going to make me jealous and wistful! LOL
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Hi Paul
Suspect I could make you very jealous if I showed some of our other primulas. But then we can't grow a lot of the stuff you grow. The Inverness Group had a great talk tonight by Julia Cordon on the Bernes Oberland - reminds me why we need to go back there - but there are so many other areas to explore and, at present, a limited amount of holiday time! |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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I know I'm about to repeat a query from last year but can someone ID this Narcissus bought as romieuxii. It grows very well outside in one of my raised beds. Every year it's getting better. This the first of many flowers.
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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Carol,
I am sure you WOULD make me very jealous.... so PLEASE go right ahead. I'd definitely love to see them, either here or maybe you'd rather put them into the Primula area? I really would love to see more of them.... they are just things I don't see here. Some of them would likely grow here, they just aren't available much down here unless you know someone who has them.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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ok paul as they flower will put up on monthly thread - easier for most folks. Will try to get a few pix over weekend. Snow gone again, thank God! |
john forrest (Jof)
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Carol
Can I ditto Paul's plea to make us jealous, seeing their pictures is only second best to seeing them in the flesh.
Paul
Keep yours coming also for the same reasons plus the fact that we get '2 bites of the cherry' that is 2 seasons in one.
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Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Will do John, we get to almost all of the Scottish Shows so will take lots of pix for the Show Thread - and hope at least some are ok! |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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I'm just wondering if everyone is aware of the Show Area elsewhere on this site where informal reports and assorted pix of interest are archived from previous years' SRGC shows? Look for the link from the SRGC Homepage for SHOW REPORTS. I don't think Sandy has got anything on for the early Bulb day, yet, from 2005, but there are plenty old reports to interest you, I hope! |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Hi Maggi
There is a new thread under SRGC show questions which is now receiving posts of shows - as us mere mortals can not post to Show pages - seems to be a good way forward
Carol |
Darren Sleep (Darren)
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Hi All,
Some more pictures from my 'alpine house'. Firstly, the very small Crocus sieberi discussed in February has opened in the sunshine, as you can see I've also spent 4p since last week!:
And here is another view of Corydalis 'Hotlips'. As I mentioned last week the red colouration is not evenly distributed, especially on the spurs. This makes the flowers look a bit untidy. This effect does vary from year to year, last year it looked good but this year it is back to being scruffy.
On to less hardy subjects: this is Gladiolus scullyi from South Africa. The flower is resting on a leaf from the Ranunculus asiaticus growing behind it:
Also from South Africa, this is one of the 700+ species of Cape Heaths, Erica monsoniana. This species flowers in autumn and these flowers are the last few stragglers of the season, the flower is about 15mm long. I've now cut the plant back hard to keep it compact. Two of the spring species are about to open so watch this space.
Hope to see some of you at Blackpool next week but Susan and I are going to take the plunge and go to the Perth show in April so I guess more of you will be there? |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Hi Darren
We wont be at Blackpool, too far to drive when we are both working but we definitely expect to be at Perth. Maybe all us active forum members need to wear badges so we can identify each other! Or put pix up on that thread in general alpines. |
john forrest (Jof)
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Several Ipheions have begun to bloom in the garden and alpine house.
The ordinary I. uniflora which increases readily. The book says that the bulbs and leaves smell of onion and the flower of soap but I can only detect the onion.
Secondly is the form, which I bought and have grown for 20 odd years as I. Wisley Blue. I am less and less sure of the true names of bulbs in my collection particularly those from garden centres.
Next is I. Rolf Fiedler which I bought and grew in the alpine house before planting out. It had sent out a ‘runner’ through the drain hole into the plunge and I forgot about it until leaves and now a flower wre produced.
I had the next as I. Froyle Mill .
I. Alberto Castillo I got from a certain member who produces something called the Bulb Log and so I think its provenance is assured.
Lastly I received as Beauvardia sellowiana which is now subsumed under Ipheion. This is the only one for which my inadequate nose can detect a perfume, which although it has a diminutive stature has a lovely sweet scent.
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Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Anthony, you mentioned the possibility of seed from Gentiana depressa. It's still a little early to be quite certain, but I think there could be half a dozen capsules forming on my plant. Whether they'll develop and actually contain seed remains to be seen but if they do, would you like some? Won't be much. |
dave toole (T00lie)
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Hello John F.I am really taken by your "untidy' Corydalis 'hotlips'.Does it come true from seed? and if so do you want to swop seed ,say for some fresh collected Ranunculus aff. haastii seed. Dave |
dave toole (T00lie)
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Just realised my message above should have been adressed to Darren S. Anyhow can either of you two guys help me .Dave |
Gilgemyn Luc (Luc)
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Saxifraga struggling with their dayly portion of snow.
Saxifraga ferdinandi coburgi - self sown on a tufa lump - 5 years old and flowering for the first time : Hurray !!
Saxifraga Nottingham gold - suffering from slugs (or is it something else ?) - even in this weather
Finally Saxifraga "Gelber Findling" peeping through its snow cover
Hoping for more sun soon ! |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Just for Paul a pix. of P. tantalon - more soon
Weather forecast was not good for today but it has been great - we even ate lunch sitting on the patio (and yes I was well wrapped up!). The birds were actullay glad when we went away as they are mobbing the feeders right now. We are goingthrough sunflower seed at an amazing rate but the peanut are going much more slowly - is anyone else experiencing this? |
Gwendolen Mary Black (Gwenb)
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Carol, At the risk of turning this into an RSPB thread, yes, here in Cumbria we cannot get birds to eat peanuts at this time of year but sunflower seeds are flavour of the month. The waxwings have cleared all the rowans berries and departed but the odd Bullfinch is lurking about the blossom buds |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Carol,
Thank you so much. The effect of the perfect rosette of leaves with the bunch of flowers nestled in the centre is just wonderful!! I am green!! (but enjoying it! LOL)
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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John,
I like your Ipheion collection..... do you have 'Charlotte Bishop' as well? That is the pink one. A definite addition to any collection as it is just so different and unexpected a colour.
Isn't your "normal" Ipheion uniflorum blue over there? The picture you post of the standard one (with the comment about onions and soap) is white..... our common one here is the spidery blue.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Lesley. Would be delighted to receive some of the Gentiana depressa seed. Thanks.
Here's some blooming in garden and greenhouse today. Cold but sunny enough for some of the Dunblane folk to hang their washing out!
Crocus etruscus in the garden.
Crocus chrysanthus which I bought as C. korolkowii 'Golden Nugget' and is still flowering away.
Two Hermodactylus tuberosus from different sources.
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Gelene S (Gelene)
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here's a pot of Narcissus romieuxii from our Alpine House this week:
and here is my version of "pest control": Drosera alicae. This year I kept this pot right next to the pots of bulbs, and it really seems to have kept the aphids in check!
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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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here's my front garden without the snow cover
Narcissus minor var pumilis plenus with a not so nice cultivar name 'Rip Van Winkle'. Seen here in immature form
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J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Following on from John's Ipheion postings here is an interesting colour form a stray seedling in a pot of Ipheion 'Froyle Mill'.
I quite like it and the only way I am going to get it out is to tip the pot out before the flowers fade.
I think it is worth the effort. |
john forrest (Jof)
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Paul
I don't know I. Charlotte Bishop, do you have a picture? The pale I. uniflora is just what I originally started off with milennia ago. I do have some others in pale blue but aren't in flower now.
Ian
your purple stripe one is very attractive. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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oe tie a wee piece of string around the flowering stems |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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John,
This is a pic of Ipheion 'Charlotte Bishop' (this pic was taken in my garden in late July).
Ipheion 'Charlotte Bishop'
She is very variable in colour, starting the season as a rather washed out pinky white and intensifying in colour the warmer it gets. At the end of her season she is almost electric pink. The pic doesn't accurately show her colour at that time of the season... she really is a strong hot pink without so many of the mauve undertones present in this pic.
I have found this year for some reason she has come back into full growth (even a flower) at the moment in the middle of summer. Not quite sure why she has done it, but if it gives me a better clump then I'm happy about it as I have only had her for a few years.
Cheers.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia |
Tony Goode (Agoode)
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Hurrah for the SRGC seed distribution and an especial hurrah for Margaret and Henry Taylor who collected the seed in this case. I think that true Narcissus cantabricus is one of the nicest winter/early spring bulbs.
And just in case you aren't convinced - a close-up.
Narcissus minor 'Douglas Bank' is another narcissus here with Scottish connections. Can anyone enlighten me as to just how it differs from the form sold as 'Midget'?
Narcissus jacetanus is sometimes talked of as a larger form of Narcissus asturiensis - what do others here think? Ian showed us a nice pic of this recently, I have some in the garden where they do quite well ... despite the snow.
Amana edulis usually flowers in January, getting rather drawn in the dull winter days. At the Harlow show recently it drew favourable comments from the judges for being so compact. At least the cold weather has done me some good! |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Tony what are Amana related to? It's good to see you out of the Crocus pages.
Here are some Narcissus from my garden.
my 'Candlepower' (4"/10cm) is the real one as it has now faded to off white
'Gipsy Queen' 3"/8cm
'Jack Snipe' wrongly labelled last month as 'WP Milner'
'Midget' 3"/8cm
'Small Talk' 5"/13cm
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Anne Wright (Annsie)
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What lovely narcissi - Candlepower especially. Here's a better pic of 'Jim Lad' for you Mark.
Sorry I made sure size was less that 600mm and dropped dpi to 50 but it's still too big - help! |
Darren Sleep (Darren)
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You know I've never really liked many hybrid narcissi until seeing some of the pictures on here. 'Jim Lad' is particularly nice. I also like the 'X susannae' types re-created by the Youngs. I'd love to do this but my triandrus don't flower till well after the last cantabricus has gone over. I've made my own 'minicycla' but have had no flowers yet.
Don't know if Corydalis 'Hotlips' is fertile, being a hybrid, but I can try selfing it Dave - will let you know how I get on as I'd definitely like some of the Ranunculus seed.
Hope to meet you at Perth Carol (and David of course), I've seen your pictures in show reports etc. Not sure I want to put my own picture up on here as it might scare persons of sensitive disposition. At Blackpool I'll be the grumpy looking bloke in his thirties manning the members plant stall. At Perth I'll be the grumpy looking bloke in his thirties wandering about looking lost.
Now then - on to some flowers.
Ophrys tenthredinifera:
Another Cape Gladiolus - G.caeruleus. A lovely pale blue and scented as well:
This is a confused Cyclamen purpurascens!
Finally - a high altitude alpine cushion plant member of the succulent Mesembryanthemum family. There are, of course, numerous hardy yellow Delosperma in cultivation with confused nomenclature. This is something different; Delosperma sphalmanthoides is from the high mountains of the Winter rainfall area of South Africa and seems cold hardy. Introduced by Steven Hammer it has been distributed in the UK by Terry Smale who also submitted it to the Joint Rock when it got a PC a few years ago. This needs moisture all year round but definitely goes semi-dormant in summer. The flower buds become visble in December and I find that excessive dryness after this point leads to poor flower development. The plant is in a 15cm pot if you are wondering about scale. There is a close-up of the flowers underneath, by the end of the week I will expect them to cover the foliage. Bad news is that nothing will persuade the flowers to open before very late morning - after the show jufges have been round!
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dave toole (T00lie)
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Darren email sent 10 mins. ago requesting your postal details .Dave |
john forrest (Jof)
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Paul
Thanks for the pic of Charlotte, she's a bonny lass( I think my Scottish ancestry is beginning to show) I will look out for it over here.
Tony, Anne & Darren
I love the N.cantabricus and Jim Lad. I do have a soft spot for Ophrys and that Gladiolus is v. beautiful |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Anne the photo is 894 pixels wide. The one you sent to me is 1169 pixels wide. I've just edited them for you and emailed them back for your own use. I'll call you too. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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guess what? My 'Jack Snipe' is actually 'Little Beauty'. Thanks Anne. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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sings "bring me sunshine, everyday ..."
Anemone blanda
Anemone blanda 'White Splendor'
Eranthus cilicius
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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Mark,
Lovely pics!! I have bought Anemone blanda 'White Splendour' this summer, so hopefully I'll have some nice flowers like that this coming season.
Darren,
I love that Ophrys.... and the Gladiolus is wonderful. I've heard of the species before but I've never seen it in person unfortunately. I love the smaller species so much better than the big florist types. Some of the species like G. uysiae and the various forms of alatus (all now given their own species names) are just so intricate in their colourations. The one you showed looks to have some lovely shadings and spottings as well. It must be beautiful!!
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Anne Wright (Annsie)
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Thanks to Mark for showing me how to post small pix! Here's one to practice with - Narcissus cyclamineus x asturiensis 'Sidora'
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Tony Goode (Agoode)
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Flowers and Foliage Now