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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: HClase on May 01, 2008, 02:55:44 PM
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Here in Newfoundland we have an intercalary season called RDF (rain, drizzle and fog) which just stops Spring dead. The wind is from the NE across the iceberg dotted sea and the temperature hovers just around zero. Here's a couple of pictures of a plant most of you haven't seen in your gardens for weeks - it's an old double clone. The first taken today, May Day, and the second 11 days ago on April 20th. Also a garden visitor that's very interested in crocuses - we put our cat out to chase it away! No leaves on our Nothofagus yet! And, by the way, we're well south of Scotland.
Galanthus nivalis double
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Not quite so cold here I am pleased to say.Here are some things in flower now.The thalictrum is particularly lovely and very delicate. It is a Spanish hedgerow plant from the Pyrenees.
thalictrum tuberosum
thalictrum tuberosum spain
tropaeolum azureum
weldenia candida
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Howard,
That bulb nibbler deserves better than a cat; a shotgun perhaps. The climatic difference is astonishing given your more southerly position. Galanthus in flower are a memory here.
Tony,
I adore the tropaeolum azureum, a beautiful plant. Of course, the others are also beautiful but one has preferences. The tropaeolum wins hands down on colour appeal, I think.
Paddy
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The climatic difference is astonishing given your more southerly position.
Paddy, that's because you have the Gulf Stream and we have the Labrador Current.
Can't fire off guns within the city limits (even if I had one), and a snare might catch the cat, so we have to put up with it. A catapult maybe!
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Howard your RDF thing seems to keep you in a state of suspended animation. Apart from the light, 11 days have made no difference to your lovely clump of snowdrops.
Tony the Thalictrum is a delight isn't it? I find it very fragile though. Yours looks rather more robust than mine. The others of course are pure magic.
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Howard - We too are in RDF mode thanks to the Labrador Current and we are at the same latitude as Milan. One week of warm weather gave Spring a jolt here, now the plants are in holding pattern. I guess we can thank this sort of weather for holding the earliest rhodos back a bit so we are safely past the last frost - 1 May here in the city.
Friends just got back from Annapolis Royal were it was a lovely, sunny and warm spring day.
Lucky you to be able to enjoy your Galanthus for so long. Ours faded after the warm period.
I will post you some potassium sulphate tomorrow - just enough to get you going until I come over in June.
johnw - +5c and overcast
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My double snow drops opened on April 8 (they were literally blooming under the snow so I really don't know for sure WHEN they opened!)...May 2 and they look just as good...day after day of 2-5 C will keep them good until late May at this rate! Iris reticulata 'Harmony' has been opened 2 weeks now and two days ago Saxifraga sancta opened in my trough.
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Hello,
here are some of the plants that are in flower in my garden now:
1 ) Aquilegia scopulorum
2 ) Corydalis (I forgot the cultivar name)
3 ) Gentiana verna var. angulosa
4 ) Pinguicula grandiflora
5 ) Primula auricula 'Argus'
6 ) Primula auricula 'Dusky Yellow'
7 ) Ranunculus ficaria 'Salmon's White'
8 ) Saxifraga pubescens 'Snowcap'
Wim
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Great photos all!
Here some actual pics of this weekend.
1. Calydorea xiphioides
2. Conanthera spec. (parvula? -possibly hybrid with trimaculata)
3. Lotus berthelotii
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Hans, can you tell more about Calydorea?
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Hello Luit,
Calydorea xiphioides is a endemic plant of Chile (mediterranean zone) - because of forestation (with Eucalyptus spec. and Pinus radiata) it became very rare - I collected some seeds a few years ago - among Calydorea there were different Conantheras, Leucocoryne and Tropaeolum on the same dry meadow.
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Hans,
I adore that Calydorea. Wonderful form to it. I grow C. amabilis (plus assorted Tigridias, Cypellas etc as I love the whole family) but I find it a bit too spidery. Never come across C. xiphioides before, but will keep an eye out in case it ever appears on any seed lists anywhere. That Conanthera looks pretty impressive too, and I'm assuming has small purple patches in the throat? It sort of looks that way in the picture, but it could be just shadow.
Great pics. Lovely to see new and interesting things I haven't seen before. 8)
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Couple of pictures here of a little clump of Sparaxis. These were from garden centre bought corms, planted last Autumn, and don't seem to have been affected by the late Winter/early Spring frosts we had. These are part of my self-inflicted project to see what I can get away with in respect of South African bulbs and corms and I intend to leave them in the garden, with a good thick Winter mulch, and see if they come back next year.
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Some pictures taken this weekend.
1. Gentiana acaulis
2. Uvularia perfoliata
3. Anemonella thalictroides 'Cameo'
4. Schizocodon intercedens
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Hello Luit,
Calydorea xiphioides is a endemic plant of Chile (mediterranean zone) - because of forestation (with Eucalyptus spec. and Pinus radiata) it became very rare - I collected some seeds a few years ago - among Calydorea there were different Conantheras, Leucocoryne and Tropaeolum on the same dry meadow.
Thank you Hans. I hoped of some new bulb out in the garden, but...
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Kenneth,
I am guessing that your Uvularia might be U. grandiflora, not perfoliata...
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The very beautiful Mertensia virginica; the fantastic Trollius laxus is still too little grown; a great slowly-outward spreading and entirely well-behaved Ranunculus I originally got from Harvey Wrightman (any help with species id would be appreciated; the stunning foliage of the Japanese Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehinii (the only variety hardy enough for me); Viola jooii which I love, and finally the rare and tiny (2" at most) Iris lacustris which exists in the wild in only a couple locations in Michigan and Ontario, along the great lakes.
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Kristl, are you sure your Ranunculus is NOT an Anemone spec.?
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No Kristl, I am quite certain that it is U perfoliata. I have U grandiflora as well and have compared them. It is not easy to tell the difference from the picture. Both have perfoliate leaves but grandiflora is higher and have a little bigger leaves and flowers. The most distinct differences though are two. U grandiflora has soft hair beneath the leaves and it has stamens that are longer than the styles. U perfoliata has hairless leaves and the stamens are shorter than the styles.
As a matter of fact I have U sessilifolia to. It is flowering later and I hope to be able to show picture of it also. It is easier to separate from the other two.
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Luit....it is not Anemone rununculoides---which I also grow and which is only starting to flower now, and is *very different*. This mystery plant started blooming maybe 7-10 days ago. What other Anemone could it be? Has never produced seed, so I can't figure it out backwards from the seed. It *does* go entirely dormant after bloom, which is why I originally was leaning towards Anemone too.
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Kenneth:
You will know best, having U. grandiflora in the garden as well; you are right, it is hard to tell with one picture; the flowers seemed way too large to me to be U. perfoliata---but you certainly do know the major botanical differences.
The other major identifying difference between U. grandiflora and perfoliata is the orangish or yellow bumps on the petals (which grandiflora does NOT have).
This is the only picture of the bumps that I could find.
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Luit....it is not Anemone rununculoides---which I also grow and which is only starting to flower now, and is *very different*. This mystery plant started blooming maybe 7-10 days ago. What other Anemone could it be? Has never produced seed, so I can't figure it out backwards from the seed. It *does* go entirely dormant after bloom, which is why I originally was leaning towards Anemone too.
Kristl, does it have rhizomes? In that case it might be an Anemone.
BTW, I did see it is not A. ranunculoides.
Do you have a more close picture as well?
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Kenneth, did you have a look at Uvularia for ID?
We were discussing Uvularia's there too.
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Kristl, are you sure your Ranunculus is NOT an Anemone spec.?
Have you dug up some root Kristl? I have to say it looks EXACTLY like my Anemone ranunculoides in its single form. I have a semi double form as well but the habit and foliage of mine are exactly like yours.
I adore the Mertensia virginica. I grow it but it gets battered by strong winds every year and torn to rags. Love the Cardiocrinum foliage too and I'll be very interested to compare your pic with my Iris lacustris later, as I have some doubt about whether mine is true. It's a little bigger than you say but smaller than I. cristata.
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No, I did not notice the discussion about ID of Uvularia. I have read it now and also your comments here Kristl. Of course I must make a new comparison with my grandiflora. The latter I got from the botanical garden of Gothenburg, so I think it must be all right. I can not now remember where my perfoliata came from and the label has dissappeared. It is about ten years old but I moved it three years ago and could not find any label. I have it registered as perfoliata and I compared it some years ago with my grandiflora when I had a discussion on another forum. Then I was quite certain but when someone from the homeland of Uvularia have reasonable doubts, of course I must check again!
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My Uvularia is just breaking the surface! Oh well, I do have a couple of things blooming in the rockery and woodland bed. The first Kabschia saxs are opening (I have a seperate thread for those). Corydalis solida is just about open and my newest aquisition from last fall, iris X histrioides 'Katherine Hodgkin' is a delight!
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Never come across C. xiphioides before, but will keep an eye out in case it ever appears on any seed lists anywhere. That Conanthera looks pretty impressive too, and I'm assuming has small purple patches in the throat? It sort of looks that way in the picture, but it could be just shadow.
Great pics. Lovely to see new and interesting things I haven't seen before. 8)
Thanks Paul,
do not know if Calydorea is selffertil and I will get seed this year - a second plant will flower in some days but I had no time to collect pollen of the first bloom - it opened in the morning closed at afternoon and it did not open again ::) - but in any case it made an impressive show for a few hours.
You are right the Conanthera has blue marks inside - I think it is a hybrid of C. parvula and C. trimaculata - other plants I grow are not marked.
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Luit, et al...
My mystery Ranunculus IS Anemone ranunculoides!!!! The other plant which flowers later, and is decidedly different is actually A. intermedia.
And in fact I had forgotten a plant of wild A. ranunculoides (Norway) in another section of the garden; and sure enough they were the same as the Harvey Wrightman "Ranunculus."
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;D ;D
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Hans,
I know that Calydorea amabilis is self fertile, as every one sets seed if allowed to. No idea of other species though.
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Thanks Paul - so there is hope to get some seed - great :D
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Hans,
I have no idea whether it happens for all species or not, but it does each time for amabilis. I've just harvested some seeds here recently of amabilis if you're wanting some. A much more spidery and delicate flower than your species though. I can provide a pic if you want.
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Here is Leucanthemopsis pallida ssp. alpina from seeds collected by Rafa (Thanks again).
Last year the slugs had a feast - this season I protected the plants by using pellets.
Gerd
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I was asked for pics of gentiana.
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And other plants
a small leontopodium from Italy (nivale) and the last Erythronium
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A mix from me First a Dode that I think is the best colour of all,
Dodecatheon x Lemoinei
Serapia Lingaua,
Serapia Lingalia,
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Not sure where to put this, the first of my Disa to flower this year.
Disa Kewensis Mandarin,
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That's a nice Dodecatheon Derek, do you grow it outside?
Lovely gentians Hans, another species I struggle to grow.
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This week many plants start flowering suddenly.
I do hope the postings are as fast as nature at the moment.
Adonis vernalis
Aubrieta Blue Emperor
Aubrieta Purple Queen
Aubrieta Valder
Aurinia saxatilis var citrina
Caragana arborescens
Cercis Canadensis Forest Pansy bl.
Darmera peltata
Dodecatheon + Lithophragma
Dicentra Candy Hearts
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Some more:
Corydalis nobilis 1
Corydalis nobilis 4
Corydalis nobilis 5
When taking pictures I couldn't resist make one of two water birds on the other side of
the channel behind my house.
A coot making its nest and a great crested Grebe supporting.
Don't know where they were talking about?
Smalltalk
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Potentilla alba 1
Potentilla alba 3
Syringa x persica Alba (flowering for the first time with me.)
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Beautiful pics from everyone. I especially like the Potentilla alba. Is it low growing?
Derek, could you post your orchid pics on the orchid thread please? A Disa will make a change from the Ophrys etc, lovely though they are.
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Beautiful pics from everyone. I especially like the Potentilla alba. Is it low growing?
Lesley, it's a plant of 10 cm. but will grow slowly to a cushion of more than 40 cm.
It's a plant I saw first in the fiftees, tried to sell it which did not go and lost it, untill
seeing it some years ago with a gardener who thought he had something new.
Don't know if he can sell it, but he gave a plant in change for the name. ;D :D 8)
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and here thelast few ones today:
Raised bed May '08
All the plants on my raised bed have to withstand winter without cover.
Morisia monanthos
Onosma alborosea 2
Rhodanthemum catananche
Uvularia grandiflora Linda Windsor 1
Phlox bifida Starbrite 1
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Dear Johannes,
I knew you had more white Gentians
Thanks :)
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Are you sure your Serapias islingua Derek? It looks very like cordigera.
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Photos from today:
Saxifraga x lowndesii Harbinger Glory
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Saxifraga%20x%20lowndesii%20Harbinger%20GloryDSCF1337.jpg)
Saxifraga x iranica Laika
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Saxifraga%20x%20iranica%20Laika%20DSCF1327.jpg)
Saxifraga x burseriana Clarissa
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Saxifraga%20x%20bureseriana%20Clarissa%20DSCF1322.jpg)
Saxifraga burseriana var burseriana
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Saxifraga%20burseriana%20var%20burseriana%20DSCF1338.jpg)
Corydalis caucasicus
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Corydalis%20caucasicus%20DSCF1329.jpg)
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Excellent pictures Magnar - wonderful plants !
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Are you sure your Serapias islingua Derek? It looks very like cordigera.
Anthony no I am not sure I was hoping some one would put me right
Derek
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That's a nice Dodecatheon Derek, do you grow it outside?
David that one has been in a 3ltr pot for the last 3 years but I have different ones in the garden.I find them easy to grow from seed but sometimes when pricking them out the go to sleep to soon and only about 25% come up the next year.
Derek
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I have made some posts in Rhododendrons May 2008
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1723.new#new
but here are some other plants.....
A few different acers which have been rushing to put their leaves out in the recent few days of warm sunshine.
One is a near forty year old Acer dissectum atropurpureum with a Rhododendron tatsiensense flower through it, very nice combo.
A view throughthe leaves of an Ulmus 'Jacqueline Hillier' which is "bonsaied" in a pot by the pond
Two variations on spotted Dactylorhiza leaves
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Oooh, these Acers. Beautiful!
Eh was senior hitting you allready Maggi?
Didn't see pictures the first time........ ??? ;D ;D
Edit by Maggi: it was the pesky forum acting strangely... my attachments got lost and I had to add them again >:(
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Pure magic to watch acer leaves unfold. I have one right outside the kitchen window and every year it wows me. Has lime green new foliage with a pink sheath (it probably has a 'proper' botanical name), looks just fab right now. My A. Sankokaku is just as spectacular, with its rose red stems and the pale green foliage all brand new. Love those acers....
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Me too, but I also love Magnar's saxes. Wish we had a better - and newer - collection here.
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Not only peonies flowering here in this time :
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow Dark Form'
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Anemone ranunculoides full double, my own selection
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Nice picture everyone. :o 8)
Yuri well done in Your selection a true golden star. :o :o 8) 8)
Kind regards
Joakim
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So many joys to behold in this thread. Great pics everyone. Yuri, nice selection of the Anemone..... you must be pleased to have found that one. Beautiful!!
Very nice to see someone posting pics of the strongly coloured Aubretias. Rarely see anything except mauvey colours or some slightly reddish tinges in the extremely rare times you can find Aubretias for sale here. I do enjoy them, but wish we could get better colours here. Great to see the pics of them. 8)
Thanks for all the wonderful pictures everyone.
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Catching up here.
Kenneth - Many thanks for posting the great Schizocodon soldanelloides Intercedens.
johnw
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Today flowering here some nice Liliaceae :
Asphodelus albus
Asphodeline lutea
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Lewisia rediviva bench view. Rediviva hybs just starting to flower.
Lewisia rediviva hyb orange
Lewisia rediviva hyb orange
Lewisia rediviva hyb orange
Lewisia brachycalyx 3
Lewisia pygmaea
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Lewisia rediviva hybs.
A few more just to show the flower power of these hybs
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Flower power indeed Michael. If not for the foliage, I'd have thought these to be super cotyledon hybrids. Is there something of L. cotyledon in their make up? If so, the colour range available could produce some amazing rediviva-like plants, more reliably perennial than straight L. cotyledon. What am I talking about? You're already doing that! Thanks for showing them to us.
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Tritonia 1
Tritonia 2
Tritonia 3
Weldenia candida
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Anemone baldensis.
Anemone Seemanii.
Anemone vestal.
Romulea.
Romulea 2.
Romulea 3 Probably atarinda
Phlox Ralph Haywood
Sanguinaria canadensis plena
Lewisia cotyledon in scree bed
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Lovely to see a Weldenia again, just as mine are dying down.
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Tritonia 2
Hi Mr AMazing (the lewisias alone account for that title!),
is your Tritonia #2 a pure Tritonia crocata or a hybrid? It's a beauty!
cheers
fermi
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So many beauties! A really joy even to see them on pictures only.
Michael and David,
I have some L. cotyledon seedlings from your seeds, which have been germinated about a month ago, but they haven't grown at all since then. Is this normal? They are in peat-sand-perlite mix. I don't want to prick them yet, because they are very very little. Should I give them some fertilizer?
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"Amazing" stuff Michael - maybe we should add "magic" to "amazing".... ;D
I'll have to travel to Ireland one day !
I'd love some of these wonderful hybrids. ::)
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Good gracious Michael. That is a fantastic array of plants. I didn't realise Lewisia rediviva could be so prolific!
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What a beautiful series of plants you showed us Michael.
Mostly impressed by the Tritonia and Romulea!
Great colours.
maybe we should add "magic"
Luc, it is not "magic"
Michael is a GARDENER
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I wouldn't qualify Michael as a "normal" gardener Luit... :-\
I consider myself also as a gardener, but that's not the same thing... ???
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I didn't realise Lewisia rediviva could be so prolific!
Anthony, the rediviva hybs flower like that all summer,repeat flowering every three or four weeks. That is why I got so P----d off trying to convince the public that these plants were worth giving a chance. I failed and gave up.These plants that I have now are from seed that I forgot to sow a few years ago, I found them in a box in the fridge last year.
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I think you have 'the knack" Michael? They certainly look beautiful when en-masse. I tried one outside in a trough and it did well, in my mind, for two years, but a combination of drought followed by winter wet did for it.
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Is this a cristate form (genetic malformation therefore like this every year), or is it a form of fasciation that is just present this year? Gerberas and primulas are very prone to fasciation but it does not necessarily recur each year
Maggy,
I have first in Februar noticeable that she different grow.
Diane,
I not know, have she first won year.
Karl
Maggi replies: Thank you, Karl :)
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is your Tritonia #2 a pure Tritonia crocata or a hybrid
Fermi, it appeared in a batch of seedlings which I had cross polinated.
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Michael your the expert any idea on these 2 they suddenly appeard about 3 years ago from my own seed
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They look like Longipetala x cotyledon hybs and good ones at that. Do you grow Longipetala?
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Michael, those are cracking Lewisia rediviva hybrids, absolutely beautiful.
I've just bought Lewisia longipetala x rediviva 'Michael Campbell' from Susan Tindall and will try and post a picture of it in the next few days.
Kata, if your L. cotyledon seedlings are in a peat/sand/perlite mix then in my view a liquid feed with a dilute (about half strength) balanced feed would't do them any harm. Dont water it on but give your seed pot a soak from below. When they are big enough to handle conveniently get them into a well drained soil based potting mix.
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Kata,I agree with David,feed them ,they are gross feeders.
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I'd love some of these wonderful hybrids.
Luc, pm me with your address.
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Primula Janet watts.
Primula viscosa.
Tulbagia violaica alba.
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Very nice pictures everyone,
here are some of the plants that are flowering in my garden this week.
1 Calceolaria 'Walter Shrimpton'
2 Cypripedium 'Emil' (Frosch hybrid)
3 Houstonia caerulea
4 Iris 'Snugglebug'
5 Lewisia (hybrid)
6 Papaver
7 Polygale calcarea 'Lillet'
8 Primula japonica 'Miller's crimson'
9 Sarracenia leucophylla
Wim
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Michael,
Stunning pictures, but Oh those Lewisia!!! :o Amazing!!
Wim,
I love that Calceolaria in particular. Such a cutie!! Not something we see here in Aus, or at least not in my experience. Always nice to see them here. 8)
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Fine pics, Wim.
Your Papaver might be Meconopsis cambrica - which is able to occupy a whole garden quickly.
Gerd
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Yes Gerd,
the papaver is Meconopsis cambrica indeed, thanks for the name, I had forgotten it completely.
It selfseeds very easily but it is removed very easily also, so I like it.
Greetings Wim
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Just a few from my garden this week.
First a Rhododendron that has followed me around 3 different gardens. It must be over 15 years old now, I remember it as 'Scarlet wonder'.
Second and third anybody got a name for this Rhodo?
Primula 'Victoria De Wemys'
Pleione tolima planted out in the garden.
Finally Romulea tortuosa first flowers from SRGC seed.
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Does the name 'Cunningham's Blush' or 'Cunningham's White' ring any bells for your rhodo, Mick?
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Wonderful flower pics all of you :)
Here's a few from my North Norwegian garden today. Even with a little snow blowing in the air they keep flowering :
Helleborus niger ssp macranthus
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Helleborus%20niger%20ssp%20macranthus%2008.jpg)
Saxifraga x landaueri Leonora
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Saxifraga%20x%20landauero%20Leonore%2008.jpg)
Corydalis solida White Knight
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Corydlais%20solida%20white%20knight%2008.jpg)
Fritillaria latifolia
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Fritillaria%20latifolia%2008.jpg)
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Magnar, we enjoy your plant photos, but please keep your snow to yourself up there in Norway ;)
We have had better weather here and are hoping to keep it a bit longer!!
The Saxifraga x landaueri Leonora is a fine little plant... love the colour in the stems and flowers :)
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there are so many beauties flowering at this moment, that my eye keeps getting pulled to superb foliage....
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Some plants of my garden in sunny and warm Holland (25 C.)
First near the drive a shrub which made itself comfortable in an old railway-sleeper
Aronia melanocarpa
Aronia melanocarpa 2
In the backyard there is a rich flowering
Choisya Aztec Pearl 1
Choisya Aztec Pearl 2
Laserpitium siler with huge flowerheads
a special form of Geranium sang.
Geranium sanguineum Elke
and double Paeonia where the 2nd. pict. is made one day after the first
Paeonia tenuifolia Plena 1
Paeonia tenuifolia Plena 2
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A couple of pics of two of my Auricula 'failures'. Grown from my own collected open pollinated seed, and failures only in that neither of them conformed to Alpine and Show Auricula standards. It was either the compost heap for them or try them in the garden as Border Auriculas and the latter won the day.
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David,
Stuff the standards, they're beautiful!!!!! Would be heart-breaking to throw them out, but I understand space constraints and only having to grow the useful things. I find it very heard to throw out plants! ::)
Luit,
I love that double Paeonia tenuifolia. Never seen that before.
Mick,
The Primula 'Victoria De Wemys' is stunning. Such great colour and contrast.
Great pics everyone.
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Along my raised bed I planted last year one of my Cyps.:
Cypripedium calceolus first flower after replanting
and there is a nice little buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus F.M. Burton 1
Ranunculus bulbosus F.M. Burton 2
In front of the bed is an old Veratrum which hopefully will flower again.
Veratrum nigrum plant
On the bed flowers
Erodium Spanish Eye
and one of its seedlings
Erodium seedling
Lewisia columbiana
Geranium cinereum sdl
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and a hardy (?) Osteospermum in its second year.
Osteospermum 1
Osteospermum 2
Tradescantia longipes [Chr] 1
Tradescantia longipes [Chr] 2
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I like that Tradescantia longipes Luit. Such a nice low plant, compared with the leggy ones in my garden.
Many thanks to everyone for their super pics. A day away from the Forum and there's a positive FEAST to come back to.
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Hi folks
Here are a few pictures from the garden. It's almost like every thing is "exploding" in the garden because of the heat the last few days. 24C in beginning of May is not normal for this part of the world, and some flowers are already done when I enter the garden with my camera..... :-\
1 Primula sonchifolia ( a bit smashed by rain)
2 Primula maximowiczii
3 Primula maximowiczii (close)
4 Primula crassifolia, a wonderful species from the Caucasus
5 Primula crassifolia (close)
6 Soldanella carpatica
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yes, it's a big photo, Geir, but I'm enjoying studying the detail... a lovely primula.
a super clump of the Soldanella.......have you seen the discussion on the Forum about how we all seem to have trouble getting it to flower outside? No trouble to you, I see! 8)
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No problem with flowering Soldanellas here in my garden (by the way, you only see a part of the clump ;) )
Geir
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No problem with flowering Soldanellas here in my garden (by the way, you only see a part of the clump ;) )
Geir
Aha! Yes, looking closely I do see the flowers spreading in all ways! Very nice!
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Geir, nice that you're back with us. That Soldanella should be called Soldanella carpetica. ;D
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Some other plants that are in flower now
1 a young Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Porzellan' in Galium odorata
2 Ramonda myconi
3 Iris 'Victoria Falls'
4 Clematis patens 'Miss Bateman'
And one for the leaves:
5 Athyrium nipponicum 'Ursula's red'
Greetings
Wim
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Hi folks
Here are a few pictures from the garden. It's almost like every thing is "exploding" in the garden because of the heat the last few days. 24C in beginning of May is not normal for this part of the world, and some flowers are already done when I enter the garden with my camera..... :-\
1 Primula sonchifolia ( a bit smashed by rain)
2 Primula maximowiczii
3 Primula maximowiczii (close)
4 Primula crassifolia, a wonderful species from the Caucasus
5 Primula crassifolia (close)
6 Soldanella carpatica
Geir,
Stunning pictures, especially the P. maximowiczii image.
When I googled for this species a came along a very fine website - this is
http.//www.primulaword.com - here is a BLACK Primula euprepes - very near to P. maximowiczii (or a subspecies) - I heared about it when I had a telephone call with Dieter Zschummel, who saw this extraordinary plant in the wild last year.
Gerd
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Hi Gerd
I do not know of the species you mention, but I grow another almost black member of the Maximowiczii group named Primula tangutica. It's not yet in flower so I just post the same picture as last year so you can have a look. I also add a picture of Gentiana oschtenica taken to day.
Geir
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Thank you Geir,
There are always surprises in the world of plants - such unusual colours in the genus Primula!
Your G. oschtenica looks fine. I tried this species several times - leaves are always too pale and never flowers. It seems it needs some kind of Norwegian conditions.
Gerd
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I wish I still had my Osteospermum collection. I gave them away to a better home but their flowers live on http://www.marksgardenplants.com/osteospermums.htm (http://www.marksgardenplants.com/osteospermums.htm)
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Some more pictures.
1 Viola hidakana, a nice and different species from Japan
2 An old pipe of concrete (sorry I do not have any name for the white flowered plant)
3 Veronica bombycina var. bolkardaghensis (in the pipe)
4 Phlox kelsyi (in the pipe)
5 Phlox pulvinaris (sorry Mark, non of the cuttings made it thru the winter)
6 Draba mollissima. Not the best in flower, but a nice and compact grower. Here in a vertical position.
7 Clematis columbiana var tenuiloba. Not the best form, but still....
8 Iris sp. coll Altai and Daphne sericea. I think it is Iris bloudowii. Any comments on that ?
Geir
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What a marvellous collection, Geir. These Phlox and the Veronica are real beauties.
You made curious about this white flower which seems to like it in the concrete Pipe.
You don't have some close-up(s) of it by accident?
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Hi Luit
Thanks for your compliments :D
Here are some pics of the white. It's a Brassicaceae, and maybe some Arabis species?
Geir
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Some pictures from yesterday and today.
1. Corydalis buschii
2. Shortia soldanelloides var ilicifolia (Hope it is the correct name. The chenges between Schizocodon and Shortia seems to be frequent!)
3. Gentiana verna ssp pontica (Very strange with the sudden white flower in the middle of the blue)
4. Gentiana verna ssp pontica 'Alba' ( This is supposed to be white and is all over)
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Great plants. Geir and Kenneth.
Geir's beautiful Clematis columbiana var tenuiloba and Kenneth's Shortia soldanelloides var ilicifolia are, for me, two absolutely beautiful and highly desirable plants. Both being grown excellently.
Great shows. Paddy
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David,
Stuff the standards, they're beautiful!!!!! Would be heart-breaking to throw them out, but I understand space constraints and only having to grow the useful things. I find it very heard to throw out plants! ::)
Paul, it is a little hard to explain 'Auricula standards' in a few words but I am (very slowly!) putting information together for a short series of articles which I hope to write and submit to Maggi and Ian for their consideration for using them on the Articles section of the main Site. These will go into more detail on the history of growing and showing Auriculas and the standards used. I hope they will be of interest in general terms as well as to Primula aficionados.
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Some beautiful plants shown over the past few days folks, it looks as though the current hot spell in Europe has brought everything forward.
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Paul, it is a little hard to explain 'Auricula standards' in a few words but I am (very slowly!) putting information together for a short series of articles which I hope to write and submit to Maggi and Ian for their consideration for using them on the Articles section of the main Site. These will go into more detail on the history of growing and showing Auriculas and the standards used. I hope they will be of interest in general terms as well as to Primula aficionados.
YIPPEE!! Go for it, David!
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I do think the houseleeks are indispensable plants for the alpine gardener. They can fill an unsightly gap between rocks, they are always ready to fill a corner of a trough and replace a departed plant, and they also have individual character and attraction.
Here are 6 I photographed earlier….but one is a Jovibarba! :o
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(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/th_STA50084.jpg) (http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/STA50084.jpg)..(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/th_STA50081.jpg) (http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/STA50081.jpg)..(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/th_STA50083.jpg) (http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/STA50083.jpg)
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/th_epimedium.jpg) (http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/epimedium.jpg)… Epimedium grandiflorum ‘White Beauty’ (Foliage)
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/th_phloxke.jpg) (http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/Lampwick_2008/Alpines/phloxke.jpg)… Phlox ‘Kelly’s Eye’
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I shall be most interested in reading that David, if you have time to do it. It will be much appreciated.
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Hi Luit
Thanks for your compliments :D
Here are some pics of the white. It's a Brassicaceae, and maybe some Arabis species?
Geir
It's indeed a beautiful plant Geir, but I've never seen something like that.
It has the flowers of Arabis but the leaves seem more Gypsophila or Silene like.
This will not be of much help, but I like it though.
You don't know from where you got it?
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Super pics from everyone, especially that Shortia. Out in the open too. I shouldn't be surprised at this. Years ago in the UK I saw Shortia uniflora growing on a cool, shaded bank in the Saville Gardens at Windsor. It was covering square metres.
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This time of year it's always a great joy for me to see how fast plants
in the shady parts of the garden are developing themselves.
Here some examples from our backyard:
Claytonia siberica
Polygonatum commutatum 1
Polygonatum commutatum 2
Symphytum Goldsmith
Rodgersia + Anthriscus
Symphytum Wisley Blue
Polygonatum hybridum
Rodgersia podophylla Braunlaub
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and some more:
Saruma henryi 1
Saruma henryi 2
Symphytum officinale + Aquilegia
Lathyrus vernus Roseus
Smilacina racemosa 1
Smilacina racemosa 2
Astilboides tabularis
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Nice to see Saruma henryii again Luit. From your photo it looks as though this is in quite an open position? Mine is in deep shade and seems to do just as well.
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Only morning sun, till noon.
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Edraianthus serpylifolius in my garden.
Karl
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Wonderful, Karl. I'll have to keep a note of this one for the seed exchange....
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Edraianthus serpylifolius.... again we see a difference in flowering times from Austria..... here in Scotland our plants are just making their buds
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Maggi, it is originalplants from Kroatien, Svete Jure-Biocovo Geb.
Chris, i have always Seed from Edr.serpilifolius, E.pumilio, E.tenuifolius, E.dalmaticus E.graminifolius, E.parnassicus in autumn.
Karl
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Our Edraianthus serpylifolius are from Vojtech Holubec seed
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Another Edreianthus serpylifolius and E.parnassifolius.
Karl
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Erysimum and Penstemon
…Erysimum ‘Orange Flame’
I hope you don’t mind me including this easy and common alpine wallflower, but I think it is such an attraction in the garden with its brilliant tangerine-orange flowers. The white flowers you can see in the background belong to……
…Penstemon fruticosus subsp. scouleri ‘Alba’
This, I believe, comes from British Columbia and it’s a fantastic plant. It eventually becomes too big and leggy, and then cuttings (which root easily) should be taken to start anew. The effort is worth it when you get a show like this for two or three seasons.
…And a close-up. :)
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Here is Scilla litardieri (syn. Scilla pratensis) from Montenegrian origin.
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One I am quite proud of Meconopsis are not easy down here.
Meconopsis lingholm
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.... sigh.....
Beautiful Derek - I lost mine last year.... :'( so hard to keep them going out here :-\
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Derek, you deserve a medal, I can't even germinate Mecanopsis seed.
What a gorgeous colour for Edraianthus serpylifolium, that one is added to my wants list.
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Some pics,made during the last 2 weeks:
Androsace mariae,a rather new introduction from China from Holubec seed
Arnebia pulchra flowers with the typical dots which vanish,when the flower ages
This Arum from Turkey grows very slow with me,ID would be welcome
Asarum hartwegii,a wild ginger from western USA,from seed
Boykinia Jamesii,also from western USA
Delospermas from the Drakensberge of Lesotho,South Africa love hot and dry places
and are completely hardy with me.The white form is a new introduction.
Helonias bullata,the swamp pink from USA likes moist places and has a lovely fragrance
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Arisaema formosanum ?
Primula Frank Croslan
Trillium grandiflorum.
Lewisia Longipetala x rediviva hyb
Lewisia nevadensis bernadeno form
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Lewisia rediviva hybs on bench. sorry for showing these again folks.
Lewisia rediviva hybs on bench.
Lewisia Rawreth. This is a plant that I bought from a well known alpine nursery as a Rediviva hyb, and paid big money for it.
Lweisia rawreth 2. This is the same plant close up, you can see that it is sterile.
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Now compare the last plant with these, why would someone want to put that on the market when they could have these.
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Lewisia Rawreth, in my opinion is not a Rediviva hyb, but a longipetala x Cotyledon hyb, and not a very good one.
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Those of you with a sharp eye will notice that the Rediviva hybs above are not pollen sterile.
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My apologies for that outburst folks,hope I have not offended anyone. In a lousy mood :( my little dog died today.
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The last of the tulips yesterday...
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Here is Scilla litardieri (syn. Scilla pratensis) from Montenegrian origin.
Hallo Gerd,
what wee beauti. If you could share seed I would be interested.
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Michael, I'm so sorry about your little dog. It's a terrible thing when they go from us as they're such a loved - and loving - part of the family. I'm sure all of us who have loved and lost dogs, will feel for you and send our very best wishes.
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Here are two Gynandriris (now Moraea) flowering in the same pot. I think a G. monophyllus (first pic) must have landed in a G. sisyrinchium pot?
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Anthony,
I saw both Gynandriris (Moraea) in the wild during may stay at Crete. Gynandriris monophylla is a very small plant and has only one leaf indeed. The flowering stems of G. sysirinchium can reach 50 cm, those of monophylla are about 10 cm.
Gerd
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Michael, Are the Lewisia rediva hybrids evergreen?
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Michael,
Please don't appologize for showing these stunning little plants, I can never get enough of them ;D ! I guess I'm not alone to understand your frustration regarding L. rawreth, it doesn't even come close to your gems !
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You're definitely not alone Luc. I think the plants are amazing. I think Michael must garden in the fourth dimension with a greenhouse like the Tardis? :)
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;D ;D ;D
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Some pics from the wild near my garden (Gentiana clusii, Primula farinosa, Rhodothamnus ch., Globularia, Dryas octopetala)
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Part 2 (Rhod. cham., Gentiana verna, Cyp. calceolus, ?)
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The last of the shortias to flower. The name is Shortia soldanelloides var magna (for the time being anyway)
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Not an alpine but I think it is a good plant.
Kohleria sunshine.
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Michael, Are the Lewisia rediviva hybrids evergreen?
Susan,yes they are evergreen and repeat flowering all summer,they need lots of water in the summer unlike Rediviva. the flowers do not close up at night. These particular hybs are bred from other hybs,but that is another story, as yet untold.
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Michael, your hybrids are delicious.
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Here are two Gynandriris (now Moraea) flowering in the same pot. I think a G. monophyllus (first pic) must have landed in a G. sisyrinchium pot?
Grown from seed Anthony? Are they difficult?
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Not from seed bought bought separately as dry bulbs several year ago. I must check to see if the descriptions match?
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Gynandiris sisyrinchium of Kreta.
Karl
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Beautiful images everyone...a few of mine from my garden (and in pots) captured this very sunny (but windy) Wednesday in May.
I am particularly pleased with the Geum and Muscari entwined by the wind. (The last image).
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Your pics are always so beautifully sharp and clear Cliff. Love the R. segueiri :)
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Yes, great pics and especially that of R. segueiri :)
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I agree with all the above and that R. seguiri IS a stunner ! Is it difficult in cultivation Cliff ?
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Thanks folks...
Ummm, Luc...how do I answer that?
I could say; 'Yes, it's EXTREMELY difficult to keep and flower in cultivation' (which seems to be the opinion of many who have tried it), but I find it much easier to cultivate (and flower) than, say, it's non-lime loving equivalent, Ranunculus glacialis. This beautiful buttercup has been the source of my only Farrer Medals (same plant, but in separate years) - I will try to find an image of it at it's very best on the show bench.
It requires a very deep pot (it has an enormous root system), limestone grit and shards in quantity, ample water in spring and protection for the flowers from birds who seem to enjoy pecking the brilliant white flowers. As with all these high mountain buttercups the hard part is finding a handsome and free-flowering form.
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Here is Allium karataviense from the garden today.
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Ok Cliff - that makes things clear - a pretty easy plant for my standards ;D ;D ;D
Thanks for the very clear explanation, and I would be very interested to see your show plant !
David, a very good looking A. karataviense you have there !
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You would grow it to perfection Luc....
Managed to find a couple of shots of my plant that gained the Farrer Medal at Southport AGS Show a few years ago (and, as a smaller plant, at East Cheshire AGS Show prior to that).
It is still very much alive (as are some of it's equally good progeny), but it has yet to produce a flower bud this season and Southport Show is just two days away!! :(
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I must also mention that these images were captured a couple of days after the show...the plant DID look better on the day! :D
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Marvelous plant Cliff - a real stunner !
Thank you for taking it out of the closet for me ;)
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Cliff,
Wonderful plants and photos. My congratulation!
R. seguieri is a difficult plant.
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Truly superb!!! I first saw this species at Mike and Polly Stone's garden at Askival, 27 years ago. I've hankered after it ever since. :'(
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Part 2 (Rhod. cham., Gentiana verna, Cyp. calceolus, ?)
Hans,
super meadow flowers around your area 8) It opens my heart and I'm very pleased to see it.
On the other hand, I'm getting annoyed - people cut their meadows already now :'(
No flowers can set seeds with the result of gras monoculture / desert...
BTW -The small river smells of fresh fish. Brown trouts there?
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Just as a matter of interest I will post an image of the best R. seguieri that we have seen in the wild...the photo was taken on the Sella Pass in the Dolomites.
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flowering in my garden this week:
1 Clematis ?
2 Iris "Andalou"
3 Iris "Patina"
4 Iris ?
5 Iris ?
6 Phyteuma scheuzeri
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Hi :)
Today has flowered here :
Cistus purpureus
Cistus X 'Grayswood Pink'
Helianthemum yellow
Linum narbonense
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From my garden this week :
1) Aethonema schistosum
2) Dianthus 'Inschriah Dazzler'
3) Auilegia x bertolonii
4) Asperula suberosa
5) Same A. suberosa - showing how it's struggling to stay from under an ever expanding conifer...
6) Delosperma congesta flowering it's heart out
7) Dianthus 'Nyewood Cream'
8) Phlox diffusa
9) Schiverecki podolica
10) Veronica 'Blue sheen'
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Your alpines are doing very well, Luc. Are you not afraid the Asperula gets overgrown
by the conifer woods?
Hmm, I'm thinking about the Phlox, isn't that P. nivalis Nivea? 8)
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Hi Luit !
You're right about the conifer, I'm afraid that in a not too distant future it will have to go... :'(
As to the Phlox, I bought it from Graham Nicholls as P. diffusa... ???
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When you see this picture Luc, you'll understand why I asked.
Here is a typical flower of P. diffusa
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News from today :
Nectaroscordum bulgaricum
Helianthemum 'Red Orient'
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Luc,
Many interesting and beautiful plants. :)
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I'm very pleased to see Iris `Patina' which I no longer have. It was a gift to me many years ago from a very elderly lady, long dead now and she had had it from an even more elderly American lady, even longer dead. Apart from my own, I've never seen a plant of it in any garden. In reality, the colour is a greyish, smokey cinnamon shade and so beautifully named.
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Hello Lesley,
I bought Iris 'Patina' from a french company called "Cayeux". It sells hundreds of different Irisses, the one even more beautiful than the other but you probably know it :)
Here are 2 more Close-ups of 'Patina' for your enjoyment!
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FEU DU CIEL, another very fine iris from Cayeux.
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Some pics from my garden this morning:
Pulsatilla tatewaki
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Pulsatilla%20tatewaki%2008.jpg)
Ranunculus crenatus
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Ranunculus%20crenatus%2008.jpg)
Trollius laxus albiflorus
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Trollius%20laxus%20albiflorus%2008.jpg)
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Pics from my garden from yesterday.
Karl
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Edreianthus pumilio of duffstone.
Karl
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A visit in one of the most beautiful gardens.
Who knows the correct names?
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Hans
I believe the first picture and sixth picture show Iris acutiloba, and the last one Iris paradoxa choschab
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Some pictures from the weekend, two from the shadow and one from the sun.
1 Disporum flavens (I believe the name in english is Fairy Bells)
2. Anemone udensis
3. Aethionema armenum 'Warley Rose'
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A visit in one of the most beautiful gardens.
Who knows the correct names?
Which garden, Hans?
Pict. nr. 3 ? Campanula aucheri?
Pict. nr. 5: Iris elegantissima (also shown in Iris Onco's in Flower by Zhirair (Boyed)
in the wild habitat.
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Karl, your rockgarden is very good looking with some very interesting and
beautiful plants in it. Thanks for showing.
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At last I have some time to post some photos, so I apologise if I am repeating anyone else's posts. Here are some plants I'm enjoying in my garden just now: Paeonia mlokosewitschii ( hope the right spelling!), one of the few flowers she gave me, and P. kavachensis at her first flowering. Alchemilla erythropoda in the dew, and Paris quadrifilia flowering exceptionally well this year. A Dodecatheon self-sown seedling, and Tulipa 'Blue Heron'.
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Look away now if you don't like ferns - I love them!
Dryopteris x complexa 'Crispum Stableri', Polystichum setiferum 'Pulcherrimum Bevis' bending over backwards at it unfurls. Polystichum setiferum (plumosum Divisilobum Group) 'Othello' group of three plants, and Polystichum setiferum 'Plumosomultilobum' with its very scaly croziers.
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And finally, a magnificent Paeonia rockii ;D in a friend's garden :'( .
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I never have been much of a fern fan but your post here Anne, and others previously have converted me to the extent that I'm actually buying a few. They do turn up in odd cool places in the garden as well. They look very nice with the Bowles' Golden Grass (above, Millium effusum 'Aureum').
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Two paeonias from the garden.
The first was purchased and planted by my wife and while I commend her choice I wish she had held onto the label as it has been mislain and now the identity of the paeonia is unknown to us - suggestions welcome.
The second is the first flower to appear on a tree paeonia grown from seed. I believe it may have been labelled as P. delavayi but am not sure. I do like the colour however. Any comments and suggestions of identity.
Photographs three to five are just something a little different. The first shows the partially constructed support for a new bridge which is being constructed very close to my home. It is presently at 61 metres and will reach 110m. The photograph was taken from my garden, house on the right of the photograph.
The second photograph is an opposite view to the first as it shows the view of my garden from the top of the bridge support. This was taken yesterday.
The third shows my son, second from left, on Wednesday night last when concrete was being poured for the main onland support on our side of the river. This concrete pour took over 16 hours and was of 760 cubic metres. This took over 100 concrete lorry loads - a lot.
Paddy
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Not so much a garden Paddy - more an estate! :o
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.... and with a lot of place left to build extra rock garden features ;D
Very impressive Paddy - the garden as well as the bridge !
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Popping in to prove I still exist.
A picture of an oddity:
This was from seed from my own plant of Calochortus tolmei, which has just a few hairy, ope, upward facing grey/lilac flowers. It has evidently been pollinated by the pendulous yellow flowered C.amabilis and is intermediate between them. I almost composted it when it first flowered last year but this year I kind of like it...
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I am a bit behind in posting; too hard to keep up with the garden..
The Glaucidiums are now finished, reliably beautiful each year.
This is what I got from my last batch of seed-grown Paeonia mlok.
Daphne arbuscula and D. domini at its early non-opening stage.
Primula frondosa still going strong.
Globularia and Degenia velebitica having a super year...
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Beautiful stuff Kristl !
The Globularia is really flowering it's heart out. :o
The Degenia also looks fabulous - are there several plants there ??
I've been lead to believe it's rather short lived and I never get a big plant like that ? ???
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Paddy do you have a nursery? The garden looks great. Lots of scope for island beds and man made rocky outcrops
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here is something ZZ did for the Greenmount Walled Garden that would suit your lawn - in my opinion.
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Luc,
Brrr. It's +6 this morning with +3C predicted overnight...raining and miserable. A good day to clean the Dicentra cucullaria and Corydalis seed collected this week.
There has been something in the heavy, heavy snow this winter with the relatively mild temperatures that has produced very, very happy plants this year. The woody species are particularly happy (I suppose with so much available moisture this spring from the melt).
The lovely Degenia--yes, I have never been able to keep it for more than a year or two---BUT now I wonder about something. The last time I replenished my stock (3 years ago), a few seedlings were planted in my normal, level spots as usual. These are all gone now. Two plants were planted in this high crevice, between the large pieces of limestone as shown and they have flourished and stayed and increased in size.
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Ooooh, such Glaucidium... and a white one too. Beautiful.
Again some plants added to my wishlist.
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Luit,
I now have a total of 4 white Glaucidiums versus DRIFTS of the species in various parts of the garden. The drifts happened because of years (18) of growing out seed from white-flowered clones (hundreds and hundreds of seeds) and ending up with the four I now have.
Yes, it would have been easy enough to purchase them---but what you may not know about me is that EVERYTHING on my property (except the sugar maples, the natives in the woods and my sempervivum hybrid collection) were grown by me from seed. When the gardens were open to the public until recently--a flyer that visitors could take stated that "the gardens were intended as a testament to growing plants from seed". This includes all the woody species.
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Pics from my garden.
Karl
Inula acaulis 1+2
Erigeron scopulinum
Ipomopsis globularis
Ptilotrichum spinosum
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Some pictures from the garden to day
1 Hepatica 'Efter Hjalm'. Curly and marmorated leaves..... :-\
2 Daphne circassica
3 Meconopsis quintuplinervia
4 meconopsis quintuplinervia (close)
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Is it just me, but Magnar's pictures in reply 183 of May 18 are'nt seen but each is replaced by a little red cross. Normally when this happens I click the cross, choose 'Show Picture' and all is well. Not this time though.
Similar thing happens in Darren Sleep's reply 198 of today.
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Luit,
I now have a total of 4 white Glaucidiums versus DRIFTS of the species in various parts of the garden. The drifts happened because of years (18) of growing out seed from white-flowered clones (hundreds and hundreds of seeds) and ending up with the four I now have.
Yes, it would have been easy enough to purchase them---but what you may not know about me is that EVERYTHING on my property (except the sugar maples, the natives in the woods and my sempervivum hybrid collection) were grown by me from seed. When the gardens were open to the public until recently--a flyer that visitors could take stated that "the gardens were intended as a testament to growing plants from seed". This includes all the woody species.
I'm very impressed Kristl!!
But sometime ago you told, that you would have to leave the place.
What happens to the garden and the plants?
Can you take at least some of them with you to whereever you go?
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Is it just me, but Magnar's pictures in reply 183 of May 18 are'nt seen but each is replaced by a little red cross. Normally when this happens I click the cross, choose 'Show Picture' and all is well. Not this time though.
Similar thing happens in Darren Sleep's reply 198 of today.
They are OK on my computer
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.... and on mine this time Geir, but not darren's pic on reply 198. Maybe it is something to do with slow download speeds!?
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Campanula Persicifolia (nitida) Planiflora
Chlidanthus fragrans
Moraea unknown ?
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Same for me too David. Magnar's are fine but Darren's is the red cross thing. I clicked the file name under it but got a "website cannot be shown" notice. Might be OK later in the day or tomorrow.
Paddy, will you be living just about right UNDER that bridge? It seems it will totally dominate your home and garden.
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Luc, I took a couple more pictures of the Degenia for you today. In the further-away shot you can actually see the crevice in the limestone where it is planted. I have no idea if planting it here has anything to do with anything---but I know it's the first time the plant has lived longer than 2 years in my garden.
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Michael: I have grown out seed of the Campanula pers. planiflora many, many times and never gotten the real thing. Lovely to see it here.
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No, Anthony, no estate. The garden was smaller, just the square around the house but we bought some extra space when this bridge was announced. We thought of moving but couldn't settle on anywhere that we preferred. You will see from the photograph that I am in an agricultural area, yet this area is within the city boundary and I am less than two miles from the centre of town and can drive there within five minutes. This is a peculiarity of the manner in which the town it laid out being all to one side of the centre - which means it is not geometrically the centre, I suppose.
Mark, there are lawns and there is grass. There are two smallish lawns to the front of the house; one is visible in the photograph. To the back of the house, the stretch of grass between the hedges is also regarded as a lawn but the open grass area to the top right of the photograph is the football area - the top of the goalposts are just visible. Football days are coming to an end, my knees aren't what they were, and there are designs for two raised beds and another bed with trees, shrubs and underplanting. If it was all done I would have nothing to do tomorrow.
Lesley, the bridge is about 150 metres away but will be huge, really huge, at 110 metres high. The suspension cables to support the road platform will hang from this. However, the road platform itself will be relatively low and the house and garden will not be overlooked by those travelling on it except for one short stretch as the road moves away from the bridge and also away from us. We considered moving but could not settle on anywhere that we preferred. We live in a peculiar situation: an agricultural setting within the city boundary and within 5 minutes of the centre so the best of both worlds with seclusion and proximity to amenities as the same time.
NOW, nobody gave me any feedback on the two paeonies, names if possible, which are of far more interest to me.
Paddy
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I'm very impressed Kristl!!
But sometime ago you told, that you would have to leave the place.
What happens to the garden and the plants?
Can you take at least some of them with you to whereever you go?
Luit,
Life takes us in directions we sometimes don't want to go--and needing to leave this place is perhaps one of the more difficult changes I have had to face, as 20 years of my life are tied up in this garden. I don't want to leave, but a marriage breakdown and needing to split the property with my ex forces the decision. There may still be some (financial) miracle, but I am trying to get mentally ready.
I wrote to my friend in Norway yesterday and said to him "I started making an electronic memory of my property and of the native plants that grow here on the SRGC site. It's a memorial that is either supposed to heal me ahead of time, or make me change my mind about going. I really don't know yet which way it will go yet."
In the beginning I thought it would be least painful to just walk away from it all, without taking a single plant. But each day now, I find myself marking the spots in the garden where the ephemerals and bulbs are, so that I might be able to find them later. And divisions are beginning to pile up in pots in the "move to Nova Scotia" section. The easy plants I will grow again, but the species that have taken 5-10 years from seed will accompany me.
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Is it just me, but Magnar's pictures in reply 183 of May 18 are'nt seen but each is replaced by a little red cross. Normally when this happens I click the cross, choose 'Show Picture' and all is well. Not this time though.
Similar thing happens in Darren Sleep's reply 198 of today.
They are OK on my computer
The lines in to the server where my home page and pics are, were dowe all day yesterday. So that might be a reason why the pics didnt show like they should.
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Kristl:
That Degenia is just fantastic. I never got a plant to over winter here.
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Luc, I took a couple more pictures of the Degenia for you today. In the further-away shot you can actually see the crevice in the limestone where it is planted. I have no idea if planting it here has anything to do with anything---but I know it's the first time the plant has lived longer than 2 years in my garden.
Thanks for taking the trouble Kristl - it really looks fabulous.
I had (notice the past tense ;D) one planted up in a dryish crevice high in the rock garden as well, but it got lost last year. There are young self seeded plants in situ though, so I can look forward to flowering next year.
I hope yours keeps going on ! ;)
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Look away now if you don't like ferns - I love them!
Dryopteris x complexa 'Crispum Stableri', Polystichum setiferum 'Pulcherrimum Bevis' bending over backwards at it unfurls. Polystichum setiferum (plumosum Divisilobum Group) 'Othello' group of three plants, and Polystichum setiferum 'Plumosomultilobum' with its very scaly croziers.
I love ferns too and will look out for those. Matteuccia struthiopteris is taking over one of my bark paths - stolon a march, as they say.
I can access Magnar's but can't see Darren's pic?
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But each day now, I find myself marking the spots in the garden where the ephemerals and bulbs are, so that I might be able to find them later. And divisions are beginning to pile up in pots in the "move to Nova Scotia" section. The easy plants I will grow again, but the species that have taken 5-10 years from seed will accompany me.
That's exactly what I meant, Kristl. Would be my way too!
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Kristl, perhaps it is easy for me to say and so very much harder for you but you must try to think in terms of new beginnings and not old endings. Your plants are a important part of your life and as many as possible should go with you if you have to go.
With best wishes,
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Another Uvularia. This time the tiny U sessilifolia. One of my favourites in the woodland. I've tried a week now to get a good picture. I give up! I can't get it better than this.
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Kenneth--lovely picture of the Uvularia---I only have one plant in my garden, and it is native (but uncommon) in my area. Congratulations!
In the garden here today:
Amsonia illustris, the first of the Blue Stars to bloom here.
The little Iris mandschurica.
After this point it's all downhill for the Paeonia tenuifolia.
Ditto for the Syneileses aconitifolia.
I always wish I could freeze it's growth at this point.
I love the well-behaved Lamium orvala.
And I *really* love the beautiful Aesculus parviflora. Even though native to the south-eastern USA, this seed-grown shrub has been perfectly hardly here in the north.
And the Asarum relative, Saruma henryi is one of the toughest groundcovers in my woodland garden, tolerating even the intense dry shade under mature sugar maples. Although the flowers are small, it blooms almost the whole summer.
And I am fond of many of the shrubby peas---Lathyrus aureus, just slightly taller than the well-known L. vernus, is a relative newcomer to my garden and a beauty. For a pea, it took forever to grow up-3 to 4 years?
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Three Viola fom GR in my garden.
Viola jooii and Viola spec. (name?) produce lot seed and ant distribute the seed.
Viola delphinantha
Karl
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Karl, maybe the unidentified Viola is the cultivar V. "Freckles"?
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Kristl, thank you.
Karl
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Kristl,
You are right.
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A couple from today:
Androsace hedraeanthea
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Androsace%20hedraeanthea%2008.jpg)
Pulsatilla alpina
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Pulsatilla%20alpina%2008.jpg)
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Kristi,
Your love of Aesculus parviflora is one I share in very much indeed. It is an exceptionally beautiful plant. In similar vein and also very beautiful is Aesculus mutabilis induta which is just coming into flower here at present on a plant which is only two feet high, a great plant indeed.
Paddy
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In similar vein and also very beautiful is Aesculus mutabilis induta which is just coming into flower here at present on a plant which is only two feet high, a great plant indeed.
Paddy
A chestnut which flowers at only two feet high.... I am astonished! Never thought that could be....not much wonder you are impressed!
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Maggi,
By way of illustration, I spent some time yesterday digging out daylilies which were making their way too close to this plant. The daylilies were threatening to overwhelm it.
It's late now, too dark, but I must get a photograph tomorrow.
Paddy
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Please do, Paddy--I do adore this genus---but most species are very marginal in my climate.
I don't know how I neglected to post my very favorite spring gentian when it was flowering the second the snow left. G. pumila delphinensis, in bud and open. I was reminded of my neglect when the G. acaulis opened.
The short lived, beautiful Aquilegia flavescens.
I grew this originally as Pulsatilla alpina and apiifolia (but are they?)---looking at your picture, Magnar---and am really not sure.
And the Camassias are starting; this is C. esculenta in bud.
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Some of the American viorna group Clematis have been flowering for a while, with others now following.
This is a group of species that I have a particular interest in. They are all small-flowered, mostly urn-shape species, some shrubby little things, some scrambling, others vining.
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and lastly for today...into the shadier areas...
Fothergilla major is another small and worthwhile North American shrub.
Iris cristata always does well, no matter what, no matter where.
and a small drift of white Dodecatheon meadia.
Scopolia carniolica: Hinkley mentions this potato relative in his "rare plant" tome--I've grown it forever, but am still not sure it's worthwhile.
Primula sieboldii is always worthwhile, although it doesn't grow as easily for me as most gardeners.
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Kristl, here pics from Pulsatilla alpina ssp.alpina from Kärnten - Austrian Mt.
Karl
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Kristl! Your Clematis pictures are really fine. I believe that Canada are earlier than southwest Sweden. We have no flowers yet on those Clematis.
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Kristl
Thank you for showing us such a lot of wonderful plants - I particularly liked the Clematis
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Wonderful pictures and plants everyone !
Thanks for posting ! :D
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Ramondia pyrenaica
Eritrichum spec.
Saracenia flavum
Sax.paniculata
Clematis spec.
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Clematis ochotensis - as black as it can get.
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Maggi and Kristi,
Here is Aesculus mutabilis induta photographed about two hours ago.
You will see the foliage of hemerocallis behind it which might give an indication of size. Also in the background is a leaf of a rheum.
Paddy
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Thank you, Paddy, that is a real charmer.
I am enjoying seeing all the goodies you all have in your gardens....even if I am spending a lot of time eyeing the posts in the Paeonia pages very jealously! 8)
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Karl, I am about 98% sure that your beautiful pink Clematis is C. japonica. I have sent you a private message about it.
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Kenneth....an absolutely stunning C. ochotensis---I've also sent you a message to beg for seed.... :P
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Lovely Pulsatilla pratensis and Clematis sibirica.
Geum triflorum, more common in the Canadian prairies is native to Ontario, but not to my particular area. It is called "Prairie Smoke" because it will later do what the last picture shows...
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Flowering in my garden this week:
1 Polygonatum hookeri
2 Sauromatum venosum
3 Sisyrinchium striatum
4 Zantedeschia aethiopica
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Some pictures of the garden this week
First an old raised bed where selfseeding plants took over after
more than 20 years.
Some plants on or near the new raised bed and some plants in the
other part of the garden.
Aethionema
Carduncellus pinnatifida
Incarvillea delavayi
Incarvillea delavayi Pink
Dianthus plum. Babi Lom
Hieracium villosum
Cercis canadensis Forest Pansy leaves
Centaurea John Coutts
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Some different Geranium cinereum forms.
And the last one a photoof one of the most beautiful shrubs
withstanding strong seawinds.
Geranium cinereum diff.
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Ranunculus aconitifolius Flore Pleno
Iris unknown ex E. Pagels 1
Iris unknown ex E. Pagels 2
Melittis melissophyllum
Melittis melissophyllum Album
Rhaphiolepis umbellata
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Thank you all for the lovely pics. It's fun to see all the various plants you all grow. :)
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Lovely Pulsatilla pratensis and Clematis sibirica.
Geum triflorum, more common in the Canadian prairies is native to Ontario, but not to my particular area. It is called "Prairie Smoke" because it will later do what the last picture shows...
Some beautiful plants Kristl.
Thank you for showing the pictures of Geum triflorum.
This plant is neglected by most gardeners, me too. But I've never seen pictures like these of this plant.
Would be a nice plant used in drifts in informal plantings.
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Wonderful pulsatilla, Kristl!
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Luit, the Geum is in fact planted in a very wildish area in scree near one of my ponds and it really works there. The flowers are not spectacular, just small nodding pink things, but in mass the pink is wonderful and of course the pink "smoke" that follows is *really* wonderful. My only serious problem with the plant is that the birds ABSOLUTELY ADORE the seed, and unless I put netting over the entire drift way before seed ripeness, it is all gone within hours of "barely ripe".
Todays stars are:
Delosperma aff. congestum (the only no-name species hardy enough for me, and I have tried them all). I used to call it various other species names (which I am sure some of you will mention) but Panayoti Kelaidis who sent me the seed from a high altitude collection in S. Africa said I must not call it by those other monikers, and convinced me to do the "aff, congestum".
A color sport that appeared from my latest sowing from my own plants.
Daphne dominii, as open as it will ever get.
Clematis hirsutissima var. scottii (but on any given day you may argue with me about whether I really believe the variety should be recognized at all.)
Allium akaka.
And the good doer, Primula kisoana.
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Luit,
You have an interesting garden with beautiful plants.
Grow the plants in pure sand?
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Kristl.
Super pics and plants.
For the first time I see a true A. akaka in a garden!
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Luit, I was thinking the same thing as Franz about your garden---really wonderful to see the troughs and fascinating, low raised beds and your sand area...beautifully done!!!! It's amazing how well so many things will grow in pure sand, isn't it?
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Beautiful postings everyone!
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Wandered down to the High Street in Dunblane today and took the camera. First pic is of a lovely rhododendron and viburnum in St Margaret's drive. Then Erinus alpinus the Fairy Foxglove, which grows on many walls. These were in St Mary's Drive, as was Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved toadflax). Coming back, I found this Arenaria balearicum growing an a wall. I look for it every year as it grows nowhere else that I can see - on the moss of a 6' front garden wall of a huge house in The Crescent. The nearest rockery must be 50 yards across a lawn. Oh, and a pig in a shop window for Maggi. Only 63 notes Maggi! mmm - never rains but it pours, (except we haven't had any for over a week). Just noticed the 'v' on my computer only works if I wallop it and I've only just replaced the monitor and destroyed a gremlin in my hard drive! :(
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Kristl and Franz, sand is the only soil here.
The place where I am is so called "first class bulb sand", this means that it is course sand,
with enough humidity and good drainage. The plants are never standing to wet.
On my new raised bed I'm now trying to grow some bulbous plants which need a warm
period while resting. The sand in this bed is getting real dry and hot, when not raining for
some weeks in summer.
But the sand does have limits in choosing plants that will grow here, so no Rhododendron etc.,
but for instance orchids like Dactylorhiza or Cypripedium are thriving here very good.
So no reason being unhappy here.
My troughs is a different story. I collected more han 40 in different sizes.
When running our nursery I had no time to plant them and now I don't plant them,
because I would have to stay at home watering them, instead of making trips around
or make longer journeys.
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Very interesting plants in the High Street in Dunblane!
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Narzissus poeticus maedow.
Karl
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Goodness gracious me! :o
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Karl,
What extraordinary beauty!
Many thanks for your photographs. Paddy
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Karl,
I have no words...
Thank you.
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What a beautiful sight.
Oh to have something like that at the bottom of your garden!
Do you know if there are any bulbs flowering before that?
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Another pics from the Narissusmaedow from yesterday.
Karl
Narzissus poeticus
Lunaria rediviva
Thalictrum aquilegifolia
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Out of this world !!! :o :o :o
Thank you very much Karl ! :D
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Never mind the Mediteranean - I want to go there for my summer holidays!
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Some ordinary plants in and around my garden
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I love your "ordinary" plants Hans ! :D
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Hans lovely to have such "ordinary" plants around You.
It looks like the second picture and the fourth from the top are orchids are they growing in Your garden or outside?
It looks like Epipactis palustris? (is it not early?) for the first and orchis ?? for the second. Nice plants.
Sorry that I try to guess Your plants but I am trying to learn to identify them so I use this as an exercise. (Maybe not needed in public but others may correct me if I am wrong.)
Kind regards
Joakim
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Joakim,
the orchids are Corallorhiza trifida and - I think so - Orchis mascula signifera.
The Androsace is x marpensis, the last pic shows Dianthus alpinus.
The orchids grow in the meadow out of my garden.
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Thanks Hans
I thought I knew something, and I did, not the one I thought I knew though.
It looked quite like an epipactis so I did not think of others. The foliage and lack there of would have given a totally different picture. Now I realized that the foliage also is important when identifying plants.
Kind regards
Joakim
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Pics from today - Austrian Mt.
Karl
Viola biflora
Clematis alpina
Gentiana clusii
Cortusa mathioli
Ranunculus alpestris
Lunaria rediviva
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Iris unknown ex E. Pagels 1
Iris unknown ex E. Pagels 2
Hi Luit,
your Iris resembles a very pale form of I.sibirica I grow in my garden too.
You have a wonderful garden.
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Viola,
Beautiful photographs. I particularly like Cortusa mathiola
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back from Greece to find some arum's in flower
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I like Arum balansanum. Is it growing outside?
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Thanks to all of you for beautiful and interesting plant pics.
A few from North Norway today:
Adonis pyrenaica.
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Adonis%20pyrenaica%2008.jpg)
Anemone parviflora
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Anemone%20parviflora%2008.jpg)
Trollius asiaticus
(http://magnar.aspaker.no/Trollius%20asiaticus%2008.jpg)
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I like Arum balansanum. Is it growing outside?
No that one is not but I threw some old potting compost on the garden and it must have had some off sets in it and they have now established themselves.
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Most Dodecatheon are easy plants in the garden---but I do have some difficulty getting D. dentatum to thrive (perhaps a wetter spot?). My clones are tiny---3" at most.
And, can anyone help identify this Viola? The foliage is the unique feature. I seem to recall an Asian species name????
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Kristl,
I think the violet looks like Viola palmata from the Southeastern US. I once grew a cultivar called "Donkey Head" that had leaves very similar to that, but with pinkish flowers.
You can see almost all the Viola of Japan here; http://www.plantsindex.com/
If that doesn't work search for Viola in the search box on that site. You should get 95 species to choose from, but none with leaves like that. Chaerophylla, eizanensis, and a few others are palmate also but very dissected.
Speaking of Viola from Japan, does anyone know where to get some of the species? There are many I would like to try.
Aaron Floden
Knoxville, TN
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Androsace bulleyana, Dianthus spec. and Nigritella im my garden
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Aaron....you are brilliant!!! The Viola certainly looks like a match with V. palmata (and perhaps even var. dilatata)...I will look at my plants more carefully today.
This is a PS to my note this morning---following up on Arisaema's note in a subsequent post, I have been doing a bit of research.
Found this link quite interesting:
http://www.woodlotalt.com/publications/BotNotesv1n8.pdf
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Nice plants Hans :)
You have great plants in Your garden 8)
Is Nigritella rubra or is it an other one?
Kind regards
Joakim
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Yes, I think it is ruba.
2 Leontopodium, Corydalis spec.? (a seedling from my garden) and 3 Arisaema (candidissimum and ?). The other plants are grown from my friend, my Arisaema have just started to grow!
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My favourite Magnolia is M wilsonii. Very nice flowers and the best of it is, that they are showing them downwards so we can enjoy them from the ground. I sowed it in 1997 and the little tree showed its first flower this week. I feel a little proud and want to show a picture taken this afternoon.
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Hello Hans,
I think all three Arisaema's are Arisaema candidissimum; the first one is the white form.
Wim
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Hello Wim,
thank you for the informations. I was not sure.
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My favourite Magnolia is M wilsonii. Very nice flowers and the best of it is, that they are showing them downwards so we can enjoy them from the ground. I sowed it in 1997 and the little tree showed its first flower this week. I feel a little proud and want to show a picture taken this afternoon.
One to be very proud of Kenneth.
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Kenneth absolutely lovely and one to be proud of.We think it is the most beautiful of the magnolias
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Kristl;
Compare your violet with V. x bernardii (syn. V. subsinuata) as well, your plant looks identical to what I received from Jelitto under that name. The American Violet Society has them both in their key (http://americanvioletsociety.org/Violet_Keys/Dichotomous_Key.htm).
Some pics from the last couple of weeks below:
Polygonatum stewartianum (received as P. prattii CLD325)
Anemonella 'Oscar Shoaf'
Penstemon venustus
Primula 'Garryarde Guinevere'
Paris sp. - ID anyone?
Cypripedium flavum
Arisaema elephas (?)
Podophyllum aurantiocaule ssp. furfuraceum (in bud)
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Kenneth,
This is simply a fabulous magnolia. Well done on flowering it from seed. You have a plant to treasure.
Arisaema,
P. stewartianum is an amazing plant, fabulous.
Paddy
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Kenneth....I feel your well-deserved pride all the way across the ocean.....and from another happy grower of trees, I know the feeling well. What I want to know now is what minimum temperatures your seedling has survived until now, because I want to grow one instantly!!!
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Arisaema sikokianum, which I forgot to post (much) earlier...
A good way to actually *see* Phyteuma nigra...
The Paeonia anomala types are in full swing. This is a large drift of var. veitchii.
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Kristl!
My temperature notes are from our flat in town but normally the temperature is about the same in the garden by the summer house. The lowest temperature during this time is from januari and februari 2003 when we had -16 C. No winter injuries so far.
In the botanical garden of Gothenburg they have a couple of trees that are much older than mine and I am quite sure that they have experienced temperatures down to -20 and maybe below that.
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Kristl,
your garden is simply extraordinary :o
I especially like the Phyteuma nigra. It's very nice in contrast with the Hosta leafs.
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Kenneth,
Hmmm, that's pretty far out of range for me---even with global warming--I am average -35C (sometimes it has been -40 or colder), although last winter was *very* mild (-25 to -30C for only brief periods).
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Cardiocrinum giganteum flowering for the first time (7yrs from seed)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk81/SlugKiller/cardiofrontmultitall700.jpg)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk81/SlugKiller/cardiofrontmulti800.jpg)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk81/SlugKiller/cardiofront_1800.jpg)
Dave
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Not a lot of plants that are flowering this week in my garden...
1 Dianthus ?
2 Dicentra peregrina (a very young plant)
3 Heuchera (Caramel, Citronelle and Obsidian)
4 Iris spuria 'Easter Colors'
5 Iris ?
6 Primula bulleyana
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I love the cardiocrinum Dave, it was definitely worth the wait.
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Kristl
You can not compare temperatures with Sweden and get a good opinion if it is possible to grow in Continetal America.
We can not grow magnolia grandiflora in Sweden even in the south part with big success and it is grown in much colder climate in Continetal America. If You can, just test. The fall and spring are so different that one can not compare just the winter.
Kind regards
Joakim
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I like that Iris spuria Wim, very nice.
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I second David's thoughts on the lovely colours or the Iris spuria, Wim.
Dave the Slugkiller,,,, this seems to be a novel way of keeping slugs from your Cardiocrinum giganteum!! This is a first for me.... I have never seen a cardiocrinum grown in a pot before! Worlks, though, doesn't it?!!
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3 photos of Calochortus argillosus With my tongue in my cheek can I just say it beats all the Snowdrops hands down.
Calochortus argillosus.
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The Iris spuria 'Easter Colors' is one of the irisses I like the most; the yellow is almost fluorescent (certainly when they just open).
Dave, what a wonderful Cardiocrinum. I've never been able to grow it to flowering size...
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Pics from my garden,
Karl
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3 photos of Calochortus argillosus With my tongue in my cheek can I just say it beats all the Snowdrops hands down.
Calochortus argillosus.
Derek, can I say I think I agree with you ;D Could you tell us a little more about your growing method please. I have Calochortus venustus and C. elevatus growing from seed sown last January and hope to order more from Ron Ratko when his next List is available.
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Another pics from my garden
Pinus cembra (Witchbroom) 7 jears and 40 cm long.
Pinus hagromo (Witchbroom) it graft and 5 jears old
Saxifraga longiflora
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Wonderful pictures everyone! Thank you.
3 plants in the sand bed.
The Ptilotrichum spinosum flowers nowhere in the garden like it does here in pure coarse sand.
The rock hard Arenaria tetraquetra wouldn't need to bloom to make me happy, but it does consistently.
Penstemon fruticosus is one of the earliest of the genus to bloom here. It has spread happily in the sand and now covers quite a large section of it.
And in the rock garden:
Corydalis bushii has spread itself in all the nooks and crannies.
Another spreader, which I adore and allow to romp around is Cymbalaria pallida---the only species that is hardy enough for me here.
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Hi All,
Aphyllanthes monspeliensis and Cistus albidus. Both wild genotypes from NE Spain.
Cheers, Hans
Edit: Hans, I have moved your post here for you! Maggi
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Super pictures from everyone. Kristl your ptilotrichum is an exceptionally richly coloured form. Even the darker then "ordinary" form that we grow as P. spinosum `Roseum' is nothing like so deep as yours. It's superb. Likewise Corydalis bushii. I don't know that one at all.
Good to see Aphyllanthes monspeliensis on the Forum. I last year lost a plant I'd had for 30 years because it got very overgrown with a grass and I didn't realise until too late. When I went to retrieve and rescue it, it was totally gone. I've recently been given two small plants by a friend.
This morning (Sunday) I stayed in bed until well after daylight then when I finally emerged and looked out the window, it was to see a large black and white cow in the garden. Just standing there gazing ahead. I went and yelled for Roger to come and when he did, just 5 or 6 seconds later, the cow had gone. No sign of it at all, anywhere. Can't explain this. Roger says I'm losing it and felt my forehead, asked if my glasses were OK, had I taken my pills (I only take half an aspirin daily). THERE WAS DEFINITELY A COW THERE! It's raining now but when it stops I'll go to see if there are footprints or other more tangible (or smellable) evidence.
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The fragrant Staphylea bumalda began it's bloom today--these seedlings grow up very fast.
Beautiful Calycanthus floridus. This clone has 78 flowers this year!!
And if you like Asclepiads, a little known, elegant, well-behaved distant milkweed relative- Cynanchum ascyrifolium - makes a shrubby, upright clump to about 50cm with waxy white cymes of flowers virtually the entire summer. It's only fault is that it produces no seed.
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I only wish one did not have to keep replenishing Sedum pilosum---what a gem!!!
It has never self-sown for me.
And Lewisia rediviva is totally out of rhythm this year....
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Have you tried the Sedum in your sand beds Kristl. I find it incredible that it hasn't self-seeded. Almost wish it wouldn't, here. I leave many dozens but still weed out many hundreds! :'(
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Lesley, it's a strange thing, for sure, that it has not self-sown---and I am hardly a tidy gardener---the sand beds would not work as it would get eaten up there by too many large, vigorous plants. For years, I've always grown it in this same trough and not a single babe returns. Many non-flowering seedlings don't make it into their flowering year either- so I may be just at the limit for hardiness here.
And as to the Ptilotrichum, the very same clone is in other areas of the garden--where it grows more open and loose, is not as floriferous, and the colour a much more washed out pink. It is *only* in the sand bed that it is the gem shown in the pictures. It gets a better baking there I suppose.
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Lovely images everyone.
A small collection of photographs from various locations (all taken this week)...
The sunsets were captured over our back fence...
The misty lake shots were from Center Parks in Sherwood Forest...
And the flowers were from a 'kiddies farm' just minutes away from Center Parks.
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The final few...
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I do so enjoy seeing all the treasures in these pages and there is always something new...for instance,
Cynanchum ascyrifolium .....never saw it before! Wonder why it is shy to set seed? Isn't it wonderful/infuriating how these plants can puzzle us?
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Kristl, I'm assuming your Arenaria tetraquarta is grown outside without protection in Winter. Am I correct? I grow it, currently in a pot, and while it is small and neat it is by no means rock hard and is given Winter protection. Any UK growers care to comment on how to succeed with this plant.
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Maggi,
Many of the choicer Asclepias rarely to never produce seed outside of their native habitat- as they have a complex relationship with specific pollinators, so perhaps this distant relative is similar. Some day I might find the time to pollinate (it) myself.
Martin,
Yes, and yes. I am in a very cold winter area and most summers are *extremely* hot and humid- so the plants really bake. I grow them in the sand bed, where the mats have gotten HUGE, in the rock garden in ordinary soil, on tufa, where they get equally rock hard, but don't have the space to get as wide as in the sand. Even in light shade with more moisture the mats are hard.
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Mr Buttercup 8) nice pictures and wonderfull how the forum bride flowering times. Here in Portugal the irises are all flowered and in Sweden it has not got fully going. I think not atleast. ::)
Iris number 3 looks like a iris that many old gardens have in Sweden. Survives every thing (almost). Nice to see some more poppies :) 8)
Kind regards
Joakim
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Some day I might find the time to pollinate myself.
Mmmmmm...Interesting :)
Sorry Kristl, I never can resist :)
I must do something about a sand bed here. Meaning to for ages as it does seem to be the answer to many problems and I have a number of things waiting for the right place but nothing seems to fill the bill in the garden proper. I keep thinking of John Lonsdale's amazing onco irises in sand. Perhaps junos would like similar treatment and of course so many native or exotic scree plants. Now might be a good time with winter starting. Roots could get well down before the surface dries out in spring.
Now if only the thought will be father - or mother - to the deed ::)