Bulb Log 23-10 June 2009

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for letting us share your trip to Gothenburg Ian, I really should get out more! Lovely to see Calochortus persistens which I had only seen before in Mary Gerritson and Ron Parson's book.

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks for another fantastic Bulblog Ian. I really enjoyed this little excursion to Gothenburg, especially the giant Corydalis species. I hope they do well for you. I wanted to say something else but have totally forgotten what it was.

[Maggi Young]

That giant corydalis, Corydalis caseana ssp brandegei is just super, isn't it, Lesley. We'll be looking out for seed of that one for sure!

[Diane Clement]

That giant corydalis, Corydalis caseana ssp brandegei is just super, isn't it, Lesley. We'll be looking out for seed of that one for sure! 

I saw this plant in Colorado at the NARGS meeting in 2003.  It grew in incredible carpets - I just tried to look for a photo of it and realised it was PD (pre-digital).  I'll see if I can find a slide and scan it.

I especially liked the Corydalis mucronipetala with neat foliage.

[Maggi Young]

I saw this plant in Colorado at the NARGS meeting in 2003.  It grew in incredible carpets

 Oh, my, that must have been some sight..... I feel faint with delight at the prospect..... hope you can find the slide, Diane! The though of quantities of that lovely foliage, let alone the flowers is charming.

I do have a soft spot for corydalis full stop.... large and small.

 Ian says the blue of the  C. mucronipetala was really intense, setting of fthe stems and pretty leaves..... an all round super plant.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Another great bulblog Ian !
The Calochortus and the wonderfully different blue Corydalis particularly attracted my attention !
Wonderful to see the G. botanics again, 5 weeks later in the season then when I visited last year. It makes a huge difference !

I'll be looking forward to some pix of the rock garden and of Peter Korn's magic.

Thanks !

[fermi de Sousa]

Ian, what a great experience to see "The Botanics" again through your lens. Doreen Mear first suggested I visit there when I asked on the Forum about places to visit afer the Prague Conference. Jean Wylie had also made the suggestion when we met in NZ a few years ago. And Peter Korn's place is AMAZING! The man is a human dynamo and so knowledgeable about plants and as keen as mustard - we must get him to visit Australia/NZ sometime!
The "usual" Corydalis don't like the climate here in Redesdale but there must be some species that would be okay - I'll get back to the Book and investigate. Calochortus we can grow and I'll be on the look out for the ones you've shown.
cheers
fermi

[Ian Y]

Thanks all, I am glad that you enjoyed my wee excursion, I will add some more of the pictures that I got before my camera went bust here.

1 & 2 Dicentra peregrina showing quite a lot of variation especially in the leaf.
3 & 4 Large dionysia with Ronnie Loveland then with Peter McGuire and David Boyd - also notice that I am not the only one with a pet dandelion.
5 The Alpine house
6, 7, 8 Rock garden
9 & 10 Shortia beds

I will post some more when I get some time.

[Maggi Young]

Those Dionysias MUST be the biggest in captivity, don't you think? Maybe even the biggest in the world! 

You can tell that Ian is feeling completely vindicated in having a pet dandelion by the fact that GBG has one in the pot of such a venerable plant, too!


Be sure to spot the Pleione flowers amongst the Shortias...... 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Be sure to spot the Pleione flowers amongst the Shortias...... 

I did Maggi - I did 

[ashley]

Those Dionysias MUST be the biggest in captivity, don't you think? Maybe even the biggest in the world!  

And fun to repot.  Yes the companion planting appealed to me too

Thanks for another great log Ian.  All those blue corydalis are wonderful

[Lesley Cox]

I wanted to say something else but have totally forgotten what it was.

Just remembered. It was that the Ledebouria cooperi at Gothenburg is quite different from what we here grow as that species, the old Scilla adlamii.

[Diane Clement]

I saw this plant in Colorado at the NARGS meeting in 2003.  It grew in incredible carpets

Oh, my, that must have been some sight..... I feel faint with delight at the prospect..... hope you can find the slide, Diane!

I have found and scanned the slide(s)!  Not sure what the quality will be like on here, but I'll give it a go.  There's a few more if you want them including a PINK one  ... Maggi are you still standing ...

Corydalis caseana ssp brandegei in West Colorado

[Maggi Young]

ooooooh!

[Diane Clement]

ooooooh!  

I take it you could cope with some more pix?  Have we got a Corydalis thread