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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: May 2024 in Northern Hemisphere

« Last post by Mariette on May 31, 2024, 08:22:46 PM »

All very beautiful, Mike! Especially the yellow one!

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: May 2024 in Northern Hemisphere

« Last post by Mike Ireland on May 31, 2024, 08:04:33 PM »

Mike, are you sure about the name? Normally humeana has broader leaves.

Herman, I usually only find seed on Roscoea humeana alba but I do grow others that are in flower at the same time.
Roscoea humeana Lutea
Roscoea Harvington Raw Silk &
Roscoea Cautleyoides Early Purple.
Perhaps the insects or bees have had a hand mixing things for me.

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Events / Re: SRGC at Scone Garden Festival 2024

« Last post by Maggi Young on May 31, 2024, 04:40:57 PM »

From Ian Christie:  " Gold Medal Today at Scone for our display thanks to all"

 Tremendous result- well done by you clever folks!!!

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: May 2024 in Northern Hemisphere

« Last post by Herman Mylemans on May 30, 2024, 06:59:59 PM »

More Roscoea humeana alba seedlings opened today, mixed colours along with Roscoea humeana lutea.
Garden view, just about run out of space.

Mike, are you sure about the name? Normally humeana has broader leaves.

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Events / Re: SRGC at Scone Garden Festival 2024

« Last post by Stan da Prato on May 30, 2024, 06:24:58 PM »

The pallet complete. I should have taken some close ups to show  the  diversity of plants -approx 60 different species /cultivars. We have labled them which  some may find  a bit obtrusive  but  it lets the public  know what they are.

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Events / Re: SRGC at Scone Garden Festival 2024

« Last post by Stan da Prato on May 30, 2024, 06:15:57 PM »

Adding taller plants to the back and sides. The info board in place.

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Events / Re: SRGC at Scone Garden Festival 2024

« Last post by Stan da Prato on May 30, 2024, 06:08:30 PM »

A few more snaps. The troughs part planted plus Jeanie Jones's primulas  in the van. The troughs  in position  mounted on upturned pots. Ian's plants  for the back. the peacock  butterfly liked the celmisias  - larger peacocks noisily roam the grounds.

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Events / Re: SRGC at Scone Garden Festival 2024

« Last post by Maggi Young on May 30, 2024, 04:40:24 PM »

Scone Palace Flower show display by SRGC -  Many thanks to all who helped.  Photos by Ian C.

 important pause for fuel = cake!


coming long well


nearly done!


 finished item! Lovely!!

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Events / Re: SRGC at Scone Garden Festival 2024

« Last post by Maggi Young on May 30, 2024, 04:38:26 PM »

Helping to build garden for SRGC:  Alison, Lynda, Stan, and Ian Christie:

1 srgc sign


2 thinking


3  'What do you think?' asks Lynda Crouch of ian Christie ( behind the camera).


4  early appreciation of the plants


5   work continues

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The International Rock Gardener - Feedback Forum / Re: E-magazine feature on SRGC Website

« Last post by Maggi Young on May 30, 2024, 03:31:48 PM »

IRG 172 May 2024  - download via this link:       
https://www.srgc.net/documents/irg/240530145259IRG%20172.pdf

 A new crocus species growing wild in Kurdistan Province, Iran, is described and illustrated with photographs and distribution maps provided by Mahfouz Advay from Iran and Jānis Rukšāns, Dr. biol. h.c. from Latvia. As is stated in the article, “new discoveries continue to add to our knowledge of the crocus diversity.”
From the magazine of the Klub skalničkářů Praha, “Skalničky” there is  a plant portrait from  Zdeněk Řeháček in North-East Chechia.



Cover image: Crocus avromanicus by  Jānis Rukšāns