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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Andre Schuiteman on July 03, 2020, 03:25:40 PM
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1. Daboecia cantabrica 'Pinky Perky'. A cultivar with upright instead of hanging bells.
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2. Hydrangea caerulea. This strange herbaceous woodlander is better known as Deinanthe caerulea.
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3. Centaurea orientalis. An easy plant for a sunny border.
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4. Hypericum reptans. A good ground cover for a not too dry, fairly sunny spot. Although it spreads fast and wide, the stems rarely strike root, so that it is easily kept in check. Unfortunately, the relatively large flowers tend to hide among the foliage and individually they don't last more than a day or two.
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Deinanthe caerulea is one of my favourites, it flowers here usually in August.
June was hot and dry and now in July the weather is different. Rain almost every day and temperatures much cooler (and nicer to me and plants). Geranium sanguineum in the first picture, and Geranium pratense in the second, both are grown from seeds, and they didn't mind the dry weather.
In the third picture there are Astrantia (major possibly), which is now seeding all over the place. Twenty years ago I tried to grow it several times from bought seeds with no success at all. Then I bought some plants and now I should remember to cut the flower heads in time to prevent more seedlings. It germinates so well from fresh seeds. :)
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It's surprising what appears when you scatter used seed and potting compost in the garden. I thought it could be Lychnis coronaria alba which I do have in the garden but it looked rather small so left it to see if it was a dwarf form but it turned out to be something quite unexpected.
Silene hookeri ssp. bolanderi
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Silene hookeri ssp. bolanderi - what a nice surprise!
Deinanthe caerulea is blooming about a week early this season, and one if its better years for me.
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The hybrid, 'Blue Wonder' will bloom in another week or so (and it is even less blue!).
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Nice things, everyone!
Leena-- some Geraniums going here too.. what is behind the pratensis?
Roma-- nice surprise! I recently showed a mystery Silene that showed up here, but I haven't hunted for a name yet..
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Deinanthe caerulea is blooming about a week early this season, and one if its better years for me.
The hybrid, 'Blue Wonder' will bloom in another week or so (and it is even less blue!).
That is a very blue Deinanthe, so pretty. Mine is 'Blue Wonder' I think, and it is not as blue.
Here it is in the background on the right.
This is my only Dactylorhiza. I bought it five years ago and it flowers well, but hasn't increased, and I have tried to sow it's seeds but have not gotten seedlings at all. I so wish to have more of these, but I don't know how to sow it to get seedlings. One year I took soil from under the mother plant to a pot, and sowed the seeds there - no luck. Any advise how to get seedlings?
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Leena-- some Geraniums going here too.. what is behind the pratensis?
Thanks cohan. :) The dark pink Geranium in the back is 'Patricia', a hybrid of G.psilostemon. I like it very much, it flowers always so well and for quite a long time. It is a very big plant, about size of a peony!
Here is another Geranium I like, it is G.gracile. It loves to grow in moist soil and though it's flowers are small, there are a lot of them and also for quite a long time. It grows in shade among ferns, Paeonia obovata, Rodgersias and Aruncus dioicus.
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Deinanthe caerulea is blooming about a week early this season, and one if its better years for me.
The hybrid, 'Blue Wonder' will bloom in another week or so (and it is even less blue!).
Stunning pictures with Deinanthe Rick!
It is just about to flower here, at his proper time. Other species flowered earlier this summer but Deinanthe kept its pace.
I always wondered about the 'Blue Wonder' :) I saw it once in flower and the choice of name it's a mystery to me, unless to stimulate people to buy it.
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The dark colored Astrantia is very attractive Leena; I like the pink one as well. It is a species missing in my garden somehow, although it combines beautifully with many species.
We got a much needed, unexpected rain so I'm free of the watering duties this evening. The weather in ON it is unbelievable hot this year; it started to warm up fast in May and hasn't stopped since.
Deschampsia cespitosa means July, and vice-versa :)
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From the category: tall and handsome - Delphinium fissum
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And the similar Delphinium albiflorum (syn. D. fissum ssp. albiflorum)
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From the shady side Spigelia marilandica
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Very nice delphiniums, Gabriela. I must look out for D. fissum, I have never grown it before. Do the slugs like it?
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I like that delphinium too Gabriela, and have never come across Spigelia marilandica before 8)
... Do the slugs like it?
Do such plants exist Carolyn ;D
Unfortunately 'my' slugs don't observe any obvious dietary restrictions.
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Unfortunately 'my' slugs don't observe any obvious dietary restrictions.
Mine definitely have a preference for the rarest things. I must have gourmet slugs.
Joking apart, it probably makes some sense, in that rare plants are on average less easy to please in cultivation. I have often noticed that plants that are struggling to survive tend to be attacked more by pests, from aphids to slugs.
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... I have often noticed that plants that are struggling to survive tend to be attacked more by pests, from aphids to slugs.
True. Sometimes I plant among young 'weeds' to act as decoys or cover until my plants manage to establish themselves.
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From the shady side Spigelia marilandica
That is a plant I have never seen before, it looks very nice. Also Delphinium fissum is a new one for me. :)
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This is my only Dactylorhiza. I bought it five years ago and it flowers well, but hasn't increased, and I have tried to sow it's seeds but have not gotten seedlings at all. I so wish to have more of these, but I don't know how to sow it to get seedlings. One year I took soil from under the mother plant to a pot, and sowed the seeds there - no luck. Any advise how to get seedlings?
I have seen Dactylorhiza seedlings popping up in unexpected places: in pots with lilies, in mossy sand used for cuttings, in the middle of a Saxifraga cinerea in a through, etc. The best advice I can give is to sprinkle the seed in various places that are not too shady, never dry out completely, and are not disturbed once you have sown the seeds. Seedlings are easily moved once they have a decent-sized leaf, which is usually after two years.
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Tchihatchewii isatidea... sown on 28.12.2018
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I have seen Dactylorhiza seedlings popping up in unexpected places: in pots with lilies, in mossy sand used for cuttings, in the middle of a Saxifraga cinerea in a through, etc. The best advice I can give is to sprinkle the seed in various places that are not too shady, never dry out completely, and are not disturbed once you have sown the seeds. Seedlings are easily moved once they have a decent-sized leaf, which is usually after two years.
Thank you Andre! :)
I know that many people have Dactylorhiza seeding itself, and didn't know why not here.
One reason might be that the places I have sprinkled seeds may have been too shady and other plants have crowded them, and I may have disturbed them also, now that you said it. I'll try sowing them this year around lilies, and try to think of some other places which would be not too shady and not dry.
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I am glad that everyone likes D. fissum! :) The white version is equally beautiful too.
I will write a bit about it: I donated seeds to last year's seedex (if I remember well) as D. fissum ex. Ukraine; it was grown from wild coll. seeds there.
It is a tuberous Delphinium and not very easy to grow from seeds; erratic germination (I believe some seeds germinate after warm/cold and the rest after one more cycle) and it will take at least 3 years to flower. The one in the picture is flowering for the second time and is 5 years old. Worth the trouble obviously!
It is not particularly sensitive to the slugs, but here in general slugs are a problem more for seedlings and not as much in the garden (with some exceptions for ex. Soldanellas which seem to act like 'slug magnets').
It requires a full sun position and very good drainage (companions in my garden are Dictamnus albus, Salvia nutans, Geum triflorum..., in the wild I can mention Lilium martagon, Salvia pratensis, Allium flavum...).
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I am also glad that Spigelia marilandica was liked. It doesn't grow wild in Canada, only regions of US but it is easy to grow from seeds.
A delightful plant for shade (although emerges very late), the main problem is that the flowers need to be pollinated by hummingbirds, or moths with very long proboscis, in order to form seeds and then the capsules are explosive; all these make for a low seeds count every year.
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Tchihatchewii isatidea... sown on 28.12.2018
Congratulations for this extraordinary rare species. May I ask you where the seeds came from?
Gerd
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Congratulations for this extraordinary rare species. May I ask you where the seeds came from?
Gerd
Thank you, Gerd.
I got the seeds from a very good botanical friend in Vancouver...
If my plant produces enough seeds, I'll send you some... so fingers crossed...🤞
Greetings
Thomas
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1. Gentiana hexaphylla. The Flora of China distinguishes between G. arethusae and G. hexaphylla. The main difference is supposed to be that the upper leaves of G. arethusae are linear and acuminate, whereas those of G. hexaphylla are linear-spathulate and obtuse to acute. If this distinction is valid then my plant should be called G. arethusae. But others consider G. arethusae to be a synonym of G. hexaphylla, which may well be right.
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2. Potentilla nitida. I got this as P. nitida 'Rubra Compacta', and while the plant is indeed more compact and smaller than the regular P. nitida, the flowers do not appear to be any deeper in colour.
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3. Roscoea cangshanensis. This is a stoloniferous species which spreads by underground stolons that can be quite long, sometimes more than 20 cm. It is sometimes considered to be a synonym of R. forrestii, which is puzzling, as R. forrestii has an entire, obovate and apiculate lip, whereas the lip of R. cangshanensis is 4-lobed at the apex.
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That is a beautiful Gentian, Andre, and Potentilla, wow. I have had a small, silver-leaved potentilla, which I thought was P. nitida, growing in a trough for more than twenty years, but it has never bloomed. Worth waiting a little longer for, I'll say :).
Our old Clematis integrifolia blooms well every year, though a bit late this year. The flowers are nice and the buds graceful. The first picture was taken today, the second in 2011. We got this plant as a seedling in the late 1990s, and named C. baikalense.
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Tchihatchewii isatidea... sown on 28.12.2018
Hello Thomas, I was puzzled by this crucifer ( brassicaceae). Well it seems that it may become a good antidiabetic . It is a traditional medicinal plant. I was wondering if it is fragrant.
Arturo
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Leena-- the form of that Geranium gracile reminds me a bit of native G richardsonii here, which grows in a wide range of spots from sun to shade, mesic-dry to moist.
Andre-- P nitida is also flowering here; two plants from the same seed batch growing side by side, one is definitely more floriferous, but more flowers each year, for both; about the same colour as yours..
Gabriela-- great colour on the Spigelia
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Hello Thomas, I was puzzled by this crucifer ( brassicaceae). Well it seems that it may become a good antidiabetic . It is a traditional medicinal plant. I was wondering if it is fragrant.
Arturo
Hello Arturo... Good to hear from you.
Tchihatchewii isatidea blooms for the first time in my garden The two plants are in the Alpinum all year round... with a permanent cover made of a small acrylic plate. Your question about the scent is valid. I was only informed of it two days ago... by a German alpine enthusiast. What can I say... the scent is intoxicating. It was worth taking a bow for.
By the way...from the seeds of you (2018) beautiful plants of Penstemon hirsutus have developed...see attachment.
Best regards and stay healthy
Thomas
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Hello Thomas, I'm delighted with what you tell me about T....isatidea. For me the genus is impossible to pronounce.... ;D. One day when your plants multiply I would like to try out them here. I'm very interested about alpine medicinal plants. By the tubular organization I thought it a scented flower possibly pollinated by some of the scent attracted hawk moths with very long proboscis. Now that we know it is scented could you check whether scent becomes stronger in the evening or very early morning?. If so, it would support my supposition because the moths are crepuscular. How a big plant are they? I couldn't find anything about it, beyond that it is restricted to the surroundings of Van lake, Turkey. Is it a true alpine, from high ground? You are one of the rare privileged that can see it in flesh!
Now it's cold and snowing outside. I hope to get my sowings in place soon. Good time to study and pick up with delayed reading and correspondence...
Arturo
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In International Rock Gardener e-magazine of June 2019 - Paul Cumbleton writes on page 35 - " At the same time we see the
wonderful “sneeze plant”, Tchihatchewia isatidea beginning to make its presence felt, both in flower
and by its strong, rich perfume. This plant is usually monocarpic, mostly behaving as a biennial and so
we sow seed every year to make new plants to replace those that have flowered."
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Jun271561661867IRG114.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2019Jun271561661867IRG114.pdf)
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Maggi THANKS!!!
My winter perusal of all the gems available via the SRGC is never ending ( I hadn't flipped through the International R.G. of June yet!!!...well I can spend all my time sitting in front of my PC... :-[. I must get myself pass the stage of studying and start my winter sowings quick!. My last seedex batch is still stuck in Denmark. Hopefully I'll be able to retrieve them by November next....if flights to Buenos Aires are restored. With so many regulations lurking ahead, I rely on them being hand carried for me by a kind traveller. ;). I definitely want to try out T...isatidea. It should do well here. Thanks again Arturo
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Erigeron vagus just started, with a single flower this year among the five or so plants I have in various throughs. Normally it blooms richer, but never profusely. It seeds reliably in the throughs and is easy to keep going, and each plant lasts a few years. Its fine grey-green foliage is a nice bonus.
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Goniolimon cuspidatum from Kyrgyzstan has a very interesting color spectrum... in my case it is very small... therefore 👍
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Thomas again a very interesting group. The Goniolimons seem to be a branch of statice's ( Limonium sps. )which are most commonly known as dried flowers. Does your species seem adequate for that purpose?. It would be of interest even here because there's quite a thriving market of dry flower cultivation. The branching of mature plants is very attractive and could have really great ornamental value in dry flower bouquets. As always my pursuit is trying to expand the use of wild-flowers, so that their conservation is assured. The plant list has 21 accepted Goniolimons to study... :)
Arturo
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Unfortunately, my garden is not suitable for such spectacular plants. So I have to confine myself to things like this, a carnation grown from seed once bought in France.
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Just summer (not in the city).
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Just summer (not in the city).
Lovely view, Mariette!
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And a nice seed grown pinks
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Those are lovely Mariette. In your second photo, are the scarlet flowers further back a persicaria?
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Thank You, Maggi, Oleg and Ashley!
Yes, on the left, there´s a lot of Persicaria amplexicaulis ´Firetail´, on the right, just below Hydrangea paniculata ´ Early Sensation´, there´s a taller growing selection of Sanguisorba officinalis.
The carnation was just a lucky dip grown from a mixture of otherwise common colours. It may be propagated by cuttings only, I´m afraid.
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Knud- nice Erigeron
Thomas- Goniolimon is fun-- is this one with nice foliage?
Mariette- a mid-summer view :)
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A very nice garden view, Mariette, and I like the pink.
Thank you Cohan, it is a nice Erigeron. And reliable here, as I said, and come to think of it slugs don't seem to go for it. That may well account for its reliability, it get's half a chance of surviving 'seedlinghood'.
The mountain aven is putting on a second show for the season, almost as full as the first one, the first bud appeared last week.
Our one teasel (Dipsacus probably fullonum) is blooming, to the joy of many bumblebees. You can see why it was used to raise the nap.
Our Staghorn sumac is full of flowers this year, and they opened this week. It seems to be preferred by honeybees, the entire bush 'hums' om a sunny day. The picture is of a male bush, not that I can tell by the flowers, but its 'lady-friend' ten meters (30 feet) away produces the signature red candles in autumn. We'll see how that goes this year, the female bush is not flowering yet.
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Some views of my back garden highlighting the lilies. They may not be to a connoisseurs taste but I like them. Lilium ‘Pretty Woman’
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Something has gone wrong with two of the photos. Don’t know what to do about it.
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Monardella sp. It comes up so late, I am convinced it died. Fooled me again!
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Morina longifolia, putting up more bloom stalks every year.
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This is supposed to be Alstroemeria pallida. But the flowers are only an inch across.
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Sphaeralcea ambigua v. rugosa, grown from Ron Ratko seeds.
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1- A huge old poppy planted by my mom or aunt... not in a great spot, have to see if it makes some seeds and try elsewhere.. it makes a few big flowers each year..
2- Iris chrysographes, from seed from a forumist-- I think it was a from a 'black' form, which this isn't but still beautiful...
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Some pretties from our Sacramento, California garden today.
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A single red Dahlia
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A tall single Dahlia
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Calycadenia truncata - F1
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Cherry Tomato 'Elena's Sherzo' Fantastic flavor! :)
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Just summer (not in the city).
Mariette, I loved the view from your garden. I know it is often very dry and hot in your part of Europe, and still you have so many flowers looking so well. They are very adapted to your conditions. :)
Lovely flowers everyone. I have to admit that many times most are unfamiliar to me, and I have to google them. There are so many beautiful and interesting plants in the world!
Cohan, I like your I.chrysographes even better than the black form, which is easily kind of invisible. The blue shows better. :)
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Lilium canadense and Delphiniums.
Lychnis coronaria, a pretty weed as is also Verbascum nigrum 'Album'. :)
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Arisaema candidissimum and Arisaema fargesii in pots.
Digitalis ferruginea
Mutisia spinosa, raised from collected seeds grows very vigorous at a fence and
the resulting seeds germinate in the open ground.
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Nice to see your colourful plants, everybody!
Here are some from our mountain "garden". It is not a cultivated garden, but a semi natural old pasture. The plants are cut by scythe once a year (september). A few native wild plants are added.
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Gentiana purpurea, very common but I have sowed it here.
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Rosa majalis is found high in the mountains but this one is planted here.
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Leucanthemum vulgare and Trifolium pratense, common plants in old pastures.
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Lilium canadense and Delphiniums.
Lychnis coronaria, a pretty weed as is also Verbascum nigrum 'Album'. :)
Leena,
Are the Delphiniums commercial hybrids (nothing wrong with that!) or species?
Lychnis coronaria is a pretty weed in our California garden. I always let many seed out and grow. We have both the magenta and white flowering forms.
I guess I have given up or am becoming a lazy gardener because I just want colorful, pretty plants in our garden. We have lots of Zinnias, Tithonia, Cosmos, Annual Sunflowers, Dahlias, and other simple pretties. I go out into the garden and feel happy. :)
Thanks to everyone for sharing the beautiful plants in your gardens. 8)
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Leena, Are the Delphiniums commercial hybrids (nothing wrong with that!) or species?
They are commercial hybrids, sown many years ago from Jelitto seeds, Magic Fountains. They were supposed to be not tall, but usually they are about 1,7m high. This year June was very dry and now they are only a little over a meter high which is better because now they stay upright without any support. I have also another Delphinium which is an old one, it is two meters high with not so heavy flowers as modern cultivars, and though many might think it is not showy enough I like it.
About Lychnis, I once sowed a white one, too, but it disappeared quickly. It was very pretty!
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Gentiana purpurea, very common but I have sowed it here.
Rosa majalis is found high in the mountains but this one is planted here.
Hoy, Gentiana purpurea is very unusual colour, very nice!
Your Rosa majalis has quite big flowers. It is also common here, and there are even double forms of it but I like the single ones most. and they are very hardy and good plants!
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I guess I have given up or am becoming a lazy gardener because I just want colorful, pretty plants in our garden. We have lots of Zinnias, Tithonia, Cosmos, Annual Sunflowers, Dahlias, and other simple pretties. I go out into the garden and feel happy. :)
Thanks to everyone for sharing the beautiful plants in your gardens. 8)
I think this counts as reaching a state of inner contentment, Robert- and is much to be desired!
And - thank you for your many contributions to the forum, also.
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'Summerlicious' pictures from all! (name from a food festival held in Toronto, not this year!)
I have a similar Dahlia Robert, raised as D. coccinea from seeds, it flowers all summer long and it's a most cheerful, easy plant (I dig out the tubers in late fall).
From sun to shade
Ligularia 'The Rocket', a bit too large for my garden but wonderful and no one mentions how fragrant it is.
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Centranthus ruber
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Aquilegia chaplinei
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Trautvetteria caroliniensis
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I think this counts as reaching a state of inner contentment, Robert- and is much to be desired!
And - thank you for your many contributions to the forum, also.
Hi Maggi,
“Reaching a state of inner contentment” – this would be a blessing! :)
After spending all day in the ER certainly has changed my perspective on things. 4 units of potassium chloride would easily kill most people; in my case it saved my life. I do not recommend a visit to the ER, however the experience has changed my perspective. I have to admit that I have greater appreciation for things like this simple tub full of dwarf Zinnias. I also see the need to better understand my limitations. I certainly need to rethink many things. Gratitude is so important, so Thank You for all that you do to keep this forum running smoothly! And everything you do to help that goes unseen.
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I have a similar Dahlia Robert, raised as D. coccinea from seeds, it flowers all summer long and it's a most cheerful, easy plant (I dig out the tubers in late fall).
Gabriela,
Your garden appears to be so very beautiful. Thank you for sharing your photographs and thoughts on the forum.
Clearly I enjoy the simple beauty of Dahlias. I grow all of mine from seed, so they are not “named” varieties. Some are not so good, but I keep them around hoping to grow more seedlings that better display the qualities I enjoy. This process, too, is quite pleasurable for me, so I do not mind the less than desirable plants that come with the process. Something better will come along sooner or later. In the mean time, there are still many plants for me to enjoy. At this time we have many Rudbeckia species blooming in our garden. Also the “sleeper bees” come and spend all night on the flowers. My wife and I enjoy watching them wake up each morning.
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Robert,
I am sorry to hear you have been having health problems. I hope you feel better now, maybe you'll have to do some changes to your life style but the simple joys of the garden can certainly help you recuperate.
You know that we mostly show our best plants and pictures here. In fact, same like you, I find pleasure in all species and flowers, they don't need to be the rarest of the planet :)
The Rudbeckias are also starting to flower here, also the most common garden Phlox which is so fragrant, and the Sempervivums and others that most time we take for granted.
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Lots of beauties everyone! This has been a rainy year, lawn mower issues, having to do all our extensive mowing and other chores alone this year (the other party is injured)-- so all that means weeds are way out of control in most beds and I have to be selective in my photos...lol-- I'm taking pleasure from the many flowers that don't seem to mind the crowding of neighbours and weeds, and sometimes enjoying the weeds too ;)
Full agreement with Maggi's and Robert's comments about finding peace and balance and feeling and expressing gratitude in all things is also a great way to be :) Thanks again to Maggi for hard work and to all forumists for sharing :)
1- view from one of the two beds in front of the house (out of view to right) that is only somewhat out of control, weed-wise ;) July 06
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2- a closer view of part of that bed, Allium insubricum, seedling of Scabiosa japonica Ritz Blue (part of the original pot-full was pink, there are pink and blue seedlings, and I'm noticing the pinks seem lower growing, which means I may try to encourage those more, and move the taller blue to another place..); visible to varying degrees in the background--Geranium sanguineum (not Elke, as it was sold...lol)
seed heads of Geum Beech House Apricot, Tulipa seeds, Silene uniflora or adjacent, Papaver alpinum, Armeria, etc
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Nice to see your colourful plants, everybody!
Here are some from our mountain "garden". It is not a cultivated garden, but a semi natural old pasture. The plants are cut by scythe once a year (september). A few native wild plants are added.
Gentiana purpurea, very common but I have sowed it here.
Leucanthemum vulgare and Trifolium pratense, common plants in old pastures.
I had a plant finally flower last year, which I think I had seed labelled as G purpurea, but it was very light and spotted-- quite beautiful, I forget now whether I decided it was a variant or other sp. doesn't seem it will flower this year, so I may need to show last year's photos...
T pratense is very common here, along with two other Eurasian spp; Leucanthemum is in the yard from my sister's 'wildflower' seeding years back, I try not to let it flower or seed, but it is still around...
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Could go in Wildlife as well.
Eastern carpenter bee on a blooming Tetradium daniellii. (Formerly known as Evodia daniellii)
We don't see many honey bees around here now.
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Eastern carpenter bee on a blooming Tetradium daniellii. (Formerly known as Evodia daniellii)
My goodness- it looks like the head is only very tenuously attached !! Great photos, Arnold.
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Cohan, I see in your garden photos the same thing I sense in Leena's - a peaceful, sustaining space. Of course, a spot of sunshine helps with that!
Enjoy!
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1. Silene regia, the royal catchfly. One of the brightest red flowers in the garden, this species is at home in the prairies of the USA, where it is apparently an endangered species.
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2. Chamaebatiaria millefolium, the fern bush. Also from the USA, but from considerably drier areas in the Southwest. I have had it for some years growing among my Salvia bushes but this is the first time it flowered. I would have had to wait even longer had I not spotted the caterpillar that was making a meal of the only inflorescence. I was just in time to dispose of the scoundrel, and a few buds were still left.
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3. Coptis quinquefolia. Normally, this is an early spring flower, but for some reason my plant decided to produce a single flower in the height of summer.
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4. Anemonopsis macrophylla. Like the Coptis, this is a Japanese woodlander of the family Ranunculaceae. It is best kept out of the sun at all times, certainly in summer, as the leaves scorch quickly.
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5. Pterocephalus spathulatus. In contrast, this species from the Spanish Sierra Nevada can take all the sun it can get in the UK. Between November and February I cover it with a pane of glass, as I suspect it will dislike winter wet.
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so all that means weeds are way out of control in most beds and I have to be selective in my photos...lol-- I'm taking pleasure from the many flowers that don't seem to mind the crowding of neighbours and weeds, and sometimes enjoying the weeds too ;)
Cohan, that is an attitude I'm trying to achieve. :)
Also I have to be selective in my photos. :) In previous years I have never had enough time for the garden in the summer (because of work), and I have been trying to make the garden smaller (with no luck, I'm too easily tempted by new plants/seeds). This summer there has been more time, and for once I have a feeling that even though I'm not even close to being on top of things (or ground elder), there is hope that some day I am, maybe not this year, or next, but someday. :) I do enjoy the garden even in it's semiwild state. :)
The woodland beds are in better condition than sunny part of the garden, but everything looks always better after the "lawn" has been mowed :).
Every time I open these pages there are so many nice looking plants which are new to me. I have learned so much here, more than from any book, and appreciate all the work Maggi and others do to keep this going. :)
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So that's what Tetradium daniellii flowers are supposed to look like. LOL Here in the colder north it dies back 1-2ft every winter, but still flowers about every 5 years. Except this is what I get:
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I still get some bees, though.
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Cohan, that is an attitude I'm trying to achieve. :)
< some day I am, maybe not this year, or next, but someday. :) I do enjoy the garden even in it's semiwild state. :)
The woodland beds are in better condition than sunny part of the garden, but everything looks always better after the "lawn" has been mowed :).
Every time I open these pages there are so many nice looking plants which are new to me. I have learned so much here, more than from any book, and appreciate all the work Maggi and others do to keep this going. :)
You have magnificently expressed what I feel! With the beauty of your 'wild' garden; this site with the never-ending stimulus, friendliness offering all sorts of possibilities.The Seedex is really part of its jewels. Hopefully at one point in time it will become active again. I specially thank Maggie and all the hidden volunteers that make this happen.
With rain, cold, snow laid outside in my garden, its my southern pleasure to watch the wonders northerners are achieving. Thank you everyone for your pictures.
Arturo
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Rick:
I guess your clod is deeper than ours. The Tetradium is from nothern China and Korea. I thought it was more cold tolerant.
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You have magnificently expressed what I feel! With the beauty of your 'wild' garden; this site with the never-ending stimulus, friendliness offering all sorts of possibilities.The Seedex is really part of its jewels. Hopefully at one point in time it will become active again.
Thanks Arturo. I really admire tidy rock gardens of others, and all small wonderful plants in them. That is the beauty of this forum, there are so many different kinds of gardens, and seedex is the best.
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Cohan, I see in your garden photos the same thing I sense in Leena's - a peaceful, sustaining space. Of course, a spot of sunshine helps with that!
Enjoy!
thanks, Maggi :) it's lovely when wet also, but very sunny at the moment-- our first week with a string of days over 25C-- 30 yesterday, and a couple of nights around 14-15, which only happens a couple of times a year, for us...lol of course this brings risk of severe thunderstorms, but none here yesterday... I'm happy for a little drying though, part of the driveway has remained mud all year-- I noticed a thriving Petasites seedling there and the whole section smells like swamp...lol only 4 chances of rain so far in the 7 days...lol
I have my water bottles and spiced green tea chilling in the freezer in case the weather holds for me to go out a little later, enjoying some chilled coffee right now-- these are measures I don't have to take often (usually even on the warm days, mornings are still chilly in the house) so I just enjoy it when it does :) (oh-- first hint of cloud just came over! maybe storms are coming..)
Two pics from yesterday afternoon-- with the wet summer, mosquitoes have been crazy, their foes the dragonflies have been around, but finally hatched out in truly huge numbers! You might easily see a dozen or more in one patch in front of you... *helps* keep the mozzies at bay, and even warm enough that the dragons are venturing into the shade for the first time this year... these small golds are in especially high numbers right now.
Shepherdia canadensis has also enjoyed the wet, with a bumper crop of berries-- weirdly, the waxwings have been around, but not so much as usual, so lots of berries for me to feast on outside (deliciously bitter, just a few small handfuls at a time)-- leaving me with sticky fingers I need to wipe on dandelion and clover leaves ;)
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Could go in Wildlife as well.
Eastern carpenter bee on a blooming Tetradium daniellii. (Formerly known as Evodia daniellii)
We don't see many honey bees around here now.
Cool one :) I don't see huge numbers of honeybees here either-- more in spring, this time of year there are whole fields full of clover, alfalfa etc, near the hives... I'm more interested in the many many native bees, anyway, and hoverflies, huge numbers of varieities of wasps, beetles etc :)
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Andre-- that Silene! :) Chamae is very cool looking...
Leena-- this is one of the reasons for mowing (which I am still very behind on, in some areas, but have more wildflowers than ever-- all the same species I normally have in some spots, but more of them)-- it highlights the *cultivated* beds and also the patches left wild.. I also have to do it anyway, or the whole place would be a poplar grove in one season...lol-- then mixed forest in a few years...
Arturo-- there are many many of my favourite plants which were gained from seed exchange with forum members, often the connections continuing on to other platforms :)
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What wonderful pictures from everyone. I can't believe we are at the end of July, the year is flashing by. Just a few pics here from Bury.
Anaphalis margaritacea
Astilbe Willie Buchanan
Beesia calthifolia, not much of a flower but nice shiny leaves
Campanula Blue Pearl flowering for the second time this year
Clematis jackmannii, we took down the obelisk it used to run up and it has travelled over 6ft of garden to climb this Viburnum.
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This Correopsis is new this year and I love the way it moves in the breeze.
Crassula
Lobelia cardinalis has taken age to come out.
Prunella laciniata came from seed from Gothenburg Botanic.
Sax. stolonifera brightens up a dark patch at the end of the garden.
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Scutellaria Texas Rose, one of my favourites.
Stachys minima.
This last one is lost label? Great ground cover the Geranium seedheads poking through do not belong to it. It's very low growing only a couple of inches high. Anybody any ideas?
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Lots of nice stuff, Shelagh! That Anaphalis must be a cultivar? Nice wide silvery leaves-- the wild form here has narrow dark green leaves.
I wonder if your mystery plant could be some sort of Artemisia?
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Do you take the Lobelia cardinalis under cover for winter, Shelagh?
First I've heard of Astilbe 'Willie Buchanan' but the name should be familiar to all SRGC members as Willie B. was such a star of SRGC in "bygone" years !
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This last one is lost label? Great ground cover the Geranium seedheads poking through do not belong to it. It's very low growing only a couple of inches high. Anybody any ideas?
Hi Shelagh,
The foliage looks like a cinquefoil - a potentilla?
cheers
fermi
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Thanks Cohan and Fermi, I have looked at both suggestions but am still not sure. It's only and inch maybe 2 high and it doesn't seem to flower. However whatever it's called it brightens up a patch with it's lovely silver colour.
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Thanks Cohan and Fermi, I have looked at both suggestions but am still not sure. It's only and inch maybe 2 high and it doesn't seem to flower. However whatever it's called it brightens up a patch with it's lovely silver colour.
Can't get enough silver in the garden :)