March 2007

[Anthony Darby]

I did and she enjoyed it.

[mark smyth]

spring flowering Daphnes are now packed with buds. I happy I took advantage of being at Abercomwy last year to buy a few plants. Here is one but no name as the label was lost while brining it home

Which Muscari is the 'Grape Hyacinth'? I have a very small patch of it that will get thinned this weekend. If only it wasnt so prolific we would all love it

I finally managed a good close up of Scoliopus hallii

[Anthony Darby]

Here are some blooms today:
Narcissus minor X 2
N. asturiensis
N. rupicola watieri
N. tazetta italicus
N. 'Xit'
N. 'alpestris' [Not] X 2 from BB
Chionodoxa alba and
Scilla bifolia

[Anthony Darby]

Finally two special blooms: Pleione forrestii and the birthday girl.

[Lesley Cox]

That's sure some candle Anthony and Lucy. Next stop Sydney Harbour Bridge!

I keep going back to the baby panda. It was wonderful the first time, but each new time is excruciating, waiting for it and knowing what's to come, then getting a fright when it DOES come. Like waiting for an expected explosion. The inevitable laughter becomes more and more hysterical.

[hadacekf]

News from my garden.
Hacquetia epipactis – A single species of perennial from central Europe.
Crocus seedlings in my meadow!

[johngennard]

Hellebores amongst scillas or is it scillas amongst hellebores.Taken in my small Winter garden today.

[johngennard]

Can anyone identify this allium ?I thought it was allium abnormis but I can't find it listed as that in any of my reference books.

[Armin]

Hellebores amongst scillas or is it scillas amongst hellebores.Taken in my small Winter garden today.

John, what a wunderful contrast. I wouldn't say "amoungst" - its together!
How long did it take yout got get this "biotop"?
brgds

[Diane Clement]

Can anyone identify this allium ?I thought it was allium abnormis but I can't find it listed as that in any of my reference books.

Looks like Allium paradoxum - if it makes bulbils its A paradoxum paradoxum, if no bulbils, then it's A paradoxum var normale

[johngennard]

This area was originally planted with shrub roses and underplanted with scillas 30 yrs. ago.Three years ago I tired of the roses with all of their aphis and decease and decided to make a Winter garden in it's place.I uprooted the roses ignoring the scillas and rotovated the whole plot scillas and all and this is the result three years later.

[johngennard]

Thanks Dianne, you are quite right.I remember the name now that you have told me.

[Lesley Cox]

And very nice too, more interesting than roses.

[Armin]

John, you did a harsh treatment! But obviously very successful  
Scillas seem to be very resistive...opposite to please hybrid roses w/o using regular insecticides & pesticides is almost impossible. This is my personal resumee after 15years uncounted alternative trials.
You remind me - now it is time for the first chemical treatment...

[Ewelina Wajgert]

What is this. It bloom now.