Where the wild daphnes grow...

[Olga Bondareva]

Some more pictures from that place a year later. 

Onosma simplissima


Daphne julia




Polygonatum sp.


Androsace koso-polianskii (=villosa)

[cohan]

what a beautiful place! i missed this thread last year, so its good to see it all..
i will watch for this daphne, although i guess that area is a lot hotter than me in summer..

[Olga Bondareva]

cohan
I am not sure it is a lot hotter but certainly much more dryer.

[Olga Bondareva]

Near the place Daphnes grow there is an interesting sight named Divnogorie (Wondermount if translated). Chalk hills with vertical protrudeing crags. There are cave churchs into two of them. This place has an old history and unusual flora.

[cohan]

very cool landscapes!--i love to see exposed stone, and the limestone is very interesting looking..

[arillady]

It is so very good to see these photos of where these plants grow - and the other plants that grow with them.
Beaiutiful photos - especially liked the variation in colour

[arillady]

What would be the highs and lows in temp and the rainfall?

[Stone Rider]

There are no Daphne juliae cultivars as I know. So me with my friends decided to find different forms which I saw before.

Dear Olga, it is great surprise to see this rich variability, which is not seen with D. cneorum. Congratulation for valuable report and romantic pictures. Kiss from Professor Alechin.

[Lesley Cox]

I too had totally missed this magnificent thread when it first appeared and I thank Maggi for the link and reminder about it. As always with your pictures Olga, they are the very finest and it is a great thrill to see your beautiful Daphnes and other flowers in such an unusual setting, wide, apparently tamed farmland. The whole countryside is very lovely and I can't thank you enough for showing Russia to us as she really is.

[stellan]

Same area but few months later... From July 2010

[stellan]

More photos

[Lesley Cox]

Lovely to see this area with a summer covering of native flowers. Spring is neat and tidy, summer wild and exuberant, a beautiful progression. I'd like to see it all in winter as well.

Stellan, give Gerry our love. I hope he is getting plenty of cool water on these summer trips. I see you also now have a bicycle for him. How does he manage THAT?

[mark smyth]

When will the variegated plants from last year be available?  and the one with white edged pink flowers and .....

[Olga Bondareva]

Stellan
Great you reached that place! Did you found Daphnes? And how do you like our hit?

Mark
Sorry I am not a magician.  Not so soon.

Lesley
Thank you!