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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: johnw on May 02, 2021, 05:42:25 PM
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Back to cool weather, 8c by day & 4c by night. Flowers are continuing fort a very long time.
Primula marginata
Paris polyphylla x P. luquanensis, could the first seedling be straight polyphylla? The second is obviously the cross. Lovenly contrast between the central dark area and green leaves. Stems are dark purple on all.
Helleborus ex Onyx Odessey
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This afternoon i found little interesting things, i waited the sunset to plug the macro lens.
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Nice photos Yann. Is that Botrychium (Ophioglossum) lunaria?
I've sometimes seen Ophioglossum azoricum on islands off the SW coast of Ireland but it's tiny & hard to photograph :)
Great plants John. I really like those Paris, especially the hybrid.
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Yes Ashley it's Ophioglossum vulgatum, very rare in my region. You need patience and good macro lens to get decent photos.
Ophioglossum azoricum is found in the south of my country.
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Few pictures from the garden today
1. Callianthemum anemenoides seedling
2. Sangunaria canadensis multiplex
3. Townsendia sp
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Tempting plants, Kris! Unfortunately they won´t grow in my garden.
Instead, bluebells do, and Polygonatum ´Golden Bruno´still has to grow a bit more. :)
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Allium triquetrum started self-seeding everywhere.
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Some more bluebells, together with Smyrnium perfoliatum.
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Geranium malviflorum with Paeonia obovata.
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Geranium macrostylum with Ipheion.
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The taller and darker Talish-form of Geranium macrostylum.
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Geranium libani with trillium.
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It´s a pity that I have just one clone of Geranium libani, as it never set seed. If anybody may offer seed to swap I´d be very grateful!
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Beautiful plants Kris.
Mariette, how lovely combinations with different kinds of Geraniums, and all very lush.
Here it is still more early spring flowers, even some snowdrops were in flower last week-end.
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Beautiful plants and spring scenes everyone.
Here, growing wild
Euphorbia hyberna
Saxifraga spathularis
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Few pictures from the garden today
1. Callianthemum anemenoides seedling
2. Sangunaria canadensis multiplex
3. Townsendia sp
Krish...your Townsendia gets more beautiful every year. Maybe it is Townsendia spathulata?
This year Arnebia echioides blooms for the first time with me. I noticed that the characteristic dark spots in the flowers disappear after some time. Is this normal? Does anyone know this phenomenon?
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This year Arnebia echioides blooms for the first time with me. I noticed that the characteristic dark spots in the flowers disappear after some time. Is this normal? Does anyone know this phenomenon?
Yes, Thomas, this is usual for these flowers- the dark spots disappear after a short time, supposedly after pollination.
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Yes, Thomas, this is usual for these flowers- the dark spots disappear after a short time, supposedly after pollination.
That's reassuring news, Maggi. Thank you very much.
I will be very happy if the flowers have been pollinated and eventually produce seeds. To be on the safe side, I will pollinate again myself.
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I find it amazing how plants in some gardens I would think of a colder than the UK seem to be out before us.
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Here are some flowering this week in Bury.
Aster alpinus from the Western Alps. One of the wonderful Gerd Stopp plants.
Cypripedium Emil close up and in full.
Cytissus ardoinii Cottage. Now too big for the show bench. With Rhodanthemum.
Some wonderful Epimedium foliage.
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'Emil' is looking great, Shelagh.
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Also Erigeron scopulinus.
Haberlea rhodopensis.
Chrysanthemum mairesii.
Oxalis Red Eye with still more buds to come.
Ramonda myconi.
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And last but not least, why can I never make it a round 10.
Tulip batalanii Bright Gem.
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Pachysandra procumbens
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That's nice Rick, I like the spikes coming directly from the ground and the mottled leaves. So much more interesting than its ubiquitous relative.
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Unfortunately, as Gabriela has mentioned before, the foliage colors up in the fall. What you see here is last year's foliage. The new foliage which will be coming up in a week or so will be just green.
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How unusual. It looks great with the pine needles.
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Pachysandra procumbens
Very nice and very underutilized Rick. I've never seen it offered for sale here.
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Cool weather excellent for gardening persisting, but more and more plants are flowering and the trees are leafing out.
Good weather for Primulas this year, they make nice combinations with everything, including the Sanguinaria leaves.
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I am very happy to see that some Epimediums recovered after they have the flower stems destroyed a couple of weeks ago. E. stellulatum with V. sororia f. priceana.
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Cytissus ardoinii Cottage. Now too big for the show bench.
I have to point out that it is not right to write the name like that, as this would suggest that it is a cultivar of Cytisus ardoinoi. Cytisus Cottage is in fact a hybrid, with C. ardoinoi as one of the parents. Pure C. ardoinoi is a much smaller plant and one of the few brooms for the rock garden that will hardly ever outgrow its position, either vertically or horizontally. Also note that the correct spelling of the species name is ardoinoi, not ardoinii.
The origin of C. Cottage is explained in this issue of the International Rock Gardener: https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Feb241330043727IRG_26_Feb2012.pdf
Here is a picture of my, still small, C. ardoinoi.
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This species, which flowers in April-May, drops its leaves in the summer. Here is what the same plant looked like in September (both photos are from last year):
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Very nice, everybody! Seems the spring is more advanced all other places. Here it has been cold nights all April and May so far.
Saxifraga sempervivum and an unknown one are in flower now.
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Schizocodon soldanelloides coming soon.
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Two of the many rhododendrons in flower now.
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Two Himalayan beauties flowering far from home.
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1. Iris kemaonensis.
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2. Meconopsis grandis 'Great Glen'. You can see the Iris in the bottom right corner.
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.......Here it has been cold nights all April and May so far.
April here was dry, with the odd bit of morning frost, and provided I dressed for it being April and not July, it was quite pleasant. May has been, wet, wet and did I say....... wet so far!
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Here it has been cold nights all April and May so far.
It's been the same here, but this week should warm up a lot. We'll see how long it lasts. :)
It has been a very good spring for many hardy early flowers, I have protected only Epimedium buds, and it seems they are all well now.
Gabriela, I'm glad your plant recovered and it is a very nice combination with Viola. I may copy you, I have Viola sororia var priceana just germinated:).
Iris kemaonensis is really beautiful!
Primula elatior is here in full flower now.
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It's been the same here, but this week should warm up a lot. We'll see how long it lasts. :)
It has been a very good spring for many hardy early flowers, I have protected only Epimedium buds, and it seems they are all well now.
Gabriela, I'm glad your plant recovered and it is a very nice combination with Viola. I may copy you, I have Viola sororia var priceana just germinated:).
Iris kemaonensis is really beautiful!
Primula elatior is here in full flower now.
Indeed I. kemaonensis is very beautiful, and never heard of it until now.
Thanks Leena, yes the stems that were just at ground level survived. Luckily the warm/cold/warm weather confused many plants which flowered in stages, even some Hepaticas. The combination with Viola was not done on purpose; the best ones are just happening.
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Like all the pictures posted here. The weather is very dry and no rain for the last whole month. I am watering my garden once in 8 days now. Too much work!!!
Here are some pictures from the garden.
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Great delivery from Innes & Nicola Hogg of Craigiehall Nursery : https://craigiehallnursery.co.uk/ourshop/
- shown on Twitter by Hardy Plant Society, Staffordshire, and described as " Beautiful plants beautifully packed" .....
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Innes and Nicola say " Our next day for accepting orders will be Thursday 13th May at 9.00am.
Orders received will be dispatched the following Monday/Tuesday. " see more here:
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P.S. Innes is "Will Itsell" on the SRGC Forum !
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Today a heat wave came to Finland, temperatures were over 20C which is a lot for this time of May. Corydalis may be over soon, but other plants are coming up, or flowering.
Alchemilla saxatilis is a nice small plant and grows well here also in dryish shade.
Anemone nemorosa 'Maret' with self sown C.solida, and lots of Scilla siberica flowering right now. Snowdrop in the back is 'Merlin', still flowering.Picture yesterday.
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My favourite poppy - seeds collected a very long time ago in Crete
Papaver apulum
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Nice poppy! Great stuff, everyone-- nice Townsendias, Kris!
Weather here is always up and down, all year-- we've been over 20C and other days around 2, some nights now above freezing, but just the other day -5C-- all quite normal! March and much of April dry (though with a number of significant snowfalls)-- but it is normally dry here between snow melt and the beginning of rain, which is usually late May. We've had a number of rains in recent days though- wonder if this is rainy season starting really early, or if this would normally be snow, and just a touch warmer? In any case, I'm sure the alpines are generally happy to see more moisture than usual at this time! Crocuses finishing up, Corys just getting under way.. editing photos alphabetically, rather than chronologically..lol
Cardamine glanduligera- hard to get good shots of this, but this is the densest patch they've grown for me-- in the first bed I planted them in (still there) they pop up rather spaced out..
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Chionodoxa I don't actually like these, find the colours kind of glittery and gaudy- pink is better, purple is abit flurorescent somehow-- doesn't quite show in photos. Can't remember whether I planted these originally or if mom or aunt did years back, but I moved them anyway, and whatever...lol
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I never did have a good grasp on all of the corys, since most were grown from a garden mix of solida, ornata and others from a forumist, I also had some cava from a wild source in France. Now they seem to be moving about besides original plantings, so I really have no idea. I am finding that it seems some of them want a re-digging or something, as original patches are losing vigour..
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Cardamine glanduligera- hard to get good shots of this, but this is the densest patch they've grown for me-- in the first bed I planted them in (still there) they pop up rather spaced out..
Well done, because this species can quickly degenerate in culture. Its looks healthy on your photo.
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Flowers coming thick and fast now.
Cypripedium Emil still going strong.
The Elder in full flower.
Geum Totally Tangerine.
Two terrific phlox.
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Last couple for today.
4 Rosenia humilis.
Rhododendron Peeping Tom and an Azalea. The Azalea is 25 years old, it was bought us for our Silver Wedding and we celebrated our Golden Wedding in March.
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Flowers coming thick and fast now.
Cypripedium Emil still going strong.
The Elder in full flower.
Geum Totally Tangerine.
Two terrific phlox.
Great flowers, do you grow your Cypripedium in pots?
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Yann we only have the one and it is kept in a pot because we use on the Show bench in a normal year.
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Contrasts! From my mountain cabin today.
Still possible for cross country skiing - as we did.
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At the cabin, the only blooming plant is Pulsatilla vernalis.
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And in the garden the other day, Rh 'Plover'.
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Last couple for today.
4 Rosenia humilis.
Rhododendron Peeping Tom and an Azalea. The Azalea is 25 years old, it was bought us for our Silver Wedding and we celebrated our Golden Wedding in March.
Beautiful plants Shelagh and not only!
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Interesting contrast from the mountains and garden Trond.
Many plants seem to start flowering at once here now with the warm up trend but I have concentrated my attention on the Trilliums.
Here with other forest companions: Uvularia grandiflora, Caulophyllum, Hepatica, Asarum, Viola pubescens and rostrata....
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Nice Gabriela!
Paeonia obovata, a treasure i got from seeds brought from North Korea.
Last year i showed another plant, smaller and planted in deep shade.
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Well done, because this species can quickly degenerate in culture. Its looks healthy on your photo.
Thanks Yann-- it seems good here-- I have it one bed (8,9 years or more?) where the shoots come up rather far apart, but they are slowly getting a bit more dense. This is a more recent planting (4-5yrs?) where they are coming up close together. Both are local native soil, clay based with local woodland/wetland humus added. and nice Peony!
Gabriela- nice Trilliums-- the few I have are coming up now.
Shelagh- nice plants and congrats on 50 years!!
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I never did have a good grasp on all of the corys, since most were grown from a garden mix of solida, ornata and others from a forumist, I also had some cava from a wild source in France. Now they seem to be moving about besides original plantings, so I really have no idea. I am finding that it seems some of them want a re-digging or something, as original patches are losing vigour..
Hmm, I was supposed to include a few images with this post! The last one has popped up in a veg bed a good few metres or more from the nearest planting.
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Probably a blast from the past for most of you, these Crocus images are from May 03-05, though some were flowering a while before that.. just a few stragglers now..
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Gabriela I love the combination of the Uvularia and Trilliums. Wonderful ground cover.
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Pyrethrum leontopodium is still one of my absolute favourites at this time of year...
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With its furry leaves, that daisy is striking.
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Pyrethrum leontopodium is still one of my absolute favourites at this time of year...
It's a beauty :)
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Congratulations to this beautiful thing, it is unsual to have such a big plant
in the open garden and I hope it will stay for you for a longer time
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Well it's been a miserable old May so far! Wind and rain is not good for the garden, and much more slug activity than is usual for this time of year. A few snaps from the garden:
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Meconopsis cambrica, orange form.
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Corydalis nobilis, a swap with Leena, doing well in its new home, despite a battering from Atlantic weather. Thanks Leena!
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Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise', also standing up well to the weather. Maples seem to like it here and since I love them, I have been buying more... now just need to work out where to plant them.... ???
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Honesty (Lunaria annua) at sunset.
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A Euphorbia - E. stygia maybe? that was given to me by a friend a few years ago. I said 'oh, that will never survive up with us' because (a) not many Euphorbias do and (b) it's exposed here. But the plant disagrees!
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A Euphorbia - E. stygia maybe?
Nice plants Tristan. Have you considered E. mellifera?
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Clematis alpina 'Helsingborg'
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Nice plants Tristan. Have you considered E. mellifera?
I think you're right Ashley, will try to locate the label at some stage.
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It grows here reliably, including windy (usually coastal) sites. Very popular with pollinating insects & honey-scented so lives up to its name.
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Tristan, I'm happy that C.nobilis is doing well. In time it will grow to be a big plant, almost like a small peony. :)
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A smashing Clematis Tristan!
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I think you're right Ashley, will try to locate the label at some stage.
It could also be E x pasteurii, which is a cross between mellifera and stygiana.
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A smashing Clematis Tristan!
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Thanks John, yes, it's lovely isn't it? Gets better every year too.
Conditions here are not easy for Clematis as the slugs like to eat them when they are young - I've lost a lot of newly planted ones. Once they get their roots down they are fine though.
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Draba bruniifolia ssp olympica the latest by a nose of the three Drabas I grow. Slightly less tight than aizoides in foliage and flower, but I like the paler yellow, and it still covers itself in flowers
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Draba dedeana- beautiful tight geometric dark green foliage and low flower stems + D aizoides and Jovibarba
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Draba aizoides, dedeana etc
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Draba aizoides w/ Tulipas urumiensis, turkestanica etc
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Tulipa urumiensis - a suggestion I was given, these tulips were all received unnamed in a mixed package. This is my earliest tulip, (Turkestanica is about the same) starting very nearly at the same time as Crocus (the first couple of Crocus plants open earlier, but the Tulipa is open for Crocus peak). It's lovely when fully open, but more interesting when partly open and you can see the lovely backs of the petals. They are increasing nicely in a couple of spots, in the Xeric/Native Beds they are much more sparse! (last pic). The pics are from May 02-05, except the last in the dry bed, May 12
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Very nice flowers Cohan. Here it is bone dry and no rain in sight. Infact no rain after the snow melt. To add more woes the weather is +32C for today and tomorrow.
Plants are really suffering.
Here are some blue flowers from the garden.
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Tulipa turkestanica (again, assumed name, no name mixed bulbs)- this has increased very nicely, with more stems and more flowers per stem. It also starts early, overlapping Crocus, and Psuedomuscari azureum, which is one of the very earliest things here, in spite of not being in the earliest bed to melt. turkestanica pics are from May 03-04 tarda from May 05, 12
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Very nice flowers Cohan. Here it is bone dry and no rain in sight. Infact no rain after the snow melt. To add more woes the weather is +32C for today and tomorrow.
Plants are really suffering.
Here are some blue flowers from the garden.
Interesting to see your T parryi- here it flowers on stems 10cm or so. We've actually had a fair amount of rain- and snow! after snow melt, though there were some dryish spells. After a couple of warm days, mid 20's, it is raining right now-- supposed to be 'showers' today, but so far more rain than not. Supposed to turn to snow tonight!
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Androsace carnea ssp halleri ex Vosges Mtns Fr; my larger plant is yet to hit peak this year-- there was some foliage damage, as on some other plants in the milder, less snow than usual winter, but it seems to be coming on nicely. This small plant I don't remember planting in the Xeric/Native Beds (not so xeric spot)- last year I noticed it later in the season and thought the spent flowers looked like Androsace, but had no idea what it was... this year caught it in flower!
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Galanthus the plants in front of the house flowered earlier than ever this year, beating Crocus by a hair; these plants in a woodland bed were later, this shot May 03
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Townsendia leptotes has done very well in the thin soils in the rock bed in front of the house-- the biggest patch was damaged by an ant colony, but there are still some decent clumps, and it continues to seed itself around the bed. Shown with Potentilla nitida, Sedum album, semps, etc- ignore the very healthy dandelion in the last shot!
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Rhodiola rosea has been surprising-- tiny and delicate the first couple of seasons, I expected it to take a long time to mature- then it flowered last year, and this year they look more robust by a factor of ten! With Inula rhizocephala seedlings and Rubus arcticus-- planted in a low spot between rock ridges, it has been entirely too successful and shooting up the rock beds in all directions-- I'll need to find it a home away from other small plants and start digging!
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Petasites frigidus palmatus these moved into several beds with soil from other places on the acreage/farm; I was worried at first they'd take over, but have shown no inclination to do so yet ( handful? of years later)
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Viola adunca- very common wild violet all over the acreage in semi/open areas, it has seeded itself into a number of places in gardens, mostly where it is welcome.
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Primula elatior- I have a nice sized plant, originally from a Polish forumist, in a woodland bed, and I *think* I remember scattering some seed in rock garden pockets a couple of years back.. I also had Cortusa and Wulfenia from seed in a couple of spots-- but either those didn't make it, or I had some mistaken seed- since only P elatior is flowering here and there!
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In Toronto, there were some nice patches of retic Irises I enjoyed seeing in early spring, so I was keen to plant some here. Maybe I haven't found the right spots, but where I've tried them, they haven't been exactly stellar. This year I got two little flowers in one bed..
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Penstemon arenicola - reposted to this thread!
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Tristan - I wonder if this one has made it to North America? It should be here.
We like one called 'Roguchi'. I'll see if I can locate a photo.
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Tristan - I wonder if this one has made it to North America? It should be here.
We like one called 'Roguchi'. I'll see if I can locate a photo.
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I don't know John, but if it hasn't I'm more than happy to send you some seed. Won't be quite the same of course, but I have no other alpinas so hopefully will come reasonably true.
'Roguchi' is very nice, what group is it in? It reminds me a bit of 'Aljonushka'.
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Anemone rupicola. Sown from AGS seed on 22 December 2018, first flowering. The flowers are 5 cm across. This species is not easy to please here (close to London); it likes it cool but not too shady, damp but very well drained. The leaves scorch easily in the sun. From four seedlings one failed to come back this year, two others are looking sickly and seem still undecided whether they want to grow or die. Only this one seems happy. May has been cool and wet so far and this Anemone along with other Himalayan and Japanese plants loves it.
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Very nice Andre.
Using stones on the south side is a good way to conserve moisture (although rarely a problem here ;)), and perhaps seedlings from this one may show further adaptation to your conditions.
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Wonderful pictures from everyone I'm thoroughly enjoying them.
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You grow a wonderful variety of beautiful plants, Shelagh!
Paeonia ´Starlight´and potaninii flowering in front of Rhododendron ´Narcissiflorus´.
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Poppy and tulip.
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Brimeura amethystina
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A seedling of Paeonia ´Gessekai´
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Thalictrum sibiricum syn. contortum is the first one to flower with me.
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Very nice Andre.
Using stones on the south side is a good way to conserve moisture (although rarely a problem here ;)), and perhaps seedlings from this one may show further adaptation to your conditions.
Yes, it is likely there is some natural selection among the seedlings.
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Nice Cohan, seems that you are fast catching up with the world :)
Tristan - I wonder if this one has made it to North America? It should be here.
We like one called 'Roguchi'. I'll see if I can locate a photo.
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It made it here John but for some unknown reason hasn't been too much propagated.
Tristan has a wonderful specimen. Over the internet there are pictures with purple or rather blue flowers, although it depends on the camera and the time of the day. It is a young plant flowering from the first time and it took me by surprise (I didn't have a trellis ready so I offered as support a dead spruce branch :)
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It was grown from seeds and I didn't see the mother-plant but it seems there are specimens with extra tepals. It is possible that I was wrong about the name - could it be 'Frances Rivis?
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Marriette how tall does your Thalictrum grow? The ones we've seen are all too tall for our raised bed but that one looks to be only as tall as the Aquilegia.
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I´d say 1 m or so. It´s considered to be a subspecies of Thalictrum aquilegifolium, I think.
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Shelagh,
If you are looking for lower-growing thalictrums, I can recommend tuberosum, which I grow in the rock garden in pure sand in full sun, where it thrives. Mine is about to flower now. For later on, July - August here, I have ramosum, which I grow in semi-shade. I might have seeds of both later on, if you remind me!
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Thank you Carolyn. Our raised bed gets pretty well full sun so they would be great.
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Nice Cohan, seems that you are fast catching up with the world :)
It made it here John but for some unknown reason hasn't been too much propagated.
Tristan has a wonderful specimen. Over the internet there are pictures with purple or rather blue flowers, although it depends on the camera and the time of the day. It is a young plant flowering from the first time and it took me by surprise (I didn't have a trellis ready so I offered as support a dead spruce branch :)
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It was grown from seeds and I didn't see the mother-plant but it seems there are specimens with extra tepals.
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Clematis alpina is very common here. Blue is the most common flower and they are lovely. The yellow leaf one is very attractive and less robust. These are readily available Maybe because in our harsh zone we can't grow the big flowered ones. But I like the subtle beauty of these Clematis. They germinate freely and we get lots of hybrids . The season is just starting for this Clematis.
I have attached few pictures of the ones flowering now.
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Clematis alpina is very common here. Blue is the most common flower and they are lovely. The yellow leaf one is very attractive and less robust. These are readily available Maybe because in our harsh zone we can't grow the big flowered ones. But I like the subtle beauty of these Clematis. They germinate freely and we get lots of hybrids . The season is just starting for this Clematis.
I have attached few pictures of the ones flowering now.
They are all so lovely Kris. I like C. alpina a lot, actually some cv. have big enough flowers (of course not gigantic).
Do you know the name of the red one?
I had the yellow leaf cv. at my former garden and lost it. It is very easy to make cuttings from it ;)
I kept looking at pictures over the internet and is possible that the plant I showed as 'Helsingborg' is actually 'Frances Rivis' which I also grew from seeds. Maybe I switched the tags. I still have 2 non-flowering young plants.
Maybe someone can clarify this?
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Hi Gabriela It is Clematis alpina "Constance".
They hybridize freely and I have few other colour seedlings just started flowering.
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Have had a quick trip around the garden. The wind is bitter today and it can't make it's mind up if it going to rain or not.
1. Tulip batalanii Bright Gem definitely brightens up the bottom of the garden.
2. A surprise! it must be nearly 10 years since we grew this in a pot. Brian however likes to spread old compost about and Gladiolus tristus has just popped up.
3. Arenaria grandiflora.
4.Anemone nemerosa Vestal.
5. Potentilla lost label.
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6. A trio running down the border. Trollius, Solomans Seal and Aquilegia.
7. Erodium Spanish Eyes which Brian has grown from a cutting.
8. Geranium Apple Blossom pale but pretty.
9. Last but not least a little Tiarella which suffered over our bad winter but looks pretty in the sunlight.
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Amsonia hubrichtii
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Erinus alpinus
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First blooms on an erigeron that gets fairly tall (no species name)
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Aquilegias cross and produce a nice mix of shapes and colors.
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Gypsophila cerastioides
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Calceolaria andina. It seeds around -- this bunch is growing in the gravel beneath a trough.
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The worst of the cold and rain seems to have passed here. Some sunshine today and you can almost sense that the following are enjoying it.
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1. Dianthus tymphresteus. A Greek species with prostrate inflorescences (don't be alarmed, it just means that the inflorescences lie flat on the ground). Sown from AGS seed 22/12/2019, germinated 17/1/2020, first flowered early April 2021. Seems to be easy and floriferous so far.
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2. Dianthus sternbergii. Sown from seed ex Michal Rejzek 24/2/2019, germinated 3/4/2019, first flowered 6/5/2020. This species from the southern Alps has a delicious sweet-spicy scent that can be noticed from meters away.
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3. Veronica oltensis. This Turkish species is one of my easiest plants. Just pull off a piece, stick it in the ground, and you have a new plant.
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4. Phlox stolonifera 'Fran's Purple'. The previous three are sun-lovers, this Phlox prefers half shade. Once established it is quite drought tolerant. The creeping stems can become invasive but as they take some time to root it shouldn't be a problem.
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not so far away the home i know a wood with few orchids, as in the whole country bloomings are delayed.
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Gabriela-- once things get started, it goes pretty fast! Now I had 4 days at work with no time to look at the garden, other than passing by a couple of beds, and today is all rain, so it seems many things have come along, and especially the weeds! tomorrow may be my only chance to do any garden work this week, if it doesn't rain... I'm more behind every hour...lol
nice Clematis, everyone!
Shelagh-- nice colour on the T batalinii- I have just one form, yellow with some red streaks; it is the latest of my several tulips
Claire- that last Aquilegia is esp nice
Andre-- cute little Dianthus tymphresteus and nice Veronica too
Yann-- nice woodland views of orchids!
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Still a lot of things from May I haven't shown! Oh well, a few anyway...
A couple of Hepatica nobilis and Anemone blanda from mid month
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Anemone ranunculoides and Anemone nemorosa later in the month
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A couple of native Androsace-
Androsace septentrionalis is not exactly showy- tiny flowers in airy umbels-- it can be showier when the monocarpic plants are in seed and drying out, when they become reddish and taller-- and if there are many plants it can be interesting... these plants are just getting started.. late May (first shot shows that rock gardening for me is also very much about rocks!)
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Androsace chamaejasme - a shot from mid May, then looking a bit more mature May26; the rosettes are not as tight and almost succulent looking as they often are in the wild (often harsh exposed sites) even though I thought of this as a Xeric bed... if I get seed, should try in some tougher spot..
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