Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: ruweiss on November 01, 2009, 08:48:34 PM
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Autmn in my garden - I was astonished about the autumn colours of some of the "newer" Hostas,
for example H. Blue Mouse Ears.
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Beautiful colours, Rudi.
I am most impressed that not only does the hosta have good colour, but also that so late in the season it has no holes from slugs and snails! :)
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beautiful indeed Rudi.
Here Acer buergerianum var. ningpoense that I received in seeds from China
and Acer cissifolium (from seeds too 8 years ago)
On the pics where they are both, you can see the River Doubs
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Acer mandschuricum
Acer saccharum ssp nigrum
Acer triflorum
Acer truncatum
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and for the end
Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'
Hamamellis
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Autumn ! What a great season !
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Rudi - What a perky little mouse! Another Hosta to add to the list.
johnw
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The Schizostylis, name unfortunately lost, but a good red. Also a smattering of Sarracenia hybrids.
johnw
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Dear friends,thank you for the kind replies and the attached beautiful pictures of autumn coloured plants in
your gardens.Maggi,I wonder myself,how this little Hosta stays relatively undamaged by snails and slugs in my
garden,maybe the structure of the leaves is too thick for them.The"slimers"nevertheless help themselves with
other species of this genus.Ialso like self sown Acers ,it is only a pity,that I have too little space for them
in the garden.
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Hello to all in the forum,
Just to say hello after my surgery,second knee replacement,and now in recovery for the last week.
I see there is a lot I have missed while away,so there is good reason to find out what has happend.
Meanwhile we are already in November and there is not much here to get exited about,but I might try to get some colour in the next few day`s when I get out....??
Johnw,Maybe, Schisostilis Mayor.
Best regards from Ireland were it is raining and raining and raining.
Guy
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Guy,
nice to see you again on the forum. Look forward to your picture.
A little comfort, it raining here too.
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Best regards from Ireland were it is raining and raining and raining
Our very best wishes to you, Guy.... good to hear the second surgery is over.... good luck for a fast recovery.
.... love from Aberdeen... where it has been raining and raining and raining.... but where the sun is out right now.... so I'm off out again while it lasts! ;D
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Hello to all in the forum,
Just to say hello after my surgery,second knee replacement,and now in recovery for the last week.
I see there is a lot I have missed while away,so there is good reason to find out what has happend.
Meanwhile we are already in November and there is not much here to get exited about,but I might try to get some colour in the next few day`s when I get out....??
Johnw,Maybe, Schisostilis Mayor.
Best regards from Ireland were it is raining and raining and raining.
Guy
congrats, guy :) i wish you all smooth sailing from here on :)
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Very best of luck for a quick recovery Guy - it's a good time of year to take things a bit easy and enjoy the Forum contributions :D
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Guy,
Best wishes for a speedy recuperation.
Paddy
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Hello all,
Thank You all for the warm wishes,it is just what I needed,lets hope I might dance for Xmas.
cheers,
Guy.
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I hope the results are all good, Guy! Best wishes for everything going well in the long term with the new knee. 8)
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Thanks Paul,Your wishes are well received :) :),its now just over 4 weeks for part two,and considering the state of knee and leg I'm doing great,and try to take a trip abroad on the 10Th Dec.
Wile it was driving rain here and storm all day,I did try to make a few pics,altough there is not much left here right now,I got my first Hepatica Transilvatica and lots are in but,very promissing,also a few nice Saxifrage Fort,nice to have them in flower this time of the year.there are also some snowdrops showing live in the garden.will keep an eye on them to get to post them when in flower.
Also hellebore's look promising with lots of buds showing.I look forward to bore You all with my newest in time.
cheers,
Guy
PS the pic of the acer I have named wrong,as Senkakii.......as they changed the nomenclature !!
I love the winter colour of the bark
Acer senkaki
Hepatica transylvatica 21.11.09
Salvia Leucanth Midnight
Saxifraga fortunei Black Ruby
Saxifrage fortunei christal pink
Saxifrage Fortunei Cortusifolia Rubrifolia
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What lovely things you have found to photograph, Guy, the Salvia is fabulous and the leaf colour in particular of the Saxifraga - thanks for showing them :)
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Pleasing me the most today are the various forms of Cyclamen hederifolium in my garden. 8)
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And also still making an impact is this supposedly hardy 'Begonia Beni Tochiba'. (this is my first year with it so I shall let you know next year if it is still alive! ;)) I think it looks particularly nice with the autumn leaves.
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Lovely leaf shapes and colours John.
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Pleasing me the most today are the various forms of Cyclamen hederifolium in my garden. 8)
these are fantastic :) i really should try some cyclmen inside...i think likely only purpurascens is going to make it outside here..
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John,
I just love the Cyc. hed. with the clean white leaf interior and dark green surrounds (#18). It must be striking in the flesh. :o :o
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Lovely selection, John.
Cohan, here we would consider C. hederifolium the hardiest of the cyclamens and might be a good choice for outdoors.
Paddy
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John,
I just love the Cyc. hed. with the clean white leaf interior and dark green surrounds (#18). It must be striking in the flesh. :o :o
Hi Paul
It is definitely in my top 5. It is one of Peter Moore's named forms from Tilebarn Nursery (http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=860.0) and is called 'Greville'.
Regards
John
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I think someone posted a similar leaf form they took photos of in the wild, but that is the only one I can recall looking like that. Very striking combination as the white is so clean and the green is so dark. I'll have to keep the name in mind for seed lists in the future. Definitely worthwhile tracking that one down I think. Thanks for the extra info.
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Hi Paul
You got me wondering about the seedlings - I have had a poke about and found these 3 that I presume are offspring - not sure if they are ever going to live up to Mummy though (Or should that be Daddy with a name like Greville?) ???
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Cohan, here we would consider C. hederifolium the hardiest of the cyclamens and might be a good choice for outdoors.
Paddy
I've only found C. purpurascens to be hardy outdoors here to date... in vastly different conditions than yours, though, of course.
(An aside... my green/patterned leaf plant produced about a dozen seedlings this year! Way to go, ants! ;))
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Cohan, here we would consider C. hederifolium the hardiest of the cyclamens and might be a good choice for outdoors.
Paddy
I've only found C. purpurascens to be hardy outdoors here to date... in vastly different conditions than yours, though, of course.
(An aside... my green/patterned leaf plant produced about a dozen seedlings this year! Way to go, ants! ;))
lori--this ant distribution(which of course i have heard of before) is fascinating; was this from the purpurascens you have shown before?
paddy--hederifolium and coum are in all the catalogues, but since lori has not had luck with hederifolium and johnw has mentioned losing it in a spell of -20C without snow (something that is pretty much guaranteed here at some point or points each winter) i think my odds are slim to non-existant; if anything, maybe a pot that goes somewhere sheltered in winter..
on the plus side, i was thrilled to find germination in some purpurascens seeds from two sources that i got in the fall--they had dried out after washing/before planting (didnt read directions carefully enough) then i had problems getting the moisture even in the bag-enclosed seed pots, so i was worried i had done them in, but i now have seeds up from at least 2 of 3 batches :) now i just have to keep them alive til spring..