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April 2024 in the Northern Hemisphere
Robert:
Hi Gabriela,
Thank you for the information regarding the performance of Erythranthe guttata in your Ontario garden. I find such information useful for some of my projects. Here in our part of California, Erythranthe guttata appears to respond, to a certain extent, to the number of snow cover days each season. The species is quite common in the Sierra Nevada Mountains up to ~ 4,000 feet elevation. To date, I have never recorded this species above ~ 5,000 feet elevation. The number of snow cover days climbs quickly between the 4 k and 5 k feet elevation levels. I am sure that there are other factors involved. There is plenty for me to consider.
As usual, your garden is looking very beautiful. 8) The mix of plant species is very different from our selection here in California. I enjoy seeing different plant species, especially used very effectively and beautifully. Even if I could grow some of the species here in our part of California, there are practical limits to the number of plant species I can grow. In general, I just try to do the best I can with the plants that are close at hand. This includes Calochortus. For the most part they grow very well here in our part of California.
ruweiss:
Some photos from last month:
Gabriela:
--- Quote from: ruweiss on May 06, 2024, 09:23:49 PM ---Some photos from last month:
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Your Haberlea is looking very happy Rudi. I know is a tough plant but somehow I have a very small division that refuses to grow (not to mention I already lost another small plant I purchased two years ago). It is planted in the ground so this may be the problem?
I notice your plants grow among tufa blocks.
Gabriela:
Few from May, before it ends :) New in the rockery: Degenia velebitica and Polygala chamaebuxus
Primulas had a good start this spring: Primula veris 'Sunset Shades' and a new polyantha 'Violet Victorians'.
ruweiss:
Gabriela, the Haberleas were a gift from a good friend and grow since more than 20 years
between the tufa blocks in a northern position. When the temperatures get too high in summer
the leaves shrivel, but recover when it gets cooler and moister again. Friends who traveled widely
in the Balkan told me, that this the normal behaviour at their home places. Ramonda species sow
themselves easily on tufa, but I found no seedlings of Haberlea species until now.
A Ramonda myconii seedling even grows out of a crack at a railway sleeper, situated in semi shade.
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