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Pleione and Orchidaceae / Re: Pleione 2025

« Last post by Tim Harberd on June 01, 2025, 05:20:22 PM »

End of Show.

Apologies I took this shot of Senorita 4 days ago. ... And I should have taken it a couple of days before then!

This cultivar used to be in flower mid June. ......

Hey ho! I guess that might mean the plants get a longer growing season?

Tim DH

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General Forum / Re: wildlife

« Last post by fermi de Sousa on June 01, 2025, 01:21:38 PM »

Fermi
Do either cause you a problem in the garden?

The Sulphur-crested cockies can demolish a fruit crop in a few days and they dig up grassed areas in search of romulea corms! The worst thing they do is shred flowers such as daffodils - I lost a Fritillaria persica which they shredded such as it was about to flower and it never recovered.
cheers
fermi

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SRGC Shows Questions and Answers / Re: SRGC Plant Shows 2025

« Last post by Richard Green on June 01, 2025, 10:57:14 AM »

The full Programme for the day:Scottish Autumn Show and Plant Fair
Saturday 27 September 2025 (10am - 3.30pm)
Howden Park Centre, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6BW
 is now on our website here: https://www.srgc.net/add-event-20250927-autumn-show.asp.

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General Forum / Re: wildlife

« Last post by Jeffnz on May 31, 2025, 10:39:42 PM »

Fermi
Do either cause you a problem in the garden?

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Blogs and Diaries / Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald

« Last post by Jeffnz on May 31, 2025, 10:37:51 PM »

Gorse is a curse here and if subject to fire this will trigger seed release.

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Rhododendron and other Ericaceae / Re: Rhododendron 2025

« Last post by Jeffnz on May 31, 2025, 10:35:24 PM »

Very cold tolerant?

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Rhododendron and other Ericaceae / Re: Rhododendron 2025

« Last post by ashley on May 31, 2025, 01:48:40 PM »

Nice to see these Greenlanders Anders.  Thanks for posting.

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Rhododendron and other Ericaceae / Rhododendron 2025

« Last post by Anders on May 31, 2025, 11:43:12 AM »

Don't hesitate to share fotos of interesting or beautifull Rhododendron and other ericaceous plants from your garden. Here are a few from my garden. The first is a favourite, Rh. tomentosum (=L. palustre) from Kangerlussuaq, Western Greenland, a low compact form that I think is much better than the untidy European versions. The second is Rh. groenlandicum (=L. groenlandicum) from the Narsarsuaq area, Southern Greenland. The third is Phyllodoce tsugifolia (=P. nipponica var. tsugifolia) that I got from the rhododendron expert Sv. Aage Askjær.

Anders

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Blogs and Diaries / Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald

« Last post by ian mcdonald on May 31, 2025, 11:26:13 AM »

In wetter areas I saw several Common Butterwort.



One of the birds seen was a Stonechat. They inhabit areas of Gorse. An area of Gorse caught fire some time ago but is re-generating.

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Blogs and Diaries / Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald

« Last post by ian mcdonald on May 31, 2025, 11:17:00 AM »

The predicted rain is here, with cooler days. I went on a trip with the local Botany group to look for Coral Root Orchid. We found quite a few but they were almost finished flowering. The plants were at the edge of a small lake, in heavy shade.



I had a trip out to the coast to look for Coral Root Orchid at another site. I did not find any orchids but did re-find Curved Sedge, Carex maritima. This is an un-common species in the UK. There were five flowering plants and a number of non-flowering plants. It was thought the species had been lost as it has not been seen for some years.



On the marsh next to the shingle bank were many plants of Marsh Lousewort, Pedicularis palustris.



Also on the marsh were carpets of Creeping Willow, Salix repens, with their fluffy seed heads.



Marsh Cinquefoil was in flower.