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Title: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Giles on June 15, 2010, 03:56:55 PM: Buddleja colvilei
B. colvilei
Carpenteria californica
Stuartia malacodendron
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Giles on June 15, 2010, 03:59:15 PM: Digitalis grandiflora
Digitalis purpurea
Primulas
Dracunculus vulgaris
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Giles on June 15, 2010, 04:00:50 PM: Kalmia latifolia
Liriodendron chinensis
Pterostyrax hispida
More primulas
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Maggi Young on June 15, 2010, 05:11:10 PM: How glorious are those Stuartia blooms?! 8)

Seems a lot of plants are "locally plentiful".......thanks for the trip, Giles! :)
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Giles on June 15, 2010, 06:00:51 PM: I'm glad you like it.
I'm at a loss with the spelling though -
Stewartia/Stuartia (depends if you 'believe' The PlantFinder or Bean, and then there's the Buddleja/Buddleia problem too.
'Stuartia' is really easy from seed, several of the American seed companies sell a wide range of them.
They have crazy bark.
I'm going to have a small forest of them :)
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Maggi Young on June 15, 2010, 06:40:26 PM: Quote from: Giles on June 15, 2010, 06:00:51 PM
I'm glad you like it.
I'm at a loss with the spelling though -
Stewartia/Stuartia (depends if you 'believe' The PlantFinder or Bean, and then there's the Buddleja/Buddleia problem too.
'Stuartia' is really easy from seed, several of the American seed companies sell a wide range of them.
They have crazy bark.
I'm going to have a small forest of them :)
Yes, a mine of confusion in these names.... I see that even in 1764 the artist Georg Dionysius Ehret (himself the owner of a pretty nifty name :D) titled his watercolour of the plant listed by Kew archive as Stewartia malacodendron L.....
" in large, painted letters, 'STEWARTIA, Stuartia malacodendron, Catesb. car.3. p.13. tab.13." ;D

The more things change........ eh? :-\

See the image from Kew archive here....
http://images.kew.org/pictures_654501/stewartia-malacodendron-l.html
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Onion on June 15, 2010, 06:48:47 PM: Quote from: Giles on June 15, 2010, 03:56:55 PM
Buddleja colvilei
B. colvilei

Giles,

does the Buddleja grows in a wall garden? Or on a southfacing wall? Do you know the origin of these species.
Wonderful pictures of a wonderful place.
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Giles on June 15, 2010, 06:56:26 PM: Uli,
It's Himalayan (Sikkim).
At Wisley it was against a wall, but there is one planted out in the open not far from me, and it flowers well.
The book says that hardiness improves as the plant gets bigger.
Mature plants seem to survive -15^oC
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: Onion on June 15, 2010, 07:03:20 PM: Oh a new plant introduced to the wish list ;D
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: David Nicholson on June 21, 2010, 08:53:10 PM: Just a few pics from my visit to Wisley last Friday (I have posted some Iris ensata pics on the Iris page)

Rock Garden 1
Rock Garden 2
Poolside
Triteleia Rudy' from the Alpine House
Triteleia 'Rudy' close up
Title: Re: Wisley June 2010
Post by: David Nicholson on June 21, 2010, 08:55:53 PM: On the trial grounds (which always fascinate me) a trial of Roscoea species was on-going and some images are below.