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« Last post by fredg on July 05, 2025, 08:37:37 PM »
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« Last post by Guff on July 05, 2025, 06:01:39 PM »
Seedling from years ago... Clothed in Glory X Linda Beck https://garden.org/plants/view/9706/Daylily-Hemerocallis-Clothed-in-Glory/https://garden.org/plants/view/54733/Daylily-Hemerocallis-Linda-Beck/Color is splotchy like Clothed in Glory is, which isn't great. I like the shape and edge though. Stuck my above seedling onto it, Yoga Man X Every Knee Shall Bow. Seeing if the pollen that was saved is good.  
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« Last post by Maggi Young on July 04, 2025, 08:19:47 PM »
hi Fred, good to see you again!
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« Last post by fredg on July 04, 2025, 07:12:23 PM »
Just to let you know I'm still around. A small pot of Anacampseros telephiastrum f. variegatum 'Sunrise' I aquired for a very small sum on a recent visit to St. Boswell's. 
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« Last post by Guff on July 04, 2025, 01:00:48 AM »
Should get some red-cranberry colors, hopefully with a fancy edge. Going to be grown through the Winter, maybe next Summer will see some flowers.
Some new seedlings are going to have their first flowers open in another week or two. Hopefully see something blue, or special that I can use.
Not going to do many crosses this Summer, still have lots of seeds from last Summer still to start. Some are going to be grown in tubs, just dont have room to grow all of them in solo cups and pot up.
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« Last post by Knud on July 03, 2025, 09:57:03 AM »
It´s surprising that Embothrium coccineum flourishes so far up in the North! It became a tree many tried to grow in the eighties and nineties, having seen it in flower in Great Britain. At that time, most failed to be successful, even in my part of the world, which belongs to the mildest regions of Germany.
Mariette, that was interesting about the Embothrium in Germany, I did not know. We have a mild coastal climate, not cold in winter and cool in summer - to the great frustration of many people. Adding to that frustration is the year-round rain. It’s a shitty climate, really, but many plants like it. The botanical garden sits protected on the southwest facing slope of a hill and I can imagine is naturally well drained, and it is certainly well run. Their South America section was established around year 2000 and they have a number of trees and shrubs, from Chile in particular. My favourite there is a very large Buddleja globosa. I was told the Embothrium flowers well every year. One tree that does not flower every year in our garden is the Japanese Summer Camellia, Stewartia pseudo-camellia. This year, though, it is full of buds and just now in the middle of its three or so weeks of flowering. Each flower lasts a few days on the tree, then a few more on the ground as it is dropped whole. While on the tree the flowers are very popular with bumble bees but I have never seen one on a fallen flower. Each year, of course, the tree has good autumn colour. Knud
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« Last post by Jeffnz on July 02, 2025, 09:49:23 PM »
Great looking parents should be an exciting cross to wait for.
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« Last post by Guff on July 02, 2025, 09:34:44 PM »
Seedlings are growing very well. Changed up my mix again 10 parts compost 2 parts vermiculite 2 parts perlite Next round going to try it with 3 parts perlite. Have 5 seedlings of this cross, bonus seeds. JOY CAME DOWN https://springwoodgardens.com/intros15/joy.htmlX EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW https://springwoodgardens.com/intros21/EVERY%20KNEE%20SHALL%20BOW%20.html 
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« Last post by annew on July 02, 2025, 06:53:30 PM »
The last of our 2025 introductions is an addition to our musical green group:
DRYAD CAPRICE
Dryad Caprice was selected for the delicate markings on the outer segments. These begin with a bright white spot at the apex, surrounded by a solid apple-green zone over the apical quarter, which streaks as distinct green lines towards the base, dissolving into white just before the long, narrow claw. In contrast, the inner segments are a deep green, becoming slightly paler towards the base. It is a neat grower, flowering at 15cm, just above the erect leaves.
DESCRIPTION
Parents are Rosemary Burnham x Simply Glowing. Sown in 2016. Flowering height 15cm. The outer segments are 25 x 16 mm, and concave, with the lateral edges flipped out. The inner segments are 14 x 7 mm. The cylindrical ovary is 9 x 6 mm, the pedicel is 80% of length of the arching spathe. The claw is 6mm long.
The erect leaves are 120 x 20 mm and are supervolute, with hooded tips. It is also scented!
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« Last post by annew on July 02, 2025, 06:52:55 PM »
After a concentrated effort in breeding new poculiform snowdrops undertaken in 2014, I have finally begun to select the best of the 80 plus seedlings, after trialling, to join Dryad Blizzard in our Snow Group. For 2025, these are DRYAD SNOWDRIFT and DRYAD SNOWCAP and DRYAD AVALANCHE
DRYAD SNOWDRIFT
Bred from E A Bowles x The Bride, this is a plicatus x elwesii cross. The flowers are almost globular, with deeply cupped segments, diverging sharply from the claw to give a ‘shouldered’ appearance. At 19cm high, they are held clear of the leaves at flowering time, and hang gracefully from the gently curved spathe. Perhaps its most striking feature is its remarkably strong almost scent, like marzipan.
DESCRIPTION
Parents are E A Bowles x The Bride. Sown in 2014. Flowering height 19cm. The outer segments are 25 x 14mm, deeply cupped. The inner segments are 20 x 16 mm. The oval ovary is 8 x 6 mm, while the pedicel is 60% of length of the gently curved spathe. The short claw is 3mm long.
The supervolute leaves are 140 x 22 mm, hooded at their tip and are erect to arching. It is strongly almond-scented.
DRYAD ICEBERG
Also bred from Dryad Blizzard x White Perfection, this is an elwesii cross. The flowers on this clone are probably the longest of all the seedlings. The outer segments are 37mm long, compared with Dryad Blizzard, already an imposing flower, at 30mm. At 27cm high, the flowers overtop the leaves at flowering time open widely in the sun to display the inner segments.
The outer segments flare smoothly from the very long claw, and are of heavy substance, attractively cupped. The inners are shorter, but similar in shape. The overall impression is of a very large, elegant flower, which will be difficult to ignore in the garden.
DESCRIPTION
Parents are Dryad Blizzard x White Perfection. Sown in 2017. Flowering height 27cm. The outer segments are 37 x 18 mm, and concave. The inner segments are 28 x 13 mm. The oval ovary is 9 x 6 mm, the pedicel is 80% of length of the arching spathe. The claw is 8mm long.
The supervolute leaves are 230 x 27 mm and are erect to arching. It is scented.
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