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Pictures of plants you are growing from Archibald seed
Maggi Young:
What are you growing from Archibald seed?/ Pictures of plants you are growing from Archibald seed
--- Quote from: johnw on June 22, 2012, 11:47:05 PM ---Alstromeria pallida cw 2200 m, Archibald 94-14355 5/95 flowering today. Two seedlings.
johnw - +15c and cloudy
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--- Quote from: johnw on June 22, 2012, 11:47:05 PM ---Alstromeria pallida cw 2200 m, Archibald 94-14355 5/95 flowering today. Two seedlings.
johnw - +15c and cloudy
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John, your posting of this JJA coll. gives me the chance to flag up something that I hope you and others will note and remember: we would like to gather as many photos of JJA collection plants as possible, complete with any comments etc. Yes, another project is in hand!
Cheers,
Maggi
--- Quote from: Rafa on June 21, 2012, 01:22:59 PM ---some alstroemerias blooming here in Spain, including…..
A. garaventae and also A. pallida. Probably Watson & Flores collections from JJA seedlist
Alstroemeria garaventae 2.027.000
Alstroemeria pallida 2.028.500
Alstroemeria diluta 2.026.700
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--- Quote from: Tim Ingram on June 21, 2012, 03:23:03 PM ---Rafa - what a mouthwatering collection of alstroemerias. I've grown two or three of them, but must try more - garaventae grows well outside on a raised bed, and I once had a beautiful dwarf form of hookeri which it would be lovely to grow again. Your pictures remind me of the collection I once saw in one of Jim Archibald's greenhouses, and trying to stop myself listing every species down on my seed order!
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--- Quote from: Rafa on June 21, 2012, 04:03:58 PM ---I undestand you Tim, Archibald's catalogue was a dream and a nightmare at the same time ;D. This is another form of A. garaventae of the last seeds I received
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--- Quote from: Tim Ingram on June 23, 2012, 05:46:13 PM --- I really like the idea of amassing information and photos of JJA collections. I have a lot that have come and gone in the garden (after all many were not the easiest of plants! I recall a whole lot of different bomareas). It would make a great tribute to one of finest plantsman, nurseryman, seed collector and speaker that any of us have been privileged to meet - and relatively unrecognised by the wider horticultural world. The main difficulty that I see would be in accurately assigning Jim's collection numbers to specific plants but this shouldn't be too hard to overcome with contributions from many gardeners who had seed and have kept those wonderful seedlists.
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--- Quote from: Maggi Young on June 23, 2012, 06:10:29 PM ---Yes, Tim, attribution of the proper collection numbers would be the best option but I think that even plants more loosely labelled as from JJA seed are of interest.
Of course, not all seed offered by Jim and Jenny was wild collected, and not all of it by themselves, but again, everything goes towards an overall picture of the contribution made to our gardens.
I am, naturally, collating all the photos in this Forum that are shown as being from the Archibalds to the picture listings.
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--- Quote from: Rafa on June 23, 2012, 11:12:50 PM ---
Tomorow I will take pictures of A. pallida, this is a good project and a good tribute to Jim's work. He sent me an emotional letter few months before die that It touched me a lot. I didn't meet him in person, but I will remember him forever as the generous Gentleman he was, and the important work he did for plant conservation.
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ronm:
A most worthy initiative Maggi. Another SRGC important innovation. Its such a loss if information of this type fades into oblivion with time. Bon chance, ;)
Darren:
A brilliant idea and I will certainly contribute where I can.
admin:
--- Quote from: ronm on July 18, 2012, 08:31:20 PM ---Another SRGC important innovation. Its such a loss if information of this type fades into oblivion with time.
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Indeed. This is in part to tie in with a new resource being brought to you by Maggi and Ian's hard work. All will be revealed before too long, but for now, it's safe to say that Jim Archibald's work will not be fading into oblivion. ;)
Tim Ingram:
I visited Jim and Jenny Archibald in 2005 and was wonderfully lucky to be given hospitality and the chance to explore their garden. I only have slides taken from this and a visit a couple of years earlier so can't show them on the Forum unless they are scanned, but it is the most remarkable garden I have ever seen - partly because of how beautifully and sensitively it was made, but more because of the incredible range of plants which underpinned Jim and Jenny's eye-opening seedlists. I have copies of these from 1990 and one caught my eye, in reference to Ron McBeath when he left as assistant curator at Edinburgh Botanic Garden. Jim was a wordsmith as well as a great gardener and he chose to play on the word 'curator' - 'care for' - something that all gardeners feel for plants, even if we don't have such great abilities. Those introductions to Jim's and Jenny's seedlists may have come from someone with extremely exacting standards, but he shared these rather than, as what can happen, impose them on others, and the result was to inspire so many gardeners around the world and keep our eyes open to the wonderful diversity of plants. The best legacy of all will be for new gardeners to develop specialist nurseries and collect and distribute seed and write so evocatively about plants, and give such exciting and enjoyable talks on their exploits!
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