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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Robert on October 02, 2014, 12:05:44 AM
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For me this is great. ;D
The construction of one of 3 new sand beds. It is hard to tell, but the bottom is lined with wire mesh - Now I can plant freely with worrying about all the rodents that eat many of our bulbs and other plants. This one is in full sun, another will be in shade for Erythroniums and such, the last is on the north side for dwarf Rhododendrons, Cassiope, and Phyllodoce, etc. :)
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Great, Robert. How tall are the blocks? Will you fill it just with sand or have sections with other soil mixes?
WIll you have to cover it in wire during the winter the exclude varmints?
cheers
fermi
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Great, Robert. How tall are the blocks? Will you fill it just with sand or have sections with other soil mixes?
WIll you have to cover it in wire during the winter the exclude varmints?
cheers
fermi
Fermi,
The blocks are 25cm tall. So far, I've had good success having areas with other soil mixes in my other "sand beds". The other soil mixes are very quick draining too, but can have a little humus. Plants that like extremely good drainage, such as many Astragalus etc., I use sand mixed with about 20% coarse lava rock - and no humus. The plants love it and thrive. Where I grow Primulas, dwarf Rhododendrons, Cassiope, etc. I use the sand - lava rock mix with peat and/or fir bark.
Of coarse, with all the "sand beds", I will add soil to near the top of the blocks, then pile soil even higher and work large rocks into the pile so that it looks like a mini-mountain. The holes in the blocks are also great places to plant things.
Fortunately, I do not have many above ground varmints that dig (skunks) or scratch (birds) that cause harm. So generally, I will not have to cover the top unless the wild turkeys show up. >:( I do have metal hoops that can fit over the beds so if I want frost protection on a bed (i.e. tender South African bulbs, etc.) I can cover it with row cover and/or greenhouse plastic like I do with my agricultural crops. I do not have a bed like this yet, but it is in the back of my mind.
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Robert you have one extremely valuable commodity there which I lack. SPACE! I've run out of it so there'll be no sand beds for me until we move house, a prospect which both excites me and scares the willies out of me, with all the plants I'd have to move with us and keep alive during the shift. :o
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Jamus,
Yes, moving can be scary! When the time is right I'm sure that it will all workout fine. With all the crazy stuff that seems to go on , sometimes it is hard for be to believe thing will work out. My wife is better at this than I am. Anyway, good luck with the move when the time is ripe. I'm sure we will all be hearing about it when the time comes.
Space can be a curse too. Years ago I created a garden, nursery and farm that was more than I wanted to handle after I became older. My wife and I spent a lot of time and energy down sizing. It feels so much better having something that I feel like I can handle, without help, even when I'm 100 or more. Gardening is too much fun to miss out! ;D Having said that, I agree have space available is good. There is always one more species I'd like to try.
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Hi Liriope muscari in flower, this is a great plant for a shady spot, and you get these spikes of blue flowers as well. Also another picture of Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn', it has lots of blossom and the scent is amazing.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3887/15216752728_f6b40a8244_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pbDQrE)Liriope muscari (https://flic.kr/p/pbDQrE) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3901/15380332346_c5c6f39e51_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pr7dXU)Viburnum × bodnantense Dawn (https://flic.kr/p/pr7dXU) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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Robert - a couple of winters ago the mice (I presume) found my pot of Gloriosa and over the winter months lifted all of the tubers (ten or twelve probably) and ate them. Sadly it would appear that the mice did not find them toxic judging by the lack of corpses.
Anyway, in the greenhouse;
Echinopsis subdenudata...................
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Hibiscus trionum.....................
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Outdoors, Salvia involucrata "Bethellii".....................
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I've shown this one before but it gets better every year. Blooming now, Zauschneria californica v etteri. Also, some lovely pods on Astragalus sp 'San Felipe, and the silver foliaged Zauschneria 'Wayne's select'. Still no killing frost, amazing.
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I've shown this one before but it gets better every year. Blooming now, Zauschneria californica v etteri.
Amazing Anne , what a great colour and good performance . :o
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Scutellaria suffrutescens 'Texas Rose' grown from AGS Seed Ex. seed (AGS 12/13-4581) sown early January 2013.
I have a couple of plants, this one in a South facing position that has been flowering for a few weeks now and another in an Easterly position that is just beginning. Both are in rock "pockets". I haven't grown these before and know next to nothing about them but they form a nice green clump and provided they don't outgrow their positions I would like to keep them. How should I keep them please?
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I have a Lithodora zahnii in a south facing rock "pocket" which I've had for at least three years with nary a flower- until I noticed just a few today. It has always looked healthy but never "performed" and I decided if the situation was still the same next Spring it was destined for the compost bin. A few weeks ago I took pity and gave it a large spoonful of Sulphate of Potash. I'm not saying this lead to the response I've had but it just might have. Can anyone give me tips on this one please?
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Robert - a couple of winters ago the mice (I presume) found my pot of Gloriosa and over the winter months lifted all of the tubers (ten or twelve probably) and ate them. Sadly it would appear that the mice did not find them toxic judging by the lack of corpses.
Meanie,
The rodents even drag the Amaryllidaceae around the garden. I got tied of making wire cages for all the bulbs and other plants that the rodents eat, some very dear to me. The cages just kept getting bigger and bigger, so now I'm making "sand beds' in various ways. Much easier for me and in the end I hope that I can get it all to look good too. After all I do want the garden to look nice.
The pure white Echinopsis is very sweet! 33c today - I'm getting tired of the heat for this season.
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The pure white Echinopsis is very sweet! 33c today - I'm getting tired of the heat for this season.
Try 13°c then! You'll soon "warm" to the idea of 33°c again ;D
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Taken in a small square in Lyon, France. The tree dominated the area and there were many little tables and chairs set under the spreading branches. Would love to know what it is. The pods were tremendously decorative - very long and very narrow.
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Looks like it could be some sort of Catalpa?
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I agree - looks like some sort of Catalpa. Catalpa speciosa is weedy - seedy here in California. Maybe they behave elsewhere?
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David - there are several forms of Lithodora zahnii about - your picture looks like one we have had for years with very pale-blue flowers, usually flowering very early in the year. It has done a lot better for us in the sand bed with winter glass cover (it also makes a fine plant in the covered alpine planting at Wisley). I suspect you are only likely to get good flowering with the heat of glass or given warmth radiated from stones or brickwork! There is another, or maybe a couple, of much better forms that flower later into spring/summer and with vivid gentian blue flowers, and smaller neater habit. Look out for L. zahnii 'Azureness' (ex. Ness Gardens). This flowers brilliantly for us with no protection.
The Scutellaria is a great plant - we've only had this for a year from cuttings from a friend - and it has been flowering for ages this autumn and still going strong. Similar conditions to the Lithodora - as warm and protected in winter as possible. We have it on a 'Mediterranean-bed' also covered with glass (dutch lights) over winter.
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Also seen in the Villa Ephrussi deRothschild garden, Brugmansia growing like the trees they really are and not the huge pot plants I've seen before. In another spot there was one of a different color. No identifying labels, unfortunately. The surrounding begonias were the size
of small shrubs. Maybe the Riviera is a place where things grow year round.
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David - there are several forms of Lithodora zahnii about - your picture looks like one we have had for years with very pale-blue flowers, usually flowering very early in the year. It has done a lot better for us in the sand bed with winter glass cover (it also makes a fine plant in the covered alpine planting at Wisley). I suspect you are only likely to get good flowering with the heat of glass or given warmth radiated from stones or brickwork! There is another, or maybe a couple, of much better forms that flower later into spring/summer and with vivid gentian blue flowers, and smaller neater habit. Look out for L. zahnii 'Azureness' (ex. Ness Gardens). This flowers brilliantly for us with no protection.
The Scutellaria is a great plant - we've only had this for a year from cuttings from a friend - and it has been flowering for ages this autumn and still going strong. Similar conditions to the Lithodora - as warm and protected in winter as possible. We have it on a 'Mediterranean-bed' also covered with glass (dutch lights) over winter.
Many thanks for your reply Tim. I think if I can get the Lithodora out I will pot it and see how it fares on the floor of the greenhouse and outside on the patio during the Summer.
You're right about the Scutellaria it's a lovely little plant. Since I have two I think I shall pot one and keep it in the greenhouse until late Spring and just test the other out with a basic cover with wire legs and a little plastic roof.
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Stapelia gigantea.................
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Hi meanie I like the flower on your stapelia, I've heard that the flowers on these plants give off the scent of rotten meat to attract flies to pollinate them, is that true?
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Beautiful meanie, I have been meaning to get more of the Orbeas and Stapeliads, they do well for me here.
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Hi meanie I like the flower on your stapelia, I've heard that the flowers on these plants give off the scent of rotten meat to attract flies to pollinate them, is that true?
It only opened this evening and has so far been disappointing in that regard. Maybe by the morning..............
Beautiful meanie, I have been meaning to get more of the Orbeas and Stapeliads, they do well for me here.
This is the first time that it has bloomed, but I must admit that I'm stunned by how rapidly a single finger cut off another plant has become quite a large plant.
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It only opened this evening and has so far been disappointing in that regard. Maybe by the morning..............
Yup - the spare room stank this morning when I opened the door!! :o Not Dracunculus bad, but bad enough for a houseplant!
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Anne, the catalpa is likely Catalpa ovata. Although I'm not familiar with all the genus' species, it is a more easily obtained species that fits. From the right seed source, C. ovata can grow here in zone 4 Minnesota, but it's not as hardy as speciosa or even bignonoides.
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Thanks, Rick. The pods were so long and narrow and numerous, it was really quite elegant.
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Thought I'd post a few pictures of plants which have been flowering here both through September and October. Probably the last before the killing frost will come here any day now.
1. Starting off with Cleome hirta- not an excellent picture but the markings in the flower are quite intersting.
2. Asclepias fascicularis from California has taken three years to reach flowering size, but this year it flowered for the first time. Seeds were from the SRGC Seed Ex 08/09.
3. A yellow flowered Ipomoea sp from Ethiopia surprisedly flowered even in Sweden this year. The picture is not good.
4. Another picture of the flower- not very good quality either. Does anyone know what it could be. The flowers are only about nickel-sized.
5. Not something I grow in the garden, but I picked some this September and this species is really delicious.
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Here are a few more:
1. Berkheya cirsiifolia survived the winter 2013-14 and flowered in July and then again now in October. It seems to spread by shoots and is quite spiny, but the flowers are top notch.
2. One more of Berkheya cirsiifolia
3. I've always been attatched to the plant Eryngium leavenworthii from Texas. This year it has really exceeded my expectations in height and floral display. The plant starts out metallic blue-grey, but the longer the time the more purple the bracts and stems become and it is really a terrific plant which attracts lots of late insects too.
4 & 5: Eryngium leavenworthii
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Paul - the Cleome and Eryngium are both outstanding! How large does the Cleome get?
The Ipomea is rather interesting too.
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Will you bear with me for one more set...or two ?
1. Impatiens bicolor from the SRGC Seed Ex has formed a very nice stand below the summer house kitchen window. It has really increased in height considering that the seedlings were only about 2'' when I planted them out in May.
2 & 3. Impatiens bicolor.
4. Ipomoea 'Jamie Lynn' started flowering in September.
5. I picked about two quarts of cranberries on a bog close to the summer house. They are good for making jams and homemade cranberry syrup is a valuable cocktail ingredient.
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Thank you meanie. The Cleome grows with the Eryngium and gets little water. I would say it's only about two feet tall. I will donate some seeds of the Cleome for this coming seed exchange.
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Not something I grow in the garden, but I picked some this September and this species is really delicious.
Indeed! We picked some in Scotland last month and dried them; we are about to enjoy one with pasta and truffle butter.
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1. Mentzelia decapetala is a stunning plant but the leaves are like velcro and gets stuck to clothes easily.
2. Monardella macrantha 'Marion Simpson' is also a stunner, which has survived here one winter. The flowers are clearly designed for hummingbirds so no seeds produced here.
3 & 4 . Oenothera longituba has an apropriate name with its very long floral tube.
5. I always try to pick rose hips in late summer/early fall. They are dried in the oven and then used for rose hip soup ( a most delicious desert full of vitamin C )
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Paul - really nice to see the Eryngium, I have only read about this species before. Added incentive to work on writing about umbels in the future! (the other plants are pretty interesting too!!).
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The last...for a long time ( I think )
1. & 2. Schizanthus hookeri
3. Digitalis dubia has actually flowered from this year's sowing. I have failed keeping it outdoors in the flower bed before but this year I've planted it in a pot together with Phacelia lyallii and I hope they will flower at approximately the same time next year.
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Thank you Tim ! You have already written some books on Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae ) and if you come around to including Eryngium leavenworthii I'd be glad to provide you with some pictures. It is only annual here ( and I think it is in its native habitat too ). It would be neat if it had time to set seed, but I don't really think the season will be long enough for that to happen here. Old seeds from 2007 germinated fine for me this year though.
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That was an interesting selection ,Paul - and very cheering on a dark night.
The rate of growth of the Impatiens is quite something. :o
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Conandron ramondioides
Flowers are 1 month or more later than the usual.
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That was an interesting selection ,Paul - and very cheering on a dark night.
I have to agree. :)
Can I assume that the Impatiens and Schizanthus are tender?
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Yes, they are quite tender. But the Impatiens seems to grow better in cool weather. It is annual and you have to collect seed every autumn which I have found germinates best if kept slightly moist until spring.
The Schizanthus is tender but grows rapidly once planted outside, and puts on a nice display for a long time.
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Yup - the spare room stank this morning when I opened the door!! :o Not Dracunculus bad, but bad enough for a houseplant!
It was right what I heard then ;D
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It was right what I heard then ;D
And some! It's at it's best about 24hrs after opening. Only another six blooms to come!!! :o
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Put a peg on your nose when you enter the room :)
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Clerodendrum ugandense has just started to bloom in the greenhouse..................
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Very cool flowers meanie. Do they have a scent ?
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Maybe Catalpa ovata. The ones I've seen in northern Nova Scotia where the other species are borderline were desparately brittle.
johnw
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Very cool flowers meanie. Do they have a scent ?
No scent I'm afraid.
It usually blooms outdoors over the summer but it caught a late (and surprising) frost in the spring which meant it had to start again.
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There are many Salvias blooming in the garden now.
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Generally, Salvia patens 'Cambridge Blue' blooms on and off from mid-summer on into the fall. These are the first flowers of the season. ::)
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Salvia darceyi looking good.
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I'm very happy to have Salvia sinaloensis blooming again. For years they have been without flowers. A good addition of humus has them back blooming again.
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The blue color of S. sinaloensis is just stunning ! I hve grown it once too, but it was several years ago. It is only annual here in Sweden I think. Salvia darcyi I got to survive outdoors several winters though. Beautiful pictures !
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The blue color of S. sinaloensis is just stunning ! I hve grown it once too, but it was several years ago. It is only annual here in Sweden I think. Salvia darcyi I got to survive outdoors several winters though. Beautiful pictures !
Thanks Paul. I'm impressed that you had Salvia darceyi survive over the winter in Sweden. It can be a challenge here in California, however I think that this is more a soil issue. In light, sandy soil there seems to be no problems.
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Lovely Salvias Robert!
The last raceme of flowers on my Sesbania for this year..................
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Now flowering:
Chirita sclerophylla and a big flowered Gentiana hybrid.
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Cyclamen purpurascens, three foliage forms:
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Cyclamen hederifolium:
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Cardiocrinum giganteum seedpods:
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You could never get bored with cyclamen, could you? Always something different.
Is that a type of silver stemmed oak behind the cardiocrinum?
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That's what happens when you photograph an oak with flash. It's a scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
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That's what happens when you photograph an oak with flash. It's a scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Thank you. It's an attractive youngster.
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No scent I'm afraid.
It usually blooms outdoors over the summer but it caught a late (and surprising) frost in the spring which meant it had to start again.
In the summer you usually see the blue bottle flies first before you notice it is flowering or the smell. A useful plant to grow alongside Sarracenia etc.
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We saw this houseplant recently, can anyone enlighten me as to what it is please? (Sorry about poor quality of picture but it was rather dark).
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Is it some kind of bromeliad?
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cheers
fermi
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At the end of its growing season Impatiens namchabarwensis looks best
Gerd
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We saw this houseplant recently, can anyone enlighten me as to what it is please? (Sorry about poor quality of picture but it was rather dark).
First thought was Billbergia pyramidalis, Brian - but it's "missing" some outer bracts I think ..... :-\ Not sure if they drop of at some stage and leave the flower head more exposed.
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I think the foliage is wrong for that, it was rather like a clivia's foliage.
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Hmm, yes, I see what you mean - I remain to be convinced one way or the other - fence-sitting!
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To me Aechmea fulgens (a bromeliad) looks pretty similar to Brian's plant. There are several cultivars which are offered as houseplant.
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To me Aechmea fulgens (a bromeliad) looks pretty similar to Brian's plant. There are several cultivars which are offered as houseplant.
Thank you Thomas, a quick Google search has me convinced. ;D
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Aster amellus, Michaelmas Daisy in flower here, always like to see these plants in flower at this time of year.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15538325702_98078093bc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pF4YTh)Aster Michaelmas Daisy (https://flic.kr/p/pF4YTh) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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For some reason this seed grown Lophospermum erubescens has been painfully slow growing. Worth the wait though............. (https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5607/15549069801_c125bec7e8_c.jpg)
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Meanie,
Beautiful photograph! Some months ago you posted a photograph of Solanum rantonnetii, a plant that I have missed from our garden for quite some time. About a month ago I found a doggy plant at the local nursery - not much in the way of foliage and no flowers. I bought it anyway and have nursed it back to health.
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I started the following Codonopsis from seed this spring - and now they are blooming. This one is in a container twinning around a nearby Salvia elegans. I did plant one out in the garden. It was getting ready to bloom and the rodents ate it. :( I shouldn't have been surprised!
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The seed pack was labeled C. modesta - from the best I can tell it looks about right.
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A sweet little plant that I like.
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The dear Salvia elegans it is growing on. I think that the Salvia wants to steal the show.
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Meanie,
Beautiful photograph!
Thanks!
Some months ago you posted a photograph of Solanum rantonnetii, a plant that I have missed from our garden for quite some time. About a month ago I found a doggy plant at the local nursery - not much in the way of foliage and no flowers. I bought it anyway and have nursed it back to health.
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I've found it very forgiving, although judging by the number of blooms it prefers the Californian climate!
I started the following Codonopsis from seed this spring - and now they are blooming. This one is in a container twinning around a nearby Salvia elegans. I did plant one out in the garden. It was getting ready to bloom and the rodents ate it. :( I shouldn't have been surprised!
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The seed pack was labeled C. modesta - from the best I can tell it looks about right.
Slugs and snails did for mine.............
The dear Salvia elegans it is growing on. I think that the Salvia wants to steal the show.
I've grown the pure species and last winter was kind to it. Far better than the summer blooming cultivars, but very much dependant on us getting an exceptionally mild winter.
I gave it away in the spring as I've replaced it with S.gesneriiflora for my winter blooming Salvia (space is limited).
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I gave it away in the spring as I've replaced it with S.gesneriiflora for my winter blooming Salvia (space is limited).
:o Oh my G_d!
Salvia gesneriiflora was a beast that took over our greenhouse (3.3m x 16m)! It rooted through the gravel and ground cover cloth, grew to the roof after repeated hacking. The flowers were great. I certainly hope that yours behaves itself!
Thanks for the warning with the slugs eating Codonopsis. I'll think about keeping mine in containers so I can keep them safe and for close viewing. For me they are a delight!
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Lots of old plants still hanging on and fighting against autumn but only one which is flowering for the first time. We were given it by a friend last year and it looks terrific in the front scree bed. Aster ericoides prostrata 'Snow Flurry' just abour 3 to 4 inches tall and small flowers but just look how many you get. My sort of plant :D
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Aster ericoides prostrata 'Snow Flurry' just about 3 to 4 inches tall and small flowers but just look how many you get. My sort of plant :D
I agree. My sort of plant too. Thanks for sharing the photograph. I'm curious for how many weeks it blooms? I guess you will have a better idea when you have had it for a few seasons.
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The Camellia season is getting underway: Camellia sasanqua 'Rainbow'.
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Very happy with the performance of Gentiana scabra earlier this week.
(unfortunately slugs were just as enthousiatic about it... :'( )
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Beautiful, Luc - sorry about the slugs, but I'd trade my deer for them.
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Beautiful, Luc - sorry about the slugs, but I'd trade my deer for them.
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Super looking plant despite the slugs! Would love to grow more of these gentian species... there is something about reading David Wilkie's classic book on them, and exciting to have flowers like these so late in the year.
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Robert I was checking up on where it comes from and it seems to cover pretty much all of easern USA and Canada.
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Robert I was checking up on where it comes from and it seems to cover pretty much all of easern USA and Canada.
Thanks for the information. I like using Asters (also Erigeron, Arnica, etc.) in mini-meadows here and there in the garden. The small types are best for me - one of the reasons I liked your posting. I'll do some research on the species - and most likely the variety is here in the States.
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Looking good. Salvia 'Amistad'. I doubt it will be hardy here and there doesn't seem to be any good cutting material on the plant but I'll try a small shoot and remove the flower buds.
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Looking good. Salvia 'Amistad'. I doubt it will be hardy here and there doesn't seem to be any good cutting material on the plant but I'll try a small shoot and remove the flower buds.
I've just planted one in the border to replace another plant of a different species that died. They call it "The Friendship Plant" on the label.
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A few photos from the garden before leaving for the farmers' market.
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A few photos from the garden before leaving for the farmers' market.
Knowing the hot temperatures your garden has endured, Robert, it is astonishing to see the lushness and colour you still manage to have there. Quite a remarkable achievement both for the gardener and the plants. 8)
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I'm still on the Camellia theme; Camellia sasanqua 'Maiden's Blush' and Camellia sasanqua 'Variegata'.
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Knowing the hot temperatures your garden has endured, Robert, it is astonishing to see the lushness and colour you still manage to have there. Quite a remarkable achievement both for the gardener and the plants. 8)
Maggi,
Thank you for the kind words!
Fall here is like a second spring as the plants come back into there prime if they survive the summer. More or less some simple and common annuals and perennials, but for me it is nice and cheery as I walk past this site everyday as I go about my work.
And now, hopefully, I can get over being a dumb offensive American and keep my comments positive, on our love of plants and our beautiful gardens, bring beauty to this planet.
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First flower on our Franklinia alatamaha ;D This plant is extinct in the wild and was last seen in the southern United States (Georgia) in 1803.
We have had flower buds on the Franklinia in previous years but with our warm October, this is the first time a flower has opened.
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Quite an achievement, David and such a beautiful tree. October here has been more like May as far as weather, until very recently.
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For the first time in flower in our windy garden:
Cobaea pringlei
Next year it should reach a height of 5 !! meters, when surviving the winter 8)
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How old is the Cobaea pringlei, Luit?
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Maggi, I acquired a young plant last year in October, kept it frostfree last winter (well, there no frost at all last winter ::)), planted out in April and it started new growth in June!
Must be almost 2 years old now. It should be hardy when established and with a cover of leaves in winter. It comes from mountainous region in Mexico. Last year there was an article by Roy Lancaster last year in The Garden.
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That's pretty good - I thought it might have taken longer to flower. Spectacular flower - especially at this time of year.
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Saxifraga fortunei a weed in the garden. If only the lovely pink ones would self seed.
The shrub behind is Ilex verticillata a deciduous holly which is having a really good berrying year.
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Looks very healthy Tony. Mine, which have only come into flower this week, seem to sulk. Maybe I should give them more shade.
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That's pretty good - I thought it might have taken longer to flower. Spectacular flower - especially at this time of year.
Imagine what I thought in October last year when I saw it hanging down from high trees.
My first thought was of white Lapageria ;).
Here a picture to show what I mean:
Cobaea pringlei
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Imagine what I thought in October last year when I saw it hanging down from high trees.
My first thought was of white Lapageria ;).
Here a picture to show what I mean:
Cobaea pringlei
Oh! I see what you mean. That is lovely.
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The autumn rains and cooler temperatures has triggered germination of many of our California native annuals and perennials.
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The photograph is of various native Lupinus species.
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They are all green except the upper right seed pan.
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Lupinus benthamii - I enjoy the coloration of the young seedlings. To me they look prehistoric and so beautiful and interesting in texture.
Enjoy :)
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I haven't seen seedlings of Lupinus benthamii before - they are rather odd little things - I see what you mean about them. The cotyledons look to be nearly square and textured - very odd.
Really atreat to see such things and learn from them - thanks, Robert.
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Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens 'Freckles' enjoying the mild weather.
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I haven't seen seedlings of Lupinus benthamii before - they are rather odd little things - I see what you mean about them. The cotyledons look to be nearly square and textured - very odd.
Really atreat to see such things and learn from them - thanks, Robert.
Yes, they are very interesting. All the other Lupinus species I've grown have green cotyledons. There are plenty I haven't tried. It is never ending the things we can learn. It makes things fun and interesting. Many thanks! :)
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Quite a bit of of our autumn ...
Gentiana sino-ornata 'Alex Duguid'
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Autumn and frost
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Great photos Natalia 8)
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A member of the Papilionaceae from Mexico, Amicia zygomeris flowering at about 8 foot in sunny Brooke yesterday (not quite such blue skies today!).
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Natalia,
I find the photograph "Autumn and Frost" peaceful and tranquil. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Robert, thank you! I'm glad I was able to show exactly the peace and quiet ...
And now a little for Halloween - Monsters and there are among garden plants.... :D
Green eyes Daphne see everything!
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Natalia - Daphne the green eyed monster makes a cracking photo! Love it!
Although it is November I never got to post these before my spell in hospital. Nothing that I've not shown before, but I'm just pleased with how well they're doing at the wrong time of year.
Salvias first;
S.stolonifera.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0443.jpg)
"Black and Blue"..............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0414.jpg)
S.confertiflora.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0426.jpg)
"Raspberry Royale"................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0425.jpg)
S.microphylla................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0422.jpg)
S.patens ("Oxford Blue")..............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0428.jpg)
Red form of S.microphylla.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0435.jpg)
S.involucrata.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0436.jpg)
S.cacaliifolia.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0441.jpg)
S.urica................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0445.jpg)
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The others that are still pleasing;
Iochroma australis.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0419.jpg)
Solanum rantonetii.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0421-1.jpg)
Tricyrtis hirta.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0429.jpg)
Rhodochiton...............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0431.jpg)
And two favourite Fuchsias of mine, David and Hawkshead............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0437.jpg)
Iris foetida............
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/15457263779_093744c7c1_c.jpg)
Seed grown Abutilon............
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3953/15457782868_e3b3590fa2_c.jpg)
Seed grown Canna...............
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3953/15460442420_6e4c4c91e6_c.jpg)
Salvia discolor...............
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/15430396957_023d8aacb1_c.jpg)
Finally, a slightly off colour Salvia leucantha..............
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7477/15499590819_06e03c3b69_b.jpg)