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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: johnstephen29 on November 01, 2014, 09:57:19 PM
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Hi here are a couple of pots of Wax Begonia, Begonia Semperflorens, with loverly dark foliage. They were originally in a bedding scheme which I recently dug up as it had just about finished, I thought it wold be a shame to throw these away, so I potted them up, they should last till the first frosts. I also have two African Violets, Saintpaulia Ionantha cultivars in flower in the conservatory, they were been sold off cheap at a local garden centre at £0.50 each bargain!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15472613587_21e580f9ac_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pzgbXM)Begonia Semperflorens Wax Begonia (https://flic.kr/p/pzgbXM) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15037718284_458372e693_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oUQeJU)Saintpaulia Ionantha cultivar (https://flic.kr/p/oUQeJU) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15655779261_094fb7eca1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pRrXJD)Saintpaulia Ionantha cultivar (https://flic.kr/p/pRrXJD) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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two clones of Iris unguicularis which have been in flower for a month. Rather strange as I collected these about twenty years ago in flower during the first week of May in Turkey. I am sure they are probably called something else by now!
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Iris unguicularis is invaluable for winter flowers, scented too! This form has large flowers, 10cm across.
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Aster ageratoides 'Ezo Murazaki' - still going strong!
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Aster ageratoides 'Ezo Murazaki' - still going strong!
And with perfectly healthy foliage too! 8)
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Really nice aster, over here the severe night frosts have stopped their flowering already.
I have A.ageratoides 'Asran', but 'Ezo Murazaki' looks really nice. I wonder if it starts to flower earlier, at the same time as 'Asran' or is it a later variety?
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Rather surprised to find Primula wilsonii var anisodora in flower this afternoon in sunny Scotland. Two views of it.
In the second P. poissonii flowers can be seen between the two P. wilsonii flower stems. The P. wilsonii flowers tone in well with the weeping cotoneaster tree's berries.
Third picture shows the P. poissonii flowers.
Although sunny, it was quite cold here today and I had to de-ice my car windscreen this morning.
Bob
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Feels like the flowers are trying to stave off winter, doesn't it, with these late blooms? Getting pretty nippy here too, Bob - I guess we'll have to learn to love it .
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And we no longer have flowers - only fruits of still remain...
Malus sp = Malus manshuriса(?)
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Lonicera alpina
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The Camellias always cheer me up on a grey November day: Camellia sasanqua 'Winter's Interlude'.
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And we no longer have flowers - only fruits of still remain...
The fruit of Lonicera alpina is beautiful. Here in Northern California our Lonicera interrupta has bright red fruit now. Now all we need around here is a good snow fall and the remaining fruits and berries will look even better.
All very nice! And I liked the "eye" in the dormant Daphne stem too.
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Crocus speciosus 'Cassiope' (I think...) glowing in the setting sun today.
Probably its last display because we are expecting frost tonight.
@ Leena and Maggi: Aster ageratoides 'Ezo Murazaki' is absolutely healthy and tolerant of dry conditions (under trees and shrubs) and flowers well even in the (semi-)shade. The only drawback is that in a rich soil it can flop. By cutting it down a bit in May one can prevent this. (And the cuttings can be used to produce new plants!) I love this aster for its health, long and late flowering period and an unusual habit: the flowers open up a light purple and take on a dark purple shade over time. You can see it on the photo.
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An unnamed aster picked up at a plant sale has been flowering for weeks but is going over now after the heavy rain we've been getting in the last week or so.
This Symphyandra has flowered all summer
Both pictures were taken last month
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Generally we get good fall foliage here at the farm. Not so this year. 3 years of drought and the leaves are drying-up and turning brown. :(
They also tend to cling to the stems too. Not so nice.
This Hamamelis seedling is an exception.
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Wow! :o What a colour! I've only seen yellows and oranges on Hamamelis here. A very special seedling.
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Not much new here now, but this Salvia leucantha in a sheltered spot is trying.............
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The colour is not great, and perversely the greenfly are hanging in on there!
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Wow! :o What a colour! I've only seen yellows and oranges on Hamamelis here. A very special seedling.
I do not remember how old this plants is, but I do know it is of blooming age. I do not remember the flower color either - I will need to take note of that. It grows right next to the path I take to work - you think that I would pay attention to such things!
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Flowering now
Helleborus niger - this one is always early and usually over before Christmas
Galanthus corcyrensis
Gentiana 'Edith Sarah - warm enough this afternoon for the flowers to open after the rain stopped
An out of season bloom on Meconopsis x cookei 'Old Rose'
Also out of season - Primula 'Chevithorne Pink'
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Again the words banana and belt spring to mind!
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Some of the late season Salvias are now starting to bloom.
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S. semiatrata fits in our small Sacramento, California yard.
S. madrensis, S. gesneriiflora, and the S. mexicana group etc. get way too large for us so I will enjoy them at the WPA Garden. It is within walking distance from our small bungalow. It is generally nice taking a look see and getting some photographs.
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S. semiatrata fits in our small Sacramento, California yard.
Now that is a true stunner!
I'm wondering what kind of daylight hours and temperatures you guys are seeing at the moment?
Kalanchoe x houghtonii is a plant that I grow for summer bedding. Here's one of next years plants that is not behaving in as much as having been moved to the greenhouse it has decided to bloom now............
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Greenfly is still rampant!
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Greenfly is still rampant!
I have noted a surprising absence of greenfly in my garden in Stirling this year. A neighbour who grows roses told me that he has not had to take his usual anti-greenfly measures this year. Have other people experienced this?
Bob
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I regard the self-seeding Aquilegias around the garden as the best indicator plants for aphid infestations. If there are any around they are sure to be on the Aquilegia first. This year I have noticed almost none.
There have been more than enough slugs, snails and other critters around which have chewed holes in anything and everything, so overallI suppose it's been a case of "swings and roundabouts"............ :-X
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I have noted a surprising absence of greenfly in my garden in Stirling this year. A neighbour who grows roses told me that he has not had to take his usual anti-greenfly measures this year. Have other people experienced this?
Bob
I regard the self-seeding Aquilegias around the garden as the best indicator plants for aphid infestations. If there are any around they are sure to be on the Aquilegia first. This year I have noticed almost none.
There have been more than enough slugs, snails and other critters around which have chewed holes in anything and everything, so overallI suppose it's been a case of "swings and roundabouts"............ :-X
Jeez! I've had RSM on plants outdoors this year! Whitefly was rampant in the spring and greenfly has been ever present all year (although not prolific). The RSM has been a problem on my Erythrina, Brugmansia and Cantua.
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Now that is a true stunner!
I'm wondering what kind of daylight hours and temperatures you guys are seeing at the moment?
Day length seems to trigger the late Salvias into bloom. Right now we get about 10 hours per day. Temperatures have been above average - about 23 c as a high temperature and 10 c as a low at night. S. semiatrata always starts blooming at this time of year even when the weather is much cooler. It will bloom for us until late winter - early spring as long as it does not get too cold i.e. below -3 or -4 c.
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One doesn't expect that sort of colour at this time of year - the more is it apprecieated! Saxifraga cortusifolia var. fortunei 'Black Ruby'
More colour:
- Hosta 'Deane's Dream'
- Cyclamen hederifolium 'Fairy Rings' (given to me by a wonderful gardening friend - thank you!)
- Panicum virgatum 'Külsenmoor'
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I'm hoping that someone will have an answer to my question. During the annual fall leaf clean-up preparatory to covering everything with chicken wire, I noticed that a lot of the oak leaves had oak leaf gall. I understand that it does not usually damage the tree but am wondering if it's possible it can move on to my plants. No clean up is 100% perfect and a few leaves might spend the winter with the plants in the crevice garden. Does anyone know the answer?
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While the oak galls are a tad "galling" (sorry, couldn't help myself, you know my terrible weaknesses :-[ ) - according to the RHS they don't particularly have a detrimental effect long term on the oaks and pose no threat to other plants : https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=803 (https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=803)
This article prefers destruction and spraying - which the RHS says is,anyway, ineffective and not needed. http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/facts_about_galls.pdf (http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/facts_about_galls.pdf)
Missouri Bot. Gdn. agrees with the RHS : http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/other/galls/galls-on-trees.aspx (http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/other/galls/galls-on-trees.aspx)
so, on balnce, seems you need not worry...... :)
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I'm hoping that someone will have an answer to my question. During the annual fall leaf clean-up preparatory to covering everything with chicken wire, I noticed that a lot of the oak leaves had oak leaf gall. I understand that it does not usually damage the tree but am wondering if it's possible it can move on to my plants. No clean up is 100% perfect and a few leaves might spend the winter with the plants in the crevice garden. Does anyone know the answer?
Here in California, Oak Galls are cause by parasitic wasps. They do no harm to the oaks and the wasps do not use other plants.
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The cooler weather has brought out a two toned color on the corolla on this Abutilon hybrid.
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Beautiful!
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Many thanks, Maggi and Robert. One worry less - just the deer to somehow transfer to someone else's property - preferably that of a Bambi lover.
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The cooler weather has brought out a two toned color on the corolla on this Abutilon hybrid.
I find that the effects of temperature and daylight hours on flower colour can be quite pleasing. Here's the Kalanchoe above (post #20) back in early April...............
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.........and about a month later in mid May..............
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Beautiful!
Bolinopsis,
Beautiful, that is what I think of your Saxifraga cortusifolia var. fortunei 'Black Ruby'
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Cyclamen hederifolium 'Fairy Rings' - very nice foliage.
I find that the effects of temperature and daylight hours on flower colour can be quite pleasing. Here's the Kalanchoe above (post #20) back in early April...............
I also like that you use Kalanchoe x houghtonii as a summer bedding plant.
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Hymenoxys torreyana grown from Alplains seed flowering now outside in my large trough.
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That's a beauty. Isn't Alplains a marvelous resource for seed of western American plants?
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Hymenoxys torreyana grown from Alplains seed flowering now outside in my large trough.
Yes, its a beauty!
Here in the lower elevations of Northern California Autumn is a new beginning. Like the springtime, many plants are starting into growth with the cooler temperatures and Autumn rains.
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This Ferula species is already well advanced in growth. Many bulbs, both native and others, have also started in growth.
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There is also no shortage of plants blooming out of season, such as this Eriogonum nudum. In its native habitat it seems unpromising as an ornamental, however. for us, it is proving to be very worthy of garden culture.
It seems that more than the usual number of plants are blooming out of season this year in our garden. Then it has been very warm and no frost yet.
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Helleborus niger
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Robert do you know which Ferula you have there? I was given some seed of Ferula lancerottensis, which is quite rare in cultivation I think. I have them in the garden now and I hope they're well enough established to survive the looming summer. Are they winter hardy in your climate?
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It seems that more than the usual number of plants are blooming out of season this year in our garden.
It is certainly a strange year here. In addition to out-of-season flowers I have all sorts of plants pushing up leaves, noses and buds already, which usually I wouldn't see until well into the new year, i.e. Narcissus hedraeanthus, spring-blooming Crocus and N. jonquilla. Last year I though my jonquils were dead because I didn't see any growth until late February or early March. Yesterday I noticed a flower bud on one of them! :o I wonder if there'll be anything left to flower in the spring?
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Robert do you know which Ferula you have there? I was given some seed of Ferula lancerottensis, which is quite rare in cultivation I think. I have them in the garden now and I hope they're well enough established to survive the looming summer. Are they winter hardy in your climate?
Jamus,
Unfortunately, I do not know the species name on the Ferula. It was given to me as a tiny seedling by a gardening friend. It is plenty winter hardy up at the farm. It survived last year's December cold - 10 or so nights below -7c with little or no snow cover. This species is summer dormant and needs little or no water during the summer, so a very good plant for around our parts.
When I was first given the plant I tried watering it (a lot!)during the summer :-[ It was clearly tolerant of my blunder and really took off and grew well once it was in the ground and out of it's pot. Nice flowers too, if one likes Apiaceae. Hopefully I can get a photo in the spring when in bloom and see if anyone can ID it. Species - hybrid?
It is certainly a strange year here. In addition to out-of-season flowers I have all sorts of plants pushing up leaves, noses and buds already, which usually I wouldn't see until well into the new year, i.e. Narcissus hedraeanthus, spring-blooming Crocus and N. jonquilla. Last year I though my jonquils were dead because I didn't see any growth until late February or early March. Yesterday I noticed a flower bud on one of them! :o I wonder if there'll be anything left to flower in the spring?
Matt,
The weather has changed quickly and unexpectedly. Our first frost last night - about 3 weeks late. Maybe some of the plants will go to sleep as they should. I have to admit that I worry about the plants when growth comes out of season - like they will not survive the cold or heat etc., however most of the time they are okay.
Also, maybe you noticed that the flowering stem on the Eriogonum nudum had not elongated. Normally flowering stem are 40 - 90 cm high. I thought it looked good even if it was out of form.
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Dark miserable day with heavy rain here today; in the garden, Mahonia x media 'Lionel Fortescue'; in the polytunnel, Lavandula dentata, Buddleja auriculata and Physalis peruviana.
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Nice to see a few later flowers Ralph. Here the autumn colours are good in the early light. (The Blean, near Canterbury is particularly fine at the moment).
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Meconopsis wallichii
An out of season Gentiana acaulis
Petrocoptis cryptica (indoors)
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Meconopsis wallichii
An out of season Gentiana acaulis
Petrocoptis cryptica (indoors)
I like that Meconopsis Roma . Here Viola pedata shows some late flowers .
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Hymenoxys torreyana grown from Alplains seed flowering now outside in my large trough.
I like that one Mike !
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Flowers from today.
Canarina canariensis, Ceropegia dichototma, Cyclamen cyprium, Galanthus elwesii var monostictus and Narcissus tazetta hyb.
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On a dark, wet miserable day in November, two clumps of Iris unguicularis and Camellia 'Cornish Snow' lighten the gloom.
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Wow. Zone 9 is what my first garden enjoyed when we lived in California. The Christmas pointsettia
plant was put out in the garden where it promptly became a tree (sheltered under the eaves of the house). The next year we had a frost Christmas Eve and the tree was a mess for Christmas - blackened flowers that were hanging down like a family of bats!
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Some plants still flowering in the garden now (bad light so the pictures are not the best):
Campanula portenschlagiana (I think). Has been in flower all summer and fall.
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A Clematis. Usually it flowers early summer but it has started anew.
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An unknown Gentiana. Very late flowering. first time this year.
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Not exactly flowers but seedpods. This yellow peony selfseeds a lot.
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Viburnum farreri. Always in flower in the autumn.
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And one in a pot. It is the second year this Fasicularia bicolor is flowering. I have not dared to have it outside all winter though so I bring it inside in December until March.
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Hi Hoy isn't Fasicularia bicolor the so called hardy bromeliad?
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Some plants still flowering in the garden now (bad light so the pictures are not the best):
Campanula portenschlagiana (I think). Has been in flower all summer and fall.
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No blooms here! (But that's not unusual...) What's the very interesting-looking plant to the left and in front of the Campanula?
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Hi Hoy isn't Fasicularia bicolor the so called hardy bromeliad?
It's hardy here John, ours has come through those two dreadful winters outside, exposed to the elements, but in virtual rubble ;) If you'd like a bit remind me in June!
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John,
I had one outside a couple of years ago (had heard that it was hardy) but it didn't survive the two cold winters we had then. It certainly had survived outside last winter when the coldest temp was -4C and just a handfull of cold nights all winter. Next year I have planned to divide it and try one plant outside again.
Lori,
The little shrub is a Kalmiopsis if I remember right. It is a bit out of phase with expanding buds now.
It is also a Phlox there.
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Beautiful photographs Trond!
Here are a few of our stragglers.
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Breaded Iris blooming as if it is spring, and they are not even a repeat blooming variety.
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It is mild this year! Paper White Narcissus have been blooming for about a month now. A nice fragrance while working in the area. Some years the flowers get frozen.
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Acer palmatum 'Tsuma Beni" - very reliable with brilliant red fall foliage, even this year.
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Acer griseum generally has bright red leaves in the Autumn. Not this year, however the bark is nice.
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Hi Brian yeah I will thanks, it might be risky for you hoy, being further north. If you have plenty of offshoots you could try it again.
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Now that the farmers' market season is over, it is time to get away for a few days. :)
Despite drought conditions, Acer davidii is looking good this year, with some nice fall foliage. The trunk bark always looks good.
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No flowers - just an invasive Selaginella helvetica.
It started last year as a small plant and grew over the bigger part
of the trough. It is somehow interesting for me and I wonder how
Daphne arbuscula behaves.
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I like the Club Mosses - they have an ancient charm - and your specimen is a handsome one, Rudi . But I think your Daphne arbuscula may not be able to compete. I hope I am wrong!
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Any way you can move the Daphne arbuscula to another trough? Or maybe give the selaginella its own trough?
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I like that one Mike !
Kris
First time I've grown this plant, lets see if it puts up with our damp winter weather.
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Brugmansia sanguinea....................
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Any way you can move the Daphne arbuscula to another trough? Or maybe give the selaginella its own trough?
Thanks for your suggestion. I plan to keep the Selaginella in the trough,and don't think that it will bother the
dwarf conifers. Daphne tangutica was too long at its place and may probably not survive transplanting, so
cuttings next year will solve the problem. I made cuttings in the past years of this good form and so I am
on the safe side.