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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Irm on February 01, 2015, 12:08:10 PM
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Welcome in February all ;D
Just back from my Berlin garden, I want to show you my best flower in the moment ;)
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And Galanthus 'three ships', flowers since Dezember :)
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Welcome in February all ;D
Just back from my Berlin garden, I want to show you my best flower in the moment ;)
Wonderful H. thibetanus!
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Irm, your hellebore is beautiful 8) 8) - and so far advanced compared to here.
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Beautiful thibetanus. And the Galanthus is gorgeous. I bought one of those last year..... it didn't survive unfortunately. :(
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And the Galanthus is gorgeous. I bought one of those last year..... it didn't survive unfortunately. :(
I'm sorry :-\ I bought three 'three ships' last spring, now I have five ;)
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For shrubs/trees in pots, in this case Camellia, underplanting with Cyclamen coum can really extend the season of interest.
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At the moment every time we come out of the back door we are engulfed in the perfume of our Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'. As it is between us and next door it keeps the perfume concentrated in this space and is almost overpowering. The RHS site says this is a medium sized shrub. I don't know what they mean by medium sized but this is about 10 feet high at present.
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At the moment every time we come out of the back door we are engulfed in the perfume of our Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'. As it is between us and next door it keeps the perfume concentrated in this space and is almost overpowering. The RHS site says this is a medium sized shrub. I don't know what they mean by medium sized but this is about 10 feet high at present.
What with your photo and that of David Nicholson in the Daphne thread : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11656.msg323651#msg323651 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11656.msg323651#msg323651) I am having serious feelings of envy.
Must feed up my languishing plant to see if it will take a burst of growth this year.
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I have to get hold of a new plant! The one I had was destroyed 3 winters ago when we had a very long and unusually cold period. The problem is that they're not for sale in Norway :(
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Must feed up my languishing plant to see if it will take a burst of growth this year.
I hate to tell you Maggi that ours isn't fed at all and I don't dare to think how big it would get if we did.
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Nice to see that there are places where galanthus and cyclamen are in bloom. The garden here is completely white but lovely. I have to imagine and remember what's under all the snow. We are on another winter storm watch until Tuesday, also with temperatures well below 0F. Sharp eyes will spot the 4 hidden troughs in the 3rd picture.
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Love the shape of the snow pillow on that trough. 8)
We're guessing you won't be taking lunch outside today, Anne?
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Nor any time in the next few months, Maggi!
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Anne's pictures from the garden look the same as here, all white. :( It helps to watch pictures in the forum from other more green gardens and make plans for the time when the spring comes. :)
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Paeonia corsica, Zakynthos, Greece. Three year old plant; first time flowering
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The best that I can offer at the moment in my garden is this lonely Katherine Hodgkin which survived the slugs...............
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7310/15859867394_9057f735ac_z.jpg)
Indoors I do have this very charming Echeveria pulidonis............
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/16483659471_7766a40d76_z.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0553.jpg?t=1423437824)
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Meanie,
nice Echeveria! I once had one which I used to bring outside during the summer and it flowered itself to death :(
My Katherine H has just showed the first flower bud also (and the slugs have awakened too >:( )
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Meanie,
nice Echeveria! I once had one which I used to bring outside during the summer and it flowered itself to death :(
I am especially pleased with this one.
My Katherine H has just showed the first flower bud also (and the slugs have awakened too >:( )
The slugs are a pain.
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The slugs here are asleep for some months to come! The chairs and tables I used in the garden to support chicken wire (deer preventive), are starting to disappear and more snow coming tomorrow.
It looks a bit bizarre if you don't know why they're there.
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They're a bit of Object D'art amongst the snowdrifts. ;-)
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No snow here, but very little sun. Dull weather. The crocuses are stretching but in wain.
The snowdrops and snowflakes (why are the snowflakes less interesting than snowdrops?) don't open but wait for more sun.
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A frosty and misty start to the day here today but followed by one of the most pleasant, sunny days we've had in a while.
Frosted leaves of Primula veris and an early Saxifraga 'Allendale Comet' (with a bit of 100mph windburn but otherwise doing well).
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Matt, your first picture is so lovely ;D
Angie :)
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Thanks Angie. It's the view from our back gate. On days like today we do consider ourselves lucky.
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Thanks Angie. It's the view from our back gate. On days like today we do consider ourselves lucky.
I should think so, it's so calming.
Angie :)
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In early summer the same view is a sea of yellow flag. This grainy photo taken at 11pm is the only one I have, so I'll have to get better this year, just a few months away :)
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Matt it looks so peaceful, not another house in sight 8)
Angie :)
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Beautiful. A sea of iris in bloom with mountains in the distance - what could be nicer?
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Apart form a few Primula vulgaris and winter Jasmine. A Snowdrop and Iris recticulata 'Cantab' are flowering, shame the iris flowers don't last long, they are spectacular.
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Love the shot of the snowdrop up to the sky, Lewis - it could be the size of a house - quite imposing towering above like that 8)
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Spring in my garden.
Eranthis hyemalis, crocus and cyclamen ......
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Nice collection of Eranthis. Beautiful display.
Love that Galanthus. nice form to it.
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A couple from the garden today:-
Corydalis wendelboii
Eranthis hyemalis, if only I could show a picture like Franz showed the other today, mine don't seem to seed around.
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Certainly more like spring over there, David, than here at our cabin!
Drove over the mountains last Saturday in beautiful weather - almost too much sun!
Although it was plenty snow at the west side of the mountains it is less here, less than usual actually.
Too sunny though the car window! Too little snow!
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Here is a woodpecker forge on the stem of a pine - and lots of food from spruce cones!
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We have seen some small birds and a flock of ptarmigans. Hares are common also but difficult to spot, they are our very early.
The shallow layer of snow can't hide even the small shrubs. (Vaccinium vitis-idea, V. mytillus, V. uligonosum, Empetrum hermafroditum and Betula nana). It is still to cold for the ants, but in a few weeks they will sun bath and bring their hot bodies down in the hive to warm up the inner chambers.
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We are at the edge of the forest here. The Norway spruce (Picea abies) makes the treeline together with the mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) and a few Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
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Anne, its hard to imagine how plants survive under that much snow, do you loose many? or is it like the books say the plants are kept dry until the snow melts. It all look's absolutely stunning.
When it snows a little where we live in Australia about 10cm which is hardly anything compared to you, the branches all snap on the shrubs and trees because of the weight, the plants can't cope they seem to burn.
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Vivienne, we've been very lucky this year that the snow has been dry and fluffy. It is usually the late, wet spring snows that can cause some damage. We don't usually lose anything due to the snow, which is quite protective of the plants. Most of our damage to plants is caused by deer. The snow actually keeps the plants at a very constant temperature, which is much higher than the air temperature, which has been very, very cold this winter. It also protects the plants from the desiccating winter winds which can cause a lot of leaf burn in an open winter.
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Anne, I noticed the protective covering coming out of the snow, are the deer native to your area or have they been introduced? Do you have to have high fences to keep them out or is the area too large to fence off? its so lovely to see what is happening on the other side of the world. We have been watching the international news which has been showing us all of the snow and the damage it has caused to buildings and cars. Keep warm.
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I'm about 45 mins. south from Anne and we have deer just 2 miles from the George Washington Bridge which puts them minutes from Times Square. It's a recent influx in the area. They routinely just walk up my street and nibble at the Hostas and Rhododendrons folks have growing in their front yard.
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Here the snow is already melting but I know there are still at least month of freezing night temperatures ahead.
Helleborus niger 'Jacob' started to flower in December, then got covered by snow and is now appearing again when the snow melts around it.
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I'm about 45 mins. south from Anne and we have deer just 2 miles from the George Washington Bridge which puts them minutes from Times Square. It's a recent influx in the area. They routinely just walk up my street and nibble at the Hostas and Rhododendrons folks have growing in their front yard.
I remember when you posted a picture of a deer in your street, Arnold - I was really surprised!
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Here the snow is already melting but I know there are still at least month of freezing night temperatures ahead.
Helleborus niger 'Jacob' started to flower in December, then got covered by snow and is now appearing again when the snow melts around it.
It's a hard life for these plants, isn't it? And for the animals too in the cold.
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It's a hard life for these plants, isn't it? And for the animals too in the cold.
Yes. Helleborus buds don't survive cold so well as snowdrops, and I'm keeping an eye on my other hellebores so that when when the snow melts I still cover them with fir branches to help protect from cold night as well as hungry hares. >:(
They don't even eat hellebores, only cut the stems and buds, I'm so happy they don't like to eat snowdrops. :)
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Vivienne, we basically live on rock and fencing would be very expensive. The deer are native but the population is way too high since their predators (wolves, etc) were exterminated in the area a long time ago. Then they are protected by limiting the season for hunting and the quantity you can kill, so they just keep proliferating. They are fussy about where their feet go, so I cover a good section of the garden with chicken wire raised above the ground - they don't try and walk on it. The garden is much too large to cover completely, unfortunately.
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I have not been able to tend to garden for over 5 weeks. :(
This generic Iris reticulata was looking good and brought good cheer. :)
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Anne, I feel for you, you wait all year for a special plant to flower and something takes it in minutes.
You were all on our news again tonight showing collapsed buildings from the weight of snow and freezing cold minus 20c. Cars running into each other slipping every where, people shovelling snow of their roof.
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Some dwarf Iris in flower. They have been like this since the 3d Feb. The same ones in pots only last about 10 days. Moral.....plant outside in the ground and leave them alone !
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What a lovely combination. It's nice to see something other than snow.
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TC
Please tell us what you use against the slugs.
Here the choice is more like 10 days in the greenhouse or no flowers outside !!!
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Helleborus 'Pink Ice' :D
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and Eranthis 'Schwefelglanz'
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John 85
I don't use anything for slug control outside just now. It's far too cold for them to survive. Slugs and snails are active when the temp. reaches about 10°C.
My regime is to go out in the dark, usually 10pm, with a torch and bamboo skewer and produce slug kebabs.
I regularly examine pots inside and outside for any signs and also look for eggs, usually under the pots. I obviously miss some but I have no serious problem...famous last words !
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Helleborus 'Pink Ice' :D
Yes, that is worth a big smile, Irm!
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The sun makes everything really glow at this time of year. The Cyclamen coum make quite a statement en masse.
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Anne, just the loveliest pictures of spring glories, thank you!
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What an amazing patch of C.coum! How long has that taken to achieve, Anne?
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Wonderful Anne. This is what gardening is all about! I enjoy seeing plants in individual detail but they don't really come to life until you put them together in the garden. Lovely to see and inspiring.
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Today was a delightful day to "walk" the farm. Most of the land has never been cultivated. 75 years ago or more cattle were grazed here. The forbes are dominated by invasive non-native grasses and other weedy species. Over the past few years I have been working on restoring the native flora. Below are some of the results.
1.) Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum) This is one of the many bulb species that are returning to the farm property. Some of the colonies are already getting quite large. Millions of seedling are coming up everywhere now.
2.) Rananculus canus - californicus With good rainfall and proper land stewardship they can grow in masses.
3.) Snakeroot (Sanicula bipinnatifida) This is a huge success. From only one colony 2 years ago they have seeded out to form 4 colonies in various locations. Selective hand weeding and land management "as with fire" has encouraged all of the natives on the farm.
4 & 5.) Dodecatheon hendersonii There are thousands now where once there were only a few. The show is fantastic. I wish that I knew how to capture this sight with a photograph.
A new arrival is Saxifraga integrifolia. I never planted them, they just showed-up. I will try again to get a good photograph. There are about 10-15 plants this year. I am looking forward to more.
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Looks like you're having wonderful success, Robert. Well done.
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How lovely to see the dodecatheons growing wild like that.
Matt, I broadcast seeds about 17 years ago.
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Love your cyclamen Anne.This is a small group at the base of my rockery resulting from a self sown original casting its own seeds and now with a little help.
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Canarina canariensis - flowering for the first time for me from seed.
Lovely flower, but I was expecting a darker and redder flower. I expect the colour varies depending on where it originally came from.
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I like the sunset shades on that.
John - that's a great variation in leaf forms from one starter!
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A glorious sunny day yesterday and spring is on its way. The crocuses in my meadow (Crocus tommasianus) are flowering.
I whish I knew what the bicoloured crocus are... Any ideas?
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The bi-colour looks like 'Vanguard', Anne, but there may be other similar varieties.
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Fantastic day today and didn't know when to stop so apologies for the quantity but promise these will be the last.How can one resist the "TOMMIES".
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Thank goodness I'm feeling well - otherwise I might have thought I'd died and gone to heaven seeing those tommies.
Just the most gorgeous display, John - I love every last one of them.
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Fantastic day today and didn't know when to stop so apologies for the quantity but promise these will be the last.How can one resist the "TOMMIES".
Don't apologise, we are loving them!
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Canarina canariensis - flowering for the first time for me from seed.
Lovely flower, but I was expecting a darker and redder flower. I expect the colour varies depending on where it originally came from.
Where are you growing yours? I had good growth on my seed grown tubers but no flowers yet.
On the plus side I have found plenty of these on my Cantua buxifolia...........
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0562.jpg)
The plant as a whole is not looking so good after the electrics failed at the top of the garden and the greenhouse hit -5°c during the cold spell.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0563.jpg)
Thankfully there is still enough material left to produce a half decent number of blooms...........
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0564.jpg)
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Just amazing to see those crocus and a good bit more... our lawn is presently full of daisies - very nice in summer - but could do with some drifts of crocus too! Is Crocus tommasinianus naturalised anywhere else in the UK apart from your garden John!!
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Fantastic display, John. I have resisted planting tommies in my garden because of their tendency to take over but as Crocus pulchellus has done just that I have decided I may as well have colour in spring to go with all the crocus leaves. I bought a couple of pots of 'Barr's Purple' at Dunblane on Saturday and will buy more dry bulbs before Autumn.
Not much colour in my garden just now (apart from white and green) but plenty in the greenhouse now Cyclamen pseudibericum is flowering.
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John, AWESOME display. Wow.
Pete, by coincidence I have a bud at present on my Canarina canariensis as well, but I'm in the southern hemisphere. Very early this year as many things are confused. Just been put into a bigger pot, so I am hoping for more than the usual one or two flowers I get..... hopefully with it being so early I'll get a good display, particularly given it now has food and better mix. 8)
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"Where are you growing yours? I had good growth on my seed grown tubers but no flowers yet."
I have my Canarina in a north facing. unheated conservatory. The seed was sown in April 2013. The flower has darkened somewhat with time.
Paul, the bud seemed to have taken many months to slowly develop - most of Winter in fact.
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Catching up with photos now I have a computer again. After a long cold dull spell the sun came out on 17th February.