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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Irm on March 02, 2015, 11:50:25 AM
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March in Berlin, the weather is gray windy and rainy :-[
Some Helleborus are in flower, two came from Ashwood this year, one (the yellow) is in the garden for three years. Its from a nursery in Germany.
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Lovely hellebores Irm.
I bought eight hellebores from Ashwood this year & they are all fantastic plants.
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Home again after a too brief winter break in the warmth of Florida - to be met by more snow. More snow expected by tomorrow as well.
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And more of the same
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Adonis 'Chichibo Beni' in flower
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Snow in Stirling this morning, but it is melting fast.
As you would expect, Eranthis 'Guinea Gold' and Cyclamen coum don't seem to mind. The coum have been in flower since December.
Bob
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In the snow this morning.
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Home again after a too brief winter break in the warmth of Florida - to be met by more snow. More snow expected by tomorrow as well.
I know how frustrating it is to wait for the spring, two years ago the snow melted here in April, but this year most of it is already gone from south west of Finland.
Helleborus abhasicus is coming up.
Helleborus niger 'Jacob' started to flower in December and then stayed under snow for 10 weeks and now is flowering again. :)
Galanthus nivalis is coming up.
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So pleased with this hamamelis Ruben, such a vivid colour.
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and here's it's the riviera :D
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Ranunculus calandrinioides gets more flowers from year to year, flowering
started quite early in January this season.
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Spring is very early this year, no snow at all. I'm not complaining ;)
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Two absolutely beautiful photographs, Gunilla! Lovely combinations.
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My crocus-snowdrop-meadow is coming along...
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Ipheion 'Albert Castillo'
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Not the most exciting photo but this has cheered me up no end.................
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Lobelia tupa has made it through the winter and is back in growth :)
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That is exciting, Meanie. I spotted Impatiens omeiana in two places in my garden after it's first winter in the open.
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Lobelia tupa has made it through the winter and is back in growth :)
I don't think you need to worry too much about this bad boy. ;)
I have a clump grown from Jim Archibald seed (JCA 12527). It is a triffid -sending out lots of suckers.
It grows in a south-facing slightly raised bed in sandy loam and is given no specific winter protection. It has survived at least -12C. I gather that seed from this source was collected at high altitude in chilly Chile. Still waiting for it to pull in my first Hummingbird! ::)
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I agree with Steve, athough I am not sure of the provenance of the lobelia tupa that we grow, it certainly has wanderlust and, although not protected, has survived and thrived for some years.
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That is exciting, Meanie. I spotted Impatiens omeiana in two places in my garden after it's first winter in the open.
Speaking of triffids... Expect it to quadruple every year, it's like a mint.
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I'm not surprised that it has survived as its first winter outdoors from seed was 2012/13. It just cheers me up no end as I live with depression (no big deal) and winters are hard.
I must admit that the soil is free draining but for me the trick with all the perennial Lobelia is to leave the cutting back until spring.
Interesting to hear that Steves suckers.
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Interesting to hear that Steves suckers.
Mine too Keith
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Mine too Keith
Mine is just forming an ever expanding clump.
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The first Hepatica this year is Hepatica flore plena rubra
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Yes, the hepaticas are starting to get into their best.
Hepatica transsylvanica 'Blue Jewel'
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:) a no-name, but nice
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Beautiful colouring!
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The hepaticas are gorgeous. Wonderful to see these pictures when there's nothing to see here but snow.
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Not a flower but here's a Marchantia polymorpha flaunting its male bits ;)
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Not a flower but here's a Marchantia polymorpha flaunting it's male bits ;)
Bless, it - nothing to write home about, are they? ::)
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tut, tut, Maggie...
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So course she is ::)
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Well, I like liverworts when I find them in the woods - some are rare also and well worth writing home about!
Like this: Asterella gracilis
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Sunny today but a bit windy. Almost the first time this spring that the flowers opened properly while I was at home!
Corydalis bracteata, Scilla or something, Rhododendron sutchuenense
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The snowdrops are almost finished this year, but the crocuses are still going strong although they have lasted a month already.
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These crocus displays are so cheerful! And with enough sun to open them up, too - very nice.
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Bless, it - nothing to write home about, are they? ::)
Small but lots of them Maggi
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Crocus tommasinianus, the darkest seedling I have found in the garden.
Pulsatilla vulgaris seedling, this is always the first one to flower each year.
Saxifraga growing in tufa along with self sown Pulstilla seedlings, I don't know how they survive in the tufa(Pulsatilla) but they flower every year.
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Going through a nice "purple patch" there, Mike! 8)
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First blossoms after Galanthus & Co. (1)
Saxifraga "Klondike"
Dionysia "Charlson Thomas"
Dionysia curviflora
Saxifraga x irvingii "Jenkinsiae"
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First blossoms after Galanthus & Co. (2)
Crocus sieberi ssp. sublimis 'Tricolor'
Fritillaria stenanthera
Thlaspi stylosum
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Beautiful, K-D!
Here Adonis amurensis is about to blossom.
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A nice Narcissus blooming today in one of our tubs. It may be N. rupicola or something close to that.
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First of the crocuses are starting to flower here, these are unnamed from supermarket mix bag along with unnamed G.nivalis.
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Ypsilandra thibetica-a bit weather beaten
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Four years of serious drought and still counting here in California. With all the water restrictions, it might seem the end of gardening. Not for me.
A few sweet plants from the garden this week.
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I enjoy growing Delphiniums. A pot full of D. hansenii seedlings, one of our California natives. 100% xeric, they need no summer irrigation. There are a number of California native Delphinium species for me to grow.
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Eschscholzia lobbii 'Sundew' an annual here seeded out in one of our tubs.
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Regular Eschscholzia lobbii. Here seeded out very thickly and looking good.
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I had high hopes for the Nemophila this season, and, well, things just did not turn out except this sweet little plant of Nemophila menziesii.
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A small pot full of Viola stojanowii. It needs watering during the summer, however being a small plant there is easily enough water to share with it.
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Heracleum lanatum It likes some summer irrigation. I have it planted in a small area with other water lovers. I enjoy the large bold foliage, even in the summer and fall when it becomes tattered and brown in our area.
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Erythronium multiscapoideum is 100% xeric here, even in containers. I never water them when they are dormant and they thrive. Heat is not an issue either.
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Lewisia season is starting. Long lived and easy.
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It is not surpising but your spring is far more advanced, Robert!
Here are some from my garden, yesterday.
Corydalis x 2
Cardamine enneaphylla visited already by slugs.
Seedlings of the cactus Maihuenia poeppigii. I planted out 20 specimens last year - 15 have been eaten by slugs! The rest seem to have stood the winter weather.
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Some more.
Chrysosplenium macrophyllum is a nice spring plant for moist sites. Needs a bit space though.
Gagea lutea, one of the few native bulbous plants in Norway.
Hepatica nobilis - seedling from a wild population. The buds are the faintest blue but open white.
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Trond,
A completely different mix of plants than from around here. I wish that Corydalis species were easier to grow well in our area as many seem quite beautiful - a good addition to the garden.
I like your adventuresome spirit, the willingness to try challenging plants for your garden. Cactus in wet western Norway, not what I would expect.
Spring can be long and drawn out in our part of California, sometimes the cool rainy weather lasting into early June. This slows the plants down greatly, with the blooming season lasting much longer.
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And we started spring ...
The snow melts at a tremendous speed.
First blossomed Erantis stellata and Erantis sibirica.
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Snowdrops also began to bloom.
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Great photos of hope for your spring, Natalia
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Spring is rapidly coming and warming up everything.
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Spring is rapidly coming and warming up everything.
And looking good!
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Trond,
A completely different mix of plants than from around here. I wish that Corydalis species were easier to grow well in our area as many seem quite beautiful - a good addition to the garden.
I like your adventuresome spirit, the willingness to try challenging plants for your garden. Cactus in wet western Norway, not what I would expect.
Spring can be long and drawn out in our part of California, sometimes the cool rainy weather lasting into early June. This slows the plants down greatly, with the blooming season lasting much longer.
Robert,
I think there are a lot of Corydalis species adapted to hot and dry summers.
Regarding cacti - I have always grown cacti but indoors. After seeing this species (Maihuenia poeppigii) in Argentina I decided to try it here!
Edit: Pictures from Argentina, not my garden!
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And we started spring ...
The snow melts at a tremendous speed.
First blossomed Erantis stellata and Erantis sibirica.
Snowdrops also began to bloom.
Spring is rapidly coming and warming up everything.
Very nice, Natalia and fixpix!
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Robert,
I think there are a lot of Corydalis species adapted to hot and dry summers.
Trond,
This is my thinking too. When I am ready I am sure some of them may come my way.
Despite not having much time to take care of the garden, some things are still turning out well. Yesterday I had a bit of time for the garden and found some Linanthus bicolor had established itself in the garden. The pink flowers are too small for my camera to handle, but this Polemoniaceae annual is very "sweet" mixed with other small / tiny xeric plants. I found these growing around some Salvia sonomensis, Lupinus albifrons, Eschscholzia caespitosa, Dichelostemma capitatum, and Mimulus aurantiacus. With a few more years of growth this part of the garden will be very pretty. As a matter of fact, most of the xeric plants are doing extremely well. When I get a chance I hope that I can share these with all the other forumist.
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Swan lake, a picture from March 2009. img 1265.
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Robert,
I think there are a lot of Corydalis species adapted to hot and dry summers.
Regarding cacti - I have always grown cacti but indoors. After seeing this species (Maihuenia poeppigii) in Argentina I decided to try it here!
Are those pic of it flowering in your garden?? Never get it to flower over here!
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I think Hoy's plants are little babies. Nonetheless, it's a new plant that I fancy and I hope to get it soon :)
I am more and more attracted to succulents and hardy cacti.
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Are those pic of it flowering in your garden?? Never get it to flower over here!
Wim,
No sorry. Should have said it more clearly. The pictures of the mature plants are from Argentina where I saw this cactus high up in montane landscape covered in snow in winter (it also grows at lower elevation).
My plants are 1 year old seedlings (post #46).
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Trond,
I've been growing the thing here for 7 years unprotected in a trough and it has survived everything our winters throw at it but it NEVER flowers >:( and I've heard the same from other people who grow it in Belgium; maybe not enough light in summer,..... ???
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I think Hoy's plants are little babies. Nonetheless, it's a new plant that I fancy and I hope to get it soon :)
I am more and more attracted to succulents and hardy cacti.
I can send you a couple of cuttings if you want...you'd have to root them yourself, but that's quite easy.
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Trond,
I've been growing the thing here for 7 years unprotected in a trough and it has survived everything our winters throw at it but it NEVER flowers >:( and I've heard the same from other people who grow it in Belgium; maybe not enough light in summer,..... ???
Wim,
Interesting.
Maybe your plants still are too young? I did never see small plants (your's still small to those I saw) in flower.
Some also flowered quite good in the shade of shrubs.
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Wim,
Interesting.
Maybe your plants still are too young? I did never see small plants (your's still small to those I saw) in flower.
Some also flowered quite good in the shade of shrubs.
Okay,
maybe in a couple of years....fingers crossed!
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It is always nice to see what is growing elsewhere in the world at this time of year. Here in southwestern Nova Scotia, it will be a while before we get to see anything green. Record breaking snowfall this past month. This is what we see now
Background: Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' to the left of buried sand piles (for our lavender field- also buried). A clump of Miscanthus giganteus is closer. There are other small trees planted there but they are buried.
The bed to the right of the greenhouse contains: Acer palmatum 'Glowing Embers' (visible), Acer palmatum 'Koto No Ito' (buried), Pulsatilla vulgaris Blaue and Weisse Glocke forms, Stewartia pseudocamellia (looking like a small shrub), Fothergilla major (buried), Picea omorika 'Bruns' (buried) Rhododendron hippophaeoides (also buried). I won't mention any of the heaths and heathers that are also in here, or any of the other gardens..... Grrrrr!
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Gordon,
Look at the bright side. You have no problems with slugs and snails. Here the gastropods have damaged several plants alreay!
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This is Maihuenia outside the alpine house at Wisley. Not sure if it has flowered there? We grew this quite a few years ago from John Watson seed on a raised bed covered in winter and it did begin to flower when it reached this size. Unfortunately one winter when the bed was not covered was too wet and we lost the plant. Wonderfully striking flowers. There are several hardy cacti growing on the sand beds at Wisley along with eriogonums and other dryland alpines.
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Gordon - What a modest amount of snow. The city plows took 2-3 hours to clear four storm drains at the corner of my street yesterday, it's slow going. A few pictures:
#1 - a walk through the garden past the English box, a 14ft Pieris ahead. 4ft of which is under snow.
#2- a rooftop greenhouse I look after as a volunteer, the snow has drifted up to the eaves at about 10ft
#3  - the greenhouse again
Seriously I think we are to rise from the abyss once tomorrow is past. I fear for things like Shortia, Cyclamen (especially the coums that fiunally seem to have settle in here after many failed attempts) and evergreen perennials that have been entombed in ice or snow for the past 7 weeks. The last time we had a large snowfall that stayed for a month it was the Callunas that got battered, the Ericas took the dark and ice in their stride but unfortuantely flowered out under the snow. Haven't bothered with Callunas ever since which is a great pity as the foliar colours are spectacular, I've seen them rot and winter-kill just too many times. And what of a big bed of snowdrops that were up 2" and have been in 5" of ice since early February!
See you in Annapolis Royal at the sale as we decided to go.
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Tim,
Seems I have to cover my seedlings during winter to protect against rain - if they survive slug attack!
Johnw
Looks like you have as much snow as they have 1 hour drive inland from here. We have had no snow this winter but lots of rain. Don't like that either . . . .
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Cherry blossom season has started yet here :)
Prunus x yedoensis ‘Somei-Yoshino’
Prunus pendula f. ascendens
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Tatsuo! Spring already??!! :o 8)
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k-s-kevin - Congratulations on how well the saxifragas are doing in your troughs. These little plants can "punch well above their weight" in terms of flower power and early season display, can't they? 8)
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Just catching up with all the super pictures recently spring has arrived I guess but snow flurries here today a few pictures from our garden, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
Erythronium sibiricum
Saxifraga oppositifolia gdn_
Saxifraga oppositifolia 'Corrie Fee'
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A few more Ian
blue double Hepatica
pink two-tone Hepatica
Pulsatilla halleri buds
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Always happy when these two come into flower :
Draba yunnanensis
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Draba acaulis
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Not as impressive as the saxes or Hepaticas, but nice when they come.
A few of those in flower ore are just to open in the garden:
Erythronium dens-canis
Corydalis malakensis planted by an ant
Cardamine glandulifera
Rhododendron sutchuenensis, it is quite a sight now but almost too big.
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I'm loving the pictures. It means that spring is happening somewhere, although not here.
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Finally I have something worth showing.
Erythronium dens-canis.................
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Galanthus 'Viridapice', Helleborus multifidus and Crocus tommasianus 'Ruby Giant' in my earliest spring bed.
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Androsace
hedaerantha corrected spelling to Androsace hedreantha
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k-s-kevin - These little plants can "punch well above their weight" in terms of flower power and early season display, can't they? 8)
Yep, they're fabulous plants, Maggie. Must get some more.
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Thanks Maggi.At least I got it right under the photo.
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A few things are looking good despite the serious drought conditions. Eschscholzia californica with Lupinus bicolor.
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A nice close-up of Lupinus bicolor. This is a California native annual. I never have to plant them, just keep the non-native annual grasses under control.
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More Lupinus bicolor. After 5-6 years they are spreading around fairly well. I will plug in some of our native perennial bunch grasses when I have more ready to go in the ground. Each season the flowers on the lupines get larger and the area they cover expands.
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Eschscholzia caespitosa just coming into bloom. The deer ate them down to the ground and this one survived. With a little bit of luck this one and some of its friends will start reseeding themselves in this area.
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Our farm is still mostly an oak woodland / savannah. I like Lupinus albifrons, so it is planted all over the place. Where there is enough sun they look good.
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I will take what I can get given our climate and current conditions. Primula veris.
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A few things are looking good despite the serious drought conditions. Eschscholzia californica with Lupinus bicolor.
A nice close-up of Lupinus bicolor. This is a California native annual. I never have to plant them, just keep the non-native annual grasses under control
More Lupinus bicolor. After 5-6 years they are spreading around fairly well. I will plug in some of our native perennial bunch grasses when I have more ready to go in the ground. Each season the flowers on the lupines get larger and the area they cover expands.
. I like Lupinus albifrons, so it is planted all over the place. Where there is enough sun they look good.
Wow!
Talk about the Lupin Express! ;D
Great to see, Robert,
cheers
fermi
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Lupinus bicolor looks very pretty ... and very small compare to Escholtzia !
Here's other primula :
Primula elatior
Primula x polyantha : a vigourous natural hybrid between vulgaris and veris found in Vercors Mountain. This hybrid is common in natural population but this one is very floriferous
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Thanks Maggi.At least I got it right under the photo.
Absolutely! It's just to help the search thing find pix.
As the world's worst typist, I am sympathetic!
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Wow!
Talk about the Lupin Express! ;D
Great to see, Robert,
cheers
fermi
Thanks Fermi. :)
At some point I would like to scatter seed of other California wildflowers "Fukuoka Style" and see what happens.
Lupinus bicolor looks very pretty ... and very small compare to Escholtzia !
Here's other primula :
Primula elatior
Primula x polyantha : a vigourous natural hybrid between vulgaris and veris found in Vercors Mountain. This hybrid is common in natural population but this one is very floriferous
Karaba,
Thank you for sharing the Primula photographs and a bit of information about them.
Yes, Lupinus bicolor has a tiny flower, at least compared to some of the other California species. They look very good when massed together as they are this year. They can also look good in a tub, with or without other similar sized flowering plants. I have done this in the past with very good results.
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Lots of plants now coming into flower,
Corydalis malkensis which is seeding all around the garden
Saxifraga in trough
Saxifraga in tufa
Saxifraga & Pulsatilla vulgaris in tufa
Haquetia epipactis Thor
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Lovely Mike. My Corydalis malkensis doesn't seem to seed around at all and I've had the plant for around three years.
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All wonderful plants. The corydalis is a beauty, such a pure white.
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I am rather pleased with my Stachyurus sinensis. I hope it won't fall prey to a bad winter in the future...
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All wonderful plants. The corydalis is a beauty, such a pure white.
Lovely Mike. My Corydalis malkensis doesn't seem to seed around at all and I've had the plant for around three years.
Thanks both.
David the corydalis seed themselves all over the garden without my help, perhaps the birds do it for me.
Here are two more seedlings from the garden.
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Magnolia campbellii 'Charles Raffill'
Prunus mume 'Beni-shidore'
Self sown primroses (everywhere)
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I have a bluebell in flower in the front garden. At least two weeks earlier than usual. Frit. meleagris is in bud in the front "lawn" as well.
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You all have such a lot of beautiful plants flowering right now, here the snowdrops and early crocuses and early Hellebores are the only ones.
So that is why I value the colourful leaves of Tiarellas or Heucheras, behind G.nivalis 'Flore Pleno' is Tiarella 'Tiger Stripe' in it's winter colour.
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Yes Leena, there's so much in flower even here in Romania. I wonder if I'm gonna have something blooming in June still :)
A new one for me... Euphorbia myrsinites... in bloom. I also got some seeds in the exchange so I am germinating them now.
My 3-4 Xanthoceras shrubs are in bud. But I'm not sure it's just leaves or I will have some flowers for the first time.
The Fritillaria persica bulb I planted last fall is also gonna bloom soon.
Corydalis is looking good
I love the way Rhubarb looks like when it starts growing
And some spring bulbs :)
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Fritillaria raddeana
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and the first tulipas, T. biflora
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Corydalis flexuosa...........
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Iris tuberosa..........
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Scilla siberica..........
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And the first flower bud on Fuchsia excorticata.............
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Great troughs, Kevin - and well-flowered Saxes. Really like those 8)
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Such beautifully planted and flowering troughs. Sax.'Peach Melba' looks good enough to eat!
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Wow Kevin. Perfect.
Silly me, but I'm asking. Are these yours? And what are thouse containers made of ???
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They're troughs in my back garden and they're made from concrete, painted black. They're 1 metre in diameter and too heavy to move around. The limestone I quarried myself from a farmer's field and I bought the Tufa in Derbyshire.
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Thanks, I love them :)
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Nice show there Kevin.
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Ken came in the house saying he wondered why Epimedium 'The Giant' was not sending up flower stalks in the greenhouse this spring. I told him to check the ceiling where the stems are bent across it, it snuck up behind & through 'Fragrantissimum' & a Rhododendron nuttallii hybrid!
johnw
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This is a few years old and has grown well.
It has handsome leaves but the flowers have always been caught by the frosts.
This year we've escaped!
Nice scent as well,
David
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Well at least it is spring indoors here.
Helleborus xballardiae 'Pink Frost' and Rhododendron dauricum x ludlowii.
johnw
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Lovely Edgeworthia David, I can imagine the amazing scent, how old is a few years?
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Brain,
it is probably 5 years old.
It was a risky purchase for someone living in Suffolk with our frosts but
it came through the 2010/11 winter with no problems.
It has produced buds in past seasons but they have always died.
Regards,
David
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Hello! I missed your rock beauties and came to browse. Then of course I thought I'd share mine, too. Nothing unusual, still..
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some bulb pots, my wild freesias, anemones, fragrant cyclamen (I think some persicum hybrid) and saxifraga (thought you'd help with species id!)
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I forgot my favourite spring visitor, the tiny veronica (maybe persica?) and the hazelnut flowers!
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We suffered from a very stormy day today, but springtime cannot be
stopped anymore.It is simply a pleasure to watch the plants and the
developing flowers.
Ranunculus calandrinioides forms flowers since January.
The Ranunculus vaginatus is from J. Jurasek's wild seed collection in
Bosnia- Herzegovina, but i am not sure, if ths is the correct name.
Narcissus cyclamineus was always on my wishing list, so I was happy
to get seed from a seed exchange in 2012 and evenhappier when
they flowered for the first time this spring.
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The rest:
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Your Chorispora is a new one to me. What a lovely plant. Does it have any particular cultivation requirements, Rudi?
Congrats on your lovely pot of Narcissus cyclamineus. Growing from seed certainly seems to be the best approach for this species.
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That Chorispora is most unusual and lovely. I haven't heard of this one can you tell us more Rudi ?
Here are a couple from me
Narcissus cyclamineus seems to like me and is seeding happily in my moisture bed. Also Callianthemum ids looking good at this time
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Congratulations on growing the Chorispora so well. It's a beauty.
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Many thanks, dear friends.
The seed of my Choispora bungeana origins from 3000m high scree in Kasachstan.
This species grows also in Afghanistan,Pakistan,Tien Shan Altai and Pamirs.
(Literature source: Encyclopedia of Alpines)
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A few pictures from March: Camellia grijsii, some hellebores with daphne and epimedium, some iris and narcissus.