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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Irm on January 01, 2016, 09:27:34 AM
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I wish You a Happy New Year 2016 :D
The Helleborus thibetanus in my Berlin Garden starts to bloom, but it will be cold and frosty the next days ::)
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Happy new year, Irm - your H. thibetanus is far advanced!
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A couple of casualties from flying glass during last week's storm.
Narcissus romieuxii rifanus. Not sure if it is correct. The angle of the flower looks ok but last time I grew it I do not remember the flowers being so wide open and certainly not with a rolled brim. I got the bulbs at the Discussion Weekend two years ago.
Gladiolus murielae. I planted some outside, some in a pot and kept a few to plant later. I forgot about them so they were very late in being planted and the first bud was showing colour when it was decapitated. I'm not sure if the other two in the pot will flower. The greenhouse is now very cold and wet with two gaping holes in the roof and no hope is being fixed soon.
The pictures have come out a bit too yellow.
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Roma, are you not afraid of the cold weather arriving now? Or will you get clear of it? Here the temperature is expected to drop 15 degrees the next few days :(
Nice flowers and a pity they were damaged but now you can enjoy them in your sitting-room ;)
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This is what it looked like until today:
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And this is what is expected when the temp drops from about +10 to -10 in 3 days! (all pictures taken today):
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And this is what is when the temp drops from about +10 to -10 in 3 days! (all pictures taken today):
Berlin, in this moment: - 12,3° and sunshine ::) Some of my plants are covered with the branches of the Christmas tree ;) ;)
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Oh, Irm, I hope everything survives. (Good idea putting the Christmas tree to good use.)
Here in the Heidelberg-region we are still waiting for winter and hoping it won't get too cold. A last Campanula trachelium is still in bloom...
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The rock garden is abloom right now with chicken wire to protect from rapaciously hungry deer. So far it has been remarkably successful as the motion detector lights are not coming on at night. More of the garden was covered this year than ever.
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Anne,
Despite the chicken wire your rock garden seems quite beautiful. It seems that you had some beautiful rock out-croppings to start with. 8)
How are you getting along with the weather? I have heard that it is way too warm out east! That is how it was last winter here in California. The plants hated it! or at least the ones I like to grow.
This year we have had a return to average, "normal", "cold" (California cold ::) ) weather. So far we have been struggling to stay average to-date on precipitation. At least there have been far more overcast days and much cooler temperatures. The weather pattern has certainly changed, but the "El Nino" rains have not arrived in our parts..... yet.
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Robert, to give you an idea of how weird our weather has been it was 70 F on Christmas day and I think that set a record. I have hellebores budding, some with blooms and none of them with brown leaves. They usually bloom starting in April, so this is really a first. Now it has gotten cold and windy and the temperatures are approaching 0 F tonight, much more normal. Don't know what will happen to the hellebores or if they'll have any flowers next spring.
Yes, the rock outcroppings are beautiful, just made for a rock garden.
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Ice flowers on the window today, after -20C last night (-18C the other day). The moss-like threads ones complement very well the mossy-green December we had. Very little snow cover outside, so I prefer not to think about it and concentrate on seeds...
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Like many others our Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' has been in flower for some time with the scent almost over-powering as we go out the back door. It is now as high as the wall of the house next door so I think we may have to prune it back soon.
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Robert, to give you an idea of how weird our weather has been it was 70 F on Christmas day and I think that set a record. I have hellebores budding, some with blooms and none of them with brown leaves. They usually bloom starting in April, so this is really a first. Now it has gotten cold and windy and the temperatures are approaching 0 F tonight, much more normal. Don't know what will happen to the hellebores or if they'll have any flowers next spring.
Yes, the rock outcroppings are beautiful, just made for a rock garden.
Last year the weather here in California was very strange. It never became cold. Only 24 days of 32 F or less. We have exceeded this already this year. Many plants did not like the lack of chilling hours and bloomed strangely or did not know when to grow, or not to grow, in the spring.
Now the weather is more "normal", however the much touted "El Nino" rains for California have not materialized. We are slowly falling farther below average to-date on precipitation. At least it is raining, .86 in. (22mm) last night. That is .86 in. more than we had last year in the whole month of January.
Good fortune with your garden this year, despite the weather. :)
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Ice flowers on the window today, after -20C last night (-18C the other day). The moss-like threads ones complement very well the mossy-green December we had. Very little snow cover outside, so I prefer not to think about it and concentrate on seeds...
It is the same here, now -20C, and tomorrow it's going to be even colder. :(
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Yesterday it was close to -42C in Northern Norway and -5C here at the coast in south. It is too cold for me, anyway!
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Like many others our Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' has been in flower for some time with the scent almost over-powering as we go out the back door. It is now as high as the wall of the house next door so I think we may have to prune it back soon.
She looks beautiful, David! It would be a shame to have to prune her unless it was really necessary. Have you' chopped' her before?
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First flower of the year for me : Iris Lazica. Unfortunately the strong winds, heavy rains and dark days make it difficult to get fully opened flowers.
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She looks beautiful, David! It would be a shame to have to prune her unless it was really necessary. Have you' chopped' her before?
Snap, see Reply 64 below
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8964.msg346387#msg346387 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8964.msg346387#msg346387)
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It is the same here, now -20C, and tomorrow it's going to be even colder. :(
I hope you at least have more snow. I had to gather snow from half of the backyard to cover my trays with sowings ??? (usually I need to dig a trench)
Yesterday it was close to -42C in Northern Norway and -5C here at the coast in south. It is too cold for me, anyway!
-5C? - this means you are getting soft Trond? ;D
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There are few flowers in my garden at this time of year which can put on a good show, but Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin' always obliges. This is the first fully open bloom at the moment, but others are waiting in the wings and will hopefully be magnificent. This lovely Iris will put up with the cold damp weather and constant rain and will never fail to be a delight to the eye!
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-5C? - this means you are getting soft Trond? ;D
Gabriela, I have always been soft but nobody noticed ;) But I am crying more for my plants than for myself! Dry cold weather and frozen soil are the worst for evergreens.
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Hi David,
I agree with Matt about your Jacqueline Postill - its an absolutely gorgeous specimen.
After nursing two very tiny ones for a couple or more years now they seem finally to be shooting. It is wonderful to imagine they could eventually grow to something so lovely. fingers crossed.
thank you for showing it,
jacqui.
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She looks beautiful, David! It would be a shame to have to prune her unless it was really necessary. Have you' chopped' her before?
Hello Matt. No we haven't done anything to it yet as we were always concerned that pruning might kill it. However a friend of our says she has pruned hers several times with no ill effect so if it continues to grow at the pace of recent years we will have to consider it.
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David hasn't said that when I bought it it was only about 20cm high and it has just got better and better ;D
We had seen it in several gardens of course, but a visit to the Hillier winter garden was the clincher as we could smell it from the entrance right through the garden, glorious.
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As I understand it, Daphne that die after pruning are usually weak/sick to start with? Your plant seems to be happy and vigorous enough so you should be ok if it comes to it. She is glorious!
It's too long since I was last at Hilliers, I'll have to plan a tour of southern gardens.
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Here're some new Helleborus hybrids from Thierry Delabroye.
Gonna post lot's of more next wek end. Just a teasing ;D
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Here're some new Helleborus hybrids from Thierry Delabroye.
Gonna post lot's of more next wek end. Just a teasing ;D
WOW
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Here're some new Helleborus hybrids from Thierry Delabroye.
Gonna post lot's of more next wek end. Just a teasing ;D
I want!
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Yann - those Helleborus hybrids are stunning!
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:c ! 13° today for us but a rainy day...
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Here're some new Helleborus hybrids from Thierry Delabroye.
Gonna post lot's of more next wek end. Just a teasing ;D
This is BIG teasing :) Rarely I see orangey forms plus that my favourites are the anemone center Hellebores!
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Here're some new Helleborus hybrids from Thierry Delabroye.
Gonna post lot's of more next wek end. Just a teasing ;D
Their apricot Hellebore line is very nice and quite distinctive! I love them!
Here in the PNW, it's wet and dark but my Hellebores are starting to bloom, along with some of my Asarum.
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The Delabroye Hellebores are stunning - must look to see when you've shown us pix from your visits in previous years , Yann - surely this seems very early?
Peppa, - Asarum flowering too? What a year this seems to be shaping up to!
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The plants are grown under polytunnels so they're very early and we don't yet have frost.
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We had some cold days and then snow. The cold before the snow resulted in frozen soil and then the snow is still lying in stead of melting although the temperature is around 0oC. We are expecting more snow this night and more cold which means we have the most wintery winter for many years!
Seedtrays under snow.
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Resting rhododendron.
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Big flocks of birds have eaten all the red ilex berries but barely touched the yellow ones.
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Footprints of roe deer. I have a family in the garden but I see only the track of them and the browsed shrubs.
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Helleborus foetidus
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Rock garden.
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Shed roof.
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The Vanda orchid is not outside now! I have it outside or in the greenhouse during summer and in the sittingroom in winter. It flowers every year (4th time now).
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We had some cold days and then snow. The cold before the snow resulted in frozen soil and then the snow is still lying in stead of melting although the temperature is around 0oC. We are expecting more snow this night and more cold which means we have the most wintery winter for many years!
I am glad you finally got some snow! Everything looks so wonderful with the white coating :)
Interesting why they wouldn't eat the yellow Ilex berries - could it be just because the colour?
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A scene from the lower foothills of the Sierra Nevada very near the Sacramento Valley, California (just over the hill). It appears the rains are finally arriving and the hills are turning green. An atmospheric river is to arrive Sunday into Monday (very El Nino like). This may bring us to average or maybe above average precipitation to date.
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Higher up the mountain - Jenkinson Reservoir. The reservoir level has not moved much in the past 2 - 3 weeks. Jenkinson Reservoir is at 3,500 feet (1,067 meters). Most of the precipitation at this elevation, and above, has fallen as snow. As this is our main source of drinking and irrigation water we are very concerned about the water level.
In the distance is the Crystal Range. 2-3 meters of snow up there! We have not seen this in many years. A very welcome sight.
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What a landscape!
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That view of the snowy Crystal Range must be very promising!
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Trond,
For me the snow always seems beautiful. How long might it last? Here at the farm the snow generally does not last long, but sometimes we can get snow for a week or so.
Yann,
Yes, I agree parts of California are extremely beautiful. I am very much looking forward to getting out soon - then many more photographs. :)
Gabriela,
Yes, a very promising snow-pack. If the next storm materializes we could have over 4-5 meters of snow on the Sierra Crest. This is nothing. In a good year there could be 7 meters of snow on the ground. Some of it is still remaining when the late Autumn snow starts to fall again. This would be a great blessing for us.
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I am glad you finally got some snow! Everything looks so wonderful with the white coating :)
Interesting why they wouldn't eat the yellow Ilex berries - could it be just because the colour?
I would like much more! We had -9.5C last night and it is the coldest for several years. Under shrubs and trees it is no snow at all :(
Regarding the ilex berries I think it is only the colour that matters. The red ones are all gone! (I find seedlings under every tree in my woodland.)
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Trond,
For me the snow always seems beautiful. How long might it last? Here at the farm the snow generally does not last long, but sometimes we can get snow for a week or so.
We are expecting mild weather from Thursday so the snow will certainly disappear during next weekend.
Sometimes the snow lasts only a couple of hours and sometimes it lasts a couple of months!When it is cold the weather is usually very dry too.
Robert, your last pictures look like April spring here!
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We are expecting mild weather from Thursday so the snow will certainly disappear during next weekend.
Sometimes the snow lasts only a couple of hours and sometimes it lasts a couple of months!When it is cold the weather is usually very dry too.
Robert, your last pictures look like April spring here!
Trond,
The weather has certainly turned mild the last few days. With good rainfall it is amazing how quickly the grasses grows - almost like over night.
We had a little over 26 mm of rain last night and are near average to-date for our precipitation. Everything looks flooded with water running off everywhere - it is nice to see this.
Most of the "natives" are up and growing now - including the Dodecatheons - their seedlings are sprouting too. :) One of the last to emerge are the Erythroniums. With the wet and stormy weather there is not much to report on from the garden, however it is mid-January and the early Arctostaphylos will start blooming any day now.
There should be good action in the garden by February - with fits and starts of coarse. :)
We can still get snow here at the farm until the 1 April. I remember the April Fools Snowstorm, way back, when we had about 15 cm of snow. That was a mess! The trees had started to leaf out and there were many broken branches. One could hear the limbs snap all night as the snow accumulated.
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Robert,
Not much green here at the moment. Neither natives nor exotics show signs of growth! We got another 1/2′ of snow today. It looks great at the moment but will not last :(
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Snowing steadily here in Ontario.
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Here we have only the lightest frosting of snow but it will stay for a while because it is cold, but nowhere near as cold as normal for theis time of year.
Robert - so glad to hear you are finally getting some moisture!
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Anne,
Is there enough snow to protect the plants? It appears to be cold, but maybe not cold enough to damage anything? Maybe spring will tell the story?
Around here extreme, dry, cold is very hard on many of the plants (lethal to many potted plants), but then our extreme is nothing compared to the cold weather you can experience.
Yes, we are extremely thankful for the rains. We are very close to average to-date, and of coarse well above last year's total at this date. Last year there was only a trace of rain in January.
I took the long way home from town today and have a few photographs of landscape - well watered! :)
I will be posting them soon in the diary.
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Robert,
Not much green here at the moment. Neither natives nor exotics show signs of growth! We got another 1/2′ of snow today. It looks great at the moment but will not last :(
Trond,
The snow generally does not last around here either. It is always beautiful while it last, then as it melts it turns into a slushy mess during the day and ice at night. Most of my life I have been self-employed so I can stay home and safe during the snow and the ice afterwards.
Sadly, there are many new comers to our area that have no idea how to drive safely when there is snow, and do not know it is better to stay a home when there is much ice. Every year there are terrible automobile accidents during such weather events. Many of our roads are very steep. I have seen cars slide down a hill completely out of control on the ice. Studded tires would help but the are not permitted. Tire chains might help, but newcomers either do not have them or do not know how to put them on.
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Robert, the plants are not even covered by the snow. It remains cold and frequently windy, which is the real killer here. The temperatures are much higher than normal - we have not once been below 0 F, and only infrequently in single digits. With no snow cover to speak of the wind is the main concern. They never give wind chill readings which would make for a different story. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the few Patagonian plants I'm trying in the garden.
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Anne,
It does not sound very promising. The cold, dry winds are very destructive of plants in our area too.
Good luck! :)
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It is cold and dry here today and expecting the same tomorrow. Fortunately no wind and a reasonable snow cover!
Picture taken at the same time as yesterday, at sunset about 4AM.
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Beautiful scene, Trond, beautiful.
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So peaceful scene... Thank you Trond ;)
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Magical Trond!
How not to fall in love with snow? (even when a bit too much of it ;)
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Thanks both of you :) I agree, it is nice to look at but it is a bit cold to be outside although I am used to much colder weather in my youth.
The coldest at in our garden has been -10C but the coldest along the road 1km away has been -16C. This is as cold as it gets here as long as the fjord is open. Now we awaits warmer weather, the temperature will rise 10-15C during the weekend.
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Trond,
10-15 C seems like a huge change in temperature!
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Now we awaits warmer weather, the temperature will rise 10-15C during the weekend.
The same here, it is now -27C, and tonight it is supposed to be only -5C.. let's see.
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In Berlin, there's also cold and snow, sunshine -8° :-\
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Thursday I logged -16C/3F and today +4C/39F! The snow is melting rapidly.
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Best day here for ages. The snow has now gone and the temperature is about 10C.
The Cyclamen coum have been in flower since before Christmas, but the first bulb to flower in the garden is Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin'. None of my snowdrops have opened their flowers yet. Picture taken this afternoon.
Bob
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Primula palinuri, Iris histrioides 'Major' (I think), dark Cyclamen coum...
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Thursday I logged -16C/3F and today +4C/39F! The snow is melting rapidly.
Trond,
What a temperature change! :o
Do you ever get heavy rain on top of a deep snow pack and then flooding? This is fairly common here in California.
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Robert,
We often have abrupt temperature changes, usually in winter, but this is a bit more than normal.
Floodings when it rains on deep snow are not uncommon farther inland and higher up in the terrain - and much later in the season. The last years it has happened several times.
Take a look:
https://www.google.no/search?q=sn%C3%B8smelting+og+flom&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgJHmwr_KAhVIBSwKHdQ0AHsQ_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=628#tbm=isch&q=+flom+Odda (https://www.google.no/search?q=sn%C3%B8smelting+og+flom&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgJHmwr_KAhVIBSwKHdQ0AHsQ_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=628#tbm=isch&q=+flom+Odda)
https://www.google.no/search?q=sn%C3%B8smelting+og+flom&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgJHmwr_KAhVIBSwKHdQ0AHsQ_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=628#imgrc=-sJiM3AP4hUL6M%3A (https://www.google.no/search?q=sn%C3%B8smelting+og+flom&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgJHmwr_KAhVIBSwKHdQ0AHsQ_AUIBygB&biw=1280&bih=628#imgrc=-sJiM3AP4hUL6M%3A)
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Just two flowers on the Iris this year.
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in the early morning...
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Trond,
Yes, I took a look at the type of flooding you can get in Norway. :o We rarely get it like that. There are many flood control dams here in California. This helps ameliorate the situation somewhat. In the mountain canyons the flooding can be very serious and dangerous, but, then, nobody lives there. Sometimes the flooding takes out a bridge of a major highway. Generally nobody gets hurt.
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Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin.
Growing outside in the corner of a trough by the kitchen door.
I'm sorry folks, but I don't have anything more worth taking a picture of at the moment!
But it is nice to see that other members are doing well with this lovely Iris. :)
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Iris reticulata 'Gordon' in an outdoor raised bed. Yesterday there were 3 open, today 12, but then it has been an unseasonal 14 deg. C today.
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As part of a bit of coursework for college on Interior plant displays, me and the rest of the class took a trip to RHS Wisley. I didn't take my proper camera but I wish I did, so all I had was my phone. I was surprised at how much was flowering. An alpine house of this size is a very distant dream of mine. ;D. Here is some of the best.
Crocus 'Midas Touch'
Primula allionii 'Emily Charlotte'
Dionysia 'Zdenek Zvolanek'
Fritillaria striata
Iris Purple Gem
(I uploaded them the correct way up, why they are laying down I don't know)
edit by maggi - sometimes happens with phone pix - I think I have corrected them.....
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The sunny mild weather here in California has brought the first few plants into bloom.
Acrtostaphylos manzanita - An excellent select form with bright pink flowers from Shasta County. Last year it did not bloom at all. This year it is putting on an excellent show of flowers.
Crocus biflorus ssp isauricus - At least this is what I purchased it as. :-\ Anyway, a good grower with our climatic conditions. There are more in the ground that will bloom a little bit later.
Cyclamen coum of all sorts. The flower buds started showing color in December, however the flowers did not open until now.
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The sunny mild weather here in California has brought the first few plants into bloom.
Acrtostaphylos manzanita - An excellent select form with bright pink flowers from Shasta County. Last year it did not bloom at all. This year it is putting on an excellent show of flowers.
Crazy colour! Why not try to get someone to propagate it by cuttings and have it into cultivation?
I tried Cyclamen coum once but I think it flowered under snow and disappeared (same like few early Galanthus).
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Crazy colour! Why not try to get someone to propagate it by cuttings and have it into cultivation?
I do propagate the deep pink Arctostaphylos and make them available at our Sacramento Farmers' Market.
I think the camera and lighting conditions have much to do with the appearance of the color. My camera is quite simple and I make the best of the limited number of manual settings it possess. This gives a small amount of control over the situation. I have to agree the colors sometimes do not turn out well and sometimes are crazy, or even terrible. :'(
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I tried Cyclamen coum once but I think it flowered under snow and disappeared (same like few early Galanthus).
I don't have experience with cyclamen flowers, mine are still just seedlings, but I have been also sceptical about very early Galanthus when there is a lot of snow and winter lasts forever. Then snowdrops start to flower under snow. We have had couple of good winters with not so much snow, this winter I don't know yet. After the snowy winters I decided that late snowdrops are best to grow here but now after the early springs also early snowdrops have had time to settle and maybe they will cope better with also snowy winters, only time will tell.
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I do propagate the deep pink Arctostaphylos and make them available at our Sacramento Farmers' Market.
I think the camera and lighting conditions have much to do with the appearance of the color. My camera is quite simple and I make the best of the limited number of manual settings it possess. This gives a small amount of control over the situation. I have to agree the colors sometimes do not turn out well and sometimes are crazy, or even terrible. :'(
I think in this case "crazy" is crazy = wow, great ! That's a really good plant!
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I think in this case "crazy" is crazy = wow, great ! That's a really good plant!
Yes Maggi! and Robert - I meant 'crazy how nice it is' :o More of a fuchsia colour, but I don't want to start a discussion on this direction ;)
I am glad that you do propagate it.
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I don't have experience with cyclamen flowers, mine are still just seedlings, but I have been also sceptical about very early Galanthus when there is a lot of snow and winter lasts forever. Then snowdrops start to flower under snow. We have had couple of good winters with not so much snow, this winter I don't know yet. After the snowy winters I decided that late snowdrops are best to grow here but now after the early springs also early snowdrops have had time to settle and maybe they will cope better with also snowy winters, only time will tell.
One year in March I dug about 25 cm and found the Galanthus in flower (I regret didn't took a picture) - but I knew precisely where it was because I only had a couple of them :) But after reading more on the forum I think I will try from seeds some fall flowering species (if I can find seeds).
Cyclamen coum may make it if you have a slightly sloped area that receives lots of sun in the spring, preferably close to a deciduous shrub or tree.
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Yes Maggi! and Robert - I meant 'crazy how nice it is' :o More of a fuchsia colour, but I don't want to start a discussion on this direction ;)
I am glad that you do propagate it.
The things I learn. :-[
I have never heard "crazy" used as "how nice". To me, in context it appeared to mean chaotic or out of sorts. My camera seems to fall into that chaotic, out of sorts category from time to time. ;D
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I think it's 1950s American, Robert - jive talk, like, that's crazy, man!
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I think it's 1950s American, Robert - jive talk, like, that's crazy, man!
Ralph,
I am willing to bet that this is correct.
Somehow from an early age I became disconnected from many, but not all, facets of Americana. My wife is the daughter of immigrants - Norway for the most part. She speaks German, Spanish, English, and can get by in other languages. Somehow I can relate to the farmer characters in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, if this makes any sense. :) Not that I understand Scotland any better than the U.S.A.
When I was young I kept company with the local farmers such as Mr. Barrett and his wife. Later one of my best friends was Kyoko - from pre-1945 Japan. Now my wife and I keep company with the Tibetan Buddhist Monks.
Maybe this explains my disconnect with American culture? ???
Anyway I hope everything is settled and okay. :) :) :)
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Ralph,
I am willing to bet that this is correct.
Somehow from an early age I became disconnected from many, but not all, facets of Americana. My wife is the daughter of immigrants - Norway for the most part. She speaks German, Spanish, English, and can get by in other languages. Somehow I can relate to the farmer characters in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, if this makes any sense. :) Not that I understand Scotland any better than the U.S.A.
When I was young I kept company with the local farmers such as Mr. Barrett and his wife. Later one of my best friends was Kyoko - from pre-1945 Japan. Now my wife and I keep company with the Tibetan Buddhist Monks.
Maybe this explains my disconnect with American culture? ???
Anyway I hope everything is settled and okay. :) :) :)
I don't know if that's a good explanation. I am an immigrant here, so English is not my first language; I do very well in French and Spanish and wouldn't get lost in Germany either. So I don't have any connection with 'Americana'. My idea is that the 'uni-language' speakers just don't have the adaptability and flexibility a multi-language speaker has.
I was trying to express my enthusiasm for a plant showing a certain 'wild beauty' that's why I called it 'crazy' (nice crazy :) Interesting to see how it stirred up more discussions than the plant itself :-\
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Hi everyone, my home, some small thing for now that have attracted my eye and I would share.
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The giganteum Cardiocrinum start.
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The Bulbocodium vernum show flower buds.
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Colchicum luteum The 'Vahsh opens a flower.
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Iris danfordiae illuminates the strip plant with its beautiful yellow color.
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The Tulbaghia violacea have not stopped to bloom all winter.
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The coum Cyclamen are blooming and the seeds germinate in a dense mat.
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Robert, the Forum is a great place for language expansion. For me, that would be "gobsmacked" and "bandjaxed", not to mention " moreish".
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Robert, the Forum is a great place for language expansion. For me, that would be "gobsmacked" and "bandjaxed", not to mention " moreish".
Anne,
I have to admit to being flummoxed at times, but I certainly appreciate the reciprocity. At times I indeed feel gobsmacked. After all the forum is so moreish how can I resist coming back for more. ;D
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Last year, I bought bulbs Eranthis hyemalis Eranthis cilicica and a department store.
I am well aware that few bulbs are certainly came alive at home, but it was stronger than me, I wanted to try.
I have soaked 24 hours and then put the garden in small groups.
For cons, I know who is who and how we see the difference.
Still, some survived.
The first to have flowered for three weeks in the Tilia.
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Today I see another that shows its face in a Buxus.
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Would it be fair to say that the first is Eranthis hyemalis and the second is cilicicum?
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Bloom has started in zone 6 Kansas.
Alan's ret. Debonair
Colchicum kesselringii
John B
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Vestia foetida flowering far too early...............
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It's about eight weeks earlier than last year and as a result the colour is not soo good and the flowers are a bit smaller. It is so loaded with buds though that it should still be in bloom come April so all is not lost!