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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: johnralphcarpenter on April 03, 2016, 06:38:01 PM
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Acers are springing into life, and Clematis armandii 'Apple Blossom' is in full flower.
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This is Gagea (lutea?) grown as a pot plant - seems to work!
Gerd
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I haven't had anything of interest to show thanks to the miserable and ongoing winter. Trond will laugh but I'm cold and had enough of it! Even the following is outside the interest of most members but here goes.
The only Stephanotis floribunda cutting from last year that took is in bloom in the porch...............
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This Jasmine is a bit of a cheat as I bought it a few weeks ago as a dried up "specimen" in the bargain bin at my local Homebase but as it cost me all of 50 pence I reckon that I have some bragging rights. All it took was some water and the warmth of the greenhouse..............
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Echeveria agavoides has been shy to flower for me over the last three years but this year I've cracked it. What it needs is a cold spell (in my greenhouse) followed by a warmer spell in the unheated porch................
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The flowers are small especially when you consider that this is a chunky leaved species...............
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Aristolachia lycica in the wild.
And its seed pod (from last year)
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Gerd: I think Gagea are rather under-rated - which I think is a shame.
ikizzeki : Aristolachia lycica is interesting - great flowers and wonderful seedpods.
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Anemonella Thalictroides 'Oscar Schoaf'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussy'
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Gerd: I think Gagea are rather under-rated - which I think is a shame.
ikizzeki : Aristolachia lycica is interesting - great flowers and wonderful seedpods.
Maggi, I can only confirm your comment according the Gagea but also to the most interesting
Aristolochia!
Gerd
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Vestia foetida.............
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It has been a victim of the mild end to 2015 as it was in bud way too early. Many buds have been lost and these early blooms are discoloured (they should be yellow with green ends and green calyces). A lot of the leaves are blackened too but they will drop soon enough.
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Primula & saxifraga flowering now my tufa wall. Never had any success before growing Primula allionii unprotected outside.
They seem to like it planted in the tufa.
Trillium kurabayashii, darkest form in the garden.
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Daphne mezereum.
Trillium kurabayashii seedlings 30 months after sowing. The seed had inadvertantly been left in the greenhouse & dried to a crisp.
Seed was just thrown onto the garden & to my great surprise it all germinated within a couple weeks.
Will have to separate sometime soon I think.
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Two fritillaria meleagris seedlings found in the garden today.
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I thought you were showing us a rich salad crop with that forest of trillium seedlings, Mike!
The very dark T. kurabayashii is super - and how well the Primula allionii look in the tufa - great tight foliage.
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Love the tufa wall Mike. Is it outside then? Very nice Primula allionii, perhaps I'll give them another go.
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Maggi, the Primula allionii have really grown well, much better than I imagined.
Love the tufa wall Mike. Is it outside then? Very nice Primula allionii, perhaps I'll give them another go.
Thanks Tristan, the wall is outside, faces due north & has no protection so the plants look after themselves.
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Daphne mezereum.
Trillium kurabayashii seedlings 30 months after sowing. The seed had inadvertantly been left in the greenhouse & dried to a crisp.
Seed was just thrown onto the garden & to my great surprise it all germinated within a couple weeks.
Will have to separate sometime soon I think.
The trillium is amazing. At what point will you start dividing?
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The trillium is amazing. At what point will you start dividing?
As this amount of germination was something of a suprise, not my usual way of growing trillium from seed, I'm not too sure
but as they start into growth next year might be the best bet.
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Ian and I have been discussing this marvelous Trillium "hatching" shown on the previous page by Mike - Ian says he'd try forking up the whole clump now and try to split it into smaller clumps before replanting, or potting to grown on further.
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Camellia japonica 'Midnight'.
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Ian and I have been discussing this marvelous Trillium "hatching" shown on the previous page by Mike - Ian says he'd try forking up the whole clump now and try to split it into smaller clumps before replanting, or potting to grown on further.
Maggie/Ian, I think I will try & sort this green vegetation soon as Ian has suggested (Josie has been seen in the vicinity with scissors in hand). If the roots get down to far they could be a problem.
Will let you know how things progress.
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Callianthemum kernerianum*. This is the first time in three attempts I've managed to get one to survive the winter.
* or possibly C. anemonoides, does anybody know the difference?
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Anemone obtusiloba "Pradesh" -Unfortunately the mild winter has favoured early Vine Weevil activity.
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The nights are still frosty but it feels like spring is here at last. A few pics from today:
Corydalis solida - spreading fast.
Scilla - spreading even faster but I do like them.
Hepatica nobilis 'Prickel' - small, late flowering and spreading very slowly.
Trillium nivale - even slower to spread. I have only this one plant so I guess I can't expect any seeds?
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Beautiful spring display!
You could try to help by hand-pollinating the Trillium.
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So beautiful, Gunilla! :)
Spring is about 2-3 weeks more advanced there than here.
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Synthyris missurica stellata -growing in a shady trough on the north side of the house.
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Beautiful, Steve. You capture the colour and detail so well in all your pictures.
I wander round the garden with the camera most days but don't get round to sharing the pictures. Here are some pulmonarias just coming into bloom.
Pulmonaria angustifolia
Pulmonaria 'Blue Crown'
Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'
Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare'
Pulmonaria longifolia ssp. cevennensis
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A few more
Pulmonaria 'Margery Fish'
Pulmonaria 'Opal'
Pulmonaria rubra
Pulmonaria rubra 'David Ward' not sure I like this one but it's different
Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst'
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Townsendia spathulata.
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Beautiful photograph Micheal.
Love your collection of Pulmonarias Roma, I'm slowly building one up. I saw a beautiful blue one earlier in the season at The Garden House, P. 'Benediction' but haven't found a supplier yet. Pic below
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Very nice Michael!!!
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Trillium hibbersonii. I acquired this in 1998 from Jack Drake; which makes it about 18 years old with me. Don’t the years just fly by, the older one gets?
I grow it in a shady trough in Melcourt composted pine bark, with about 20% added sharp builders sand and a dressing alpine grit around its neck. It has six trifoliate clusters of leaves, each one with a flower emerging.
I have seen pictures of it on the show bench and in members gardens looking great, my little plant looks quite pathetic!
So please tell me! . .What can I do to give it more gusto and vivacity? A week liquid ericaceous feed? A few pellets of Vitax Q4, or should I tease away some of the compost and replace with fresh?
Or none of the above?
Many thanks.
(P.S. I should have maybe put this in the “Cultivation Problems” section, but the photo was taken today - please move it if its inappropriate here Maggi) ::)
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Amelanchier lamarckii (snowy mespilus)
It was quite a few years ago now; that our local council put leaflets through the letterbox offering a choice of one of several small trees free to any householder who could be bothered to collect one, on a first come first served choice.
My daughter chose the snowy mespilus.
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Mercy! A council doing something useful with trees! Great!
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Mercy! A council doing something useful with trees! Great!
No! no! . . . It was my daughter and I that did something useful with the tree!
But I know exactly what you mean Maggi, I'm just being pedantic. ::) ;D
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Gunilla,
That’s a wonderful spread of Corydalis solida and seeing it in that tranquil woodland setting makes it even more so!
The first Lord Rothschild once said at a garden lecture, “No garden, however small, should be without its two acres of rough woodland”.
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Couple of pictures from last night. The biggest snowdrop is 'Falkland House', and crocuses in the first picture are C.sieberi 'Firefly' and in the second picture 'Blue Pearl'
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The first Lord Rothschild once said at a garden lecture, “No garden, however small, should be without its two acres of rough woodland”.
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Amelanchier lamarckii is a beautiful tree both in spring and in autumn. Your daughter made a good choice. My son helped me choose the same many years ago.
Leena, lovely spring pictures.
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Some spring flowers here:
Corydalis sp.
Erythronium japonicum dens-canis
Corydalis solida - I have many different colours
Primula marginata
Primula x minima alba
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. . . .and
Primula auricula
Sanguinaria canadensis waiting for sun
Helleborus orientalis seedling
Another seedling
Corydalis malakensis
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Nice selection Trond. I liked the second of your Hellebore seedlings, very flouncy and 'Victorian' looking. I liked your Primula minima alba too, I've never seen one in the 'flesh' as it were and haven't been able to find a supplier.
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Some spring flowers here:
Simply wonderful Trond! I've never seen such a nicely cultivated Primula minima (pink or white).
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I love Arum creticum, it rivals peonies for being spectacular & it's nearly a month ahead of them...
It's visible in the second photo on LHS, in front of the greenhouse
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Daphne Tichbourne.
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Townsendia incana.
Benthamiella patagonica.
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A few of Ken's Hellebores that started flowering about 2 or more weeks ago. I'm partial to the greens.
johnw
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Hard to choose a fave - all so pretty. I have a surprisingly high threshold of tolereancefor double hellebores. Pity that so many dangle their heads so much , of course.
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Double threshold extremely low, dangle away I say. ;)
john
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A few of Ken's Hellebores that started flowering about 2 or more weeks ago. I'm partial to the greens.
johnw
The dark ones for me.
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Nice selection Trond. I liked the second of your Hellebore seedlings, very flouncy and 'Victorian' looking. I liked your Primula minima alba too, I've never seen one in the 'flesh' as it were and haven't been able to find a supplier.
Thanks David. Personally I prefer simple flowers but it has its charm :)
Regarding Primula minima alba, I don't know whether they deliver to GB but they have it here: http://www.draglandplanteskole.no/PlanteSortiment.aspx?Kategori=Stauder&navpath=Planteutvalg%2fStauder (http://www.draglandplanteskole.no/PlanteSortiment.aspx?Kategori=Stauder&navpath=Planteutvalg%2fStauder)
I grow it on my shed roof!
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A Saxifraga in my "scree" bed and the Sanguinaria got the sun they wanted!
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Regarding Primula minima alba, I don't know whether they deliver to GB but they have it here: http://www.draglandplanteskole.no/PlanteSortiment.aspx?Kategori=Stauder&navpath=Planteutvalg%2fStauder (http://www.draglandplanteskole.no/PlanteSortiment.aspx?Kategori=Stauder&navpath=Planteutvalg%2fStauder)
Hi Trond, it doesn't look as though they deliver to UK anyway. Probably as well, my conditions in the Banana Belt (I wish!) wouldn't suit it at all, nice plant though it should do well in Scotland.
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Trond, your P.minima looks great!
Spring flowers here yesterday, snowdrops, crocus, Hepatica and Eranthis.
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Now flowering:
Androsace cantabrica
Androsace vandellii
Callianthemum farreri
Leontopodium haastioides - more information welcome.
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Armeria juniperifolia
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Soldanella 'Sudden Spring'
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In the polytunnel, Buddleja sterniana.
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Soldanella alpina flowering for the first time, a quick picture before a fat squirrel comes and trample on it. I am happy even with one flower :)
Hepatica americana.
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Ken was happy to land this from Thimble 10 days ago, Asteropyrum. Hasn't mentioned the price yet. Slugs got the last one.
john
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Asteropyrum is interesting isn't it? Looks like it must surely be herbaceous yet they are evergreen I believe?
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A few photographs from the garden a little earlier in the week.
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Mimulus pictus
One of our annual California native species. Seed via Ginny Hunt, Seedhunt.
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A very nice Rhododendron atlanticum hybrid. About .6 meters tall after 15 years.
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A few photographs from the garden a little earlier in the week.
Mimulus pictus
One of our annual California native species. Seed via Ginny Hunt, Seedhunt.
Well, that one certainly lives up to its name, Robert,
cheers
fermi
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Mimulus pictus
One of our annual California native species. Seed via Ginny Hunt, Seedhunt.
WOW!!. . .that Mimulus is a beauty! I have never seen that before.
That is now on my “must have” list. :)
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I'm rather fond of the woodland Cardamine / Dentarias (though C. bulbifera is a bit of a pest). They don't flower all that long but they are pretty, no trouble and make a nice contrast to the bulbs.
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Cardamine pentaphyllos
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Cardamine kitaibelii
Ypsilandra tibetica is nice at this time of the year and again no trouble. Gone over now but here is a photo a couple of weeks ago.
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Gymnospermum altaicum. A week later than G. albertii
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Gymnospermum altaicum. A week later than G. albertii
Do you have any cover over this in winter, Oleg - or is the snow enough?
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The front lawn img. 1010225, and not a stripe in sight.
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Cassiope Beatrice Lilley
Daphne x susanne Tichborne, now almost five feet across.
Paeonia cambessedesii white seedling. Is this unusual?
Tulipa saxatalis.
The patch of seedling Trillium kurabayashii posted on April 7th has now been partially split up.
800 into pots, as many again into the garden, even more elsewhere, still plenty left so if you are passing this part of Lincolnshire
call in for a few.
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WOW!!. . .that Mimulus is a beauty! I have never seen that before.
That is now on my “must have” list. :)
Yes, Mimulus pictus is certainly a beauty. There must be 30 plants in this tub - a good genetic mix and hopefully a good seed set!
When I get my latest outing posted under "blogs and diaries" there will be photographs of some of our other annual Mimulus species. They are all so charming and well worth the effort to grow, even in containers.
Well, that one certainly lives up to its name, Robert,
cheers
fermi
I enjoy cultivating many of our California native annuals. I hope to have more photographs soon. The Collinsias have just started as well as Leptosiphon bicolor.
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Do you have any cover over this in winter, Oleg - or is the snow enough?
No cover at all. I don't find the bulbs long-lived, but it self seeds which restores it
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Thanks, Oleg.
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Some of the trees are starting to flower now:
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Betula ermanii. This is a really superb tree and tolerates our windy conditions very well when other birches (including native silver birch) struggle.
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For comparison this Betula albosinensis was planted at the same time (about 12 years ago), but has grown much more slowly. Still beautiful bark though.
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Salix gracillima 'Melanostachys'. I had to coppice this tree two years ago because it was suffering from a progressive disease that caused the leaves to go crispy and branches to die back. This treatment seems to have rejuvenated it though unfortunately it's still not flowering too well.
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Salix helvetica.
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Salix hastata.
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Primroses and lungwort (P. angustifolia?) in the 'open woodland' area. This is a dryish border in semi-shade with a mix of perennials interspersed with a few shrubs and some small ash trees that will be coppiced for firewood when they are big enough.
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The lungwort up close. These are really valuable as a foil for bulbs in the spring, and the bees and butterflies love them too.
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Nepeta 'Walkers Low'. Our cat really does like this, as you can see! He doesn't tend to do the catmint much damage but he is then often stimulated to roll on the adjacent border, which doesn't do the plants there any good.
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Echium piniana. A seedling from a friend on Anglesey - to be honest I didn't really expect it to survive the winter up here but it seems fine. I wonder if it will flower this year?
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Allium unifolium looking good today.
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Some pics of the garden today:
Iris goniocarpa
Ranunculus ficaria 'Nathalie'
Tulipa 'Absalon' (virused Rembrandt-tulip)
Tulipa 'Insulinde' (virused Rembrandt-tulip)
Tulipa clusiana 'Pepeprmint Stick'
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2 parts of the shade garden
Anemone ranunculoides 'Golden Dream'
Anemone ranunculoides 'Papa'
Disporum bodinieri
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Erythronium 'Bryn Meifod'
Erythronium californicum
Erythronium x revolutum 'Moonlight Serenade'
Helonias bullata
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'
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Iris 'Blue Wind'
Iris reichenbachii
Iris 'Tooth Fairy'
Primula sieboldii 'Sangokuko'
Primula 'Strong Beer'
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Trillium albidum
Trillium grandiflorum
Uvularia grandiflora 'Gold Leaf Form'
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What a show! i'll need to pass the frontier 8)
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Wim, so nice plants and the overview of the garden!
What a stunning blue Primula you have.
Spring is advancing very slowly here, still cold nights and cool days, but I don't mind as it only prolongs the snowdrop flowering. :)
Here are some pictures from last week.
Snowdrops and Hepaticas
Corydalis solida are also now flowering, this is 'Cantata'
Snowdrops and Leucojum vernum
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Couple of more pictures of snowdrops with other plants
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Exquisite pictures Leena, and fascinating plants Wim - I have tried to grow Helonias bullata but lost it and must try again, it has that wonderful detail of flowers of Ypsilandra and I imagine would come from leaf cuttings in the same way? This is part of our garden we have been working on a lot over the last couple of years after it became over-run with nettles seeding in from the field next door. Paeonia mascula subsp. russi below Magnolia 'Susan', a lot of snowdrops (but only one form of eranthis 😉), anemones, and hellebores in the shady parts behind. It is one of most enjoyable parts of the garden but still takes a good bit of close weeding. The peony self-sows gently, whereas some of other plants spread much more vigorously but I like the natural association that results when they intermingle even though there are times when some concerted gardening is needed to reset the balance.
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Very nice Wim, Leena and Tim :)
Early this morning we were visited by a big black cloud which unlashed a heavy snowfall :o Fortunately it melted quickly.
A few pictures:
Saxifraga sp
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Primula x marginata
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Primula auricula
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Primula glabrescens
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Erythronium sp
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A few more
Primula x juliana 'lady Ferguson' ??
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Anemone ranunculoides
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Primula x juliana 'Wanda'
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Cardamine glanduligera
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Many thanks to all for the superb pictures a few from our garden today, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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The Camellia has flowered well again img. 1010259. Pleiones and a mini-scree img. 1010258.
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Paeonia mascula subsp. russi below Magnolia 'Susan',
It is a very nice looking peony, and quite early I think. I have a two year old seedling of P.mascula subsp russi, hopefully it will grow to be as good looking plant.
It is so nice to look at everyone's Primulas. Here they don't flower yet (and I don't have so many of them), but Cardamine glanduligera is in flower right now.
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Trond,
It is very nice to be able to see photographs from your garden again.
Very beautiful! I like the look of the blooming plants surrounded by snow. Here in the Sacramento Valley of California we never get anything like that.
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Two nice Narcissi grown in pots this year - Prototype and Toto - both have done very well - glad I tried them.
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Beautiful spring images from all, including those with snow :)
Nothing special from me, it will take a while to get in shape this new place. But in the late afternoon light they were looking perfect for me.
Dicentra cucullaria
The reddest of them all - Corydalis solida
Primula frondosa - the earliest here
New foliage on Epimedium 'Amber Queen'
A pinkinsh Hepatica americana that was preparing for 'sleep'
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Nothing special from me,
Crikey, I would be glad with that haul! Here in the frost pocket that is called Oxfordshire I have almost nothing (it's so bad that I've left the common weedy Primroses in as at least they're blooming).
At least Vestia foetida continues to bloom sparsely...............
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Several weeks ago the flower scapes started to emerge on a Hippeastrum which was under the staging in the greenhouse. As the days were warmer I put it out during the day and in the unheated porch at night. Not only to the stems move towards tghe light but they also move away from cold windows and this morning I woke up to this...............
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I then went outside and found three stems on my ever reliable Iris japonica had been munched off by slugs >:(
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Lovely spring flowers Gabriela.
Your red C.solida has very nice long flower stalks and good colour.
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What a show! i'll need to pass the frontier 8)
Not that far, Yann, you're always welcome!!
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I have tried to grow Helonias bullata but lost it and must try again, it has that wonderful detail of flowers of Ypsilandra and I imagine would come from leaf cuttings in the same way?
I guess it should be possible to take leaf cuttings but I finally got them growing from seed and from young plants actually...a friend of mine has a huge group which self sows in his garden and he gave me some seeds and some one year old seedling, both batches grew on but they only grow in the peat bed which is kept moist constantly...he has them growing in a small stream in his rock garden and they grow up to 50 cm tall!!
....but only one form of eranthis 😉...
:o :o :o :'(
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Primula x juliana 'lady Ferguson' ??
WOW, that one I like, where did you get it from?
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Trond,
It is very nice to be able to see photographs from your garden again.
Very beautiful! I like the look of the blooming plants surrounded by snow. Here in the Sacramento Valley of California we never get anything like that.
I am not sure I like the snow :-\ - however snow is better than the dry cold wind we have now. But I picked 35 slugs from one plant (Veratrum nigrum) in the wet snow. They seemed to have a feast >:(
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Beautiful spring images from all, including those with snow :)
Nothing special from me, it will take a while to get in shape this new place. But in the late afternoon light they were looking perfect for me.
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Looks good to me, Gabriela!
My Dicentra cucularias are just in leaf - and I doubt I will see flowers now, the slugs find them very delicious :(
On the up side: I have quite a few nice Hepatica americana seedlings ;)
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I am not sure I like the snow :-\ - however snow is better than the dry cold wind we have now. But I picked 35 slugs from one plant (Veratrum nigrum) in the wet snow. They seemed to have a feast >:(
This is incredible! and surely very distressing for you :'(
Lovely spring flowers Gabriela.
Your red C.solida has very nice long flower stalks and good colour.
Thanks Leena, indeed it elongates more than the others which is great for combining with other spring flowers. Last fall though I was only preoccupied to keep it separate
and well marked so I won't cut the bulbs by mistake when starting work in the garden.
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Several weeks ago the flower scapes started to emerge on a Hippeastrum which was under the staging in the greenhouse. As the days were warmer I put it out during the day and in the unheated porch at night. Not only to the stems move towards tghe light but they also move away from cold windows and this morning I woke up to this...............
I then went outside and found three stems on my ever reliable Iris japonica had been munched off by slugs >:(
Meanie, what a pity! And slugs I know firsthand. One nice Trillium and several other plants ready to flower have been destroyed the last days :'(
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WOW, that one I like, where did you get it from?
Wim, I bought it at the local nursery. Sometimes they have very nice plants for sale. I am not quite sure of the name though, therefore the ???
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This is incredible! and surely very distressing for you :'(
You bet! But I still hope it will be less than last year.
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Wim, I bought it at the local nursery. Sometimes they have very nice plants for sale. I am not quite sure of the name though, therefore the ???
It looks very much like Primula 'Lady Greer' but that one is light yellow and yours looks snow-white. The picture of 'Lady Ferguson' I can find on Karl Kristensen's website shows a reddish-purple one as being that one. Whatever it is, yours is nice.
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We had also snow last night, though it may look pretty I'm not at all inspired to go out and take photos of it. I hope it will all melt away today as it is now above zero.
Here are some pictures from last week. Peonies are coming up, P.obovata is one of the earliest and it doesn't mind cold nights.
Also some Helleborus x hybridus are very advanced in growth and already flowering while some others are still in bud.
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Meanie, what a pity! And slugs I know firsthand. One nice Trillium and several other plants ready to flower have been destroyed the last days :'(
The Hippaestrum was my own stupid fault really.
But the slugs are a different matter. They are going to be a plague this year. Even the bearded Iris are looking tatty thanks to the slugs.
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Lathraea clandestina. This interesting parasitic plant grows on the roots of willows and produces masses of scented purple flowers in spring. It never appears in exactly the same place twice.
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Lathraea clandestina. This interesting parasitic plant grows on the roots of willows and produces masses of scented purple flowers in spring. It never appears in exactly the same place twice.
Wow - such a beauty! Did you spread seeds around or just appeared by itself?
Too bad these Orobanchaceae are hard to cultivate.
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A few photographs of the California native annual Collinsia heterophylla in our Sacramento garden. They will continue blooming for many weeks now.
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Below a very attractive form of Eriogonum ursinum. Most of the time the flowers are a pale yellow. This plant has been blooming for about a month now! :)
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Wow - such a beauty! Did you spread seeds around or just appeared by itself?
Too bad these Orobanchaceae are hard to cultivate.
Actually Gabriela I've not found it at all difficult. It needs established Salix spp. to grow on - in the wild it seems to prefer wet conditions on clay but here it seems to tolerate our rather thin loamy stuff well. The roots grow an inch or two below soil level and are whitish, rather like the rhizomes of Dentaria bulbifera or Dicentra formosa. It seems to take quite a lot of water from the willows if it isn't wet enough as the soil around the plant can be physically wet when all around is dry. I established mine by planting pieces of root next to willow roots in the garden. I've not seen the seed but I'm sure it is around I'll take a look at the right time.
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Actually Gabriela I've not found it at all difficult. It needs established Salix spp. to grow on - in the wild it seems to prefer wet conditions on clay but here it seems to tolerate our rather thin loamy stuff well. The roots grow an inch or two below soil level and are whitish, rather like the rhizomes of Dentaria bulbifera or Dicentra formosa. It seems to take quite a lot of water from the willows if it isn't wet enough as the soil around the plant can be physically wet when all around is dry. I established mine by planting pieces of root next to willow roots in the garden. I've not seen the seed but I'm sure it is around I'll take a look at the right time.
Should anyone come across seeds I am very interested! I try to establish hemiparasitic and holoparasitic plants in my garden. So far I have only successed with some Castilleja and Pedicularis species.
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A few photographs of the California native annual Collinsia heterophylla in our Sacramento garden. They will continue blooming for many weeks now.
Below a very attractive form of Eriogonum ursinum. Most of the time the flowers are a pale yellow. This plant has been blooming for about a month now! :)
Robert,
Lovely!
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Robert, the collinsia is lovely. Do you grow any of the other collinsias?
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Brian mentioned this plant in the article "A Little Late Colour" in January's edition of The Rock Garden, well it has come through the winter extremely well and is providing some early colour in the rock garden as well.
Rhodanthemum 'Casablanca'
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Robert, the collinsia is lovely. Do you grow any of the other collinsias?
Anne,
Yes! :) Right now next to the Collinisia heterophylla I have a nice patch of C. tinctoria. The molted leaves are quite beautiful. They start blooming a few weeks later, however the plants are heavily budded right now. Maybe I should get out and photograph the foliage. I have tried to establish some of our other California native species with no success yet. I do not think that it is difficult, I have had other issues distracting me for the past few years. Oh well, I will try again next season. Some of the tiny species I find quite lovely too.
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Right now, the garden is my Isopyrum nipponicum that bloomed.
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Robert, I love Collinsia heterophylla. I never saw. The structure floors flowers reminds me of Phlomis.
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Anne,
Yes! :) Right now next to the Collinisia heterophylla I have a nice patch of C. tinctoria. The molted leaves are quite beautiful. They start blooming a few weeks later, however the plants are heavily budded right now. Maybe I should get out and photograph the foliage. I have tried to establish some of our other California native species with no success yet. I do not think that it is difficult, I have had other issues distracting me for the past few years. Oh well, I will try again next season. Some of the tiny species I find quite lovely too.
Robert, my understanding of collinsias is that they like a wet spring followed by dry. Is that correct?
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A couple more things in the garden. The garden is so ahead of itself in bloom(3 to 4 weeks) that this seems more like May.
The Sax. virginiensis was native to the garden but when we bought the house there was only one tiny patch on a rock ledge. As we've cleared out brush and poison ivy it has seeded itself around more. Not a dramatic plant by any means but quite charming.
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A very nice afternoon at a friends where a large box of 'swag' found it's way to our car, mainly narcissus, but other things collected by Richard Nutt, Cedric Morris etc one of the most impressive displays in the garden was the anemone.
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Oh my word, that is so pretty. Just about every colour one can think of - I love it.
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Couldn't agree more Maggie,but where were they and in what situation ?Obviously in grass.
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What a symphony of colours from all!
Actually Gabriela I've not found it at all difficult. It needs established Salix spp. to grow on - in the wild it seems to prefer wet conditions on clay but here it seems to tolerate our rather thin loamy stuff well. The roots grow an inch or two below soil level and are whitish, rather like the rhizomes of Dentaria bulbifera or Dicentra formosa. It seems to take quite a lot of water from the willows if it isn't wet enough as the soil around the plant can be physically wet when all around is dry. I established mine by planting pieces of root next to willow roots in the garden. I've not seen the seed but I'm sure it is around I'll take a look at the right time.
I went around and read more about it Tristan and it seems the capsules are 'explosive', unfortunately. Maybe if you can put a mesh over them while still green, otherwise slim chances to get any.
Anyway, you gave me a good idea for trying the Indian pipe by pieces of root instead of seeds! :)
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Thought you might like to see a few more pictures of the anemone carpet we saw yesterday afternoon showing a little more of their situation.
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A quite sheltered situation in a walled garden, it seems.
John - you have so many fabulous displays in your garden I feel you really must try to replicate this anemone show - you are one of the few who could succeed with it, I reckon.
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Lathraea clandestina. This interesting parasitic plant grows on the roots of willows and produces masses of scented purple flowers in spring. It never appears in exactly the same place twice.
We saw this strange plant too yesterday where it was appearing between paving stones. Not sure if it is tree roots pushing them up or the Lathraea.
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Two rather nice trees seen yesterday.
1. A lovely Acer with young leaves
2. A Horse Chestnut
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A selection of Fritillary coll. by Cedric Morris.
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A Fritillary, Narcissus and Muscari.
1. Fritillari meleagris 'Saturnus'
2. Narcissus poeticus var. physaloides
3. Muscari 'Captain Pinwell'
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Robert, my understanding of collinsias is that they like a wet spring followed by dry. Is that correct?
Hi Anne,
All of our California Collinsia species are annuals. I plant the seed in the Autumn, mid October to early November. They bloom best with cool, moist weather. Many like somewhat shady growing sites (at least around here). Once it gets hot and dry around here they dry-up and go away for the season. With a very gritty, well drained soil I get C. heterophylla to seed around on its own. At the farm C. hetrophylla grow wild on north facing slopes just down the road.
I have grown Collinsia torreyi and C. parviflora too. These two are small high elevation species. Unfortunately, I did not keep these lines going and will have to start over again. They are straight forward to grow and of coarse annual.
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Images from last summer in the garden … covered with snow for much of yesterday.
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… And a few more.
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Finally some of the perennials awake!
Corydalis flexuosa..............
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And Eccromocarpus scaber.............
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Images from last summer in the garden … covered with snow for much of yesterday.
Proof, if any were needed by doubters, that it is not necessary to have a large garden to have a world of colour to enjoy.
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a quick tour in the garden, Epimedium seedling 2008, Pulsatila vulgaris and Tulipa lost-labelus :o
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Sarracenia flava and Anemonella thalictroides green dragon
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Saxifraga 'Norman', Tulipa whittallii and Caltha palustris
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