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Title: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: David Nicholson on July 31, 2016, 07:28:10 PM: One of the busiest weekends of the holiday season with flocks of tourists flooding in on the A30 and A38 heading for the hot-spots of Devon and Cornwall so it was important to leave them to it and stick to the minor roads if we were to go anywhere. It was good to go again to Wildside for our first visit since 2013.

The garden looked a treat with the plantings really bulking up now. Lots of pictures to come and without a label in sight. Enjoy.
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Post by: David Nicholson on July 31, 2016, 07:29:24 PM: .... and more
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Post by: David Nicholson on July 31, 2016, 07:42:50 PM: Some Wildside Lilium
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Post by: David Nicholson on July 31, 2016, 07:45:41 PM: More from Wildside.

First two, getting ready for a new rockery

Shots 3-5 a Polite Command
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: David Nicholson on July 31, 2016, 07:48:28 PM: Some Wildside ID helps please.
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Post by: David Nicholson on July 31, 2016, 07:49:52 PM: Final ID helps
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Post by: ian mcdonald on July 31, 2016, 08:04:21 PM: David, not easy without seeing them close up. 1a and 1b could be Olearia. 3b could be either Cypripedium or false helleborine or even Epipactis helleborine.
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Post by: Maggi Young on July 31, 2016, 08:11:21 PM: 3a and 3b are a Veratrum
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Post by: Margaret on July 31, 2016, 09:26:07 PM: 4 looks like Lysimachia clethroides.

Enjoyed the photos.
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: Carolyn on July 31, 2016, 09:28:28 PM: my first thought for 1a and b is an olearia, I agree with Maggi. And I agree with Margaret about the lysimachia - lovely plant, but a bit of a "spreader"!
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Post by: Carolyn on July 31, 2016, 09:31:37 PM: 2a and b look like angelica, probably 'Ebony' which has wonderful purple foliage and stems in spring.
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Post by: Carolyn on July 31, 2016, 09:34:10 PM: Can anyone put a name to the roscoea in photo 27? Great foliage and flower.
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Post by: majallison on July 31, 2016, 09:51:24 PM: For ids I would suggest the first may be Olearia avicenniifolia, then Angelica sylvestris (maybe Vicar's Mead), Veratrum album form & then Lysimachia barystachys
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: majallison on July 31, 2016, 09:57:56 PM: Quote from: Carolyn on July 31, 2016, 09:34:10 PM
Can anyone put a name to the roscoea in photo 27? Great foliage and flower.

I'd've thought it was a Roscoea purpurea form...
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Post by: Yann on July 31, 2016, 10:10:22 PM: Marvellous David, i'm jealous of those Agapanthus (except wet rot in my soil...)
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Post by: Gabriela on July 31, 2016, 10:11:18 PM: Thanks for the 'tour' David. This is one place I would like to visit one day, well, among others...
The Roscoea looks indeed like purpurea, it could even be R. purpurea 'Spice Island' after the colour of the stems and habit.
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Post by: ruweiss on July 31, 2016, 10:15:32 PM: David,thank you for showing us these fine pictures, many of these plants
are too tender for our climate.
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Post by: Brian Ellis on July 31, 2016, 10:21:53 PM: Thanks David, we have never been in the vicinity when the garden was open and much enjoyed a talk last year by Keith on the garden so it is great to see some up to date pictures.
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Post by: Carolyn on July 31, 2016, 10:35:52 PM: Quote from: Gabriela on July 31, 2016, 10:11:18 PM
Thanks for the 'tour' David. This is one place I would like to visit one day, well, among others...
The Roscoea looks indeed like purpurea, it could even be R. purpurea 'Spice Island' after the colour of the stems and habit.
Thanks for this, Gabriela, one to add to the wish list.
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: David Nicholson on August 01, 2016, 12:28:08 PM: Thanks all glad you enjoyed them and thanks too for all the help with ID's.

Carolyn I'll check the Roscoea out and let you know for certain. Keith had quite a lot of Roscoea seedlings with 'Red Gurkha' in the parentage but I don't have room for them.
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: Diane Clement on August 01, 2016, 07:53:41 PM: Quote from: majallison on July 31, 2016, 09:57:56 PM
I'd've thought it was a Roscoea purpurea form...

I think it might be one of the Roscoea purpurea Royal Purple hybrids originally raised by Robin White.
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: David Nicholson on August 01, 2016, 08:33:45 PM: Spot on Diane. I've just this minute had an email from Keith confirming it is indeed 'Royal Purple' from the breeder, Robin White.
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: Carolyn on August 01, 2016, 10:36:17 PM: Thank you, David and Diane. I think it's a much nicer looking plant than Red Gurkha. Red never seems a natural colour for roscoea somehow. This is the year of the roscoea for me - I had one of each one which was offered on the seedex last year and have had good gemination without exception, so thanks to all seed donors! Anyway Royal Purple will be the next acquisition, I hope.
Title: Re: Wildside Nursery and Garden-July 30 2016
Post by: Tim Ingram on August 01, 2016, 11:34:19 PM: Some fantastic pictures of an extraordinary garden David! How many gardeners know about 'Wildside' and Keith and Ros? And if they do, how many know that they come to many of the Alpine Shows with plants? Really says something about the Specialist Plant Societies (HPS, AGS, SRGC) which the 'Greater' Gardening World hasn't cottoned on to...