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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Robert on March 02, 2017, 05:20:56 AM
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A few pretties from our Sacramento, California garden.
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Primula (Dodecatheon) hendersonii
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Stick Sedge, Carex multicaulis. A cespitose species.
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This species is rarely used as an ornamental in California. I like the flowers, but I grow it mainly for the quill-like foliage.
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Nice, Robert. Especially the hendersonii!
Not many grows sedges as ornamentals but they are increasingly popular I think. I have a few in my garden. The most impressive is C. pendula.
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The last of the Narcissus romieuxii. The slugs destroyed all of the earlier flowers. :(
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Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus. I love this species - can't have enough of them. :)
Trond,
I am very pleased with the Primula (Dodecatheon) hendersonii. The plants growing on the farm set very few viable seeds and multiply vegetatively for the most part. I am guessing that they may be triploid. I grow another form from about 1525 meters (yes they does have rice-like bulblets) that emerges and blooms later in the season, even in our Sacramento garden. My guess, judging from the foliage, etc. is that it may be a tetraploid. Regardless of their disposition, they are first rate garden plants in our climatic zone.
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The last of the Narcissus romieuxii....
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Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus. ....
Hi Robert,
will you try crossing the two?
cheers
fermi
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Very nice dodecatheon, Robert.
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Very nice dodecatheon, Robert.
That's what I was thinking - they appear much laterthan this here. Also, they are still dodecatheon to me too- I'm too set in my ways to call 'em Primulas, I'm afraid!
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Adonis amurensis Ex Sachalin.
Not the infertile hybrid is almost exclusively in the trade.
Hope to get seeds this year ;D
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Hi Robert,
will you try crossing the two?
cheers
fermi
Hi Fermi,
Yes! ;D Unfortunately, I might have to wait until next season. It is unfortunate that I am "out-of-town" at this time. Yesterday, I could only race around the yard for a few minutes before I had to focus my attention on other important things and then return to the farm.
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Very nice dodecatheon, Robert.
Anne,
Yes! Our native Dodecatheon are divine (as far as I am concerned). ;D
That's what I was thinking - they appear much laterthan this here. Also, they are still dodecatheon to me too- I'm too set in my ways to call 'em Primulas, I'm afraid!
Maggi,
Molecular-gentic studies / DNA sequencing, etc. certainly have their place. However, I too am often frustrated! I see such science as only one perspective (a very useful perspective) to a very complex system. There is plenty of room for error and there is plenty of disagreement even within the scientific community. I guess on a quantum level everything in the unknown universe is nothing more than vibrating strings of energy and everything is united as nothing more than empty space and an amorphous mass of vibrating energy. Personally, I like the mystical perspective of the universe and the pure joy of Dodecatheon in bloom. :)
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Robert,
Great to see Dodecatheon hendersonii flowering for you, it really is very beautiful. Last year in Vancouver Island I had to admire it in fruit :-\ But I read a bit more about it and regarding this:
"I am very pleased with the Primula (Dodecatheon) hendersonii. The plants growing on the farm set very few viable seeds and multiply vegetatively for the most part. I am guessing that they may be triploid. I grow another form from about 1525 meters (yes they does have rice-like bulblets) that emerges and blooms later in the season, even in our Sacramento garden. My guess, judging from the foliage, etc. is that it may be a tetraploid. Regardless of their disposition, they are first rate garden plants in our climatic zone."
I wonder if the plants at your farm may not be D. hendersonii var. hansenii, which is said to form very little seeds. The populations in V. Island which are D. hendersonii var. hendersonii were having plenty of seeds.
Things are more complicated of course, but since you have it in the garden it may be easier to check for characters:
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250092201 (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250092201)
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Gabriela,
Thank you for the information. 8)
"The chase has been on" for some time now. When investigating the Dodecatheon hendersonii complex phrases like "needs further study" arise frequently.
These are some characteristics associated with D. hendersonii at the farm, and elsewhere in our area: 1.) They are completely glabrous which rules out D. clevelandii 2.) They have have bulblets which rules out D. hendersonii var. hansenii and D. clevelandii. Plants with these characteristics are found throughout our area, however due to their high degree of sterility some sort of past (paleo?) introgression seems completely possible. The plants are not completely 100% sterile, as I have grown on a few seedlings.
The high elevation form of D. hendersonii does have some affinities to D. subalpinum, however they are different. To quote The Jepson Manual, "Evidently a high elevation ecotype but possibly more appropriately treated as a var. of D. hendersonii, for which the name D. hendersonii var. yosemitanum H.L. Mason is available". The chromosome count of D. subalpinum is listed as 2n=66, a polyploid of sorts. In my research terms such as a "highly variable polyploid complex" pop up. At the present time I have no way of verifying this information. High on my list of priorities is to find D. subalpinum in the central and southern Sierra Nevada this summer.
Thank you again for the link. It is greatly appreciated! :) 8)
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Thank you for the extra info Robert :)
I will not pursue any further the study of D. hendersonii complex, FA gave me enough of a headache! Only last year's trip to Vanc. Island made me to look more into it.
The polyploid complex indicates that hybridization was involved somewhere and this makes it a difficult puzzle to solve. But you certainly have a good 'playground' for studying more this 'complex' Dodecatheon 8)
I only hope to have my seedlings growing somewhere in the spring; don't know when that will be, cold snap here -10C day/-15C tonight.
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Not much in flower up in the mountains. But the sun makes the snow crystals twinkle like diamonds.
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Spectacular views, Trond!
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Trond,
Once again some beautiful scenes of your snowy countryside. 8)
This photograph was taken yesterday while traveling through the Deer Creek Hills. This area is a transition zone between the Sacramento Valley and the lower Sierra Nevada Foothills. Depending on where I looked there were a few things blooming; Plagiobothrys fulvus var. campestris, Amsinckia, Dichelostemma, etc. (fallow) or nothing (active rangeland).
Right now it is 2 C and dropping at the farm. It is trying to snow! Traverse Creek is definitely snowy today! If it snows today at the farm and sticks, it will be worth a photograph. Typical spring weather in our part of California.
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Spectacular views, Trond!
Thanks, Maggie :)
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Trond,
Once again some beautiful scenes of your snowy countryside. 8)
This photograph was taken yesterday while traveling through the Deer Creek Hills. This area is a transition zone between the Sacramento Valley and the lower Sierra Nevada Foothills. Depending on where I looked there were a few things blooming; Plagiobothrys fulvus var. campestris, Amsinckia, Dichelostemma, etc. (fallow) or nothing (active rangeland).
Right now it is 2 C and dropping at the farm. It is trying to snow! Traverse Creek is definitely snowy today! If it snows today at the farm and sticks, it will be worth a photograph. Typical spring weather in our part of California.
Thanks Robert.
Yes, you have to show photographs if you get snow at the farm :)
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Spring is a little more advanced at home!
Corydalis bracteata
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Rhododendron sutchuenense
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Eranthis etc
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Galanthus etc
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Slugs have been out. All Irises and a lot of other flowers have gone . . .
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Peony time in a few weeks.
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A few saxes are soon out.
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Two Melianthaceae;
Heloniopsis orientalis flavida 'Snow White'
and Ypsilandra thibetica
Mandragora officinarum ready to go
And Primula vulgaris subsp. sibthorpii.
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Sad to see the slug damage to the irises Trond. You must be spitting tacks!
I really like the white Heloniopsis. New one to me, and the Ypsilandra is a beauty too.
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Some flowers in our meadowgarden:
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I really like the white Heloniopsis. New one to me, and the Ypsilandra is a beauty too.
So you like the Melianthaceae? I'd give you some leaves for cuttings but I guess that's a no-no for NZ too!
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Despite rain and temperatures below 5°C !
Hannelore
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Some flowers in our meadowgarden:
The cyclamen and snowdrops look marvelous with the eranthis.
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after some days of spring .... winter again :P
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The cyclamen and snowdrops look marvelous with the eranthis.
Thank you for your friendly comment
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Shocking differences from Rudi's spring flowers to Bernd's snow! Brrrr!
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Iris reticulata seedlings
I am 84 years old and it has never germinated a seed of iris reticulate with me. A few years ago a seed germinated and this year I have the first flowers.
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Congratulations, Franz! I am surprised at your long wait for this success when all your other plants seem to grow and seed well for you. The benefits of patience, eh?
The seedlings are a very good form, anyone would be pleased with those.
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Thank you Maggi, I was really happy !
Addonis amurensis
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Iris reticulata seedlings
I am 84 years old and it has never germinated a seed of iris reticulate with me. A few years ago a seed germinated and this year I have the first flowers.
To many more years to you! and who knows maybe even more Iris reticulata seedlings? :) This should give great hope to anyone growing from seeds; it is all about persistence.
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Franz, they are great your irises. How long did it take to germinate the flowering plant?
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Bulbocodium vernum is in flower in the garden
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I also have an Erythronium. It is written on the label, E citrinum.
Is that possible?
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So lovely views of spring flower meadows Trond and Ru. :)
And Primula vulgaris subsp. sibthorpii.
I have been thinking of this Primula, because it is said to be quite drough tolerant, is it true with you?
It also seems to be quite early?
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Ipheion dialystemon
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When a small ray of sunlight pierces the clouds loaded with rain ...
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Iris reticulata germinated after two years in 2010. In the following years it grew very slowly
Franz, they are great your irises. How long did it take to germinate the flowering plant?
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Spring weather has arrived today, it was 23 C today. Erythronium multiscapideum is in bloom in our Sacramento Garden.
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A pot of seedlings (3-4 years old) with flower buds will be in bloom soon.
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The seedlings of various Erythronium species need protection! The baby skunks try to dig in the pots. I did not lose any Erythroniums, :) however they did damage one pot with Calochortus luteus. :'( (now protected too :) )
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Wild plants of Erythronium multiscapideum at the Salmon Falls mega patch. Half of the know patch is within the State Park, the other half is on private property and, may or may not, be safe. This patch may be extremely old as a major road bisects the patch.
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Crocus tommasinianus is blooming at the farm.
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The first flowers of Iris macrosiphon opening in our Sacramento garden.
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Pseudomuscari azureum in our Sacramento garden. They have been flirting with their flowers for a month or more. Now with some nice spring-like weather they are coming on strong.
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I have been thinking of this Primula, because it is said to be quite drough tolerant, is it true with you?
It also seems to be quite early?
I can't help you there, I grow it in a shady position which doesn't dry out completely...it gets watered in summer. It's one of the earliest flowering forms in my garden.
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Some things in flower here now:
A wild selection of Adonis amurensis
Anemone blanda
Callianthemum farreri
Edgeworthia chrysantha
and Ficaria verna 'Petrol Spill' (hard to catch the oily sheen on the leaves on camera)
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I can't help you there, I grow it in a shady position which doesn't dry out completely...it gets watered in summer. It's one of the earliest flowering forms in my garden.
Thanks! :)
Great to see crocus and other spring flowers, everybody.
Here the weather forecast says the snow is going to start to melt next week so I hope it won't be long before I see something peaking from the ground in my own garden, too. :)
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I also have an Erythronium. It is written on the label, E citrinum.
Is that possible?
I've spoken with Ian about this and he says he thinks it is E. caucasicum, Fred.
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Garden today, Iris reticulata 'Gordon'.
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super photo, Trond.
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Thanks Maggi :)
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Synthyris missurica
Draba sp.-growing in tufa
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Trond,
It looks like spring is arriving in your garden. Jasmin walked in while I was looking at the photograph - "gorgeous!" 8)
I look forward to more spring photographs from your garden as spring arrives. I like all the other photographs from other gardens too! Thank you for sharing everyone. Very 8)
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I've spoken with Ian about this and he says he thinks it is E. caucasicum, Fred.
Thanks, Maggi and Ian. I'll change the label.
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It was 27 C today. What a surprise! :o
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Moraea vegeta in bloom.
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Moraea vegeta Close-up. The flowers do not last long, but they are interesting.
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Triteleia ixioides with an open flower. Some of the Dichelostemma are still in bud (in our Sacramento garden - not in the wild). I am a bit surprised to see the Triteleia coming on first. The seed from this batch came from the Rock Creek area, El Dorado County. The low elevation forms of Triteleia ixioides generally peak in bloom after Dichelostemma capitatum, but before the late blooming Dichelostemma species, such as D. multiflorum.
For those who are interested, the latest issue Fremontia, Vol. 44, No. 3, is devoted completely to California geophytes. 8) It is very well done.
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Rhododendron pubescens is one of a number of Rhododendrons in bloom at this time in our Sacramento garden. A batch of seedling Erythronium taylorii, Trillium angustipetalum, and Fritillaria micrantha are growing close by. I keep checking for flower buds every day. I certainly hope to see something this year - but then maybe they did not like the move last spring. ???
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It was 27 C today. What a surprise! :o
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27C had been a surprise here also. We rarely get that even in mid summer!
Nice flowers also. What happens if you get a cold spell - is that possible now?
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27C had been a surprise here also. We rarely get that even in mid summer!
Nice flowers also. What happens if you get a cold spell - is that possible now?
Frost in the Sacramento Valley this time of year is rare, so the plants in our Sacramento garden are reasonably safe from cold weather. At the farm it can freeze up to 1 May. There have been some wicked late spring frosts at the farm. Even new growth on native tree and shrub species can suffered die back from late, hard frost! We will hope for the best up there!
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Buddleja officinalis blooming in the polytunnel. Has anyone experienced breathing problems after pruning Buddleja? My wife said she was short of breath after working near Buddleja in the garden yesterday, and I find they make me sneeze and cause congestion. If they weren't so nice I wouldn't grow them!
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Daphne mezereum starts flowering today :-)
Bernd
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Predicting 18 inches of snow for us on Tuesday.
Some Daffs are up and open.
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Bundle up Arnold. Hope you have food & water laid in for a week!
John B
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Thanks John.
We've been lucky all winter so this is a not that unusual.
Just makes getting around more challenging.
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Hi Arnold. I no it can be dealt with. But remember 1 or 2 inches will shut southern
states down completely.
John
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Just in flower and happy in a trough
a Gagea species from Lake Neusiedl
Gerd
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Hermodactylus tuberosus is in flower.
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Almost all flowering bulbs on the meadow are self-seedlings.
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Beautiful meadow Franz.
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A lovely meadow. When you see what self-sown seedlings can do it seems better not to do too much planning yourself.
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Beautiful, Franz! It would be impossible to create such a naturalistic effect by planting all those bulbs. Nature always does it best!
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Thanks
Iris reticulata - so my seedlings look at present.
We had a frosty winter. The damage is considerable.
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Oh dear - this frost damage done by black frost without snow, Franz?
We have some similar damage to plants in troughs also.
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Maggi this is right, all January we had day and night frost. I think the plants are dried up
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Pictures taken today. . .
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A few Ranunculaceae in flower:
Adonis amurensis
Adonis vernalis
Ficaria verna 'Leo'
and Trollius altaicus.
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Welcome back from a short break away John. I hope things are gradually getting better for you though I don't for a moment underestimate your pain and sadness, ongoing for a long time. These lovely things in your garden perhaps will help a little bit. I'm pleased you in the north are entering springtime.
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Lovely Adonis Wim. Why can't I grow A. vernalis? It germinates (rarely) then withers away and is dead, and not even slowly. A. amurensis seems much happier though we don't have the wonderful newer forms you have in the northern hemisphere.
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Lovely Adonis Wim. Why can't I grow A. vernalis? It germinates (rarely) then withers away and is dead, and not even slowly. A. amurensis seems much happier though we don't have the wonderful newer forms you have in the northern hemisphere.
Cheers, Lesley.
That amurensis came from wild collected seeds from Russia...a good semi-plena, which looks very exquisite in bud (see pic attached)....
A vernalis is tricky in my garden too, I need to keep it in a pot for it to stay happy...not too sure why. I've lost it 4 times in my garden and now I've been able to keep it alive for 4 years in a pot and it seems to be increasing quite well there. It needs good drainage (there are lava stones and small tufa stones in the soil-mix), a lot of sun in spring and then, from early summer onwards I keep the pot outdoors in a warm spot (against a west-facing wall, so sun from 13h until the evening) but in between other plants which give it quite some shade. My guess was that they grow in between the grass in the wild, so they would be quite dry and warm but shaded. And that seems to have done the trick... In winter I keep it indoors in an unheated greenhouse and quite (but not bone) dry.
The new Adonis amurensis forms over here are Japanese, so their origin is much closer to NZ than to Europe...you just need a good Japanese friend :)
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That is a beutiful A.amurensis, Wim. :)
I planted A.vernalis last autumn, I didn't realize it would be more demanding than A.amurensis. I hope it has survived the winter (still under snow).
Spring is finally slowly coming, 'Mrs Macnamara' pushing through snow melting snow, and another 'Mrs Macnamara' surrounded by ice.
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I have been enjoying all your spring photos. Franz, your meadow with self seedlings is very beautiful and perfectly arranged by nature itself.
Wim, your Adonis are lovely. I can't get them to thrive at all :'(.
My garden is frost free at last and I hope there will be no more snow.
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How lovely , Gunilla.
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Gunilla, you have a beautiful carpet of Eranthis
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That is a beutiful A.amurensis, Wim. :)
I planted A.vernalis last autumn, I didn't realize it would be more demanding than A.amurensis. I hope it has survived the winter (still under snow).
Spring is finally slowly coming, 'Mrs Macnamara' pushing through snow melting snow, and another 'Mrs Macnamara' surrounded by ice.
Maybe A. vernalis will love your climate more than mine...
Wim, your Adonis are lovely. I can't get them to thrive at all :'(.
Pots?
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Some more Ranunculaceae...
Anemone blanda 'Akseki', for me one of the most beautiful selections of A. blanda, with snow-white petals which are steel-blue on the underside, making them seem light-grey in full sun.
Some regular Anemone blanda
and Pulsatilla grandis is starting too.
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Shortia uniflora 'Princeps' in bud
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Nice Wim, where do you grow it? A friend of mine grows his in a heavily shaded, low tufa walled bed and his thrives. He did give me a piece, but I killed it!
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Nice Wim, where do you grow it? A friend of mine grows his in a heavily shaded, low tufa walled bed and his thrives. He did give me a piece, but I killed it!
Over here they only want to grow in soft peatblocks which are kept watered and shaded in summer.
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No snow here again this year. It has been warm enough to sit down the garden with a cup of tea. The Camellia is flowering early this year, also nearly in flower are Fritillaria meleagris and Tulipa sylvestris in the lawn. Blackbirds are collecting nest material and I saw a peacock butterfly yesterday and today. Some bees are also flying.Three Dionysia are flowering in the greenhouse.
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Maybe A. vernalis will love your climate more than mine...
Let's hope so. :) I planted it in dryish slope in full sun, but maybe I will move it to part shade..
Beautiful spring flowers, Gunilla!
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More spring flowers from or California garden.
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Erysimum concinnum - a somewhat short lived California native perennial.
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The flowers have a interesting fragrance.
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Geranium renardii - I like the flowers and the texture of the foliage, so I plant it here and there around the garden.
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One my hybrid Rhododendrons - racemosum dwarf, self F2 x dendrocharis - it take the heat, is compact, and has many flowers. It is good enough to keep in our Sacramento garden.
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Another one of my hybrid Rhododendrons - (racemosum dwarf x mucronulatum) x edgeworthii - heat tolerant, nice flowers, and upright but not huge. It is worth keeping around too. :)
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Welcome back from a short break away John. I hope things are gradually getting better for you though I don't for a moment underestimate your pain and sadness, ongoing for a long time. These lovely things in your garden perhaps will help a little bit. I'm pleased you in the north are entering springtime.
Thank you Lesley for those kind words, it’s been four weeks today, since we said goodbye to our lovely Kai! He never missed an opportunity to be with me in the garden whatever I was doing.
If I positioned myself to take a picture of a plant he would often brazenly put himself in the frame or he would sniff the flower as if to approve what I was doing – we all miss him so much.
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After this cold winter with a lot of snow, we go very slowly ...
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Androsace laevigata ex 'Saddle Mount'
1st flowers sown 24.1.14-seed from an SRGC member
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The garden is waking up despite cold wind and rain, Corydalis x 'Badulag' and Pulsatilla grandis
In the greenhouse it's definitely spring, Anemone coronaria.
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Two shots from the garden today, but of the same plants actually. Sun today but a little snow last night. Fortunately it melted in the early morning.
Iris 'George'
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Aethionema oppositifolium is very nice. A good genus but a pity so many are quite short-lived, with me anyway.
Trond your Iris 'George' is exceptionally dark. Is it perhaps a trick of the light? I have lost mine but it was more a mulberry colour. As I understand it, 'George' is a selection of Iris histrioides, not of reticulata. Correct me though if I'm wrong.
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Hello Lesley , the Iris 'George' is freely available in the trade here and as you point out is more of a mulberry colour and a selection or hybrid of I histrioides . For my taste it is too large a flower , gross.
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Aethionema oppositifolium is very nice. A good genus but a pity so many are quite short-lived, with me anyway.
Lesley...This clone comes from wild seeds from Ulu Dağ in NW-Turkey (2360 m). It grows very well with me and is tolerated great heat and cold winters without cover. I like to try to harvest seeds this year and send you some ... If you want.
Thomas
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Hello Lesley , the Iris 'George' is freely available in the trade here and as you point out is more of a mulberry colour and a selection or hybrid of I histrioides . For my taste it is too large a flower , gross.
There is a reprint of the ID montage originally put together by Forumist Hristo in 2009 on Reply 97 on the Iris reticulata thread and an even larger version that Maggi found on reply 98
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Aethionema oppositifolium is very nice. A good genus but a pity so many are quite short-lived, with me anyway.
Trond your Iris 'George' is exceptionally dark. Is it perhaps a trick of the light? I have lost mine but it was more a mulberry colour. As I understand it, 'George' is a selection of Iris histrioides, not of reticulata. Correct me though if I'm wrong.
Lesley, I don't know the parentage but these are bought as 'George'. And the colour is very dark, looks almost black in low light.
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Opened today his flowers ... Androsace carnea from Andorra.
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At the Czech autumn meeting in October 2015 plantsman Dr. Maixner
gave me a small rooted cutting of his self raised Androsace hybrid
"Sedlec" (Androsace carnea x pyrenaica x cylindrica) It is a real nice
plant for my taste and I hope to be succesful with propagating it.
Dielsiocharis kotschyi grows rather slow, but flowers reliably in
early spring at the alpine house.
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bravo Leuco, i guess pure lava?
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bravo Leuco, i guess pure lava?
correct Yann ... is also by Gerd Stopp.
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In the greenhouse it's definitely spring, Anemone coronaria.
In contrast to Yann's A. coronaria in flower, here is a picture from Stavros Apostolou in Greece of the plant in seed - just as lovely!
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In contrast to Yann's A. coronaria in flower, here is a picture from Stavros Apostolou in Greece of the plant in seed - just as lovely!
You're right Maggi! Never seen one in this stage - until now :)
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The woolly hat rarely peels back in such a measured and even way. There can have been little or no wind to distribute the seed - and after all, it is a wind-flower. I'd love a hat like this perhaps woolly round the ears and a golden pom-pom on top. ;D
Thanks Otto. Yes I thought 'George' was histrioides. Lucky that you (or other Aussies) have it available. we don't! Both 'Katharine Hodgkin' and 'Sheila Ann Germaney' have been listed this year by Parva Plants in Chch and from a wholesaler whose packets of mixed reticulatas say they contain both. Of course I've bought the latter (former sold out even before I received my Online catalogue) but I'll believe them when I see them. If true, why can't/won't they also bring in Alan McMurtrie's?
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I love your Androsace hybrid Rudi. Even with no flowers the cushion must be beautiful and flowers are icing on the cake. :) We in NZ should be making these crosses ourselves since we can't import plants and only some seeds. My friend Louise Salmond (Hokonui Alpines) does do crosses among primulas and some other things but I don't think has tried this one. She has all the species mentioned so I'll have to prod her. ;D Or maybe I could. My A. pyrenaica is out-side and never looks brilliant, not a beautiful cushion, but it does give a few self-sown seedlings each year.
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Lesley and Trond,
I confirm that my Iris 'George' (histrioids) are very dark too and that the color may vary with the rendering of the photographs.
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Pulmonaria officinalis are in bloom. It is still timid as development. I planted them in the beds of Corydalis solida in the plant shaded band. I put 3 small offspring last year in late spring.
They all survived.
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Spring in Europe seems to be coming on very quickly. Here in Nova Scotia, there will be quite a while before plants finally wake up. We went for a walk on Sunday, and this is what we saw: the first is a view of a beaver pond on the east branch of Bear River. Nearby, lining the edge of the trail, are colonies of Epigaea repens, the Mayflower.... Nova Scotia's floral emblem.This was one of the smaller clumps. Portia came along with us, for a bit of exercise, and wore me out by constantly making me throw snowballs for her to chase.
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Spring in Vienna
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Stunning Franz.
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I love your Androsace hybrid Rudi. Even with no flowers the cushion must be beautiful and flowers are icing on the cake. :) We in NZ should be making these crosses ourselves since we can't import plants and only some seeds. My friend Louise Salmond (Hokonui Alpines) does do crosses among primulas and some other things but I don't think has tried this one. She has all the species mentioned so I'll have to prod her. ;D Or maybe I could. My A. pyrenaica is out-side and never looks brilliant, not a beautiful cushion, but it does give a few self-sown seedlings each year.
Lesley, thank you for your kind reply. It is a pity, that you cannot import the
plants you like. Maybe you are succesful with with crossing these Androsaces,
it is really worth a try. Good luck!
Sorry,that we cannot meet you at Pruhonice in May.
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Spring in South Germany 1
Primula marginata and Draba aizoides in a trough. Also Draba lasiocarpa between tufa in a trough. Asarum maximum and Romulea leipoldtii from the greenhouse. The last picture is Saxifraga ramsarica a very slow growing Saxifraga.
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Spring in South Germany 2
One year old cuttings of Dionysia tapetodes „Brimstone“ and Dionysia khatanii in holes of tufa
Dionysia Hyb MK 01458/6 is a two year old plant. Last two pictures are Dionysia tapetodes and Dionysia „Charlson Thomas“.
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Hello Rudi,
I also am very sorry I won't be at Pruhonice in May. I was in Prague for a few days in the (northern) late summer, and also Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava, a 3 week trip which my sister arranged and paid for, a 70th birthday present even though I was 73 and she 80 before we could get there together. Apart from a lovely evening with Jiri in Prague, it was all art galleries, abbeys, castles, and wonderful music so no gardens. But a super trip and especially Prague. I don't know what it is about that city but I love it and feel so comfortable there and would happily go back any time at all if I could afford to. Travel from this side of the world is not undertaken lightly and not at all now, for me. I hope you will enjoy this next conference and I've no doubt it will be the warm and friendly event that the last one was.Think of me when you are there. :)
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Spring in Vienna
Franz, your troughs are wonderful. Those saxifrages are the embodiment of spring sunshine!
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Franz, your troughs are amazing. The photographs are like a "how to.." for planting a trough crevice garden, really wonderful.
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Thank you for the kind praise
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Trailing azalea flowering early in the scree img. 1020278. Pieris in the garden img. 1020286. Three Dionysias in the greenhouse img. 1020281, img.1020282 and img. 1020283.
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A well-flowered Pieris, Ian. It's a nice scent the flowers have isn't it?
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Hello Rudi,
I also am very sorry I won't be at Pruhonice in May. I was in Prague for a few days in the (northern) late summer, and also Vienna, Budapest and Bratislava, a 3 week trip which my sister arranged and paid for, a 70th birthday present even though I was 73 and she 80 before we could get there together. Apart from a lovely evening with Jiri in Prague, it was all art galleries, abbeys, castles, and wonderful music so no gardens. But a super trip and especially Prague. I don't know what it is about that city but I love it and feel so comfortable there and would happily go back any time at all if I could afford to. Travel from this side of the world is not undertaken lightly and not at all now, for me. I hope you will enjoy this next conference and I've no doubt it will be the warm and friendly event that the last one was.Think of me when you are there. :)
Lesley, you are right, Prague is worth any travel. If you don't mind the immense traffic and that some places are overcrowded
you can find history everywhere and friendly people. (Not only rockgardeners!)
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Flowering now:
Cyclamen coum White Seedling
Callianthemum anemonoides
Ranunculus calandrinioides
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Lovely Rudi. White for Mr. White ;D
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Callianthemum anemonioides
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Yes Maggi, it is attracting early bees. Warm and sunny here today, seen this morning was this insect. I think it is a bee-fly, Bombylius major img. 1020287.
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The spring season is here in our part of Northern California.
Some scenes from our garden.
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Iris macrosiphon - This clump has been in bloom for about a month now, and there are more flower buds that are yet to open. In other parts of the yard some of the other seedlings of this species will be opening any day now. In the background a large clump of Lilium pardalinum that is coming on.
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Primula veris - This Primula is long lived in our garden despite our long hot summers. To the side are some of our Erythronium multiscapideum that have already gone over.
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Triteleia ixioides ssp scabra - A pot full of bulbs that I can plant out in the drier parts of our garden. These were grown from wild seed gathered in El Dorado county at a low elevation. I grow forms of this species from seed gathered in various geographic regions in California. Some are quite interesting.
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Carex infirminervia - I doubt that this species is used as an ornamental anywhere. I like to experiment with such plants. This cespitose species seems well behaved in the garden and I like its appearance.
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More experiments. :) Rooted cutting of various Arctostaphylos species: A. myrtifolia (a natural hybrid), A. mewukka ssp. mewukka, A. mewukka ssp. truei, A. patula, and A. viscida ssp. viscida. The Arctostaphylos viscida ssp. viscida is from a site on Peavine Ridge where there is considerable evidence of hybridization and introgression with A. mewukka ssp. mewukka and A. patula. There will be other species and selections that I will be potting up soon. It looks good to me :) and it will be very interesting evaluating them in our garden.
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A few of our early Rhododendrons in bloom.
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Rhododendron minus x dendrocharis - Upright growth, but still fairly compact. Very heat tolerant!
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Rhododendron racemosum x polycladum F2 (i.e. selfed) - A dwarf that is heat tolerant and has flower power. Nothing to brag about in the Rhododendron world, however they work for us in our hot climate. :)
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Spring is advancing very slowly, because nights are still freezing and days only a few degrees above zero.
My earliest Helleborus is H.multifidus, and it grows in a bed here the snow melts first. Ground is still frozen but there it comes up anyway. :)
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Robert, I agree with your view regarding Carex species. They are very variable and garden worthy. A pity more are not available from nurseries.
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Robert, I agree with your view regarding Carex species. They are very variable and garden worthy. A pity more are not available from nurseries.
Ian,
The Genus Carex is very common in our high altitude ecosystems here in Northern California. I like plants that bring up images and feelings of the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada and other places I have traveled in California. I use many native Carex species, both dwarf and taller types, as well as native Juncus species and native Poaceae in our garden. I like their "feeling' in our garden, but then I don't mind mixing them with exotic species from around the world. For the most part, our native Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, and many Poaceae are rarely or never used in California gardens. What a shame as many seem very nice.
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Robert, you've a nice nursery ;) This afternoon i'd enough of repotting helloborus seedlings, i decided to see how the Anemona will look in a forest 30mn far from home.
edit: not viola palustris but Viola reichenbachiana ::)
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Robert,
as Yann says you have a nursery! When are you starting to sell plants? :)
Primula veris is common in the warmest parts of Norway and take a lot of drought after flowering as it goes dormant.
Leena,
a little sign of spring!
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Yann,
looks nice in that wood!
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Today was the warmest this year so far. Think we hit 13C in the afternoon when the fog lifted.
The last crocuses. C. olivieri. Tiny flowers but strong colour!
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Crocus sieberi(?). The first bumblebees for the season. Lots of them today.
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When the crocuses disappear, other bulbs come into flower. Narcissus cyclamineus.
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In the woodland - two strange Apiaceae.
Erigenia bulbosa - flower and leaf. It is only 5cm tall.
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Erigenia bulbosa - flower and leaf. It is only 5cm tall.
Hi Hoy,
I love that little umbellifer! It's a real cutie. Is it in woodland on your property or "in the wild"?
Is it cultivated in Norway?
cheers
fermi
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Hi Hoy,
I love that little umbellifer! It's a real cutie. Is it in woodland on your property or "in the wild"?
Is it cultivated in Norway?
cheers
fermi
Fermi,
it is a North American plant. I got seed from Kristl Walek ( http://www.gardensnorth.com/ (http://www.gardensnorth.com/) ). I believe it is rather uncommonly cultivated here in Norway.
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Yann, how lovely anemone woods! :) I can imagine there was also a lot of birds singing.
Hoy, so nice crocus fields, and Erigenia bulbosa was a new plant for me, I had to google it right away. :)
Colchicum szovitsii 'Tivi' is one of the first flowers to come up here after the snow has melted and seems to be very cold hardy. It grows in quite dry slope, and hasn't increased so perhaps I should move it to someplace more woodland bed.
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Romulea bulbocodium
Primula vulgaris 'Eva Constance'
Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Alba'-with a young Draba aspera
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Spring is slowly advancing.
Weather is gloomy and overcast for the last two days.
Our family friend took some pictures of my garden .
Finding new shoots and buds -so refreshing after the long winter
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more pictures
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more
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last year I got Anemone blanda charmer from Augis bulbs.
Since October is too late plant outside I kept them in the fridge in winter.
Now it is flowering nicely.
This year I will plant them outside.
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Fermi, do you not grow the Hacquetia? I guess you'd need to find a cool spot for t, it you have such a thing. Is it otherwise available in Australia? I ask because in my much cooler garden than the last one, I have a lot of self-sown seedlings doing well from what fell off the plant in 2015. I collected and sowed at lot of 2016 seed and expect those to germinate approximately when the plant is coming out of winter so a while away but I'll collect seed from this year too and could send some if you'd like it. It needs to be sown very fresh for good germination - or any at all.
Every time I see the variegated form 'Thor,' or rather see a photo of it, I yearn to have it but have recently come to the position that it and many other things are among those I'll never be able to have so it's time I stopped pining for them. I guess it's an age thing, coupled with the fact that our MPI and conservation lobby will never look at importing plant material as a reasonable and rewarding thing to do and so never relax their rules on the subject. Railing at them achieves nothing and only increases one's stress levels.
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Fermi, do you not grow the Hacquetia? I guess you'd need to find a cool spot for t, it you have such a thing. Is it otherwise available in Australia?
Hi Lesley,
I've tried it but, no, it's not for my garden ::)
I think the Erigenia would also be out of the question for Redesdale, sadly, but at least I can enjoy seeing the pics here on the Forum!
So thanks for posting pics, everyone ;D
As for the hassles with importing plants, the stupidity of making things too difficult is that it will people resort to smuggling and that's how diseases and pathogens get introduced into the country! [About to say something controversial but thought better of it! I'll play nice!]
cheers
fermi
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Robert, you've a nice nursery ;) This afternoon i'd enough of repotting helloborus seedlings, i decided to see how the Anemona will look in a forest 30mn far from home.
edit: not viola palustris but Viola reichenbachiana ::)
Yann,
What a beautiful woodland setting! 8) I can see how the forest could draw you away from repotting plants!
Robert,
as Yann says you have a nursery! When are you starting to sell plants? :)
Primula veris is common in the warmest parts of Norway and take a lot of drought after flowering as it goes dormant.
Trond,
Believe it or not a long time ago I did have nursery. Now I just like to experiment with things in the backyard. Sometimes I take a few extras plants to the farmers' market and try to sell them. Back in the 1990's it was easy to sell plants at our farmers' markets, but things have changed now and there is not much interest in plants ( ....anywhere in our part of California - or gardening, or anything like that).
Primula veris is tough but does not take California drought! ;D
Your spring blooming season seems like it progresses very slowly. The bulbs look great! It looks like they are growing in a semi-lawn-turf type setting? Things are moving quickly here in California. Everyday when I go out in the garden there is something different coming into bloom.
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A few Ranunculaceae in flower:
Ficaria verna 'Graham Joseph'
Ficaria verna 'Nathalie'
and a Ranunculus (species unknown, from the Tien Shan)
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Wim's article on double Ficaria forms will be published in the IRG next month (April 2017)
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The Ranunculus looks very like R. montanus. Is that likely so far east? An attractive species anyway, whatever it is.
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The Ranunculus looks very like R. montanus. Is that likely so far east? An attractive species anyway, whatever it is.
I must say it is very similar indeed but I've got no idea if it grows that far east either...
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First time a flower on a seedling of Shortia galacifolia
and Shortia uniflora 'Princeps' is flowering too.
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they're beautiful
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Trond,
Believe it or not a long time ago I did have nursery. Now I just like to experiment with things in the backyard. Sometimes I take a few extras plants to the farmers' market and try to sell them. Back in the 1990's it was easy to sell plants at our farmers' markets, but things have changed now and there is not much interest in plants ( ....anywhere in our part of California - or gardening, or anything like that).
Primula veris is tough but does not take California drought! ;D
Your spring blooming season seems like it progresses very slowly. The bulbs look great! It looks like they are growing in a semi-lawn-turf type setting? Things are moving quickly here in California. Everyday when I go out in the garden there is something different coming into bloom.
Robert, no problem believing you! I am sure you had an excellent nursery :)
The bulbs are in my lawn. I don't cut the grass before mid June to let the bulbs ripen. The lawn consist of a lot more than grass! I will show a picture later.
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Wim,
the Ficarias are nice! Do they set bulbils or seed?
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First time a flower on a seedling of Shortia galacifolia
and Shortia uniflora 'Princeps' is flowering too.
Wonderful pictures Wim of these beautiful and rare plants - especially S. galacifolia. Glad to see it at least in a picture :)
Besides being so beautiful it is very rare in its native habitat and with an interesting story - renown botanist Asa Gray who name it after only a herbarium specimen, became obsessed with relocating it in the wild... anyway long story - for those who like to read long articles:
http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1942-2--asa-gray-and-his-quest-for-shortia-galacifolia.pdf (http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1942-2--asa-gray-and-his-quest-for-shortia-galacifolia.pdf)
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they're beautiful
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Wonderful pictures Wim of these beautiful and rare plants - especially S. galacifolia. Glad to see it at least in a picture :)
Besides being so beautiful it is very rare in its native habitat and with an interesting story - renown botanist Asa Gray who name it after only a herbarium specimen, became obsessed with relocating it in the wild... anyway long story - for those who like to read long articles:
http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1942-2--asa-gray-and-his-quest-for-shortia-galacifolia.pdf (http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1942-2--asa-gray-and-his-quest-for-shortia-galacifolia.pdf)
Yes, the S. galacifolia are doing well, with special thanks to the seed-donor ;)
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Wim,
the Ficarias are nice! Do they set bulbils or seed?
Trond,
neither have bulbils in the leaf axils but both can set seed (not a lot, but they can selfseed).
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2 Acacia pravissima-from seed,1st one in my garden,2nd 40 feet away in nxt doors,but planted a year earlier.
Pulsatilla violaceae
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Omphalodes (can't remember which)
Daffodil 'WP Milner' (fave daff)
Poets (garden forms) (2nd fave daff)
Primrose slightly enhanced from wild
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Prunus incisa hybrid 'The Bride'
Prunus x subhirtella 'Fukubana'
Chaenomeles 'Kinshiden'
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Different climate down with you for sure , Giles - it'll be weeks before any "poets" in bloom here.
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They're early, even for here. I think they usually flower 1st week in May.
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Omphalodes (can't remember which)
Probably O. cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram', they always are? :P
Nice selection of stuff Giles.
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They're early, even for here. I think they usually flower 1st week in May.
Yes, that seems more like it.
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Anemone nemerosa 'Jummers Fienrood'
Pteridophytum racemosum
and Shortia uniflora var. kantoensis
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ficara are nice but they can become weeds, i've an hybrids who's spreading all round the garden...and street :P
the most common Eythronium, x Pagoda, Corydalis cava 'albiflora'
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Very nice Ficarias in the previous page! Here single Ficaria verna is a weed, but double forms hardly spread at all, they are the same small plants as when I first planted them many years ago, and I wish they would multiply more. :)
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Leena, in my dry garden Ranunculus ficaria is very well behaved. It spreads very modestly and then goes dormant. I'm going to bring some down to the stream garden and plant it in an isolated spot. It's fine with me if it takes over that area. I wonder if it still goes dormant when moist all the time?
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I have it growing in sticky clay soil under apple trees, but they have spread from there to all over. They go dormant in early summer, so you are right that they are not very bad weeds:) And very pretty when they flower early with Scilla sibirica and native Corydalis solida.
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That is a very attractive double Ran. ficaria, the last picture on 11 page. (Is Ranucunculus ficaria now called Ficaria something?)
Wim, you do keep my mouth watering with lovely plants. ;D
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Yes, those ranuncs are now called Ficaria verna.
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Pest! Oh well, I have so few it's not going to bother me unduly. ::)