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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: meanie on June 01, 2017, 09:43:33 AM
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The standard form of Salvia microphylla has come into bloom. It is quite a good Salvia for fairly shaded spots.......
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Hemerocallis citrina...........
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A moment of shame here. I bought this small shrub from Poundland (reduced to 50 pence) last year but I cannot for the life of me remember what it is! Any ideas?
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The first bloom of the year on Impatiens niamniamensis which has been outdoors for six weeks or so now...........
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Another "houseplant" that has been outdoors for a while is Gibasis pellucida.............
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A general view of the small bed by the back door which is pretty much finished now ............
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Some orchids from the garden:
1. Ophrys scolopax, a couple of weeks ago
2. Ophrys apifera
3,4. Anacamptis fragrans
5. Epipactis gigantea
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Opithandra primuloides, for 2 years in the open garden.
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Astragalus hispanicus is an endemic species of the Alicante region in South-East Spain. We have found the plant and i gathered seeds. This plant is raised from it. I described it in my article for the IRG: "Winterflowering species iof South-Eastern Spain". If you wish to look, here is the link.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Sep291475167835IRG_81.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Sep291475167835IRG_81.pdf)
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1. Silene elisabethae
2. beautiful hybrids of candelabra primulas
3. Talinum okanaganense. Not from Japan, but native to Alberta
4. Moltkia x intermedia
5. Mertensia alpina
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Clematis integrifolia
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Very nice pictures everyone.
Here the weather is toooo hot at 32C.
Some pictures from the garden taken 2 days ago
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Dodecatheon meadia alba
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Dianthus callizonus from the Piatra Craiului mountains in Romania.
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Dianthus callizonus from the Piatra Craiului mountains in Romania.
That's a very nice one, Thomas. I grow it also and I love it very much.
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Some lovely plants being shown by everyone.
A white theme from here,
Roscoae humeana alba
Weldenia candida, as you can see by the large pot I did not manage to repot, again.
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more dodecatheon pictures
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My picture file size is too big to upload two together.
The last one
Dodecatheon meadia
A huge plant- likes lots of moisture.
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Surely a first, the flowering of a Wheel Tree, Trochodendron aralioides, in Nova Scotia.
Very slow-growing but will eventually become very big. Fascinating flowers.
johnw
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Erigeron canary bird
Aquilegia canadensis little lantern
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Penstemon nitidus
Aquilegia flabellata rosea
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can anyone identify the plant-lost the label
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can anyone identify the plant-lost the label
Pyrethrum (Tanacetum) leontopodium
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... A very nice copy, Kris. Please, absolutely very drily hold in sour substrate. And not the seeds forget to harvest. ;) ;)
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Thanks for identifying Gerrit.
Thomas -definitely I will collect the seeds if they produce any.
The weather is extremely hot here and never heard of this before.
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Globularia cordifolia "Alba"
Allium insubricum
Veronica jacquinii
Dianthus sternbergii ssp. sternbergii
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Helichrysum retortoides
Dianthus superbus var. alpestris
Leontopodium nanum
Sedum pilosum
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Some plants looking good in our Sacramento garden this morning.
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Allium caeruleum in the morning sun. At least this is what the seed label said. Anyway, a keeper in our garden.
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Rhododendron cumberlandense
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Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis. I thought that I lost it, however here it is thriving again this season. Castilleja foliolosa is coming on well too, but no flowers yet.
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Penstemon heterophyllus var. purdyi is flopping, but there are plenty of upright stems yet to open.
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Salvia barrelieri is about 2 meters tall! When the flowers first started to open I was not impress. Now it is quite beautiful.
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A neighbor gave me seed of Impatiens "giganteum". Does anyone recognize this species?
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A neighbor gave me seed of Impatiens "giganteum". Does anyone recognize this species?
Robert, this look very much like Himalayan balsam, Impatiens glandulifera. I would advise caution if it is this species, which has become a problematic, invasive non-native in the UK. It can easily take hold in moist shady places and quickly outcompete the native ground flora.
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A neighbor gave me seed of Impatiens "giganteum". Does anyone recognize this species?
I have to agree with Matt on that one. A picture of the stems would probably confirm this.
It is extremely invasive around here and is choking the banks of our local river.
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Nothing massively exciting here;
A better photo of Saxifraga stolonifera...........
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And the Hippeastrum bulb that I rescued from someones bin at christmas is in bloom.............
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I've never really understood the concept of growing them as houseplants. They bloom perfectly easily as potted plants in the garden without the ridiculously long flower stem that causes them to topple over indoors every time that somebody opens the door just a tad too fast. They don't even need warmth over the winter, just protection from any winter wet.
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Selection of Clematis integrifolia seedlings that have self sown around the garden..
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Podophyllum Spotty Dotty & Oenothera flava the flowers of which are 4 inches across.
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Robert, this look very much like Himalayan balsam, Impatiens glandulifera. I would advise caution if it is this species, which has become a problematic, invasive non-native in the UK. It can easily take hold in moist shady places and quickly outcompete the native ground flora.
Matt, Meanie,
Thank you for the advice. The last thing California needs is another noxious weed. I do have some questions about the name, however this will need to wait for some other time.
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Robert, it seems that Impatiens gigantea is a synonym for Impatiens sulcata(at least according to theplantlist.org
Impatiens sulcata looks a lot like Impatiens glandulifera, except that it is reported to be significantly larger. I don't know if it is as invasive as glandulifera, I'd probably be extremely cautious. You might find this link to a study in the Netherlands helpful.
www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/614401 (http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/614401)
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A few shots from around the garden this morning: Rhododendron 'Mist Maiden' continues to put on a show.The original pink has faded to white now An exceptional bloom year for this young plant, we can hardly see the foliage for the flowers[attachimg=1]
Other plants have started to put on a show as well. Renkaku tree peony has set at least 13 buds, the first opened two days ago
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In another garden, this unknown Androsace species(our sole Androsace in the gardens) is making itself noticed, next to Lithodora 'Grace Ward'[attachimg=3]
More photos to follow.
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Selection of Clematis integrifolia seedlings that have self sown around the garden..
Mike, they are really great your Clematis integrifolia. If you harvest some seeds, think of me. ;D
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Echium wildpretii and one of the numerous bees it has attracted.
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I think it's interesting that Mike's Clematis integrifolia hasn't twisted petals and my plant does.
An internet search shows both as the specific plant. Wonder if it is weather related or just a variation within the species.
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Mike, they are really great your Clematis integrifolia. If you harvest some seeds, think of me. ;D
Fred,
message me with your address & I'll send some seed when ready.
I had one dark blue form which I bought many years ago & they now seed around the garden.
Mike
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I think it's interesting that Mike's Clematis integrifolia hasn't twisted petals and my plant does.
An internet search shows both as the specific plant. Wonder if it is weather related or just a variation within the species.
Arnold,
The seedlings vary in colour, flower size & also how far they open. All very interesting.
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Echium wildpretii and one of the numerous bees it has attracted.
Very nice Darren. Did it overwinter in the garden?
I have a nice batch of young plants ready to go out, and planned to give them sharp drainage by a south-facing wall. However your picture suggests that they're perfectly happy with general border conditions.
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It did overwinter Mike, yes. But we barely had any frost this winter. It might look like normal border soil but it is quite shallow and on top of fractured limestone so is very free draining. It does get exposed to cold North winds though, and the plant would have probably struggled in a colder winter.
E pininana was planted a few feet away but died suddenly last September after producing a woody trunk some six feet tall and was likely to flower this spring. It looked like it had trouble at the roots from early august onwards, then the leaves just collapsed. I have some seedlings so will be trying again. It is supposed to be hardier than wildpretii. We also have the much hardier E. russicum in this border.
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Thanks Darren (or is that Pete ;) ;D). Here on deep alluvial soil I lose the odd pininana too, but most (>90%) overwinter even without improved drainage. Echium onosmifolium haven't faced an Irish winter yet but are from seed collected at altitude so may be reasonably hardy provided they don't drown. E. russicum is one I have yet to try.
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Primulina liboense flowers in the Alpine House, thanks to the generous forumist
who gave me this beauty.
The unusual high temperatures (up to 33°C in the last time were ideal
for desert and steppe plants.
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More pictures:
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Some pictures from last week. Before the rain. We needed rain but now it's forgetting to stop.
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Roscoea 'Harvington Evening Star'
Roscoea humeana alba
Roscoea humeana alba seedlings
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So many reasons to envy you, Roma! Lovely photos.
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Thanks Maggi but I envy you your enclosed garden with no rabbits
I forgot this one
Silene serpentinicola
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With so many great plants and colour you'd never know you had a rabbit problem, Roma!
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So many species, I didn't know what to admire first!
The gigantic but unfortunately not hardy Echiums are fantastic!
Roma - I really have to start growing Tulipa sprengerii, it puts such a show! Same goes for Roscoea humeana 'Alba' - I asked for seeds last seedex but didn't get any :'(
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Erodium cazorlanum in flower.
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Edrianthus pumilio
Erigeron sp
Lewisia 'George Henley'
Sedum spathufolium 'Cape Blanco'
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Gordon,
Yes, thank you the information. I will look into it. I have to admit that I have my hands full growing native California species. I do not have much attachment to Impatiens, so it is easy to just let them go. :)
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Lilium parryi has just started to open in our Sacramento garden. It has been too many years since I last grew this species and I am very pleased to have it in our garden again. Pitkin Marsh Lily, Lilium pardalinum ssp. pitkinense, also bloomed in our Sacramento garden. Years ago I was able to obtain some nice plants of this Taxon from the Nature Conservancy. I definitely want to keep a breeding population going of this Taxon. Like most of the Lilium pardalinum taxon it is very easy-to-grow.
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Androsace bulleyana
Arisaema fargesii
Biarum tenuifolium flowers every year in June. Maybe it is not B. tenuifolium.
Campanula oreadum
Dactylorhiza x elata
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Hypericum kazdaghensis
Primulina liboensis Not so a great plant than your P. liboensis, Rudi. 8) 8) 8)
Roscoea humeana
Salvia cyanescens
Verbascum „Letitia“
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Klaus- Dieter, many thanks for showing us your beautiful plants.
You probably gave me the wrong plant of Primulina liboensis.
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Thanks to everyone for sharing your photos!
Penstemon barbatus var coccineus..........
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Oenothera versicolor............
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Roscoea scillifolia.............
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Echeveria pulidonis was outdoors on some staging all winter which protected it from winter wet. It has never bloomed this well...........
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This is the first year that S.patens has beaten "Black and Blue" into bloom.............
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1st flower after about 3 years
Clematis columbiana var tenuiloba 'Ylva'
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Scutellaria sieberi, a "forgotton" species, endemic to Crete. It grows on vertical cliffs in the gorges of Crete. I took a cutting some years ago and it got roots, when I was at home. The plant is easy to propagate, as the many seeds germinate quickly. I do not know about hardiness, but will keep the seedlings outside to cope withe our wet and sometimes cold winter. I keep the mother in a pot, standing on an embankment in order to see the flowers, hanging under the stems.
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Dracunculus vulgaris.............
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It's magical scent is attracting the pollinators..........
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Now, I've been nurturing this Beschorneria yuccoides along from seed for six or seven years. Frustratingly it has not produced any pups..........
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A couple of months ago the flower spike started to emerge and it is now in bloom..............
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So the reason for the lack of pups becomes clear - it's not a Beschorneria, it's an unknown Furcraea species! If anyone has any idea as to which species I would be grateful. My best guess is F.foetida.
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Now the Aqulilegia season is gone the next beauties show:
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Amsonia tabernamontana 'Blue Ice'
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A mini-rose I got once for moher's day in complete shadow
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The first Martagon lilly
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Hannelore
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Scutellaria sieberi should be hardy as it can be found above 1200m, but i don't think they'll survive our wet and mild winter.
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Diminutive Cypripedium tibeticum blooming now for the first time.
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Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) in the garden. Note the fasciated stem of one. It grows wild near us. img. 1020649. Navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris) waiting for a place in the garden img. 1020650. A general view of my troughs with out of scale orchids img. 1020651.
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That last view looks familiar, Ian! Very similar to here- where there are self-sown orchids all over the place. How they LOVE a trough to seed into!
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I managed to get some seed of Military orchid in the exchange and have sown them in the trough. Here,s hoping. There is a lizard orchid not far from me. It doesn,t flower every year but I,m told there may be a spike this year. I have never seen it in the wild. I will post a picture if I manage to get one.
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...Navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris) waiting for a place in the garden
Hi Ian
in my experience if it's setting seed you won't have to wait long - it'll find its own way into the garden!
cheers
fermi
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Cypripedium tebeticum! That's incredible, Rob and Sharon! If that were mine, I wouldn't be able to stop smiling. ;D
I assume it is not permanently in the ground in your zone 3/4?
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It is permanently outside Rick. 3 winters with no extra protection. It was a gift and I had low expectations of success. Planted in two locations on a SE facing slope in sandy loam with very good drainage. Both locations have now produced flowers. And I did smile a lot lying prostrate on the ground for a better look. We have been smiling a lot this spring. I even smiled when I heard that the unflowered seedling Cyp reginae I gave away last fall bloomed with an all white flower. -Rob
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Kudos Rob & Sharon. I was in Lunenburg, NS yesterday and was shocked to see a number of C. tibeticums in a friend's garden. They were in conditions just as you describe - very good drainage with sandy grit in abundance.
johnw
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Polygonatum graminifolius took what seems to be a very long time to get going but now seems happy & well underway.
johnw
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A good few flowers to look at in the garden now.
Erodium x variabile 'Bishop's Form' flowers for months on end.
Lewisia longipetala from SRGC seed, close to the cv. 'Little Peach'?
Verbascum 'Letitia' surprises me by surviving and flowering without any protection in the Western Isles.
Primula florindae, also from SRGC seed - close to the front door to enjoy the lovely fragrance.
Saxifraga longifolia at peak flower power now.
Edit added by maggi :
Erodium 'Bishop's Form' is now correctly called Erodium ‘William Bishop’ see this : " the story on the 'William Bishop' name is new, and I found it interesting, as I played a minor role in it. It turns out that the common name of 'Bishop's Form', that has been used for decades for a selection of Erodium x variable (a cross between E. reichardii and E. corsicum) is not a valid name form, and David Victor (the geraniaceae registrar) was going to give it the acceptable name of 'The Bishop'. I had read of this in the journal of the Hardy Geranium Group or the Geraniaceae Group Newsletter, so I adopted the new name in my writings. I had been writing to a well-known geranium/erodium grower in England, Allan Robinson, of Sutton Bridge (north of the Fens of East Anglia), and as it turns out, Allan knew more about the naming of this plant. He knew it was named after a Mr. Bishop who was in charge of a rock garden at St. John's College in Oxford (around the early 1940s). Allan pointed out that calling it 'The Bishop' was like taking a plant named for me (John Beaulieu) and calling it 'The Beaulieu'! Allan and David were in touch and did more research to find the full name of William Bishop. This will now be the official name when David Victor publishes the new Erodium Register. I like to do my best in using the correct names, as there are so many wrong or confusing variations of erodium and geranium names out there.
The other top wrong naming involves that Erodium trifolium pictured in this blog. If you google Erodium pelargoniiflorum, about 90 percent of the images shown are in fact E. trifolium. Growers continue to send seed of E. trifolium to seed exchanges under the name of E. pelargoniiflorum.
There, I made a short story long!
John Beaulieu - from his blog https://www.growsonyou.com/bowl_you/blog/25361-bloomin-erodiums (https://www.growsonyou.com/bowl_you/blog/25361-bloomin-erodiums)
8 Jan, 2014
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Saxifraga 'Ester' and Antenaria dioica 'Rotes Wonder'.
Lewisia cotyledon, unnamed.
Petrocoptis pyrenaica glaucifolia from SRGC seed.
Anthyllis vulneraria coccinea from gifted seed (thank you Roma!) with Silene unifolia from the Flannan Isles.
Erigeron 'Canary Bird' recovering after being grazed by my neighbours cattle.
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Myosotis capitata from the Auckland and Campbell Island groups in New Zealand, proving to be very tough in the Hebridean climate.
Ranunculus parnassifolius, which I thought I'd lost last year and has come back twice as big this year, just coming to an end and has now been nibbled by vagrant sheep wandering in off the common grazing.
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The garden is looking good Matt. Have you completed the planting or is there more to do. We are getting a lot of windy weather here. I expect you are the same?
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Thanks Ian. We're renting the property we're in, so no planting in the garden itself, all my plants are in pots and troughs so they can come with us when we finally settle permanently. That's unlikely to be here in the Western Isles. I enjoy finding plants that will cope with our windy, damp and grey climate, and there are often surprises but it would be nice to grow a wider range of plants without fear of gales at any time of year.
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I can't remember whether this was a planned planting, or a happy accident. Either way, I am pleased with the outcome. Dactylorhiza 'Harold Esslemont' and Roscoea 'Harrington Royale'
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Have this as Clematis texensis pagoda.
Corrected
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In my estimation still the finest Hosta of them all, Hosta 'Devon Green' - son of 'Halcyon' and the mother I belive of 'June', all three top-notch hostas. We got our 'Devon Green' from the Bowdens in Devon years ago. What a fine nursery that was, sadly the Bowdens have passed away.
john
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In my estimation still the finest Hosta of them all, Hosta 'Devon Green' - son of 'Halcyon' and the mother I belive of 'June', all three top-notch hostas. We got our 'Devon Green' from the Bowdens in Devon years ago. What a fine nursery that was, sadly the Bowdens have passed away.
john
I didn't know about this one but I like the parents, so surely must be a good one.
I managed to take a reasonable good picture of a Thalictrum I brought into discussion on the forum - from AGS seedex as T. isopyroides, which was not. I looked in the wrong direction for a while but I am pretty sure now is a short form of Thalictrum foetidum - beautiful, with extremely fine foliage.
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Another dwarf Thalictrum worth growing.
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Chiastophyllum oppositifolium (syn. Umbilicus)
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I bought last year few Digitalis to plant in a difficult spot knowing they would do good. Surprise, one is pure white, no spotting at all; Digitalis purpurea 'Alba' probably.
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In my estimation still the finest Hosta of them all, Hosta 'Devon Green' - son of 'Halcyon' and the mother I belive of 'June', all three top-notch hostas. We got our 'Devon Green' from the Bowdens in Devon years ago. What a fine nursery that was, sadly the Bowdens have passed away.
john
The nursery is still operating under the ownership of Tim and Ruth Penrose and with an excellent range of Hostas. Sadly I couldn't find 'Devon Green'
https://www.bowdenhostas.com/pages/About-Bowdens.html (https://www.bowdenhostas.com/pages/About-Bowdens.html)
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T. kiusianum?
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Gabriela - To clarify 'Devon Green, 'Halcyon' and 'June' are all basically the same plant though green with the former, 'Halcyon' blue and the latter variegated. All sports on one another.
'June' in the attached photo to the upper right corner.
john
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I bought last year few Digitalis to plant in a difficult spot knowing they would do good. Surprise, one is pure white, no spotting at all; Digitalis purpurea 'Alba' probably.
A nice surprise Gabriela :)
Seed from your 'neighbour' ;) Kristl Walek at Gardens North also turned out to be 'alba' this year, rather than the dark spotted 'semi alba' I had been expecting.
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T. kiusianum?
Yes, I don't know why my pictures don't show the names.
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Gabriela - To clarify 'Devon Green, 'Halcyon' and 'June' are all basically the same plant though green with the former, 'Halcyon' blue and the latter variegated. All sports on one another.
'June' in the attached photo to the upper right corner.
john
OK, indeed more clear. June is one of my favourites, although the restricted space at my previous place made it that I have almost no hostas.
A nice surprise Gabriela :)
Seed from your 'neighbour' ;) Kristl Walek at Gardens North also turned out to be 'alba' this year, rather than the dark spotted 'semi alba' I had been expecting.
Well, from seeds one may never know in some cases. I didn't even look at the labels when I bought them; saw the Digitalis leaves in small pots which I always prefer - so that was it :)
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Exquisite thalictrum, Gabriela! What do the flowers look like?
Photos will only display their file name if they are uploaded as an "end of post expandable thumbnail" option. With the "inline expandable thumbnail" (as in your post), one can open a photo in another tab or window (right click) and the tab title will be the file name. Alternatively, if you are able to view the photo via other means, then the file name will also likely appear.
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Campanula speciosa grown from Club seed. Pic. 2 Onosma nana
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Exquisite thalictrum, Gabriela! What do the flowers look like?
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Thanks Rick. Yes, you're right, when you click to open the images the names show up. I usually insert as "inline expandable thumbnail" .
This is the best image I took with the flowers, it's too windy today for catching something better. Is almost impossible to get a good focus because of the airy, fine aspect.
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A neighbours garden has Broomrape growing near the entrance, presumably on the ivy. I have collected seed and distributed in mine, but no obvious results yet. Today I noticed elsewhere in the garden he had several clumps of Verbena bonariensis, as do I. I was quite surprised to find many plants of the Broomrape growing apparently on the Verbena. 10 or more spikes. It is someway from the ivy group and there is no obvious connection between the two groups.
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Two reasonably hardy Aristolochia.
The Mediterranean Aristolochia sempervirens.
And 3 pictures of Aristolochia watsonii from Arizona, grown from seed. That is a 7cm pot so it is dwarf and has rather nice foliage too.
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Brian, if you expose some of the ivy root and scatter seed around it there should be signs within a couple of years.
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Epimedium 'The Giant', the last few flowers.
Sarracenia oreophila 'Sand Mt.'
Sarracenia x catesbei
Smilacina oleracea (2 shots)
johnw - +17c & overcast.
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A very mixed bunch from the garden this morning ;D
Alstroemeria aurea
Cistus x purpureus
Disa uniflora 'Red River' (x2)
Disa x kewensis 'Ann'
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Some calmer colours:
Echium pininana This plant's main growing point died last winter, so it produced side shoots that stayed short rather than heading for the sky. Very popular with bumblebees but the honeybees ignore it.
Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' (x2)
Orthrosanthus multiflorus (x2)
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Papaver orientale 'Harlem' (x2)
Paris thibetica Several clones flowered this year for the first time, so fingers crossed for seed.
Stewartia pseudocamellia This was slow to start performing but is regular now.
Tritelia laxa ex 'Dexter' originally from the seed exchange
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A last few:
Tritelia laxa ex 'Dexter'
Veratrum album var. flavum (x3)
Viola 'Irish Molly' a bit chewed unfortunately
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Viola 'Irish Molly' a bit chewed unfortunately
Hi Ashley,
one of my favourite violas!
I presume it is greener in real life than in the pic?
I don't think I've ever been able to get the correct colour when I've taken a pic,
cheers
fermi
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Perhaps a touch greener alright Fermi. Besides being difficult to photograph accurately I fancy that it varies a bit from year to year and even place to place. This year the upper petals show purple edgings (not really evident in the pic either :-\) that I never really noticed before. Maybe something to do with the growing conditions.
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Campanula x wockei 'Puck'
Campanula pulla-I think
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Not keen on hybrid Paeonia but these two wow me to death though have ever quite captured the colours.
Paeonia 'Cytherea'
Paeonia 'Coral Charm'
Both at friends' gardens.
john
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Campanula pulla-I think
I'm not going to be terribly helpful Philip but I don't think it is. As far as I know, apart from a white form, the flowers of C. pulla are all of a very dark blue/purple. In his book "Dwarf Campanulas" Graham Nicholls says ".......It is considered to have the darkest blue flowers in the genus........"
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I think you're right,David.After I posted,I found one of my old pictures of C.pulla and it is much darker.
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A last few:
Tritelia laxa ex 'Dexter'
Ashley,
A nice set of Triteleia laxa. Here in California populations can be quite variable. On our farm in El Dorado County (elevation 1,450 feet, 442 meters) they blooming in April. The flowers are very large and a soft light lavender-blue. Recently
(2 weeks ago), I found a population on the southern flank of Snow Mountain in Colusa County, California at an altitude of 4,470 feet (1,362 meters). Here the flowers are much smaller and a deeper shade of lavender-blue such as the ones in your photographs.
I am curious how dry you keep them while dormant? Some of the Themidaceae can be very tolerant of summer moisture while dormant. Triteleia peduncularis and T. hyaciathina are two examples. My wife and I were up at the farm the other day and found Brodiaea elegans ssp. elegans growing and blooming just fine where there was some irrigation.
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Thanks for your comments Robert. I grow only Tritelia laxa, in two forms received as 'ex Koningin Fabiola' (below left, more blue) & 'ex Dexter' (right, more purple) from the SRGC seed exchange a few years ago. The first is much taller (12 ins/30 cm) than the second (4 ins/10 cm) and has a stronger green stripe down the back of each petal. Both remain outdoors all year so tolerate summer moisture, which in Ireland can be considerable ;D
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Ashley,
Thank you for the information. It is very helpful. :) 8)
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Same with me in wet Devon. I have Koningin Fabiola and one which was labeled as a White Form and isn't. As does Ashley mine remain in my front garden all year round.
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This could go in the South Africa section or here.
Been living outside for 15 years
Crinum bulbispermum
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This Celmisia was looking good a couple of weeks ago
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Good clump Roma. I have one very similar to yours that I got from Gerd Stopp 4/5 year ago but far from as good a clump. Is your soil quite acid, min is fairly neutral?
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I think my soil is fairly acid, David. I would have got my plant from work a long time ago. It is easy to propagate. Just pull a bit off and stick it in the ground. It is time it was reduced in size. This one or one similar can be seen as a cottage garden plant in this area, passed from neighbour to neighbour and nobody knows its name. I have seen it growing well at Ballindalloch Castle and at Tilliepronie, both inland gardens which would get very cold in winter.
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The hot temperatures in June resulted in damages and losses of many coolness loving plants,
but plants from hot and dry regions enjoyed it.