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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: DaveM on September 01, 2017, 01:48:17 PM
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Some in flower today
Codonopsis grey-wilsoni (x2)
Cyananthus microphyllus
Allium beesianum (x2)
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Something blue from this side of the world; pictures taken yesterday but Gentiana andrewsii is an emblem for September and they fit well here.
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whouah :P
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Some in flower today
Codonopsis grey-wilsoni (x2)
Cyananthus microphyllus
Allium beesianum (x2)
You got the Blues man. Lovely set of pictures Dave.
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...... and you too Gabriela. Lovely pictures
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Solidago cutleri, i grow it in pot because it spreads a bit.
Campanula Carpatica Maie Blyth, last flower :-[
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Some in flower today
Codonopsis grey-wilsoni (x2)
How lovely is that Codonopsis!
Canna altensteinii from February sown seed..............
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4400/36877014951_be0b697218_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YbGkLB)Canna altensteinii (https://flic.kr/p/YbGkLB) by longk48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/), on Flickr
Salvia ammarissima............
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4360/36877014241_326708bcd2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YbGkyn)Salvia ammarissima (https://flic.kr/p/YbGkyn) by longk48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/), on Flickr
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Meanie,
Nice to see your interesting plant selections again.
Our local heat wave finally ended; 10 days of 40 C + weather accompanied by thick smoke from numerous forest fires.
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Our front border is newly planted. A nice top dressing of home made compost keeps the moisture in and will feed the plants.
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The Colchicum species are starting to bloom. No name on this one.
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A Potentilla species. It is somewhat xeric and has beautiful gray-green foliage.
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Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii, a southern California species.
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Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis is throwing another set of flowers.
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Eriogonum prattenianum var. prattenianum. I hope this seedling starts blooming this coming spring.
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Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum. We have a number of forms growing in the garden. Those from the highest elevations are very compact and nice. The larger forms grow well in the open garden and need no irrigation - and still look great.
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Calyptridium monospermum is still throwing flowers.
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Symphyotrichum spathulatum continues to bloom and attracts wildlife.
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Cabbage Whites, Pieris rapae, are everywhere, however the Symphyotrichum attracts all sorts of butterflies. We spotted a Sylvan Hairstreak, Satyrium sylvinus, in our garden yesterday. We have not seen any in our garden for over a decade. We were over joyed to see it. In addition, a Rufous-sided Towhee, Pipilo maculatas, has become a resident in our garden. Maybe I will get lucky and get a photograph of our new residents. Great progress is being made! :)
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Robert - the 40°c is good but smoke fro fires is certainly not good.
It's always lovely to see Castilleja - one that truly bombs for me. Hopefully next year (or the year after) I'll crack it!
Swainsona formosa opened it's first blooms today. This was the plant yesterday............
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And here it is in all its glory today.............
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4353/37088024495_38e3fcb583_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YvkPyc)Swainsona formosa (https://flic.kr/p/YvkPyc) by longk48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4343/37088024135_ba0f647bf4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YvkPrZ)Swainsona formosa (https://flic.kr/p/YvkPrZ) by longk48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/), on Flickr
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Hi meanie,
lovely to see an Aussie plant over there ;D
Not a particularly easy one, either!
I've been told that they are best grown in a "water-well" pot to avoid wetting the foliage,
cheers
fermi
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Hi meanie,
lovely to see an Aussie plant over there ;D
Not a particularly easy one, either!
I've been told that they are best grown in a "water-well" pot to avoid wetting the foliage,
cheers
fermi
I have a few Aussie plants, mostly Anigozanthos but I also have Thysanotus multiflorus and Sesbania grandiflora.
As you know once you crack the method everything becomes 'easy'!
In this case I germinate the seed in moistened vermiculite in a bag. They dislike root disturbance so seedlings are then transferred to pots that I have enlarged the drainage holes in quite significantly. When the time comes I drop them pot and all into a deep pot.
As far as the water well goes I guess that it's more about moisture control - I always water seedlings from the bottom (good practice anyway in my book) but as it matures you can take liberties. The foliage is susceptible to mildew so air movement is essential. Grow in at least 50% sand.
Simples!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4371/36711441860_066a754c60_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XW4JE9)Swainsona formosa (https://flic.kr/p/XW4JE9) by longk48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/), on Flickr
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Still small,been flowering on and off all year
Townsendia alpigena
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Making plates may be a good idea for not having to resize individual pictures (thanks Yann)
From the garden: Cimicifuga racemosa purple leaf, Stylophorum lasiocarpum, A. flavum and the first Colchicum :)
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Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance - this is the trademark name, who wants to call it 'Blafra' ??? They've gone completely crazy with the cultivars naming :-X
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A very common sight along the roadsides: Solidago canadensis and Rhus typhina
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I found them a second time so I should show here as well - the tussock moth catterpilars feeding on Asclepias.
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nice, yes i use picasa after passing my raw files to dxo.
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Tricyrtis formosana...........
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4403/36390787104_b49bf39bef_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XrJiaS)Tricyrtis formosana (https://flic.kr/p/XrJiaS) by longk48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/), on Flickr
Bessera elegans..........
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Salvia atrocyanea.............
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4393/37056153672_2817d214cb_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Yswttf)Salvia atrocyanea (https://flic.kr/p/Yswttf) by longk48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/), on Flickr
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Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance - this is the trademark name, who wants to call it 'Blafra' ??? They've gone completely crazy with the cultivars naming :-X
Strangely enough it is now in flower in our garden in the Southern Hemisphere ;D
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15716.msg381650#msg381650 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15716.msg381650#msg381650)
cheers
fermi
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Strangely enough it is now in flower in our garden in the Southern Hemisphere ;D
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15716.msg381650#msg381650 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15716.msg381650#msg381650)
cheers
fermi
Yes Fermi, most interesting to see it flowering simultaneously across both hemispheres :) I'll post a picture in Daphne thread for the record.
With summer like temperatures now, 27C (feeling like 32C with the humidity) Colchicum autumnale Waterlily exploded yesterday; they will be over so fast now :'(
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Eriogonum prattenianum var. prattenianum. I hope this seedling starts blooming this coming spring.
Robert,
A beautiful plant. The silver leaves look more flowery than the flowers will.
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Black walnuts (Juglans nigra). Some are almost 8 cm in diameter.
James
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Black walnuts (Juglans nigra). Some are almost 8 cm in diameter.
James
Crumbs, looks like you'd need a tank to drive over those to break into them!
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JAMES:
Looks good, now make yourself some "nocino".
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I have had my scree remodelled to represent a mountain top, a scree and a bog. Small scale I know. I need a mail order supplier of less common native alpines. Anyone have ideas? I have purple saxifrage, dwarf azalea and Diapensia. Img. 00339 shows new site. It is warm and sunny today. The ivy is coming into flower and is being visited by many insects including comma and red admiral butterflies. Img. 00341 shows a comma with the distinctive C on the underwing. Img. 00346 shows a red admiral. Clematis tangutica Img. 00349 is brightening one corner Img. 00344 shows ivy.
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I love the photographs of the butterflies!
Good luck with your new plot.
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Ian, what do you regard as being less common alpines?
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David, native saxifrage, Ajuga pyramidalis, Veronica fruticans, Sedum villosum, Salix herbacea, Gnaphalium supinum, Woodsia alpina and W. ilvensis, Cystopteris montana. Mostly our native alpines that form small prostate mats. Usually considered not garden worthy by most growers.
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The process is slow, but we are slowly removing part of our house to have more garden space.
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The garden is in a bit of chaos. Salvia elegans is starting into bloom. Dieteria canescens, a California native, is also looking good, however the photograph did not turn out. I'll try again as it is quite nice.
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Salvia elegans isn't even close here. Kept frost free it will be spring before it blooms now.
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Salvia elegans isn't even close here. Kept frost free it will be spring before it blooms now.
Meanie,
Didn't Salvia elegans bloom for you one autumn?
We have a number of Salvia species blooming in our Sacramento garden. Right now there is so much work to do, I do not have much time to photograph plants in the garden. + with construction, or maybe destruction, the garden seems chaotic with potted plants all over the place and salvaged lumber in piles here and there. The structure is down now and much needs to be hauled away. The concrete foundation is next. Uuuggghhh! :P
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Meanie,
Didn't Salvia elegans bloom for you one autumn?
It did. That year had a much better summer than this (which has been lousy frankly) and a long mild autumn. It was still blooming at christmas in a sheltered spot outdoors that year.
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Robert, don,t forget to leave enough of the house to live in.
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The structure is down now and much needs to be hauled away. The concrete foundation is next. Uuuggghhh! :P
I hope you can hire in some machinery to help with that? Rather you than me - I remember the amount of work it was to remove quitea small piece of concrete path - couldn't even contemplate trying that now.
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It did. That year had a much better summer than this (which has been lousy frankly) and a long mild autumn. It was still blooming at christmas in a sheltered spot outdoors that year.
Meanie,
Once stormy weather arrives (and frost) the flowers will not last long. The plant generally dies back during the winter (same with Salvia guaranitica). The last few years it has been setting viable seed with new plants sprouting in pots in the area. This is a first for me.
Ian,
I'll ask my wife if she plans on keeping the house. ;D
Maggi,
It is amazing what the correct tools will do and how easy a job can be. I hope there is not much in the way of iron reinforcing bar in the foundation. We will have some help! So far the garden in the area has escaped any major "accident". Actually, the cleanup after the building is gone will be tedious.
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Today...Liatris punctata and Gentiana sino-ornata "Blauer Kobold"
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The lower leaves on my lizard orchids are forming. The flower stem is not produced until the following summer. Img. 00356.
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We are making progress on removing the back part of our house. Now that the framing is gone, the concrete foundation needs to be removed. Progress is slow.
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The back part of the house will have a window door and large windows to become a greenhouse room. Another small attached greenhouse-aviary will also be constructed.
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Mimulus cardinalis is looking good in the garden. There is "lime" dust from the concrete everywhere in our garden now. I hope the plants will not be harmed - especially the acid lovers. The dust from the gypsum sheet-rock seems like it could be beneficial.
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Dieteria canescens var. canescens from the high elevations and the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada is a great late blooming Asteraceae. They will bloom for many weeks. I hope to get a better photograph of this fine species soon.
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Cautleya Spicata seeds, when the fruit (or is it a capsule) opens you see a small pea-sized black ball, a closer look shows it contains dozens of seeds. Will try to see if I have any luck at germinating these, apparently they must be sown immediately at room temperature. Which is a bit strange I think given the fact that if the seeds fall on the ground and stay outdoors they soon will be confronted to lower temps. Perhaps best also to provide day/night temp swings as I think they are getting in habitat when the seeds ripen.
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Cautleya Spicata seeds, when the fruit (or is it a capsule) opens you see a small pea-sized black ball, a closer look shows it contains dozens of seeds. Will try to see if I have any luck at germinating these, apparently they must be sown immediately at room temperature. Which is a bit strange I think given the fact that if the seeds fall on the ground and stay outdoors they soon will be confronted to lower temps. Perhaps best also to provide day/night temp swings as I think they are getting in habitat when the seeds ripen.
Will you clean them first? From my recollection there viability lasts whilst still in the berry but shortens quickly once cleaned up.
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Will you clean them first? From my recollection there viability lasts whilst still in the berry but shortens quickly once cleaned up.
There is not much cleaning involved, when collecting the seeds they just all fall off. I have sown the first batch this morning, as other capsules open I will continue to sow them immediately.
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Ranunculus bullatus from Southern Spain
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Gerd
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Lovely Gerd, how do you grow it?
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Lovely Gerd, how do you grow it?
Thank you David. I grow them inside just like summer dormant bulbs/corms. Nearly dry in summer and watering then around the
first days in September. Powdery mildew in winter is a problem - I would imagine that good ventilation would help.
Gerd
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The awful heat wave that hit Ontario has ended, luckily. One positive is that it made Centaurea salonitana buds to open - I had little hope to see the flowers of this one.
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Now back to the normal cool, and less time spent watering plants ;) Foliage is starting to turn colourful, the fruits are ripening.
Lindera benzoin
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Aster ericoides is blooming and the clubmoss stands green and fresh (Dendrolycopodium obscurum most probably).
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Most of the concrete has been broken up and removed from the old 'Sun Room'. It took me two days to break it apart with a sledgehammer! Tio Paisano helped and Jose helped a bit on another day. Soon it will be all gone and I can think about the new garden.
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Not much progress on the new greenhouse.
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Silene laciniata ssp. californica is still blooming in our garden.
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A little better photograph of Dieteria canscens var. canescens.
Many Salvias are looking good in our garden now. Hopefully I will have some good photographs soon.
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Gabriela,
Aster ericoides´Snowflurry´also flowers in Germany and we always enjoy these
charming flowers in the autumn.
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Gabriela,
Aster ericoides´Snowflurry´also flowers in Germany and we always enjoy these
charming flowers in the autumn.
Nice to see that this charming cultivar is grown in Europe Rudi! Not easy to find it here.
It can happen in some years to still be flowering when the first 'real' snow flurries arrive :)
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Snow Flurries is one of my favorites. It's been around since at least year 2000, whien I bought it mail order. Other things of interest in the pic from a previous year, mid October: Penstemon cobaea on left, Pontechium maculatum (Echium russicum) on back right.
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Also from mid September:
Symphyotrichum sericeum, Rudbeckia 'Henry Eilers', Chasmanthium latifolium, Pontechium maculatum
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Symphyotrichum sericeum is very nice Rick; we don't have it here (as far as I know). And it looks great with Chasmanthium, one of my favourites among grasses.
I noticed has almost disappeared at garden centres, too many Calamagrostis, Miscanthus and an 'invasion' of Panicum cv. (which I like).