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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Gabriela on May 06, 2018, 12:46:50 AM
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Almost one week of May is gone so time to start it off. With the sudden warm up everything started to flower in our region in a matter of few days:
In the garden, all Corydalis, Helleborus, Primulas...
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In the woods as well, Hepatica almost coming to an end and all other spring flowers starting to bloom:Erythronium, Trilliums, Anemone quinquefolia, Uvularia...
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Same here Gabriela. Plants are coming out very fast. I wanted to take some pictures but by the time I realized the sun was already set . Managed to take just one picture. Corydalis repens in the garden is a pretty little one and I love it.
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What are the little pretty white flowers in the last picture, Gabriela ?
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Same here Gabriela. Plants are coming out very fast. I wanted to take some pictures but by the time I realized the sun was already set . Managed to take just one picture. Corydalis repens in the garden is a pretty little one and I love it.
Very nice Corydalis Kris; one that I don't have.
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What are the little pretty white flowers in the last picture, Gabriela ?
Anemone quinquefolia Nicole, the NA woodland Anemone. It is more delicate than A. nemorosa and also it doesn't form extensive colonies.
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Dianthus glacialis ssp. gelidus from the southern Carpathians in Romania.
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Hi Gabriela
I got the bulb from private botanic gardens 2 years ago. I got 3 different corydalis from him and all came up nicely
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Thank you Gabriela ;)
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Hi Gabriela
I got the bulb from private botanic gardens 2 years ago. I got 3 different corydalis from him and all came up nicely
Thanks Kris. There are so many other species that I don't have, I'll just have to admire them in pictures :)
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Dianthus glacialis ssp. gelidus from the southern Carpathians in Romania.
Nice, very hard to beat the way it looks in the wild.
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A few photographs from our Sacramento garden today.
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The first Penstemon to bloom this season. Penstemon purpusii grown from seed, Snow Mountain, Colusa County, California.
Many more Penstemon species are budded and ready to bloom soon.
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Digitalis dubia - A favorite. Great gray foliage, pink flowers.
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Triteleia hyacinthina
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The next wave of Azaleas to bloom - Rhododendron occidentale hybrid.
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Aquilegia formosa - The first flower to open this season. I have then planted all over the garden. I would not be without this species in the garden.
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Same here Robert. I love Aquilegia formosa and have lots of them in the garden.
Long time ago we lived in Davis, California and I still have fond memories of that place.
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I love that brick red corydalis in your first photo,Gabriela. A different one from the other good reds. And lovely to see Digitalis dubia in bud too, Robert. I used to have it but eventually it went the way of many good things. Yesterday I was able to buy two plants and I had seen it in bloom a few months ago at the nursery but these two though strong and healthy look to me to have more pointed foliage than I remember it having. I hope they are not the progeny of dubia crossed with one of the wild purpurea forms. I know it happens.
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Here it's summer, 29°c this afternoon, perfect for walking among moskitos and water in a bog ;D
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Same here Robert. I love Aquilegia formosa and have lots of them in the garden.
Long time ago we lived in Davis, California and I still have fond memories of that place.
Hi Kris,
Small world. :) As you know Davis is not that far from downtown Sacramento.
I love that brick red corydalis in your first photo,Gabriela. A different one from the other good reds. And lovely to see Digitalis dubia in bud too, Robert. I used to have it but eventually it went the way of many good things. Yesterday I was able to buy two plants and I had seen it in bloom a few months ago at the nursery but these two though strong and healthy look to me to have more pointed foliage than I remember it having. I hope they are not the progeny of dubia crossed with one of the wild purpurea forms. I know it happens.
Hi Lesley,
Thank yoou so much for the additional information on Digitalis dubia. I do grow it in the garden with other Digitalis species, including Digitalis purpurea. When I save seed I will certainly do controlled pollinations with as many plants as possible. The original seed came from Ginny Hunt - Seedhunt. The plants have always looked true to type, but then I have never grown Digitalis dubia with other Digitalis species. Thank you again for the heads-up.
I'll have more photographs of the garden soon, as well as a report on Poho Ridge. Just busy these days - but then that is okay. :)
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Some of the plants in flower now.
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Spring gentian.
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Rhododendron wee bee.
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A slipper in the garden.
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Antennaria dioica.
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Alpine catchfly.
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Helianthemum oelandicum.
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Mellitis melissophylllum
Primula auricula 'Heidi'
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Days have been very warm here this week, over +20 at days which is unusual. In the news they said that this year summer has come several weeks earlier, and it feels like it. Early flowers are going over and new ones are coming up fast.
I have to post this picture from last week-end. :)
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Leena your garden looks adorable!!!
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Pictures taken today. . .
Paeonia mlokosewitschii.
Phlox bifida 'Ralph Haywood'
Phlox subulata 'Bonita'
Phlox subulata 'Holly'
Salix hylamatica
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Crikey, it's already summer with you, Lampwick!! 8)
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It's time for thyme!
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More photographs from our Sacramento, California garden.
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This has been a fantastic symbiotic combination! :) Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis with Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons. A few days before this photograph was taken both species were in peak bloom at the same time. It was fabulous! In addition, this is their 4th season together - both started together as seed. I also had success this year growing and flowering an annual Castilleja, Valley tassels, Castilleja attenuata. This was my first attempt with an annual Castilleja species. Castilleja attenuata is not the showiest species, however I am pleased with the results.
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Beautiful foliage on a prime form of Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum. Grown from seed I gathered near Carson Pass, Alpine County, California. I am growing other forms of E. wrightii var. subscaposum from other locations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and I am selecting out some very nice forms.
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Eriogonum prattenianum - It will be blooming soon. The woolly gray foliage is extremely beautiful. It is a great plant for our garden even if it never bloomed. The flowers are just an added bonus. From seed I gathered on Peavine Ridge, El Dorado County, California.
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Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum - I am growing many different varieties from seed gathered on my outings. This batch of seed yielded some very nice forms as well as some odd-balls. They are under observation - they are very different. From seed gathered in El Dorado County, California.
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Penstemon roezlii will be blooming soon. From seed I gathered in El Dorado County, California. Many more Penstemons will be blooming soon. :)
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Crikey, it's already summer with you, Lampwick!! 8)
Yes Maggi, The Phlox do give a lovely display at this time of the year don’t they?
But tell me please:- why cant I get P. kelseyi ‘Lemhi Purple’ and P. caespitosa 'Zigeunerblut' to put on a grand display? I have a number of healthy plants of each of these from cuttings taken last year.
I know David Nicholson and Paul Cumbleton have done well with some of these. ???
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Yes Maggi, The Phlox do give a lovely display at this time of the year don’t they?
But tell me please:- why cant I get P. kelseyi ‘Lemhi Purple’ and P. caespitosa 'Zigeunerblut' to put on a grand display? I have a number of healthy plants of each of these from cuttings taken last year.
I know David Nicholson and Paul Cumbleton have done well with some of these. ???
I am tempted to reply by saying send me cuttings and I'll let you know how they get on here! ;) ::) ;D
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I am tempted to reply by saying send me cuttings and I'll let you know how they get on here! ;) ::) ;D
I have sent you an Email . . . ;D
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Oooh! My impudence rewarded - many thanks! M
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This is the sole survivor after a field vole party last winter. Up here in the mountains the snow has just disappeared. And in stead of a great display of flowering Pulsatilla vernalis we found a damaged meadow.
This is what most of the meadow looked like:
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We expected at least 10 plants with many flowers each. This is the only one:
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It's summer, the best place i know for plants in front of the UK coasts is in a nuclear area :+)
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and not far the coast it's orchid's festival
Ophrys aranifera, aranifera x insectifera
I can see Ralph and Arthur's house in my lens ;)
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I can see Ralph and Arthur's house in my lens ;)
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Hi Robert
I am absolutely thrilled with the Eriogonum prattenianum. Not only the woolly grey foliage is beautiful. I find the loose growth of your copy particularly interesting.
At my time E. ovalifolium var. nivale and also E. umbellatum flowers. However, I can't tell what kind of variation it is... maybe you can say it.
Thomas
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This is the sole survivor after a field vole party last winter. Up here in the mountains the snow has just disappeared. And in stead of a great display of flowering Pulsatilla vernalis we found a damaged meadow.
Trond,
The photographs look like the vole damage we would get at the farm. It is hard to earn a living farming with armies of voles running around.
How often is there vole damage as you pictured? Do you think that the winter snowfall, cold temperatures, or the length of time with snow on the ground were contributing factors?
Hi Robert
I am absolutely thrilled with the Eriogonum prattenianum. Not only the woolly grey foliage is beautiful. I find the loose growth of your copy particularly interesting.
At my time E. ovalifolium var. nivale and also E. umbellatum flowers. However, I can't tell what kind of variation it is... maybe you can say it.
Thomas
Thomas,
There are at least 25 varieties of Eriogonum umbellatum in California. Your plant is certainly nicely grown! 8) I like your Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale too. I just have pink flowering forms at this time.
Yes, I am thrilled with Eriogonum prattenianum too. ;D It is even better in person! It was the only one to germinate from seed I gathered several years ago. I plan on trying more in the future. :)
More nice looking plants from our garden.
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Clarkia concinna ssp. concinna is one of a number of Clarkias blooming for us at this time.
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It is Collinsia time. Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla
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Collinsia tinctoria
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Dichelostemma multiflorum - grown from seed gathered on Peavine Ridge. I like this one. :)
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Silene laciniata ssp. californica - They have been blooming for some time now and will continue to bloom on and off all summer into the autumn.
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Allium unifolium in our front garden. A common species, but I would not be without it in our garden. :)
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Stipa lemmonii var. lemmonii - grow from seed gathered near Riverton, El Dorado County, California. I like many of our California native bunch grasses. This is the first season for this one to bloom. I like to let them seed about in the garden here and there. It looks very natural. Elymus multisetus is seeding around our garden now. If the seedlings are in good locations I leave them to grow. :)
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Two saxifrages from the garden
1.Saxifraga oppositifolia
2. Saxifraga Kabschia sp
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Robert - Collinsia tinctoria is a gem!
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Robert - Collinsia tinctoria is a gem!
meanie,
I agree, Collinsia tinctoria is a real gem. They are even better when they seed themselves around the garden without my effort. Not yet with this species, however Collinsia heterophylla is seedling around a bit now.
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Those little tinctoria faces belong in a children's movie. I'm surprised Walt Disney
never used them.
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Gentian acaulis. It never flowers profusely but is always stunning.
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Those little tinctoria faces belong in a children's movie. I'm surprised Walt Disney
never used them.
I see what you mean- do we know any animated film-makers we can give the suggestion ?!
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Gentian acaulis. It never flowers profusely but is always stunning.
Looks pretty good to me, Graham!
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Looks pretty good to me, Graham!
Thanks Maggi.
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Hi Thomas,
Eriogonum prattenianum var. prattenianum photographed this morning on Peavine Ridge, 11 May. Clearly the plant I am cultivating is not as dense. I love it anyway! ;D
By the way, it and many other Eriogonum species look close to dead during the wintertime. I actually like this too. ::)
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Hi Thomas,
Eriogonum prattenianum var. prattenianum photographed this morning on Peavine Ridge, 11 May. Clearly the plant I am cultivating is not as dense. I love it anyway! ;D
By the way, it and many other Eriogonum species look close to dead during the wintertime. I actually like this too. ::)
Hi Robert
thank you for the beautiful photo of Eriogonum prattenianum var. prattenianum from the wilderness. Personally, I like the habit of your specimen even more. Congratulations.
I show two pictures of Eriogonum kennedyi. It's new in my Alpinum. The origin... California, Ventura County, 2645 meters. I hope I can keep it alive. It is permanently covered against water from above. I find this species particularly delicate.
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Hi Thomas,
Your Eriogonum kennedyi look very good! :) By any chance do you know what subspecies they belong to? There are 5 subspecies in California. Believe it or not, I often have difficulty growing Southern California species here in Northern California.
Many Eriogonum species seem to thrive for me here in Northern California. At this time, the Eriogonum marifolium - E. incanum complex is giving me a devil of a time. I can grow them to blooming age then they decline and die-off. :'( I grow many from seed and have another batch of seedlings coming along. Maybe I will have better luck with some of them. Eriogonum elatum var. elatum from the east side of the Sierra Nevada does surprisingly well. I have yet to get one to bloom at this time. Eriogonum ursinum var. ursinum looks good, however my last remaining plant is a shy bloomer (at least so far). The other specimens died off in our move to Sacramento. I just check today and Eriogonum umbellatum var. smallianum is well budded and will be blooming soon.
Anyway, I enjoy seeing your photographs, especially the Eriogonum species you are having success with. Very 8)
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May in the northern Hemisphere is not always rich in flowers!
At 1000-1100m altitude it is still early spring. Two weeks ago you could still go skiing here.
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The lakes are still covered by ice. It will be gone in a week though.
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Snow mould is common.
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Slime moulds are common.
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Pyrola sp. It is several species in this area and hundreds are blooming in summer.
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Juniper, Juniperus communis. It is not dead neither sick. It is how it looks like at the ridges.
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A week early for the trailing azalea (Loiseleuria/Kalmia procumbens).
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If you are lucky you find cranberries in the bogs. They are very tasty at this time of the year.
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Lycopodium annotinum
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Eriophorum vaginatum
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Arctostaphylos alpina, one of the early bloomers.
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Black crowberry, Empetrum nigrum is also early.
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You can still find some crowberries. They are edible but not as good as the cranberries.
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Thanks for sharing Trond, I love this type of habitat and flora - it was these plants that started me on my horticultural and gardening journey.
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Rhododendron yakushimanum.
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Rhododendron Carmen.
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Horminum pyrenaicum.
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Hi Trond,
Nice photographs! 8)
Now that the snow has, more or less, melted the landscaping will be greening-up?
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Not very good pictures today; my apologies, too much sunshine for photography!
Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Nanum’.
Erigeron aureus 'Canary Bird'
Gentiana angulosa
Linum 'Gemmells Hybrid'
Phlox caespitosa 'Zigeunerblut'
Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'
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(cough!). . . Ahem!! . . and one more ::)
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Sigh! Raining here all day!
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Here too !... we have lost 15° C :(
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a small 30km ride, it has been raining all night and walking among bogs wasn't easy.
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Did you wear a wetsuit to traverse le marais?
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Hi Thomas,
Your Eriogonum kennedyi look very good! :) By any chance do you know what subspecies they belong to? There are 5 subspecies in California. Believe it or not, I often have difficulty growing Southern California species here in Northern California.
Many Eriogonum species seem to thrive for me here in Northern California. At this time, the Eriogonum marifolium - E. incanum complex is giving me a devil of a time. I can grow them to blooming age then they decline and die-off. :'( I grow many from seed and have another batch of seedlings coming along. Maybe I will have better luck with some of them. Eriogonum elatum var. elatum from the east side of the Sierra Nevada does surprisingly well. I have yet to get one to bloom at this time. Eriogonum ursinum var. ursinum looks good, however my last remaining plant is a shy bloomer (at least so far). The other specimens died off in our move to Sacramento. I just check today and Eriogonum umbellatum var. smallianum is well budded and will be blooming soon.
Anyway, I enjoy seeing your photographs, especially the Eriogonum species you are having success with. Very 8)
Hi Robert
I believe it is Eriogonum kennedyi var. alpigenum.
Today I started to prick different seedlings from North America.
Astragalus coccineus, Cryptantha abata, some different small penstemons and different townsendia ...and some others. Some got a place in particularly high pots.
Another question...are Phacelia campanularia and Mohavea confertiflora annual plants? Because they already bloom in pots.
Thomas
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Here are some more impressions of the last days...
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Sweet Leontopdium Gran Sasso - the Giro d'Italia went up that mountain today!
Phacelia campanularia and Mohavea confertiflora are both annual plants.
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Sweet Leontopdium Gran Sasso - the Giro d'Italia went up that mountain today!
Phacelia campanularia and Mohavea confertiflora are both annual plants.
Wow... a woman who knows sports. Fantastic. By the way... I've always been Scottish at snooker. Even if it was only second this year. John Higgins is the greatest. 😊
Thanks also for the information regarding the annual plants.
Thomas
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Trond,
The photographs look like the vole damage we would get at the farm. It is hard to earn a living farming with armies of voles running around.
How often is there vole damage as you pictured? Do you think that the winter snowfall, cold temperatures, or the length of time with snow on the ground were contributing factors?
Robert,
Fortunately I do not have gardening as a living neither at home nor at the cabin!
Vole damage vary with a top about every 4th year. It has little to do with temperature as long as it is a thick blanket of snow. The snow protect them from both predators and freezing temperatures. (Also lemmings and other small rodents have a similar cycle.)
Hi Trond,
Nice photographs! 8)
Now that the snow has, more or less, melted the landscaping will be greening-up?
Thanks Robert.
The meadow close to the cabin transformed from bleak and grey to alive and green in the 4 days we stayed there. In another week it will be a lot of flowers in the meadows and the trees will have leafed out. The bogs and wet areas take several weeks to get some colour.
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Thanks for sharing Trond, I love this type of habitat and flora - it was these plants that started me on my horticultural and gardening journey.
Ian,
You are welcome! My pleasure.
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Hi Robert
I believe it is Eriogonum kennedyi var. alpigenum.
Today I started to prick different seedlings from North America.
Astragalus coccineus, Cryptantha abata, some different small penstemons and different townsendia ...and some others. Some got a place in particularly high pots.
Another question...are Phacelia campanularia and Mohavea confertiflora annual plants? Because they already bloom in pots.
Thomas
Thomas,
Phacelia campanularia is annual. It is a desert species native to the southeastern portion of California (a very long distance from our home in Northern California). The same is true for both species of Mohavea, M. breviflora and M. confertiflora.
Phacelia purpusii from seed gathered on Peavine Ridge is blooming in our garden at this time. At low elevation, most of the plants bloom with washed out colors, in this case very pale lavender. This is an interesting project: breeding and selecting forms that have deeper colored flowers even here in the Sacramento Valley. This may be genetically infeasible, but I will not know unless I try. :)
I am very glad to hear that you have many fine species coming along. My experience has been that I have much more success with Astragalus sowing them directly where they are to grow. For me, at least, 99.99999% die when transplanted. I guess there is room for my gardening skills to improve. ;D
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Thomas
Phacelia campanularia just finished blooming for me a couple of weeks ago. Once in bloom it provided the beautiful purplish blue flowers since midsummer onwards. Mine were spring sown inside. Yours are already in bloom. Did you sow them in winter inside? or even in fall?. I've kept seeds and was wondering if they should be sown now ( fall in the southern hemisphere). Although it is a desert species, at least here, it loved to get regular bottom watering.I found it a very interesting addition to the summer rock garden colour specially for its ease in cultivation.
Robert I'll have to try Phacelia purpusii. There are quite a few native Phacelia here as well. They seem to like highly altered landscapes. Here they grow right next to road ditches and bloom profusely until early frost. I've yet to do the proper ID, but I did collect some seeds this past April.
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Arturo.
We have a fair number of Phacelia species that are native to our part of California. Some are perennial, others annual. Phacelia purpusii can be found in disturbed areas. I gathered seed of Phacelia purpusii in an andesite boulder field that burned over about 30 years ago. Many Arctostaphylos have recolonized the area, but much of it remains open.
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Did you wear a wetsuit to traverse le marais?
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No but i should invest for next season, it was my last spring bogs walk, i'm now travelling to dry landscapes.
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Vacinium nummularia. The new leaves arrive bright red (that’s not a good colour description, is it? But that’s the best I got from Google). Myself, I would say the colour and sheen of raw liver, or am I being silly? They have tiny whiskers around the edge of each leaf.
And then a close up.
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Vacinium nummularia. The new leaves arrive bright red (that’s not a good colour description, is it? But that’s the best I got from Google). Myself, I would say the colour and sheen of raw liver, or am I being silly? They have tiny whiskers around the edge of each leaf.
And then a close up.
Hmmm.... raw liver? Well, maybe! It's better than "bright red", anyway!
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More photographs from our garden.
There was a major north wind event the other day. This was not so good for the garden. The stately stems of Penstemon palmeri var. palmeri were looking great, however the strong winds knocked them all over. The flowers still look nice. At least they were not broken off by the strong winds.
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Nigella damascena is a weedy annual in our garden. Despite this I always keep some as I am weeding. Now that they are blooming the remaining plants look great growing up through things, such as this dwarf form of Rhododendron racemosum.
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I am extremely pleased that our annual native Gilia capitata is starting to reseed and establish itself in our garden. In sunny areas I am allowing it the replace the Nigella. Someday, I hope to have an number of part shade loving California native annuals that replace the Nigella.
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Digitalis dubia with Aquilegia seedlings. This combination looks good too. I planted the Digitalis, but the Aquilegia are mostly random seedlings that I allow to grow. I never know for sure what I might get, and sometimes things work out great. I like this sort of gardening. :)
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Robert, I wouldn't mind having Nigella sativa instead.! Its seeds are delicious in so many different cuisines! I wouldn't mind having Gilia capitata growing randomly either....
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Arturo,
There are a number of California native Gilia species that I would like to get established in our Sacramento garden. All in time. :)
Sometime in the distant past, I think that I enjoyed food prepared with Nigella sativa seed. A very foggy memory. We have many ethnic food stores in Sacramento. It would be interesting to find Nigella sativa and give it a try (refresh the memory ;D ).
A few more plants from our Sacramento garden.
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Salvia spathacea, California Hummingbird Sage. This is one of a number of California native Salvias that we have blooming in our garden right now. The Hummingbirds like all of them.
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Penstemon roezlii looking great. It looks even better in our garden than in the wild! I'll keep working on this one and see if I can come up with something even better for our garden. :)
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Geranium dalmaticum - very common, but I would not be without it! I will be propagating more to spread around the garden.
A large Alligator Lizard, Elgaria sp., showed up in our garden yesterday! We have not seen one here in decades. We are putting in much effort to create habitat in our garden. Many friends, such as the Alligator Lizard, are starting to show up. Very 8)
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Robert
"Penstemon roezlii looking great. It looks even better in our garden than in the wild! I'll keep working on this one and see if I can come up with something even better for our garden. :)"
Please do!. I'm partial to your penstemons. Unfortunately my first trial failed, but I'm willing to persevere. My Pent. palmerii are healthy looking first year seedlings! I know that when in bloom they'll be gorgeous. Your comment about flopping over with wind, restricts my planting scheme; still I wouldn't want to do without them...like your Digitalis dubia or your Geranium dalmaticum.
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Todays pictures. . .
Aethionema armenum ‘Warley Rubra'
Asperula suberosa
Azalea japonica 'Geisha Pink'
Halimiocistus libanotis
Veronica prostrata 'Little Nell'
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A quick trip around the garden over the past few days here.
Alyssum saxatile looking bright in the sunshine.
The Berberis used to be on the show bench before it go too big! Still under 3 foot and must be 15 years old.
Campanula bellidifolia and no show to take it to. Leontopodium and Lewisia missing shows too.
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Two of my favourite blues in the garden both doing well in the shade behind a seat.
Ptilostrichium spinosum suddenly came out with the sun.
Rhodo Peeping Tom. And Sedum humifusum showing a lot more flower than they did at the Glasgow Show.
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No two ways about it in my mind, May is a lovely month!
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Shelagh, I've never heard of that Lewisia and, in fact I doubt if that name exists in any of the literature. Could it be from a mis-labelled original of L. Leena?
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Ah David you spotted my deliberate mistake (harrumph) just seeing if anyone was awake. Well it always worked when I was teaching :D
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Two of my favourite blues in the garden both doing well in the shade behind a seat.
Ptilostrichium spinosum suddenly came out with the sun.
Rhodo Peeping Tom. And Sedum humifusum showing a lot more flower than they did at the Glasgow Show.
Shelagh,
That Ptilostrichium spinosum is a great plant!
I remember growing it very many years ago after seeing it in 1986 at the R.B.G. Edinburgh. There must have been up to a dozen plants intermingled with each other to form a huge wide area, and a very impressive display it was. And then, I lost mine. I never came across it again and it went “out of sight, out of mind”. This was perhaps because it changed its name at about that time.
You have prompted a “wake-up-call” Shelagh. I see that Craigiehall Nursery has it. I will have to get it now that I know it is an Alyssum. . . . Thank you! ;D 8)
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Just enjoying all these beautiful pictures from the forum members.
Three pictures of Townsendias taken today.
1.Townsendia sp#1-lost the label. someone please help me
2 Townsendia sp#2-same story -lost label.
3.Townsendia rothrockii
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John 'Lampwick' - I see your website url is not connecting - I'm getting an error 403 message - is something wrong?
I'm getting the access forbidden message using Firefox and Google browsers
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Robert
"Penstemon roezlii looking great. It looks even better in our garden than in the wild! I'll keep working on this one and see if I can come up with something even better for our garden. :)"
Please do!. I'm partial to your penstemons. Unfortunately my first trial failed, but I'm willing to persevere. My Pent. palmerii are healthy looking first year seedlings! I know that when in bloom they'll be gorgeous. Your comment about flopping over with wind, restricts my planting scheme; still I wouldn't want to do without them...like your Digitalis dubia or your Geranium dalmaticum.
Arturo,
Penstemon palmeri is generally strong stemmed. Our wind event was extreme! The stems do not flop under typical breezy conditions. If you contend with windy conditions on a regular basis, well as you say, you may have to adjust your planting scheme. May good fortune prevail. The flowers are quite the show. :)
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John 'Lampwick' - I see your website url is not connecting - I'm getting an error 403 message - is something wrong?
I'm getting the access forbidden message using Firefox and Google browsers
I happen to get the same error message too! I wonder what I'm doing wrong! Thank you Maggie for pointing it out. Arturo
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John 'Lampwick' - I see your website url is not connecting - I'm getting an error 403 message - is something wrong?
I'm getting the access forbidden message using Firefox and Google browsers
Yes Maggi, I have been trying to fix it these last several days, but no luck!
I will have to pay to get some computer guru in and fix it for me. Thanks. :'( ???
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Hi Thomas,
Your Eriogonum kennedyi look very good! :) By any chance do you know what subspecies they belong to? There are 5 subspecies in California. Believe it or not, I often have difficulty growing Southern California species here in Northern California.
Many Eriogonum species seem to thrive for me here in Northern California. At this time, the Eriogonum marifolium - E. incanum complex is giving me a devil of a time. I can grow them to blooming age then they decline and die-off. :'( I grow many from seed and have another batch of seedlings coming along. Maybe I will have better luck with some of them. Eriogonum elatum var. elatum from the east side of the Sierra Nevada does surprisingly well. I have yet to get one to bloom at this time. Eriogonum ursinum var. ursinum looks good, however my last remaining plant is a shy bloomer (at least so far). The other specimens died off in our move to Sacramento. I just check today and Eriogonum umbellatum var. smallianum is well budded and will be blooming soon.
Anyway, I enjoy seeing your photographs, especially the Eriogonum species you are having success with. Very 8)
Robert
I checked my collection of sesds. A good friend from British Columbia gave me some wild seeds. Among them are also Eriogonum douglasii and Eriogonum niveum. From the BC region and Washington State. These are currently stored in the refrigerator and will be sown next season.
The North American alpine and subalpine flora will occupy me a little more in the future. There are so many spectacular species...especially in the north. Many will remain unattainable for me...
Thomas
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Just enjoying all these beautiful pictures from the forum members.
Three pictures of Townsendias taken today.
1.Townsendia sp#1-lost the label. someone please help me
2 Townsendia sp#2-same story -lost label.
3.Townsendia rothrockii
Kris
It's always amazing how successful you've been with Townsendia.
Maybe 1 and 2 could be T. incana or T. jonesii var. tumulosa. Please compare the pictures on the Internet.
All the best
Thomas
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John 'Lampwick' - I see your website url is not connecting - I'm getting an error 403 message - is something wrong?
I'm getting the access forbidden message using Firefox and Google browsers
Maggi and others....
Please click on my blue webpage link at the bottom of the page to see if it works.
I THINK I have fixed it
John.
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Yes, John, site now opens in all its glory -don't know how you fixed it, but well done!! M
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John, I'm immensely grateful for whatever you did with your site access. I'm enjoying every bit of it. Congratulations! 8)
Arturo
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John, I'm immensely grateful for whatever you did with your site access. I'm enjoying every bit of it. Congratulations! 8)
Arturo
Thank you Arturo. :)
Over the years I have enjoyed building the website, and it is nice to get positive comments.
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Things are evolving so fast here, it is actually summer - today about 27C!
Trillium cuneatum
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Mitella diphylla
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Fothergilla major
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The young Acer 'Amber Ghost' leafing out. I don't know how popular the Acer Ghost series are in UK but they are simply spectacular in the way the foliage changes from one stage to another.
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Thanks Thomas. Now I will go and label my plant. It looks more like Townsendia incana
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Saxifraga vayredana, an endemic of Mt Montseny.
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Very nice Yann, did you get the scent?
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Salvia spathacea, California Hummingbird Sage. This is one of a number of California native Salvias that we have blooming in our garden right now. The Hummingbirds like all of them.
That was another resounding failure here - grew well but steadfastly refused to bloom.
On the subject of Nigella, I allow them to self seed around as I use the seed a lot in the kitchen. It adds lovely mild pockets of bitterness to many dishes. Seedwise, Nigella and fennel are my two much used kitchen essentials here.
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I am not able to send my new pictures today and I do not know why?
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Well, I see that one of my pictures has been too large. I will try it again, with three pictures from this month:
Dianthus myrtinervius ssp. caespitosus (I am puzzled by this name as The Plant List does not know it whilst Flora of Turkey does)
Edraianthus puleviczii from Montenegro (E. serpyllifolius group)
Androsace brahmaputrae (syn. A. bisulca var. brahmaputrae)
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When I have been succesful now as I can see, I send another three pictures:
Campanula pulvinaris (the rare and shy flowering plant from East Turkey)
Dianthus brevicaule (also from Turkey, my favorite)
Primula fasciculata (one from tiny himalayan Primulas)
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That was another resounding failure here - grew well but steadfastly refused to bloom.
On the subject of Nigella, I allow them to self seed around as I use the seed a lot in the kitchen. It adds lovely mild pockets of bitterness to many dishes. Seedwise, Nigella and fennel are my two much used kitchen essentials here.
Hi meanie,
Our Sacramento garden has limited space. I grow as many of our local California native Salvia species as I can. Beyond that I enjoy many of the other Salvia species vicariously on this forum. I enjoy seeing the range of plants you grow in your garden, including the many Salvia species. Very 8) My latest additions to our garden are several selections of Salvia sonomensis. I love the fragrance of the foliage. They make an excellent cover for summer dry bulbs as Salvia sonomensis thrives without summer irrigation even in our summer hot, dry climate.
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Wonderful to hear from you Zdenek!
Dianthus myrtinervius ssp. caespitosus (I am puzzled by this name as The Plant List does not know it whilst Flora of Turkey does)
The Plant List has quite a lot of errors and omissions, it is true.
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We see a lot of individual plants in this section but with all the sun we have had over the past week the whole garden has erupted. We have a small garden but Brian has packed a lot into it, I thought I'd show you what it looks like at the minute.
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Unfortunately with the Show plants in pots poor Brian has had watering can attached to his arm for several days.
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Oh by the way the lovely lady who adorns our garden was found many years ago at a Nursery in Hexham. I thought of calling her Bathsheba or Desdemona but Brian christened her Maud from the famous Victorian/Edwardian song "Come into the garden Maud".
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Looking good Shelagh.
Its nice to see views of peoples gardens.
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Sedum pilosum is a classic...but I love it every spring. Just like Petrophytum hendersonii and the others.
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I started potting this year's sowing...I have the whole week free and hope to finish. 😊
Thomas
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I started potting this year's sowing...I have the whole week free and hope to finish. 😊
Thomas
Such neat work!
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Tanks...Maggi
Two North Americans from yesterday...
Townsendia alpigena
Mohavea confertiflora
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Very nice Yann, did you get the scent?
Not so much
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I started potting this year's sowing...I have the whole week free and hope to finish. 😊
Thomas
WoW! Even the labels are aligned!
Good luck with the potting.
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Taken today.
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Rhododendron calostrotum subsp. keleticum
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Rhododendron campylogynum Myrtilloides Group
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Hello John, I was wondering about the overall size of your Rhododendron bushes just pictured above. They are so attractive! Thanks
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Hello John, I was wondering about the overall size of your Rhododendron bushes just pictured above. They are so attractive! Thanks
Hi Arturo,
R. calostrotum ~ has a diameter of about 9inches and a height of 2.5inches. (23centimetres x 6.4 centimetres)
R. campylogynum ~ is oval shaped, 15inches x 9inches x 5inches high. (38centimetres x 23 centimetres x 12centimetres)
I have had both of these for several years. R. calostrotum had a piece broken off it and R. campylogynum had to be moved as a Phyllodoce was starting to covering it. 8)
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From the garden today:- Sorry messdd the images a bit
Aethionema 'Warley Rose'
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A. 'Warley Rubra'
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Helianthemum 'Ben More'
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Chaenorhinum 'Blue Dream'
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A ladies slipper.
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Saxifraga Dr. Wells.
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Parsley fern, Cryptogramma crispa.
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Oxytropis campestris.
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Spring cinquefoil.
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A couple more.
Must in with a chance for the prize for the longest name--- Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii 'Microphyllus'
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Ptilotrichum spinosa--- have I read that this is now something else? Can't for the life of me remember what though?
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Three Veronicas from the garden today:-
Veronica austriaca 'Ionian Skies'
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Veronica oltensis
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Veronica gentianoides
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WoW! Even the labels are aligned!
Good luck with the potting.
Gabriela...
a certain amount of order and cleanliness makes life a lot easier...says my wife. I try to put this philosophy into practice. Sometimes I succeed. 😆😆
But in the Alpinum it should be wild and natural.
Potting of the young plants was finished today. Today I have mainly potted species from British Columbia and Washington State...and Silene dinarica (Piatra Crailului Mountains, Romania, 2200 meters)...a species you surely know. 😊
By the way, I have a second area for young plants and purchased plants. It's a little sunnier there and I can shade it if necessary.
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interesting to see how members grow their plants, many good ideas to pick up.
I was waiting the rain, it finally fell this night. In the garden it's flowers explosion.
Iris 'Classic Look' , strong TB iris
I've lost label of this Dianthus, if someone can identify?
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Love the Iris Yann.
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On my crevice garden
Delosperma
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Penstemon hirsutis
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Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Baby Lom'
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I've lost label of this Dianthus, if someone can identify?
Yann,
I guess this is a Silene species - perhaps Silene uniflora.
Gerd
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Haberlea rhodopensis & Clematis hirsutissima in flower at the moment.
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Paeonia mlokosewitschii ex Ron Pal in flower today.
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Haberlea rhodopensis & Clematis hirsutissima in flower at the moment.
Two lovely plants Mike. From your picture it looks as if you grow the Haberlea in a pot, is that right? I have mine in an ericaceous bed with small Rhododendrons but I only had half a dozen flowers this year. Mind you that was progress because in it's previous sites I didn't have any flowers at all in around seven years.
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Two lovely plants Mike. From your picture it looks as if you grow the Haberlea in a pot, is that right? I have mine in an ericaceous bed with small Rhododendrons but I only had half a dozen flowers this year. Mind you that was progress because in it's previous sites I didn't have any flowers at all in around seven years.
David the plant is in a very large glazed pot about 18 - 20 inches accross & overhanging all around. It sits in full sun all day long & it is generally watered via the hosepipe with our limey water. Occassionally will feed with dilute tomerite & sometimes when I forget to water it all goes soft but picks up after being watered in the evening. It also flowers well in my awful clay soil & on a large piece of tufa. Basically it seems to thrive on neglect.
The 2 photos show saxifragas & Haberlea rhodopensis completely covering a very large piece of tufa. This is in my front garden, facing north, so no sunshine but again flowers very well.
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Gabriela...
a certain amount of order and cleanliness makes life a lot easier...says my wife. I try to put this philosophy into practice. Sometimes I succeed. 😆😆
But in the Alpinum it should be wild and natural.
Potting of the young plants was finished today. Today I have mainly potted species from British Columbia and Washington State...and Silene dinarica (Piatra Crailului Mountains, Romania, 2200 meters)...a species you surely know. 😊
By the way, I have a second area for young plants and purchased plants. It's a little sunnier there and I can shade it if necessary.
I agree with your wife Thomas :D In any case you must be naturally inclined towards order :)
I've only seen Silene dinarica in pictures unfortunately.. Piatra Craiului is not that easily accessible like Bucegi Mts.; it needs a trip allocated specially. There are many other treasures there.
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Cheers Mike, I think I'll try mine in a pot.
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Cypripedium montanum (I believe..correct me if I'm wrong) blooming in my garden now:
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Sally
South of Lewiston, Idaho
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Superb and very impressive Sally.
It is extremely difficult to grow in our climate.
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Steve, they love the deep soil and protected north slope in my garden, but on the mountain at 4900', they often grow in quite open, very sunny areas in the clayish soil there.
Maggi, thank you for rotating the photos; I'm mystified as to why they posted sideways--but then, I'm often mystified by technology!
Sally
South of Lewiston, Idaho
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Sally, I've been looking at different sources trying to figure out the elevation of your garden ( about 1500 ft absl?). If I'm correct you have relatively short summers and also quite cool. I also looked at the Google sat image of your place as posted here.Is the plot on a incline dropping northwards? I live in a montane environment with quite a few ground orchids popping up in the lawn in spring. I 'm wondering if I could try to grow those Cypripediums here ( I know all orchids are challenging... :-\). Thanks for posting those wonderful pics.
Arturo
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Brian is posting here for the first time. He says 3 quite fresh looking ferns. But no 3 pan Fern class at Saturday's Show. They might not have got a sticker (of any colour) but the public could have seen them.
From L to R Polystichum divisilobum plumosum densum, Cryptogramma crispa and Asplenium trichomanes.
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All relatively young plants, except the Salix, hence the mediocre pictures. ::)
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And the Salix. . . :P
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Arturo,
The garden is at about 2400 feet elevation, USDA Zone 5ish. The last frost date is around May 1 and first frost generally occurs sometime between the third week of September and the second week of October. Summer daytime high temperatures range from the 80s to 100 degrees Fahrenheit and night-time temperatures are 45-65 degrees. Average annual precipitation for this area is around 14 inches. The north slope holds snow a long time and the soil is deep so I don't supply much extra water.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about Cypripediums will have an idea about your possibility of success growing them. They are such beautiful plants; I wish you luck. I can't claim any skill; they receive benign neglect!
Sally
South of Lewiston, Idaho
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Sally,
Thank you so much for your information. My place is slightly higher ( about 2650 ft asl) and considerably more wetter :about 24 inches almost all rain and restricted to fall and winter, which could be considered equivalent of standing snow ( water wise but not temperature protection wise). With your benign neglect procedure it would sound as if they are fairly drought resistant or at least adapted to summer dryness. Although I will search for other advice, with what you provided it seems that I might succeed in growing those here. Thank you again. Arturo
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...a small plant that I particularly like...Helichrysum frigidum (Castroviejoa frigida) from Corsica.
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An exciting new plant in my garden - Verbascum phoeniceum x epixanthinum
Verbascum epixanthinum flowered in 2016. Last year I noticed seedlings growing in the paths between the raised beds. I didn't look too closely and thought they were V. epixanthinum. I potted a few up and took them to plant sales where nobody was interested. One plant was growing in a bed so I left it. A few days ago I noticed the buds on it were purple and after a closer look at the leaves I realised it must be a hybrid. The first flower opened yesterday. A purple V. phoeniceum was growing close by so I assume it is the other parent.[attachimg=1][attachimg=2]
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Roma, your pink Verbascum is a plant worthy of any border.
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Thanks, Ian. And to think I nearly pulled it out ;D
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Yann,
I guess this is a Silene species - perhaps Silene uniflora.
Gerd
Gerd i think you find it, i've checked in a key flora and it matchs. Thanks
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Cypripedium montanum (I believe..correct me if I'm wrong) blooming in my garden now:
Sally
South of Lewiston, Idaho
It's obviously very happy in your conditions.
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after a long drought some rain today. Three pictures from the garden.
1.Allium karataviense
2.Clematis columbiniana tenuiloba
3.Erigeron compactus
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Fantastic...kris. I find the Erigeron compactus particularly beautiful in combination with the Townsendia (if I see it correctly 😊). And the number of flowers on your clematis is remarkable and amazing. My admiration.
Thomas
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I agree with your wife Thomas :D In any case you must be naturally inclined towards order :)
I've only seen Silene dinarica in pictures unfortunately.. Piatra Craiului is not that easily accessible like Bucegi Mts.; it needs a trip allocated specially. There are many other treasures there.
Gabriela
I must rectify myself. This Silene dinarica is not from the Munții Piatra Craiului. The seeds were collected at Munții Făgăraș
Since I am not sure whether my seedlings will survive the current heat wave, I bought two larger specimens from botanical friends today.
I hope to present the beautiful purple flowers next year.
Thomas
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Thanks Thomas.
We have going to have one week of rain on and off.
The plants just love it. 3 pictures taken yesterday attached here.
1.Dodecatheon media alba
2.Penstemon davidsonii
3.Dodecatheon pulchellum
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Kris what is rain we have forgotten what it's like. Here in Lancashire we usually have plenty but we are on our third week of hot sun and thundery humidity. It's not just the plants that are wilting and going over :o
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Very nice Clematis columbiana var. tenuiloba Kris.
Shelagh - in SW Ontario as well it is unusual hot this 'spring'; I don't know how hot it is in UK, we've had constant 30C and up temp. Few so called spring flowers were gone in one week or less.
Dianthus superbus ssp. sajanense
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Calycanthus floridus
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Kris I should never have moaned about the sunshine and humidity. Just got all the plants out ready to load the car for tomorrows show in Bramhall and the most almighty thunderstorm caught us out. Brian drenched to the skin trying to get things out of the rain. Drains in the road shooting like fountains and the drive inches deep in water. Goodness knows how we'll do tomorrow. Plus I'd left all the car windows open so wet bottoms tomorrow. Isn't weather wonderful!!!
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same here Shelagh. After record breaking hot weather for a long time nice rain now. I am not going to complain about it. :)
Gabriela as you have written the weather here also is really hot with lots of +33 C in May. Never seen it before. Some plants skipped flowering all together. The hostas are out now and even some of the variegated ones are green now. Strange :o
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I think the hot weather has hit us all in North America. In Minnesota we topped out at 100°F(38C) four days ago.
Gabriela, that's an interesting form of Calycanthus floridus. Does it never get the woody looking ends to the petals? And they hardly curl inward?
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same here Shelagh. After record breaking hot weather for a long time nice rain now. I am not going to complain about it. :)
Gabriela as you have written the weather here also is really hot with lots of +33 C in May. Never seen it before. Some plants skipped flowering all together. The hostas are out now and even some of the variegated ones are green now. Strange :o
Yes Kris, various species got very confused about when or if to flower!
I don't have many hostas, but I know that some variegated cv. will revert easily.
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I think the hot weather has hit us all in North America. In Minnesota we topped out at 100°F(38C) four days ago.
Gabriela, that's an interesting form of Calycanthus floridus. Does it never get the woody looking ends to the petals? And they hardly curl inward?
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Maybe I photographed newly opened flowers; they get the woody ends but not quite like yours.
I got mine from a friend as small divisions which I planted together to give it shrubby look fast. It is the first year when it flowers so abundant.
I'll say maybe yours is a cultivated variety? The flowers are very large.
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in SW Ontario as well it is unusual hot this 'spring'; I don't know how hot it is in UK, we've had constant 30C and up temp. Few so called spring flowers were gone in one week or less.
Also here it has been a very strange May, all year actually. First very cold March, then snow melted in second week of April, still quite cold, and now May was hottest in all recorded time in history in Finland. There were 14 days above 25C, and most days were above 20C. It rained once in the beginning of May (and actually only twice since snow melted) and now it is very dry! Still no rain in forecasts in next two weeks. Spring flowers went by fast and now many other flowers are two three weeks ahead of usual.
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Pictures Taken today. . .
Achillea x lewisii 'King Edward'
Centaurium scilloides
Dianthus 'Inshriach Dazzler'
Erigonum umbellatum
Sisyrinchium 'Devon Skies'
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Lovely in the chilly south to see photos from the Northern Hemisphere. The Cypripedium montanum is fantastic. Though we see a lot on the Forum and on Facebook, I've not seen this stunner before. And very happy to see again Mike's Clematis hirsutissima. My own babies (from his seed) are so far not bothered by the cold and most have reached about 5cms!
Just raiding my Paypal account again to buy seed of Lewisias and Eranthis hiemalis cultivars. When will it ever stop? When I lie down for the last time I expect. ??? Best wishes to everyone. :)
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John, I do like your Brachyglottis. I read its name first as Basil Brush and thought the tips weren't all THAT brush-like but then I looked again. Your Salix is very fine. It is a plant with great recuperative powers. I was given a plant in a pot more than 30 years ago and its donor told me it was over 30 years old then. It certainly looked it, very gnarled and not a lot of tip growth as if it had reached the end of its time. I fed and watered it for a few years and gradually it had a new lease of life though I was always too afraid to repot it in case I did irreparable damage. Soon after I moved to my present garden 5 years ago, it was heavily grazed and broken right to the roots by rabbits and I thought fatally damaged but after a few months there was new growth at the very base and it is now quite bushy at about 10 cms high! The pot is now perched up above rabbit height.
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John, I do like your Brachyglottis. I read its name first as Basil Brush and thought the tips weren't all THAT brush-like but then I looked again. Your Salix is very fine. It is a plant with great recuperative powers. I was given a plant in a pot more than 30 years ago and its donor told me it was over 30 years old then. It certainly looked it, very gnarled and not a lot of tip growth as if it had reached the end of its time. I fed and watered it for a few years and gradually it had a new lease of life though I was always too afraid to repot it in case I did irreparable damage. Soon after I moved to my present garden 5 years ago, it was heavily grazed and broken right to the roots by rabbits and I thought fatally damaged but after a few months there was new growth at the very base and it is now quite bushy at about 10 cms high! The pot is now perched up above rabbit height.
Lesley, it’s nice to hear from you, I do hope you are keeping well!
I didn’t post here much after my lovely Kai passed away, I found it difficult being in the garden without him.
Anyway: – back to the Brachyglottis and Salix. I had not heard of Brachyglottis until I bought it a few years ago.
My Salix must be about 20 years old. There appears to be some sort of “jinks” associated with S. boydii. Most owners have to go through some initiation period of damage before it settled down, and I am no different! About 8 years ago the line prop fell on it!
We had, at the time, a heavy wooden prop with a “V” cut in the end. Every time there was a strong wind off it would come. Then one day it hit the Salix and knocked two main branches off, reducing it to less than half!
We now have a lightweight plastic prop with a spring clip to hold the line in place. It can’t now blow off! ;D
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I'll say maybe yours [Calycanthus flordus] is a cultivated variety? The flowers are very large.
A trick of photography, I guess. The flowers are 4.5-5cm wide, petal tip to petal tip. Not a specific cultivar; they tend not to be as hardy here, especially the ones with Asian species in their heritage. But Athens seems to do fine here:
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And very happy to see again Mike's Clematis hirsutissima. My own babies (from his seed) are so far not bothered by the cold and most have reached about 5cms!
Lesley, pleased to hear the Clematis have germinated, slow to start but well worth the wait.
Mike
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I'm posting these now because they wouldn't load in May, (I can't explain why).
These are views that passers by get of my front garden at the end of May.
Please ignore the grass as I scarrified it and it hasn't rained since and its not regenerating very fast.
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Lovely to see how your "new" garden is developing, Graham!
Maybe one day we'll get to see in in person - are you on the "post conference tour" in 2021?
cheers
fermi
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Armeria maritima along the north coasts of France, it grows only in few hills and it's endangered
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Hi Fermi,
You would be very welcome to visit, but my garden is very small and probably not really worth the effort.
The back garden is mainly laid to grass for Ralph my dog and I don't have a rock garden.
But if you are passing through in 2021 it would be good to see you.
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Lovely garden Graham, you've done a wonderful job on it.
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Thanks David. :)
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Armeria maritima along the north coasts of France, it grows only in few hills and it's endangered
Hi Yann,
yes, it's really living on the edge :o
Hi Graham,
thanks, I'll will be in touch if we can get to Perthshire in 2021 :)
cheers
fermi
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Fermi: yes it grows just on the ridges of the hills, the most beautiful are off course on top where it's inaccessible!