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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Robert on March 02, 2019, 09:34:57 PM
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I finally had a chance to get out in the garden 2 days ago. There has been an abundance of rainfall in the Sacramento, California region this February. What a blessing. :) We will not have to be concerned with drought this year. The garden is
'beat up' a bit from all the strong wind and rain, but...
I was able to get compost spread over a few beds (better late than never).
A fair number of plants are in bloom now, but these are the only ones that turned out. No second chance as the rain has now returned.
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The blue Crocus seem very easy-to-grow and are increasing well throughout the garden. They are most likely generic hybrids - the labels are long gone. There are some species too, but I never seem to have time to ID them.
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The sunny day brought out the Erythronium multiscapideum.
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Pseudotrillium rivale are blooming throughout the garden too. :)
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Galanthus fields 300m from the house (no it's not me who planted the bulbs)
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Although February 2019 has been one of the mildest ever in Norway (in southern Norway the average for February 2019 is 5-6C above normal) the snow still linger in the mountains.
Not many plants in flower!
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Still enough snow for skiing but as you can see - very hard and icy due to the mild weather and then freezing temperature last night.
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Pseudotrillium rivale are blooming throughout the garden too. :)
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Not many UK gardens you could say that about ;-)
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Pseudotrillium rivale are blooming throughout the garden too. :)
Not many UK gardens you could say that about ;-)
No sign of a photo, Brian??
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Unseasonable spring sunshine in south of Scotland tempted out some early risers who might be regretting it now, including Chionodoxa forbesii, Corydalis Solida, Hepatica nobilis, Saxifraga "Donnington Veil and "Ottone Rosai".
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The prospect of cold stormy weather is a scary one , Ian - fingers crossed we escape the worst, eh?
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Galanthus fields 300m from the house (no it's not me who planted the bulbs)
Yann,
It must be nice having a patch of wild Galanthus very close to your house. 8)
Are wild patches of Galanthus common in your area?
Although February 2019 has been one of the mildest ever in Norway (in southern Norway the average for February 2019 is 5-6C above normal) the snow still linger in the mountains.
Not many plants in flower!
Still enough snow for skiing but as you can see - very hard and icy due to the mild weather and then freezing temperature last night.
Trond,
I will analyze the numbers soon, but February has been cold. No record breaking lows, just consistently cold.
I completely enjoyed the photographs of the Cladonia lichens. They are a very fascinating group. I enjoy encountering them here in California.
When we get rain on top of the snow and it freezes hard the snow becomes rock hard near the surface. Later in the spring when the snow starts to melt often a hard frozen layer develops at the bottom of the snow layer.
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Nae saft southerners!
Sax marginalia 'Kubschia, Primula clarkei, Primula 'Tony' and Primula 'Lindum golden orb' about to join its mates.
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far away their homeland Verbascum arcturus are ready to bloom. I collected seeds in november 2015, as you can see it grows fast but this plant is a real challange in our wet climate.
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It is a pleasure to watch the new flowers in the garden:
Iris reticulata
Draba sphaeroides starts to flower
First flowers on Ranunculus calandrinioides
Callianthemum anemonoides
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Spring weather is arriving to our part of Northern California. California Buckeye, Aesculus californica, in our Sacramento, California garden. This species is among the first to leaf out in the early spring.
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Moraea elegans flowers with orange markings.
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Moraea elegans with dark markings. We also have plants with pure yellow flowers. The flowers clearly have color variance. We will be growing more of this species from seed to see what we come up with.
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The Pulmonarias add much color to the early season garden. They are very easy-to-grow in our garden.
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Despite a “real” winter this year, Rhododendron moupinense x johnstoneanum is blooming well and looking great.
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Fantastic blue on that pulmonaria - is it a named selection?
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Fantastic blue on that pulmonaria - is it a named selection?
Hi Gail,
Pulmonaria 'Benediction'.
It is a fine clone and as you say it is a fantastic blue.
I grow other Pulmonarias in the garden too. I like the spotted foliage. The spotted types seem to seed around. Some are worth keeping others not. I keep an eye out for deep blue flowers. Nothing yet and they have been seeding around the garden at the farm for decades.
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Robert,
The Rhododendron looks great! And as Gail says the blue Pulmonaria is fantastic. My Pulmonarias (which flower too) have dirty red-blue colours.
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Robert,
The Rhododendron looks great! And as Gail says the blue Pulmonaria is fantastic. My Pulmonarias (which flower too) have dirty red-blue colours.
Hi Trond,
Yes, I get many dirty red-blue flowering seedlings. A few have interesting foliage - I keep them.
Now that spring is arriving there are many exciting developments in our garden. Domestication, evolutionary pressure, and mindful selection/observation are yielding some satisfying results.
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After the
guts gusts and the heavy rains it's time to walk a bit in the garden (btw what a wet spring!!)
Pulsatilla slavica, it was sown in 2014
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After the guts and the heavy rains it's time to walk a bit in the garden (btw what a wet spring!!).................
Did you mean 'gusts' Yann? ;D It feels as though it's been blowing gales for years here >:(
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yes!! ::) under gusts i need gut. For 2 weeks it's blowing non stop.
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Beautiful Pulsatilla Yann! Do not complain too much, look at my first picture of this 'spring', I was so happy to finally see a little 'icedrop'!
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Whaouh :o, indeed
Corydalis solida, a form i grow for a long time.
i found it near my parent's woods when i was at primary school.
I was what we can call a hooky player ;D
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Not a garden plant, quite the contrary. Cirsium vulgare. The rosette is attractive though.
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Gabriela
Priceless.
Sums up the definition of "snowdrop"
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Douglasia nivalis var. nivalis
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Douglasia nivalis var. nivalis
What a nice flower..
With me, Callianthemum farreri looks great at the moment. Last year the flowers were killed by late frosts, but not this time ;)
I love the blue veined flowers. The blue is more prominent than it appears in the pictures, but at least the lovely brownish throat is well recognisable. Makes a nice contrast with the green center.
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What a nice flower..
With me, Callianthemum farreri looks great at the moment. Last year the flowers were killed by late frosts, but not this time ;)
I love the blue veined flowers. The blue is more prominent than it appears in the pictures, but at least the lovely brownish throat is well recognisable. Makes a nice contrast with the green center.
Wow... Tom. An enviable specimen. Very well staged. With me one sees at present only tiny foliage. Maybe it is too shady with me. I have to wait for more sun.
Congratulations again...also the eye is fantastic. 👍
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Wow... Tom. An enviable specimen. Very well staged. With me one sees at present only tiny foliage. Maybe it is too shady with me. I have to wait for more sun.
Congratulations again...also the eye is fantastic. 👍
Thanks. But as regards the sun, I don't think so. I placed it in the sun for the photo, but otherwise it grows in deep shade at the north side of our balcony. It gets a little sun in the morning, but that's it.
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Thanks. But as regards the sun, I don't think so. I placed it in the sun for the photo, but otherwise it grows in deep shade at the north side of our balcony. It gets a little sun in the morning, but that's it.
Thanks for the tip... then I'm reassured. Then it is probably because I live in the Siberian part of Saxony. 😊
Servus
Thomas
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It was a beautiful spring day today here in Northern California with a bit of high cloudiness and high temperatures running about 74 F (23.3 C). The following is a sampling of the plants from our Sacramento, California garden that looked nice today.
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Cirsium occidentale var. venustum (center) with Salvia sonomensis (right).
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum can be an outstanding foliage specimen, especially this time of year. I may have accidentally mixed the label on this one as I grow a number of different varieties of this species. I will be able to confirm its identity soon enough.
Salvia sonomensis is a “must” for our California garden.
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The last flowers of Erythronium multiscapideum for this season.
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Primula (Dodecatheon) hendersonii is still blooming in our garden. The late forms of this species have not started to bloom.
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The earliest forms of Triteleia laxa from the lower elevations of the Inner Coast Range, California, are just starting to bloom.
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Pulmonaria seedling with speckled foliage.
They seed around the garden. Most are not worth keeping, however I always keep some of the best around to produce more seedlings. Who knows what might turn up?
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California Hummingbird Sage, Salvia spathacea.
This is just one of a number of California Native Salvia species that are starting to bloom in our Sacramento, California garden at this time.
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Geranium renardii
The flowers are nice, however I like the texture of the foliage.
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I grew these Cyclamen from seed as C. balearicum. It would be easy to confirm their identity, however I have not done so. Never the less, some of the seedlings have interesting foliage and attractive flowers. It and a few other species are in full bloom now.
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Cyclamen persicum may be very common, however they thrive and provide a great deal of color in our garden at this time of the year. I grow many from open pollinated seed and I keep the ones I like.
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look at my first picture of this 'spring', I was so happy to finally see a little 'icedrop'!
Gabriela, it is the same here right now. I'm just so happy to see any sign of life and flower emerging from snow and ice. :)
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Haven't seen much snow and ice this winter at home but they have gotten a lot other places.
Here are a few photographs from today. Not as advanced as at Robert in California though!
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Spring seems well underway there in coastal Norway Trond 8)
Here Illicium anisatum is a little battered by wind and rain.
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Hi Trond,
Yes, spring looks like it is progressing well in your garden. 8)
I see what you mean! The Pulmonaria looks like most of the same "muddy" colors I get in our Sacramento garden. I have been weeding out the worst and keeping the best with marginal improvement (at least flower quality). Having said all of this I still like keeping a few around in the garden.
Anyway, the flowers and plants look great. Thank you for taking the time to share a few photographs.
On the first day of spring we will be heading back toward "winter" (rain and much cooler temperatures).
The early low elevation wildflowers are blooming. It looks like I will have a free day soon. :)
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Spring seems well underway there in coastal Norway Trond 8)
Here Illicium anisatum is a little battered by wind and rain.
Yes, a little ahead of schedule!
Nice Illicium, Ashley. How frost resistant is it, do you know?
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Hi Trond,
Yes, spring looks like it is progressing well in your garden. 8)
I see what you mean! The Pulmonaria looks like most of the same "muddy" colors I get in our Sacramento garden. I have been weeding out the worst and keeping the best with marginal improvement (at least flower quality). Having said all of this I still like keeping a few around in the garden.
Anyway, the flowers and plants look great. Thank you for taking the time to share a few photographs.
On the first day of spring we will be heading back toward "winter" (rain and much cooler temperatures).
The early low elevation wildflowers are blooming. It looks like I will have a free day soon. :)
Robert, Yes the spring is here but as always it is a slow one. Not very warm days even in sunshine, and cool nights hold the reins tight. This kind of weather will last well into April, even May, I think. The temperature you experience would be summer here!
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Nice Illicium, Ashley. How frost resistant is it, do you know?
Thanks Trond. It wasn't bothered by temperatures down to -7°C last winter, or several degrees lower in our 'cold' winters of 2009/10, so might be fine there too in a sheltered spot.
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Thanks Ashley. I will try it if I can get hold of it!
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Sometimes it sets a few seeds, so I'll keep an eye out for them next autumn.
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Something starts flowering here. I do not know what it is, no label so far. May be a poor hyacinth or an unknown Fritillaria . . .
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Trond, what is the flowering plant in the middle in your second post? Cardamine?
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Trond, what is the flowering plant in the middle in your second post? Cardamine?
I wondered that - is this the one , Leena?
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I've seen an unusual Cardamine posted on Twitter by Helen Picton - Cardamine kitaibelii - wonder if this is the same - Super looking plant!
Helen Picton's photo of Cardamine kitaibelii......
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Sometimes it sets a few seeds, so I'll keep an eye out for them next autumn.
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Trond, what is the flowering plant in the middle in your second post? Cardamine?
Yes, it is a Cardamine. I bought it as Cardamine pentaphyllos white form. It is a bit similar to C. kitaibelii as Maggi suggests and I wonder if it can be a hybrid. In my garden C. kitaibelii has been in flower for several weeks, and the ordinary C. pentaphyllos has not started yet. This plant has just started blooming.
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Something starts flowering here. I do not know what it is, no label so far. May be a poor hyacinth or an unknown Fritillaria . . .
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A hyacinth I think - nice greeny-yellow colour.
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Yes, it is a Cardamine. I bought it as Cardamine pentaphyllos white form. It is a bit similar to C. kitaibelii as Maggi suggests and I wonder if it can be a hybrid. In my garden C. kitaibelii has been in flower for several weeks, and the ordinary C. pentaphyllos has not started yet. This plant has just started blooming.
Cardamine are very nice for spring, I wonder why they are not cultivated more extensive.
Arnold and Leena - indeed this is a time when one is happy for every green leaf, or even brown :) and every little flower. The warm up here is very slow and the ice layer is still thick in the shaded locations. But in full sun areas the snow has retreated, and various species can now finally breath fresh air!
Anything looks beautiful right now :)
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Yes, it is a Cardamine. I bought it as Cardamine pentaphyllos white form. It is a bit similar to C. kitaibelii as Maggi suggests and I wonder if it can be a hybrid. In my garden C. kitaibelii has been in flower for several weeks, and the ordinary C. pentaphyllos has not started yet. This plant has just started blooming.
Thank you Maggi, for posting the picture of C.kitaibelii.
I'm not familiar with it, and it looks like a very pretty spring plant.
Trond, I have C.glanduligera, which is very early here, it flowers the same time as late snowdrops and early crocuses. C.kitaibelii or your hybrid seems to be an early one as well. Have you ever noticed seeds in it?
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indeed this is a time when one is happy for every green leaf, or even brown :) and every little flower.
Anything looks beautiful right now :)
I so agree with you. Every day snow melts a bit more and more plants become visible. It is so nice to say hello to them after the long winter. :)
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Cardamine are very nice for spring, I wonder why they are not cultivated more extensive.
Arnold and Leena - indeed this is a time when one is happy for every green leaf, or even brown :) and every little flower. The warm up here is very slow and the ice layer is still thick in the shaded locations. But in full sun areas the snow has retreated, and various species can now finally breath fresh air!
Anything looks beautiful right now :)
even the brownish leaves of Dryas 'Tundra Pygmy' :)
Gabriela,
I miss the part of the spring when the snow slowly melts and recedes. When I lived in Oslo that was the nicest time of the year!
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Thank you Maggi, for posting the picture of C.kitaibelii.
I'm not familiar with it, and it looks like a very pretty spring plant.
Trond, I have C.glanduligera, which is very early here, it flowers the same time as late snowdrops and early crocuses. C.kitaibelii or your hybrid seems to be an early one as well. Have you ever noticed seeds in it?
Glandulifera is early but not the earliest. The one I pictured and one I obtained as kitaibelii are earlier. I will keep my eyes open and look for seeds. The problem is that they ripen in summer when I am away!
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Talking Cardamine, here's the equally beautiful eastern NA C. concatenata. As Trond says the seeds are ready somewhere in June and the fruits are splitting open - not easy to collect.
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There seems to be a lot of beautiful Cardamine around the world! I don't think any of them are available (or known) here.
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Two good blue pulmonarias
Pulmonaria angustifolia
Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'
Another good one is Pulmonaria 'Blue Crown' with spotted leaves but it is not in flower yet.
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Both nice ones Roma. I have ‘Blue Ensign’ but don’t seem to find anywhere in the garden where it will grow away. This year it’s produced a small handful of of leaves and one flower. Do you find it ‘miffy’?
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Dicentra cucullaria.
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For me, Blue Ensign is not the most vigorous pulmonaria, but it does very well. My problem child is Blaus Meer.
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Dicentra cucullaria.
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Was that a buy-a-dicentra-get-an-anemone free offer David or did you already have the Anemone nemorosa growing there? My dicentra cucullaria isn't showing yet and I was wondering whether to give it a poke...
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Dicentra cucullaria has leaves just emerging here in Aberdeen.
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For me, Blue Ensign is not the most vigorous pulmonaria, but it does very well.
The only blue Pulmonaria I have is also 'Blue Ensign', and it grows well in moist woodland bed.
It is a very intense blue color, like in Rick's and Roma's pictures :). Blue Pulmonaria's are so nice, also the one Robert showed earlier this month.
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Great blues from these Pulmonaria!
I sowed seeds of P. mollis few years ago but nothing happened, I must purchase one this spring.
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while the greenhouse is slowly entering in dormance the garden is now full of flowers
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Was that a buy-a-dicentra-get-an-anemone free offer David or did you already have the Anemone nemorosa growing there? My dicentra cucullaria isn't showing yet and I was wondering whether to give it a poke...
Well, I didn't buy it and nor was I given it! I can't wait for it to flower. I have a nemorosa in the vicinity but it would have had to get underneath a piece of stone to be able to flower where it is.
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Snow is melting every day more and more, and in my earliest bed there are already many flowers. :)
Helleborus multifidus is such a good plant for me, and in strong sunlight it's lime coloured flowers look almost yellow.
Crocus korolkowii was a new plant for me, I planted it last autumn, and was pleased to see that it is a very early crocus. I hope it will like it here.
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Leena,
I think you will catch up with us in short time! Helleborus multifidus looks good! Crocus korolkowii is early here too but C. tomassinianus is earlier here.
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Looks a lovely woodland garden Leena.
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It is nice to see all these flowers in Europe. The first sign of spring is here as well.
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Thanks Trond and David. :)
It is nice to see all these flowers in Europe. The first sign of spring is here as well.
Many snowdrops are looking just like that also here right now. :) Winter was not as cold as it could have been, but very very snowy, so the in some places the ground is not frozen very deep under the snow.
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I don't think I've got the hang of pruning this really, Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
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Maybe I should take lessons on this one too, Iberis sempervirens (I think?)
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I don't think I've got the hang of pruning this really, Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
Maybe I should take lessons on this one too, Iberis sempervirens (I think?)
Seems you have had a lot of sun lately David! Nice flowers :)
Here it is wind and rain almost every day so although the temperature is mild the progress of spring is slow.
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I have planted several kinds of early small bulbs in the lawn. Here are a few flowering now. Had a few hours sun today!
Chionodoxa spp and Tulipa spp
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Beautiful spring sceneries from all!
In Ontario the spring moves one step forward and two backwards.
David -yes, you can prune back the Iberis after it flowers. It is a reliable bloomer here as well.
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Gabriela,
Here the spring moves sideways. The monthly average for March (4.8C) is slightly lower than for February (5.0C)!
Prunus cerasifera in the rain.
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Hi Trond,
Temperatures going side ways? Thank you for sharing this bit of information.
It must be nice to see the garden coming into bloom. 8)
Very busy today - but it was nice to see the photographs from your garden.
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Gabriela,
Here the spring moves sideways. The monthly average for March (4.8C) is slightly lower than for February (5.0C)!
One of the most capricious seasons, the spring, but also maybe the most beautiful - we must forgive 'her' :)
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It is a wonder how cold hardy some flowers are. Last night was -7C, and Crocus tommasinianus 'Roseus' was ok this morning. It was cloudy so the flowers didn't open, but tomorrow it should be sunny. In the second photo Crocus 'Vanguard' coming through snow.
Also Paeonia obovata is super hardy.
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It is a wonder how cold hardy some flowers are. Last night was -7C, and Crocus tommasinianus 'Roseus' was ok this morning. It was cloudy so the flowers didn't open, but tomorrow it should be sunny. In the second photo Crocus 'Vanguard' coming through snow.
Also Paeonia obovata is super hardy.
Yes, quite amazing Leena. We had -8C last night but only a small group of Crocus Blue Pearl is open; many areas still frozen solid - you beat us this year I think!
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Two good blue pulmonarias
Pulmonaria angustifolia
Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign'
Another good one is Pulmonaria 'Blue Crown' with spotted leaves but it is not in flower yet.
Speaking of pulmonarias ... Last Saturday was Pulmonaria Day at the Hardy Plant Society - & was the ideal event to launch the latest in the HPS series of booklets. Pulmonarias by Margaret Stone and Jennifer Hewitt shows the wide variety of these lovely plants that provide spring flowers and interesting silvered or silver-spotted foliage that can look good in the border right through until late autumn.
HPS members at the HPS AGM in East Yorkshire this weekend can buy a copy of Pulmonarias and it will be available on the HPS website soon. http://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/publications (http://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/publications)
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We had -8C last night but only a small group of Crocus Blue Pearl is open; many areas still frozen solid - you beat us this year I think!
This year has been peculiar, first a very snowy winter, and now warmer than average weathers (though still freezing nights most of the time), and it looks like spring is advancing fast now. Ground is not as deep frozen as usually, in fact in some places there it is not at all frozen (under snow) which is unusual in my garden.
Here is C.tommasinianus 'Roseus' today in sunshine and +10C.
In the second picture again Helleborus multifidus today. Many Helleborus buds (some flowering for the first time this year) are coming through snow now, usually they wait until the snow has melted.
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Speaking of pulmonarias ... Last Saturday was Pulmonaria Day at the Hardy Plant Society - & was the ideal event to launch the latest in the HPS series of booklets. Pulmonarias by Margaret Stone and Jennifer Hewitt shows the wide variety of these lovely plants that provide spring flowers and interesting silvered or silver-spotted foliage that can look good in the border right through until late autumn.
Maggi, thank you. I don't have any book on Pulmonarias, and this looks good. :)
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Leena, if you have any problems obtaining a copy when it is available do let me know and I would be happy to help.
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Aethionema 'Warley Rose' followed by Aethionema 'Warley Rubra'.
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Thanks David. :)
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If ever there was a prize for the most beautiful ground cover plant this might win it.....Veronica peduncularis 'Georgian Blue'
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If ever there was a prize for the most beautiful ground cover plant this might win it.....Veronica peduncularis 'Georgian Blue'
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Trond,
Nice looking Rhododendron calophytum. 8)
It seems the spring season is progressing - slowly. Slow seems nice as it provides plenty of time to enjoy what is currently in bloom or looking nice in some other way.
I was up in the Sierra Nevada today. I was so pleased to see a good deal of snow even at the mid-elevations (5,000 feet). The solar radiation is increasing and the snow is slowly melting despite a continuation of the stormy weather. There was a dusting of snow last night down to 4,000 feet elevation. Maybe it will be frosty at the Placerville farm tonight.
There are many plants blooming at our Sacramento home, however I have to be out-of-town many days right now. I hope the Sacramento garden is still interesting when I do not have to travel.
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Looking forward to the clocks going forward tonight and having some daylight in the evenings again
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and to the SRGC show next month in Edinburgh!
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Today the first flowers of Townsendia jonesii var. tumulosa appeared. Sowed in winter 17/18
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Very nice Thomas.
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Very nice Thomas.
Thank you David. Townsendia is one of my personal favourites from North America.
Even without flowers they can be very decorative and versatile. Perhaps the best example is Townsendia condensata.
Cheers
Thomas
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Thomas,
I am impressed with your skill as a grower! 8) Your plants are so well grown.
I agree, even without flowers the Townsendias pictured are beautiful.
Thank yo for sharing the photographs.
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This morning i couldn't resist to a walk in the woods...
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Thomas,
I am impressed with your skill as a grower! 8) Your plants are so well grown.
I agree, even without flowers the Townsendias pictured are beautiful.
Thank yo for sharing the photographs.
Hello Robert
Thank you very much for your kind words. I try to do my best. 😊
Here a little beauty from the USA...but not from Nevada (like the Townsendia)...but from northern Arizona...
Mertensia macdougalii. My personal highlight this month. I especially liked the closed flowering stage.
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Thomas,
My wife enjoyed the photograph of Mertensia macdougalii. What a beautiful little plant, and of coarse grown to perfection. 8)
I noticed that you grow one of our local species, Gentian newberryi. Have the plants bloomed for you yet, and if so are they variety newberryi or variety tiogana? Here in El Dorado County, California I generally see variety tiogana. This species has been quite easy for us to grow, even in the flat lands of Sacramento.
How do you handle summer dry species such as Fritillaria recurva? I was having difficultly with Fritillaria micrantha until I planted it directly in the clay, then let it bake all summer (easy-to-do here in California). In general, the potted methods and soils used to grow containerized Fritillaria species fail miserably for me. For me, getting them into the clay and no water during the summer months is essential. Then they thrive and need little attention. This is how many of our California Fritillaria species grow in nature.
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Thomas,
My wife enjoyed the photograph of Mertensia macdougalii. What a beautiful little plant, and of coarse grown to perfection. 8)
I noticed that you grow one of our local species, Gentian newberryi. Have the plants bloomed for you yet, and if so are they variety newberryi or variety tiogana? Here in El Dorado County, California I generally see variety tiogana. This species has been quite easy for us to grow, even in the flat lands of Sacramento.
How do you handle summer dry species such as Fritillaria recurva? I was having difficultly with Fritillaria micrantha until I planted it directly in the clay, then let it bake all summer (easy-to-do here in California). In general, the potted methods and soils used to grow containerized Fritillaria species fail miserably for me. For me, getting them into the clay and no water during the summer months is essential. Then they thrive and need little attention. This is how many of our California Fritillaria species grow in nature.
Hello Robert
I am glad if you liked the Mertensia macdougalii. I bought this one plant three years ago. This year it bloomed for the first time. However, I will give this specimen to a botanical friend...he is interested in the species Mertensia...small gifts keep the friendship.
What kind of subspecies is Gentiana newberryi, I can't say yet. I received these two specimens only two weeks ago... from the Ardfearn Nursery in Scotland.
I am very grateful for these plants...because I am always looking for small Gentiana species.
Also with the Fritillaria recurva I cannot give any further information. To my shame I have to admit that most of the geophytes are completely new territory for me. I have to try to consult some specialists here in the forum. I will probably also plant the seedlings in pots and use a very mineral substrate with a large proportion of sand.
In general, my interest in alpines from dry regions is growing... a challenge for the future.
Please excuse my lack of knowledge
Thomas
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Hi Thomas,
No need to apologize.
I too lack knowledge. This is a major reason I asks questions.
I hope that you are not offended that I ask questions. Also, when I ask questions, "No" is an acceptable answer. Some things are my responsibility or none of my business. I wish to always use good judgement. :)
Anyway, thank you for taking the time to consider my questions. :) 8)
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Hi Thomas,
No need to apologize.
I too lack knowledge. This is a major reason I asks questions.
I hope that you are not offended that I ask questions. Also, when I ask questions, "No" is an acceptable answer. Some things are my responsibility or none of my business. I wish to always use good judgement. :)
Anyway, thank you for taking the time to consider my questions. :) 8)
Hello Robert
Thanks go back to you.
I have passed on the problem of the cultivation of F. recurva to the specialists here. This fantastic forum can definitely help.
By the way... the seeds of Penstemon newberryi var. newberryi germinate 100% from you. Thank you
Best regards to Jasmin
Thomas