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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: johnw on May 02, 2020, 02:38:01 PM
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Disporum megalanthum in flower. Seed from Green Mile was planted in 2011, one seed only sprouted in 2017. This small plant is entering its 4th year, it was incredibly slow growing - minute for 2 years - and only looks like it will indeed survive this year. And so unsprouted pots pile up and up.
john
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The garden is always at its top early May.
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...some more
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The garden is always at its top early May.
You're spot on there Luc
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Disporum megalanthum in flower. Seed from Green Mile was planted in 2011, one seed only sprouted in 2017. This small plant is entering its 4th year, it was incredibly slow growing - minute for 2 years - and only looks like it will indeed survive this year. And so unsprouted pots pile up and up.
What patience! I hardly ever keep ungerminated pots for more than two or three years at the most, though I do empty them someplace where I know that if something surprising comes up it is from my pots.
Luc's garden is indeed so pretty now, rhodos so full of flowers, too.
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The garden is always at its top early May.
Your garden always looks amazing Luc!
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Disporum megalanthum in flower. Seed from Green Mile was planted in 2011, one seed only sprouted in 2017. This small plant is entering its 4th year, it was incredibly slow growing - minute for 2 years - and only looks like it will indeed survive this year. And so unsprouted pots pile up and up.
john
Congrats John, it is very beautiful. I could never afford space-wise to keep pots for so long.
And to think that Disporums germinate so well from fresh or moist kept seeds.
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Disporum megalanthum in flower. Seed from Green Mile was planted in 2011, one seed only sprouted in 2017. This small plant is entering its 4th year, it was incredibly slow growing - minute for 2 years - and only looks like it will indeed survive this year. And so unsprouted pots pile up and up.
It is a beauty John, and one my slugs would probably enjoy all the more because there's only one >:(
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Some beautiful pictures already on this thread. Thought I'd take the camera round the garden and greenhouse again.
Arenaria for some reason I can never remember it's name.
Aster alpinus from the western Alpes courtesy of Gerd Stopp.
Azalea took this picture and sent it to friends saying do you remember buying us this for our Silver Wedding. It's 24 years old.
Cypripedium Emil.
Geranium Bill Wallis, you can see the flower power of this plant we had it in the raised bed last year and have found well over 40 seedlings in the bed and the gravel surrounding it.
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This tiny Gypsophilla Pixie Splash is spreading gently.
Lewisia leeaina alba.
My favourite Rhodo Peeping Tom.
The Tiarella is in the shady border.
These Tulips batalanii Bright Gem have been hidden under a conifer for years but Brian has wrestled it out and now we can see them again.
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Last but not least. Some years ago Brian bought me this Tree Peony called High Noon. It seems to have enjoyed all the winter rain and has more buds than ever.
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Erythonium californium 'Margaret Glynn' - grown by Harold McBride
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Super Erythronium form named for a wonderful SRGC member from Northern Ireland, Margaret Glynn.
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From John Mitchell at RBGE - a New Zealand plant grown in Scotland!
"A native from New Zealand Phyllocladus trichomanoides v. alpinus the best I have ever seen. Grow in the RG @TheBotanics"
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Again from John Mitchell @RBGE
"A few highlights from the woodland garden 1 Trillium luteum, 2 Paris japonica, 3 Trillium grandiflorum flora plena & 4 Cardiocrinum cordatum"
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This lovely plant combination is from Alan Gardner in Falkirk
"Japanese maple 'Kinshi' with Rhododendron hybrid 'Winsome' underneath"
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All pictures absolutely lovely, glad we are able to enjoy other peoples gardens on this wonderful Forum.
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From the garden of Jens Birck in Copenhagen and at a ripe old age still defying reason by thriving in a peat block!
john
halifax
nova scotia
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Flowering now:
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More pretties from our Sacramento, California garden.
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Dichelostemma multiflorum with Ixia.
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Triteleia bridgesii is a favorite in our garden.
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Collinsia tinctoria seeds itself around our garden.
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In SW Ontario the spring wildflowers show has begun and as usual will end up fast.
Erythronium americanum
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With Trillium erectum which flowers a bit in advanced than T. grandiflorum (already in bud)
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Sanguinaria canadensis
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Uvularia grandiflora
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All flowers are so pretty!
Here is Scilla rosenii ja the second picture of Helleboruses and seed grown Primula elatior-hybrids, with massive flowers.
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All flowers are so pretty!
Here is Scilla rosenii ja the second picture of Helleboruses and seed grown Primula elatior-hybrids, with massive flowers.
Beautiful scenery Leena. P. elatior hybrids are usually very impressive, a good example of hybrids vigor!
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Gabriela the Erythronium americanum looks beautiful yellow.
Leena your Scilla rosenii is really pretty. I have something similar (got it as a hybrid of Scilla rosenii and Siberica). Somehow I can take a picture only from the top of the plant.This one also has recurved petals
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Kris, I bought my plants from Estonia as Scilla rosenii from Georgia, so I think they are true, but they make seeds and there are now seedlings also, and as I have ordinary S.siberica elsewhere in the garden (as a weed) there is a chance that they hybridize. I'm not sure how to tell if the seedlings are hybrids or S.rosenii. Can hybrids look almost like S.rosenii?
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A few more pictures from the May garden.
How about this for a 3 pan. Sedum humifusum.
2 Rhodohypoxis Badger and Hebron Farm Red Eye.
Sedum hirsutum baeticum just putting up flower stems.
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Flowering now in the garden of Ian, the Christie kind .... near Kirriemuir
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Aciphylla sp.
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Gentiana acaulis - 2 pix
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Meconopsis x cookei 'Old Rose'
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Ledum groenlandicum x 2 from Ian Christie
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more pix from Ian Christie
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Aquilegia canadensis
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Orange tipped butterfly on dandelion
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Paris japonica - 3 pix
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and some more ....
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Podophyllum versipelle
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Podophyllum hexandrum
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Trillium albidum
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Trillium albidum
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Trillium grandiflorum 'Jenny Rhodes'
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great collection.
The drought continue but some plants like it, it's the case of Armeria girardii.
Endemic to the Causses, Cévennes and the Languedoc plain.
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This is Papaver apulum from Crete - an annual which persists in my garden since a long time
Gerd
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This is Papaver apulum from Crete - an annual which persists in my garden since a long time
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Cheerful color Gerd; the annuals have their attraction, especially the Papaver.
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Defying all reason, a friend's Helleborus niger near Kingsport, Nova Scotia, just last week. Sorcery?
john
halifax, ns
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Thank you Gabriela!
Gerd
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Due to not being able to go to the local site I thought I may as well clean away the weeds which were growing on my outside seed pots. I am not a successful grower of our native plants but I keep trying. A small red flower caught my attention and I realised it was Scottish Primrose, P. scotica. There are several plants in three pots. They will need to be planted out soon and I hope they will survive. Another short but robust plant was seen and I expected it to be a "weed" as it seemed to be well grown. I was delighted to identify the plant as Pyramidal Bugle, Ajuga pyramidalis. I have only seen this now rare plant twice? in the wild. Maybe months of rain during the winter has been beneficial to seed germination? To me, seeing the bugle in flower, was as good as finding an unusual orchid.
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Libertia sessiliflora 'Caerulescens'. Has been in the garden for at least ten years but never flowered before.
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exfoliating bark on Cydonia sinensis.
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Allium jesdianum ssp. angustitepalum.
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Rain lily
Zephranthes drummondi
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exfoliating bark on Cydonia sinensis.
Isn't this a beauty? :)
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Jon Evans' photo diary has pictures from the garden of Jon and Helen this week..... he's not got any plants at shows to photograph so he's got a chance to turn his camera closer to home for a change. And what lovely plants they have in their floriferous garden!
https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/the-photographers-garden/?fbclid=IwAR2-s5Y6Vaz6y8SM_xpvJlheXi-Ze94xEuSW4eHFBBBqTmCRYAX32XabjhY (https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/the-photographers-garden/?fbclid=IwAR2-s5Y6Vaz6y8SM_xpvJlheXi-Ze94xEuSW4eHFBBBqTmCRYAX32XabjhY)
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Globularia meridionalis. This is a capricious thing. Some years I get no flowers at all, or just the odd one or two. One year in 5 I get a display like this! ;D
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Globularia meridionalis. This is a capricious thing. Some years I get no flowers at all, or just the odd one or two. One year in 5 I get a display like this! ;D
1 in 5 is good enough for me! It's lovely!
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It is a corker isn't it Maggi? The foliage is neat too so I don't mind too much even if it does not flower. The blue is a bit more electric than the photo but not many cameras seem to be able to pick this up accurately.
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After a long time I send here three plants flowering in our garden now:
Senerio werneriifolius var alpinus
Androsace barbulata
Aethionema subulatum
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And another three:
Androsace jacquemontii
Ranunculus seguieri
Gentiana verna ´Alba´
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Hello Zdenek! Great to see you and your plants back in the Forum!
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"Jon Evans' photo diary has pictures from the garden of Jon and Helen this week..." - I'm glad you liked it Maggi, I tend to feel there is not much of interest for people in my own garden.
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"Jon Evans' photo diary has pictures from the garden of Jon and Helen this week..." - I'm glad you liked it Maggi, I tend to feel there is not much of interest for people in my own garden.
Mercy! What nonsense! You are far too modest - your garden is lovely!
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I agree with Maggi, I often do. Lovely pics Jon.
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Weather is getting better. Still when I compare with last year plants are emerging a little late.
1. Townsendia rothrockii
2.Townsendia leptotes
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Weather is getting better. Still when I compare with last year plants are emerging a little late.
1. Townsendia rothrockii
2.Townsendia leptotes
Hey, Krish.
I'm totally overwhelmed... like every spring. Fantastic Townsendia 🤗
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As we rapidly advance towards our Golden Wedding Anniversary I still need to keep the lady sweet so here's a picture of one of Maureen's Lupins (the Alliums are mine though ;D )
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As we rapidly advance towards our Golden Wedding Anniversary I still need to keep the lady sweet so here's a picture of one of Maureen's Lupins (the Alliums are mine though ;D )
I was just wondering today how many pairs of shoes you'll have to spring for after lockdown - an awful lot of Wednesday outings going by the board! ;) ;D
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As we rapidly advance towards our Golden Wedding Anniversary I still need to keep the lady sweet so here's a picture of one of Maureen's Lupins
There is a very good agapanthus called Maureen you know - just a suggestion...
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Thanks Thomas.
Three more Townsendias .
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Very nice Kris!
They don’t like our humid climate here and under glass I find that they get easily infested with Greenfly.
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Very nice Kris!
They don’t like our humid climate here and under glass I find that they get easily infested with Greenfly.
Hi, Steve
It is reassuring for me that I am not the only one who has this problem. Greenfly are very fond of Townsendia...
Maybe in the future I will try some species in the field (with permanent cover)...what do you think?
Conclusion...shared suffering is half suffering...😉
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I was just wondering today how many pairs of shoes you'll have to spring for after lockdown - an awful lot of Wednesday outings going by the board! ;) ;D
No party possible as the family and friends are spread all over England. It'll cost me a fortune to re-build the shoe collection when (if!) things get back to normal.
Gail, thanks for 'Maureen' , I bought it for her birthday a couple of years ago.
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The first time I managed to get Phaselia sericea to bloom. I think it's my personal highlight this spring... at least for the North Americans.
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Can anyone tell me what is attacking one of the Hollies? The pink line round the infected/affected area is natural not drawn by me.
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Shelag,
It might be Phytomyza ilicis - the holly leaf miner.
Gerd
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This lovely plant combination is from Alan Gardner in Falkirk
"Japanese maple 'Kinshi' with Rhododendron hybrid 'Winsome' underneath"
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Hi Alan,
Great minds!! ;)
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Acer ‘Seiryu-vert with Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ below.
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Thank you Gerd. I looked it up and it said to leave it as it doesn't do much harm and it's hard to get rid of because Holly leaves are too tough for most insecticides.
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When do you think would be the best time to divide Sanguinaria canadensis? I tried it late last autumn, and half of the plants died. I suspect they didn't have enough time to root before winter. Would it be best to divide this clump right after flowering or in early autumn? Or wait for next spring?
In the second picture is nice Anemone nemorosa with dark leaves and lighter blue flowers, and then my "red" A.nemorosa after yesterdays rain.
The last two pictures are of pretty seed grown Primulas. I especially like the first one, it is like painted with water colours. :)
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Leena,
I have split sanguinaria successfully several times. I think I probably did it as flowering finished, that would seem the logical time, to give the roots time to re-establish before next winter.
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Carolyn, thank you! :)
I will divide that clump then after the flowering is finished. It seems so tight that it needs dividing.
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We wait until the foliage dies back before splitting Sanguinaria.
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Maggi, Leena,
I thought I would look and see what the RHS advice is on splitting sanguinaria. Under the entry S. canadensis f multiplex they recommend splitting immediately after flowering. For S. canadensis multiplex 'Plena' they say spring or autumn. ??? So take your pick, Leena! Maybe just do it when you have time, when you remember to do it or even when you are still able to see where the plant is... I must admit, Maggi's method has the advantage that you don't have brittle leaves to damage. On the other hand,in your cold climate perhaps it's best to split earlier? If you have 2 clumps, try each method.
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Thanks Maggi and Carolyn.
Last year in the beginning of October was too late. I can't remember exactly when the foliage died, maybe in September.
I have moved Sanguinaria successfully in spring and autumn, but haven't spit it yet. This clump is so tight that roots are on top of each other so it maybe difficult to split.
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Leena, if the clump is very congested, perhaps lift it whole, soak it in water to allow any trapped soil to come out and then, having broken the clump into smaller pieces, ( the broken roots will 'bleed' a bit)plant them up in quite large pots ( so there is room for new root growth) and keep the pots in a sheltered position over winter- in other words, treat the divisions rather like cuttings needing extra protection from the weather. This way you can prevent the divisions facing too much of the worst weather we know you can get in your garden, and results may be better for you in Spring.
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I can't remember exactly when the foliage died, maybe in September.
I'm so glad you said this! I have multiplex for 20 plus years in a mostly shade garden where beech tree roots invade. They have always behaved like our native Sanguinaria canadensis, dying back as as summer begins. Climate change has brought me drier springs, wetter summers, and longer falls, and their growth pattern has remained the same. Ten years ago I moved some to a much sunnier part where Amelanchier roots invade. Here they do better, and leaf retention varies (occasionally into September!), but always at least a month or more longer than the original planting.
I have always transplanted them soon after they die back, simply because they are easier to locate the tubers in the garden.
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I tried to find in last years photos when the leaves died but there were none from that bed taken in August or September. In July pictures the leaves were still in pristine condition. Now that I think about it, also here single S.canadensis leaves die earlier than the double one. I think seeds ripen in early July and leaves die sometime after that. I'll have to keep an eye on them this summer!
Leena, if the clump is very congested, perhaps lift it whole, soak it in water to allow any trapped soil to come out and then, having broken the clump into smaller pieces, ( the broken roots will 'bleed' a bit)plant them up in quite large pots ( so there is room for new root growth) and keep the pots in a sheltered position over winter- in other words, treat the divisions rather like cuttings needing extra protection from the weather. This way you can prevent the divisions facing too much of the worst weather we know you can get in your garden, and results may be better for you in Spring.
Maggi, thank you for the good advise. Soaking the clump is a good idea, because it really is very congested. It is a wonder it flowers still so well. I should have planted the divisions in pots last autumn and kept sheltered for the winter, but didn't think about it. :-[
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When do you think would be the best time to divide Sanguinaria canadensis? I tried it late last autumn, and half of the plants died. I suspect they didn't have enough time to root before winter. Would it be best to divide this clump right after flowering or in early autumn? Or wait for next spring?
In our climate Leena, splitting Sanguinaria is best done after flowering not matter if the regular or the multiplex form. I noticed for all species with large rhizomes that the sooner is done, the better. In years with lots of rain (or very moist garden locations) the foliage remains nice sometimes until Sept. or even October! so it's not a good indicator for splitting.
In particular for Sanguinaria, try to detangle/broke somehow the clump in smaller pieces without damaging them too much; this creates entry points for various fungi.
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Some random plants around the garden today:
Aquilegia buergeriana var. oxysepala
A. fragrans (or a hybrid of, x2)
Galium odoratum
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Ferula communis
Polystichum setiferum (Divisilobum Group)
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Cistus x purpureus
Paeonia anomala
Rosa 'Madame Grégoire Staechelin'
Meconopsis Fertile Blue Group
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Ferula communis
Polystichum setiferum (Divisilobum Group)
may be "communis" but so beautiful and aerial.
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When do you think would be the best time to divide Sanguinaria canadensis? I tried it late last autumn, and half of the plants died. I suspect they didn't have enough time to root before winter. Would it be best to divide this clump right after flowering or in early autumn? Or wait for next spring?
In the second picture is nice Anemone nemorosa with dark leaves and lighter blue flowers, and then my "red" A.nemorosa after yesterdays rain.
The last two pictures are of pretty seed grown Primulas. I especially like the first one, it is like painted with water colours. :)
I also have done it several times. When divide try to have minimal root disturbances. I mostly not divide in hot weather.
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Sangunaria canadensis mutiplex blooming now in my garden.
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weather is nice and warm and many plants start to bloom now.
Some pictures from the garden
1.Astragalus lutosus
2.Dicentra cucularia pink
3.Jeffersonia dubia
4.Penstemon arenicola
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5.Townsendia sp-(unknown).
6.Townsendia minima
7. Townsendia leptotes flowering profusely closer to a dryer vent .
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weather is nice and warm and many plants start to bloom now.
Some pictures from the garden
1.Astragalus lutosus
2.Dicentra cucularia pink
3.Jeffersonia dubia
4.Penstemon arenicola
Wow... great pictures. Especially the Penstemon is colossal... ...just like the Astragalus.
You are a magician...😉
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Some wonderful plants from across the pond. A few more here from Bury where it just won't RAIN.
A couple of cheery plants from Johnnie D.
Adiantum aleuticum.
Geum Totally Tangerine.
Maud with our Hosta collection.
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Maud with the Hostas and Ferns.
Pelargonium Vancouver Centennial.
Rhodanthemum Casablanca, I know you've seen it before but it is still flowering wonderfully.
Rhodohypoxis Pinkeen.
Rhodohypoxis Hebron Farm Red Eye.
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Last couple Trollius Europaeus Lemon Supreme,
and Weigela Monet.
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So nice plants everyone. :) Kris's Jeffersonia is so big! I love ferns and Ashley's Polystichum is very pretty, and so are Sheilagh's pots of Hostas, what nice yellows.
In our climate Leena, splitting Sanguinaria is best done after flowering not matter if the regular or the multiplex form. I noticed for all species with large rhizomes that the sooner is done, the better. In years with lots of rain (or very moist garden locations) the foliage remains nice sometimes until Sept. or even October! so it's not a good indicator for splitting.
In particular for Sanguinaria, try to detangle/broke somehow the clump in smaller pieces without damaging them too much; this creates entry points for various fungi.
Gabriela, thank you!
Mine grows in a bed which stays moist even in dry spells, so that might be why it keeps it's leaves so long.
It is so congested, that it might be very difficult to tease the roots apart without breaking them, I will try Maggis method with soaking.
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Some wonderful plants from across the pond. A few more here from Bury where it just won't RAIN.
A couple of cheery plants from Johnnie D..........
Did he give you the labels as well Shealgh? ;D
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It is a long time since I last posted to the forum. That does not mean I have not enjoyed it with all its interesting posts, useful information, and beautiful pictures. Thank you all.
Blooming now in the garden is 'my copy' of the emblem of the Club, the Mountain Aven, in a hyper-tufa trough I made and planted 25 years ago. This Dryas octopetala thrived in the trough, and has been allowed to take it over.
This has been a good spring for Trilliums here. The two shown here are hybrids that appeared a few years ago in agroup which included T. sulcatum, T. erectum, and T. flexipes.
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Hello Knud, great to see you back with these great photos!
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Some photos from the private garden of two SRGC members (who also happen to be old friends of mine) from Helensburgh, on Scotland's west coast.
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Pyrethrum leontopodium rewards my efforts with an abundant flowering this year...so it can go on...😎
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General view of my rockgarden
Salvia quezelii
Jasminum parkeri
Iris variegata reginae
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Thank you, Maggi.
The cool spring has kept three Pink-shell Azaleas blooming for more than a month, but the last one is now giving in to unfurling leaves. I sowed these Rhododendron vaseyi twenty-some years ago, and they are now taller than me.
The Ranunculus parnassifolia blooms for the first time this year, many years after sowing and sprouting. Only the two plants I have kept in a large (20 cm/8'' diameter and as deep) clay pot have survived, and thrive; between them they have more than 25 buds, quite a debut. I gather it is not normally a difficult plant in the garden, but the two in the pot have spent their winters under the same wet sky as those that disappeared in the rock-garden. Maybe that part my rock-garden is not sufficiently well drained.
Rhodiola pachyclados is pretty all year, but its (here normally sparse) blooming does add a nice touch.
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Primulas are flowering now. :)
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Sticky catchfly, Lychnis viscaria.
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Yellow milk-vetch, Oxytropis campestris.
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Brittle bladder-fern, Cystopteris fragilis.
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Rusty back, Ceterach officinarum.
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Hard shield fern, Polystichum aculeatum.
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Crested buckler-fern, Dryopteris cristata.
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Lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina.
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Polystichum sp. from Ardfearn Nursery.
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Harts tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium and Maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes.
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Hard fern, Blechnum spicant.
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Royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
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Beech fern, Phegopteris connectilis.
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Nice to see all these ferns Ian, reminding of cool, shaded places. We are currently through a heat wave in Ontario.
Few from the garden: Tulips, Lewisia, hybrid Iris and Leucojum
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These are photos of the garden of two SRGC folks this month - first, from Hon. Treasurer, Richard Green....
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and this is the garden of the Editor (of The Rock Garden, the twice yearly SRGC journal ) - Anton Edwards ....
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Lovely, are they not?
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both are lovely
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two more photos from the garden of Margaret and Anton Edwards- these from the end of April ...
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Lady’s smock in dappled shade in the as yet uncut area of grass
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Disporum megalanthum in flower. Seed from Green Mile was planted in 2011, one seed only sprouted in 2017. This small plant is entering its 4th year, it was incredibly slow growing - minute for 2 years - and only looks like it will indeed survive this year. And so unsprouted pots pile up and up.
john
ah, the unsprouted pots! but mine all soon start to sprout something-- often spruce, poplar, willow and birch seedlings, but also dandelions and willow herb, of course..... Maybe that one Disporum will give you new seeds?
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The garden is always at its top early May.
Spectacular :) my peak arrives rather later..
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Some beautiful pictures already on this thread. Thought I'd take the camera round the garden and greenhouse again.
Arenaria for some reason I can never remember it's name.
Aster alpinus from the western Alpes courtesy of Gerd Stopp.
Azalea took this picture and sent it to friends saying do you remember buying us this for our Silver Wedding. It's 24 years old.
Cypripedium Emil.
Geranium Bill Wallis, you can see the flower power of this plant we had it in the raised bed last year and have found well over 40 seedlings in the bed and the gravel surrounding it.
Great stuff! sweet little Geranium :)
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Hi all, been a while again since I posted here, hope everyone has been well and having a good spring! Melt was a bit late this year (more like classic springs, rather than the early snow melt we've had in recent years). My theory that bulb plants flower sooner after snow melt when it is late seem to have been borne out this year-- when the snow is gone early, it can be weeks before anything flowers-- my thinking is that because nights are still very cold at that time, the soil remains very cold, and things are slow to emerge. When snow stays on the ground longer, by the time it is gone, nights are not so cold anymore, and things can get going faster. So, while flowering is still a bit later in a year like this, there is not that anxious time of looking at the inactive garden beds wondering when something will happen!
It's also interesting to see how various plants survive, thrive, change over time-- all of my Crocus are from mixed mainstream packages of 'Vernus and Flavus'. They've generally done well, with vegetative increase (no seeding, ever on any of them) but up and down years-- one year only when a local Snowshoe Hare was eating flowers, and at least one spring when, for some reason ( I think mild weather in December followed by sudden deep cold) there was diminished flowering. This spring they were looking good, but I notice the small whites and yellows that had been clumping nicely seemed less in evidence, and the larger ones-- the big deep red violet, so hard to capture, and the big reticulated (?) ones have been slowly but steadily increasing..... Crocus must seem very long ago to those of you had them in flower much earlier-- it even feels like another season here, and it is only a few weeks back! These shots are from May 02 - May 14.
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More no-name Crocus, still from early to mid-May, West Central Alberta... keeping in mind we had basically mid-winter conditions (regular snowfall, still deep on the ground in many places, blizzard like days and temperatures in the mid minus teens to twenties) in early April!
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Perhaps the most interesting thing in the early garden this year-- due to the later snow melt, or...? was that the Galanthus started flowering before the Crocus-- up till now, I've always commented that not only do they not flower here super early as in mild climates, obviously, but they were not even the first things to flower here-- well, this year, specifically in one of the Sempervivum Beds in front of the house (last photo some days after first flowering), they were up and at it as the first of the early Crocus was just breaking ground....
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Flowering now:
That Genista is fun :)
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More pretties from our Sacramento, California garden.
Dichelostemma multiflorum with Ixia.
Triteleia bridgesii is a favorite in our garden.
Collinsia tinctoria seeds itself around our garden.
The Collinsia is cool...
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Thanks Cohan. Getting towards the end of the month but the sun keeps bringing things on.
Campanula F1 Takion Blue
Campanula portenschlagiana
Erodium Pippa
Geranium Frank Hedley
Genista in front rock corner
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The Geraniums definitely prominent at the moment.
Geranium sanguineum Ankrum's Pride
Geranium Westray
Geum Sunrise
Japanese painted fern in the shady border
Primula capitata
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Finally perhaps, a lovely spotty Saxifrage in the raised bed.
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Lovely stuff Shelagh.
Here's Verbascum x 'Letitia. I completely forgot to give it a bit of a haircut after it finished flowering last year, but, having said that whenever I have done it's died on me.
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Letitia is always one of my favourites David.
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Nice weather today made me stay outside in the garden all day.
Here are two pictures of the rock garden with partial views.
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Geranium Frank Hedley
I guess that's a Pelargonium, Shelagh? are you able to leave that out in your climate, or it goes under cover for winter?
Whatever you did or didn't do, David, it seems happy :)
Looking good, Kris :)
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Nice weather today made me stay outside in the garden all day.
Here are two pictures of the rock garden with partial views.
Lovely garden Kris
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Only five centimeters high, yet very detailed... Jassione orbiculata from the Baba Planina in Northern Macedonia (2100 meters)
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Thanks Cohan and David.
Ranunculus parnassifolius is flowering now.
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Yes Cohan it is a Pelargonium, my gardener (Brian) pointed that out when he read the post. We have kept that one over 2 winters now in the greenhouse. In fact all three Pelargoniums survived the winter.
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Ranunculus parnassifolius is flowering now.
Magnificent plant Kris 8)
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Nice Ranunc, Kris!
Shelagh-- good going :) only in the house would keep them over, here!
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Still playing catch-up-- when am I not?
Tulipa urumiensis (maybe)-- from mixed commercial bulbs (as is the next tulip)-- with its small bright yellow flowers with nice dark outers, and flowering early-- with the Crocus, starting a couple of weeks before the related tarda (hort), this has been very welcome in the garden.
White flowered Tulipa turkestanica has also been a joy, also starting early, in a good spot it has got better each year, with more and more flowers per stem.
(Pseudo)Muscari azureum is one of the earliest things of all to flower, and not even in the earliest bed to melt out.. shown here a couple of weeks or more later at peak.. May 13-18 2020
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Here's two Clematis.
C. integrifolia
C. texensis Pagoda
and an unknown that I would appreciate and ID for. It was a volunteer which turned out to be attractive.
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and an unknown that I would appreciate and ID for. It was a volunteer which turned out to be attractive.
Tradescantia andersoniana?
https://www.classicroses.co.uk/tradescantia-andersoniana-isis-spiderwort.html (https://www.classicroses.co.uk/tradescantia-andersoniana-isis-spiderwort.html)
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Gail:
Loos to be it.
Thanks,
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Here's two Clematis.
C. integrifolia
C. texensis Pagoda
Did you grow the integrifolia from seed? I think I have seedlings, planted out a season or two ago, wondering if they will do anything exciting this year, but still pretty tiny last year, I think..
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They were purchased at a specialty nursery which in no longed in business.
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more pictures from the rock garden
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world-class...Krish. The luminosity of this Penstemon nitidus is outstanding. 😎
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Kris, you have so lovely rock garden! I sometimes wish I could grow small plants, but my big plants always take all the sunny places and smother smaller ones. Every garden is different. :)
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Thanks Thomas.
Leena it was a difficult decision to change some sunny parts of my regular garden into an alpine garden. It took some time and effort but finally I did it with my husbands help. The one advantage is that I get flowers from the beginning of April. Saskatoon is very cold and regular garden starts around May end.
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Kris, you are right that also in my sunny part of the garden with bigger plants flowering starts only in late May, so in sunny rock garden it could start earlier :). I hadn't thought about it like that!
My woodland part of garden is my earliest with snowdrops and crocuses first and then flowers all April or after the snow has melted.
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more pictures from the rock garden
Beautiful plants Kris! P. nitidus has a fantastic color.
Same like Leena, I cannot abstain and have large plants mixed with smaller ones; my true rockery is tiny (but plan to expand it :)
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more pictures from the rock garden
Good stuff, love the Townsendia montana :)
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Do you know why Drabas are called Whitlow Grass? I assumed they were named after a Mr. Whitlow, but no, apparently Whitlow is a finger, toe or nail infection caused by the Herpes virus... never heard of such a thing! and apparently Draba (mainly/only? D. verna) was/is used to treat it! Huh! Well, here, the 3 that I grow are just prized for their early season flower power :) Draba aizoides is usually one of the very first things to flower here, though the full show is a week or two later; it has tidy but not tiny dark green shiny foliage and bright yellow flowers, largest of the 3. Draba dedeana comes next, with some overlap, also dark green shiny foliage, a bit lower, but very attractive almost geometric mounds. Draba bruniifolia ssp olympica is last- this one has nice slightly paler yellow flowers, and slightly grayish fuzzy foliage, tiny mounds, not so organised as the other two; it was slower to take off and start to occupy real estate, but is doing pretty well for itself now.
First photo has all 3 species, with D aizoides toward the rear of the photo (front of the bed);
Second photo shows D aizoides in a sea of D dedeana
Third photo is D bruniifolia ssp olympica with semps and D dedeana in mid-ground and D aizoides in front
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just amazing Cohan
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Can anyone identify this Draba? very tight clump and flowering now!! looks like a sea urchin .I call it Draba "sea urchin"
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just amazing Cohan
Thanks-- each of those Drabas was started with only a few seedlings each-- they seed around pretty generously! I'm at the point where I'll need to start removing a few where they crowd smaller things...
Don't know what sp yours is, but nice tight little mound!
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Could it be D. longisiliqua?
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Thanks Ian. I googled the plant and mine looks similar to the one on the web.
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Some pictures from last month:
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More pictures:
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Some pictures from last month:
Good colour on that Primula :) somehow I only have yellow Primulas (not very many...)