Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Plants Wanted Or For Exchange => Topic started by: Cephalotus on October 11, 2008, 03:59:43 PM
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Hello,
accidentally I have found a shop, that is offering Chamaedaphne calyculata seeds. It is the same situation with the Trichophorum alpinum, I never tried to get it, because it was obvious, that I won't find any offering it. Till today. I really forgot about that species. Does anyone know any show in UK or Germany where it is sold? Does anyone grow this species and could tell me something about it?
With the occasion I will also ask about two species of Draba I found are growing in my country. :D I know I am obsessed but I assure you I am harmless. ;-)
Draba dubia
Draba tomentosa
Does anyone know where to get these?
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Hello Krzysztof
I grow Chamaedaphne in a pot in 1 part peat and 1 part sphagnum.
On the top of the soil I have 1 or 2 cm living sphagnum.
I keep the soil wet.
Frans
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Draba dubia:
http://www.darcyeverest.co.uk/home.html
Draba tomentosa:
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/
(it's listed in last year's seed exchange, ring Colin Dolding and ask if there's any left)
Bye-ee,
Giles
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Hello,
accidentally I have found a shop, that is offering Chamaedaphne calyculata seeds. It is the same situation with the Trichophorum alpinum, I never tried to get it, because it was obvious, that I won't find any offering it.
Krzysztof,
I've carried wild collected seed of both species for the past 20 years in my seed list---I did not collect the Trichophorum this season--but probably still have seed in the freezer somewhere. I dropped it at some point because no one wanted to buy it.
I probably have pictures of site locations of the Chamaedaphne somewhere in my "My Bit Of Heaven" thread, if you want to do a search there.
It is a branching, evergreen shrub with evergreen, leathery leaves and racemes of white, nodding urn-shaped flowers in the leaf axils. In the wild it grows in bogs, wet forests and ditches, often forming thickets.
The Trichophorum, which I knew formerly as Scirpus hudsonianus is widely distributed, growing in wet places (usually on lime-rich substrates). Trichophorum: from "trichos" (hair) and "phoros" (bearing.) It has been formerly classified as both a Scripus and a true cotton-grass (Eriphorum). Flowers in early summer. The fruiting heads are covered in long, silky white bristles, which look very attractive, especially with a breeze drifting through them. For any permanently moist to wet location in full sun.
I am happy to trade you seeds....
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Krzystof,
we cultivate in the nursery Chamaedaphne calyculata 'Nana'.
Very easy propagate by hardwood cuttings in summer. The substrate is a peat based mix (used for rhododendrons too), we covered with sharp sand.
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Many thanks for letting me know. I will contact you private for further information.