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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: ichristie on March 01, 2009, 03:17:22 PM
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Hi to all, just what we need for the start of March some sunshine so a few pictures taken today, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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A nice colourful start to the month Ian.
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Great selection of goodlooking plants Ian - the Hepatica special is my favourite !!
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A great start indeed. Oh my, that wonderful 'Tantallon!'
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What a sight for sore eyes, they are all beautiful but the blue of 'Tantallon' is fantastic. ;D ;D ;D
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A few pictures taken in my garden today.Incidentally,3 weeks later than last year.
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The remainder.
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What a wonderful sight, I can only imagine the pleasure you must get walking around your garden.
How many years did it take to get it like that?
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Just 43 years Helen from an absolutely bare site without any trees or hedges.Here are the last.The cyclamen have been established over the last four years all grown from seed and planted beneath a bank of deciduouos azaleas which are a riot of colour in May.
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What a joy to see John, Spring is definitely here.
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I'm lost for words John !
What an awesome garden you have ! :o
You seem to like large drifts... 8)
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One could happily lie down and die there. (Though I suppose that would cause some problems for you John. :D)
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very nice to see spring when its so far away here!
thanks to ian and john..
john, i sometimes wish i could start with bare earth--here its the opposite--for every bit of earth i want i have to dig sod and tons of roots, and struggle to find sunny spots, and gradually thin the trees a bit--not to mention keep the area mowed or the forest will just come right back in!
on the plus side, it will never look bare as i work on plantings over time...lol--and lots of wildflowers growing..
john--do you still need to heavily weed those areas, or are the plantings mostly self maintaining now?
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Beautiful Plants Ian. Just a question. The Special hepatica is that a japanese or is it nobilis?
Cheers
Göte
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John,
You are a real source of inspiration. I wish
A: That we were as far into spring here. I still have frozen ground and 20 cm of snow. (But it is melting :) )
B: That I could have a look and a chat with you to learn from you.
However, the most obvious questions would be:
The blue crocus, are they tommasinianus? The Hellebores, are they orientalis close to wild forms?
Also I would like to know about weeding. Is the area so dark later that weeds are supressed? By the way, what are the trees.
Do you not find it difficult to avoid trampling too much. I am always worried about my stepping on something and if not that about compacting the soil.
Do you not have any problem with some species that are adapted to woodland conditions supressing the others.
I have problems with Scilla siberica and the common form of Anemone nemorosa wanting to take over everything.
Göte
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Stunning John,
A real life times achievement and as great a work of art as one could hope to make.
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Many thanks to all for your very kind comments,they are most gratifying.
To Leslie,it would not be my problem.I have said many times that my wish would be to be found dead in the garden but not yet for a while,I am still sowing erythroniums and trilliums for naturalising.
To Cohan,this area is largely self maintaining but celandines are starting to become a problem.As the season progresses the area is taken over by astilbes,hostas,trilliums,rheums etc.
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Gote,to answer some of your questions.The crocus are tomasinianus and its forms and the hellebores are orientalis hybrid forms.Walking is not a problem,they are so thick that you have to ignore them.The trees are various comprising forms of betula,acer,magnolia and rhododenron under storey.The trees in the grass with the crocus are all Prunus sargentii with japanese acers beneath/between.The crocus are followed by Narcissi February Gold and in May it forms a meadow of Frit.meleagris.
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John.You have a perfect flowering bulb garden. Thanks
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John,
fabulous :o 8) - I would put your garden under nature conservancy! ;D
A lovely spot you own.
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Hi John, thank for such a fantastic show so many treasures, Gote the Hepaticas are just selected nobilis but just a chance they may have some H. nobilis japonica in the plants, cheers Ian.
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Not sure where to enter this I expect Maggi will put me right.
The first time I have flowered it and I think the first time the flower has been on the forum.
I have tried to photograph the inside of the bloom but it looks as if this is as far open it is going to go.
Fritillaria davidii.
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Wow! Derek, well done, what a lovely Frit! I must ask you to post this in the bulb pages as well, so the maximum number see it....or I'll do it if you prefer.
The flower might open a little further..... given a really nice day. Ian says you must get your nose to the flower....it should smell deliciuosly of guava fruit..... 8)
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Maggi I am 79 and would not know what they smell like, yes please can you post it.
Derek
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Super display Derek. Hope to see some flowers here in 2010!
Gerd
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John
Stunning garden - does the leaf litter provide some sustenance, or do you ever have to feed? In the early days how did you eliminate the weeds - I mean things like ground elder, bindweed, dandelions, not celandines that might become an unwanted plant.
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Derek
Well done - how long have you had the plant? My first attempt to grow this failed, though I have been more successful with the traditional frits
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Great achievement Derek - it looks fabulous ! ;)
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Maggi I am 79 and would not know what they smell like, yes please can you post it.
Derek
I will happpily post them in a new Frit. thread too, Derek.
Try your local supermarket for a tin of guavas..... the scent will be diluted, but similar!! Very nice, anyway!!
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Ian says you must get your nose to the flower....
and your fingertip or a small paintbrush to the anthers and stigma. :)
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Thank you John,
I will have your pictures in mind when I start in the garden in the spring.
Göte
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Sigh! :'( I need definetly more space in my garden !
Thanks for the great pictures!
Karin
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John,
Great to see your photographs of the garden again this year and again it is absolutely wonderful.
Celandine are certainly a nuisance weed, inevitable in a rural garden, and have to be tolerated to, at least, a certain degree in a garden which aims at naturalisation of introduced plants.
I noticed a planting of Ophiogon platanus 'Nigresens' in one of the photographs. Here, this spreads to form large clumps which are so thick that other plants cannot compete so I wondered if it proved a threat to your bulb plantings. I certainly could not see cyclamen, crocus nor eranthis competing with it.
Paddy
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Ian says you must get your nose to the flower....
and your fingertip or a small paintbrush to the anthers and stigma. :)
Lesley
I am sure it was said it does not set seed at the Frit Day at Wisley. :(
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That is excellent Derek,I have had mine for about 4years now and am still waiting for it to flower,but must not grumble, this is my second attempt at it,so am pleased that it still survives
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Just a little bit of sun - so some colour in the garden
Eranthis, Leucojum and tommies
Gerd
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Flowering in the garden now - flowering under the snow more like! ;D ;D
The cyclamen coum in the gadren have been flowering for around one month now though they have only been visible for a week or two during that time!
Gymnospermium albertii uner the micromeria in the open garden should be looking nice soon.
Crocus 'Blue Dream' one day after the snow melted away.
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Flowering now, as it has been doing for the past month, albeit under snow, a Thlaspi I bought as Thlaspi biebersteinii. I am not sure as to the authenticity of this name, as I see RHS Plant Finder lists this as a synonym of Pachyphragma macrophyllum, which it certainly isn't. The original plant came from Findlay Clarke, back in the day, at a time when they still bought a small selection of alpines from Tough Alpine Nursery.
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Ian says you must get your nose to the flower....
and your fingertip or a small paintbrush to the anthers and stigma. :)
Lesley
I am sure it was said it does not set seed at the Frit Day at Wisley. :(
Arthur you are right Rannveig told me it is thought all plants came from one and it is not self fertile
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Derek
Well done - how long have you had the plant? My first attempt to grow this failed, though I have been more successful with the traditional frits
It was given to me at the last south show at Horsham so I would guess 5 years, I find it easy to grow but hard to flower, once the spring realy comes it will go outdoors near the water tank and repot about May June and stays outside until November then inside on a warm sunny bench in the Alpine House but no heat in the winter.
Derek
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Art 600,
The main weed at the outset was creeping thistle,this area having been a pony paddock.Just hard work I'm afraid and very frustrating.
Paddy,
Well spotted and you are right,it does tend to spread but not out of control.I do find that cocus tomasinianus will seed itself in the clump and it does look very good amongst the dark foliage.
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Well, John,
I reckon if you managed to deal with creeping thistle then the ophiopogon would be no trouble to you. It has one great advantage - people who visit the garden regularly admire it, it lifts very easily and this is a great way to get rid of some of it.
Paddy
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Martyn Rix, at the Frit Day, said he had acquired a plant from a location about 100 km from the type location. He hoped it would be a different clone, so that there might be a possibility of seeds.
Wonder what Otto is growing ???
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It has happened before, and doubtless will again, that a plant is deemed sterile and then something happens, weather, whatever, there is seed set!
Alf Evans wrote in his book, The Peat Garden" that Scolipus bigelowii was sterile..... it had just not set seed for him..... sets seed here and eleswhere, quite happily. Oftentimes these presumptions are made and repeated, it happens with names and mistakes in naming, too. Human error :-\
When our Frit davidii flowers, we'll be tickling it for sure! Hope costs nothing!
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It has happened before, and doubtless will again, that a plant is deemed sterile and then something happens, weather, whatever, there is seed set!
When our Frit davidii flowers, we'll be tickling it for sure! Hope costs nothing!
And can I be first in the queue for seed - please ;D
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Here more because they deserve it, rather than being of supermodels: Arabis parryi and Erigeron ochroleucus v. scribneri. Both have been in flower since November, even under several feet of snow. Finally their reward some sunshine and attention from the bees.
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The snow having melted away from this part of the rock garden in the morning has revealed a plethora of Draba just starting to flower.
Raised from AGS seed,they have moved house 3 times and country twice, so their identity is now unknown, pretty weeds though!
:D
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Ipheion uniflorum is in flower now.
One of my favorits...
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Paddy,
Not a great photo but at least illustrates my statement.
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John,
Had you not shown the photograph I would have been left in grave doubt. Amazing how resilient the crocus is.
Orion,
The Ipheoin is a "good doer" as is said. It can become a bit of a weed with so many small offsets which somehow get spread around the garden appearing everywhere.
Paddy
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I know Paddy, that is the reason why i keep it in pots, they really feel at home here.
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Oron,
I find the best place for it is in under the larger shrubs where I am very unlikely to go digging and so unlikely to spread it around. When under deciduous shrubs it is visible at this time of the year.
Paddy
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Not for the first time, I need to apologise to Forumists for misleading them. Not deliberately and while I know my memory occasionally lets me down, I'm surprised it would to this extent.
I emailed Otto about his young F. davidii and he tells me this morning that two Australians whom I shan't name, brought a BULB of F. davidii into Australia following the 2001 Edinburgh conference. It was brought in legally, into quarantine and it is from that bulb that Otto was given some BULBILS. So...NO SEED. :-[ We must hope, therefore that Martyn Rix's new bulb will, with the clone already in cultivation, produce some seed. If 100kms apart in nature, surely they can't be the same clone. :-\
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I don't think there's any doubt these are F. davidii.
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Lucky that the plant does make lots of pips ........and with a new collection there is hope of seed ..... we will still tickle though !!
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Flowering in the garden today, Thlaspi rotundifolium, strangely my neighbours don't believe me when I say this is in the cabbage family!
I wonder why? ;D
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It looks a little like Thlaspi stylosum - a favourite of mine because it is so early. Alas, I have to wait a couple of weeks for it
Göte
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Ipheion uniflorum is in flower now.
One of my favorits...
Hi Oron,
I see in the background what looks like Ipheion peregrinans "Rolf Fiedler"; do you also grow "Alberto Castillo"? You can get some interesting hybrids between these!
cheers
fermi
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Hi Gote,
Thlaspi stylosum is a cutie, will you post a picture for comparison when it comes into flower?
Hristo
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Ipheion uniflorum is in flower now.
One of my favorits...
Hi Oron,
I see in the background what looks like Ipheion peregrinans "Rolf Fiedler"; do you also grow "Alberto Castillo"? You can get some interesting hybrids between these!
cheers
fermi
Hi Fermi,
Thank you for the information, It is 'Rolf Fiedler' and I grow 'Alberto Castillo" as well, both are lovely plants.
Generally i do not grow 'man made' Hybrids but these two little stars are very nice, and i will give it a try.
At the moment I'm busier than a bee, pollinating many of my plants and walking in the garden with a Small painter brush above my ear and a Bic cup in the pocket for the Cyclamen. A real nut....
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Oron,
As far as I know both Ipheions are not ' man made ' but found in the wild.
If I'm wrong I hope, someone will correct me. ???
Gerd
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Gerd if that is the case my love for these two ones even increase...
Might sound a bit snobbish...i know ::)
Thanks for the information ;)
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It's been a while since I posted some pictures so here are some plants that are flowering in my garden now:
1) Bulbocodium vernum
2) Colchicum hungaricum 'Velebit Star'
3) Hamaemelis intermedia 'Arnold Promise'
4) Helleborus 'Wilgenbroek selection Apricot'
5) Helleborus 'Wilgenbroek selection Double White'
6) Ypsilandra ca-valerei
While I was walking in Ghent I noticed that some weeping willows were having a very nice green shine about them in the city lights.
7) weeping willow
8) weeping willow (close-up)
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Wim,
Underlighting the willow was a good idea but the choice of colour is a little peculiar.
You have lovely flowers at the moment.
Paddy
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You mean the colour is artifice and not radioactivity????? :o :-[
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I haven't changed the colour, it's very peculiar. I guess it's because of the yellow city lights that are placed under the trees. The trees just look very green at night, also with the naked eye. (Maggi, it's like a radioactive spring indeed)
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Last weekend we went to Harlow Carr. The alpine house is looking good but due to be finished in May. They had a temporary display of alpines in another glasshouse which were very good.
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Meanwhile back at home, it was feeling very spring-like today in the warm sunshine. I took a break from preparing for the Loughborough Show tomorrow to take a few photos. Firstly cyclamen and primroses along a shady border.
Then Tecophilea cyanocrocus and its variety leichtlinii. I am so pleased to finally succeed with these beautiful bulbs.
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Anne, those are very nice Tecophilaea.
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Yes wonderful Tecophilaea Anne. I'm pleased too with my single violacea in flower but for now it looks lonely by comparison with yours :'(
Your primroses are early compared to those here.
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I've only just bought violacea, and it's not in flower yet.
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Last weekend we went to Harlow Carr. The alpine house is looking good but due to be finished in May. They had a temporary display of alpines in another glasshouse which were very good.
Sad to hear of the death of Geoffrey Smith, who used to be head gardener at Harlow Carr.
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Last weekend we went to Harlow Carr. The alpine house is looking good but due to be finished in May. They had a temporary display of alpines in another glasshouse which were very good.
Sad to hear of the death of Geoffrey Smith, who used to be head gardener at Harlow Carr.
Yes, a sad loss of a passionate gardener, who was so good at communicating his enthusiasm. His television programmes, I think entitled 'Travels with Mr Smith' were delightful, I know lots of folk who fondly remember his joyful guides to the Alps and the flowers.
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Just opening
Ipheion uniforum tandiliense ( I am not sure if this is a valdid name)
and Ranunculus cadmicus ssp. cyprius - unfortunately not
the superb double one which Oron showed - but this species seems to
be easy - inside the greenhouse and outside also
Gerd
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Hey, Gerd, your Ranunculcus still looks great, double or not!
In the garden here today amongst others ( listed elsewhere on the forum )
Just opening its first flower, Thlaspi crassum from Turkey and the plant I've always grown as Viola bertolonii.
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Thank you, Hristo.
The pansy is just the same as what we grow for V. bertolonii.
Sorry for the violet from the Big River Gorge - can't identify it without
more details - it seems to be related to the V. suavis shown.
Quite interesting that there is a ' Vratnik '. A mountain and a pass in Croatia
(near Senj) share the same name.
Gerd
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Just opening
Ipheion uniforum tandiliense ( I am not sure if this is a valdid name).........
Gerd, I had a look at the Kew Checklist, see http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/prepareChecklist.do;jsessionid=958A0D02C0FB6FF6CDC4A90A39990B63?checklist=selected_families%40%40185030720082131140
and Ipheion now appears to be Tristagma but I could not find any reference to 'tandiliense'
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Last weekend we went to Harlow Carr. The alpine house is looking good but due to be finished in May. They had a temporary display of alpines in another glasshouse which were very good.
Sad to hear of the death of Geoffrey Smith, who used to be head gardener at Harlow Carr.
Yes, a sad loss of a passionate gardener, who was so good at communicating his enthusiasm. His television programmes, I think entitled 'Travels with Mr Smith' were delightful, I know lots of folk who fondly remember his joyful guides to the Alps and the flowers.
One of the best and a television gardener who really knew his stuff. It's a great pity that at the time of his stewardship of Harlow Carr the garden was struggling for support and investment which eventually lead it to the RHS.
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Just opening
Ipheion uniforum tandiliense ( I am not sure if this is a valdid name).........
Gerd, I had a look at the Kew Checklist, see http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/prepareChecklist.do;jsessionid=958A0D02C0FB6FF6CDC4A90A39990B63?checklist=selected_families%40%40185030720082131140
and Ipheion now appears to be Tristagma but I could not find any reference to 'tandiliense'
Thank you, David.
If I remember right I had a message that told me that this
plant comes from Tandil in Argentina but also no reference for a valid name.
Gerd
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Quite interesting that there is a ' Vratnik '. A mountain and a pass in Croatia
(near Senj) share the same name.
Gerd
Gerd,
Vrat in Bulgarian means neck or throat, vrata means door or gate. Probably find old Croatian and Bulgarian words are describing features of a pass through mountains! :D
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That's a good explanation. Thank you, Hristo!
Gerd
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Not flowering but maybe of interest
Haplocarpha rueppelii after a cold winter (-15° C, but snowcover) in the boggy part of my small pond.
Quite astonishing for an Afroalpine plant.
Gerd
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Is this the same little plant I imported many years ago and within 2 years was a huge mat which it took ages to eliminate? If grows from underground stolons and was as bad as sorrel. Took weedkiller to control it in the finish.
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Lovely photos of the plant on flower on Franz' site:
http://www.franz-alpines.org/gartenpflanzenrahmen.html
That should let you know if it is your culprit, Lesley!
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Lesley,
Only in a frost free area it is strong growing!
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Mine was definitely a Haplocarpha but it may have been a different species as I'm sure it had rougher, non-glossy leaves. Yours looks very attractive Franz. Funny, I thought it was South American. That "senior" thing again.
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That "senior" thing again.
Lesley,
It isn't always the age. The excessive use of certain chemicals, weedkillers for instance, can affect the memory! ;D ;D ;D
Gerd
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hello,
here the first plants in the open garden.
regards, wolfgang
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Wolfgang, Ich habe die Größe Ihrer Fotos reduziert , damit sie leicht zu sehen.
Bitte, haben Sie den Namen dieser Blume Kultivare?
Just a note to Wolfgang to say that photos of around 730 pixels wide are easiest to see on screen and to ask for the cultivar names.
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here the next picture
Thank you Maggi
Eranthis Abendrot.
Eranthis Abendrot 1
Eranthis Abendrot 2
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Not in the garden but in the alpine house.
Dionysia curviflora
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Flowering today in the sun.
Crocus biflorus wellendenii weldenii
Crocus 'Herald'
Ranunculus ficaria robust form
Eranthis hymalis
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Oh dear, it snowed again overnight, melting away quickly though!
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Impressive how those delicate iris do not get damaged by snow! Nice pictures, by the way!
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Thanks Michael,
Yup them Iris and Crocus are tough customers!
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My Gagea is flowering I love the bright yellow.
Gagea fibrosa.
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Wonderful species, almost as a small tulip!
Gerd
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Flowering now on the rock garden Viola perinensis.
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Simon,
Does V. perinensis grow naturally close to your home?
Gerd
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Simon, Does V. perinensis grow naturally close to your home? Gerd
Hi Gerd- thi one is from seed i bought before I came to Bulgaria- it grows in the Pirin mountains in the South west of Bulgaria- I'm hoping to get down there this summer to see it in the wild.
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Gaudy things flowering in the grass! ( I do like them, even though they aren't kewl! )
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Hi all,
these are flowering in the garden at the moment. Usually there are about 3 weeks between the flowering periods of Scoliopus bigelowii and S. hallii but this year they flower together.
Scoliopus bigelowii
Scolipous hallii
Arisaema nepenthoides (first Arisaema to flower)
Helleborus torquatus
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Love the Scoliopus - both of them :)
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Super plants of Scoliopus Robin.
How many years are they, before giving such a mass of flowers?
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The first native spring flowers - not in the garden but found during a walk along the river Wupper - not far from my hometown
Tussilago farfara and Anemone nemorosa
Gerd
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More about Tussilago here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltsfoot
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Asphodeline lutea is a common plant in Israel,
The orange form is the common one while the yellow form which is more familiar to gardeners is rare,
it appears only in the desert and occasionally in the northen parts.
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Oron, I've never seen the orange form before (the yellow form grows like a weed over here)
Here are some plants that are flowering this week in my garden:
Corydalis solida 'George Baker'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussy'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Picton's double'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Salmon's white'
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The narcissi Feb.Gold taking over from the crocus and snowdrops with corydalis malkensis on the margins of the bulb meadow as one forumnist called it.
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John,
I adore the corydalis, such a clear white, beautiful!
Paddy
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Super plants of Scoliopus Robin.
How many years are they, before giving such a mass of flowers?
Both Scoliopus species are easy and reliable in our garden.
But they are not the fastest growers.
Scoliopus bigelowii was planted 8 years ago and had one stem.
Scoliopus hallii is a group of seedlings sown 5 years ago.
Both species produce seed abundantly and it germinates after the first winter at almost a 100% rate.
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Scoliopus bigelowii was planted 8 years ago and had one stem.
Scoliopus hallii is a group of seedlings sown 5 years ago.
Both species produce seed abundantly and it germinates after the first winter at almost a 100% rate.
I assume this is from fresh seed. My S. bigelovii NEVER sets seed, even hand pollinated, so I guess you may have more than 1 clone. S. hallii sown 3 years ago from seedlist seed has still not germinated.
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Scoliopus bigelowii was planted 8 years ago and had one stem.
Thank you Robin.
I planted mine in the wrong place and lost it. :'(
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I assume this is from fresh seed. My S. bigelovii NEVER sets seed, even hand pollinated, so I guess you may have more than 1 clone. S. hallii sown 3 years ago from seedlist seed has still not germinated.
Hi Lesley,
Indeed I have several clones. If you want I can sent you fresh seed from both species by the end of april.
Robin.
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Thank you Robin.
I planted mine in the wrong place and lost it. :'(
Hi Luit,
I have several 4 year old plants of both species in pots.
If you are in the neighbourhood you can have some.
Robin
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Hi Luit,
I have several 4 year old plants of both species in pots.
If you are in the neighbourhood you can have some.
Robin
Thank you for the offer Robin! I'll keep it in mind.
The nearest neighbourhood where I will likely come is probably Brugge, when visiting
Cathy Portier, but from there I'll need another hour driving. ::)
But one never knows ;)
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A number of Viola species and hybrids flowering in the garden today!
Viola 'Aspasia' is now an F10 from the original 1993 plant and so is not type, this now fades to blue as it ages!
Eximia is similar to perenensis but the flowers are more open and the markings differ from perenensis.
viola aspasia f10
viola bertolonii
viola eximia
viola garden hybrid
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Lovely Viola Hristo !
Eximia is my favourite ! :D
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Thanks Luc she is a darlin!
Last for today - flowering on my windowsill, Brodiae terrestris. :D
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A black "Palmkätzchen" (Salix)
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Flowering in the garden right now :
1) Callianthemum kernerianum
2) Erythronium dens canis - unnamed form but I love it !
3) Draba yunnanensis - from J. Halda seed some 10 years ago
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Hans,
is that Salix melanostachys you show?
I have these species in a container, but not yet "flowered" after the long and cold winter.
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Well named, Uli.
I grew it a number of years ago but the name would not come into my head. It was a nuisance of a plant with me as it attracted aphids in huge numbers. I threw it out.
Paddy
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Adonis amurensis
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Chrysoplenum macrophyllum
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very hairy young Meconopsis, seeded into a path
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Eranthis hyemalis is going over.... but look at the bunch of seedling at the front....
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hellebores and colchicum leaves
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Scoliopus bigelowii opening....
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some bright colour, but what's the funny mulch to the right hand side?
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...it is not a mulch... it's the bronze new foliage of a yellow Anemone
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some more ......
Erythronium hendersonii is growing...
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a young Cyclamen coum near a Celmisia leaf...
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These Crocus are decorated with Allium seedheads....
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The first pale blue Hepatica....
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The Trilliums are sprouting....
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as are the Paris....
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a different blue Hepatica....
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The dark pink Hepaticas are the earliest here.....
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Snowdrops and narcissus
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trough of Eranthis 'Guinea Gold'
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Leucogum vernum, Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens and an emerging Erythronium
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This dark Erythronium dens canis is the first to flower in the open garden...
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This adorable Lily is one of the rarest and most beautiful.....
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A paler E. dens canis is opening
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Wonderful pix. Maggi - many thanks
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Nice pics, Maggie, thank you.
[evil thought - when the cats away.......?]
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Hmm, Maggi gets to play with the camera! :o
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Why Maggi you've done us proud ;)
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Got a few more for you yet....... ;D
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A selection of wonderful plants.
Paddy
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Great colourful show Maggi ! :o
Thanks for giving us the grand tour !
Ian doesn't know (or does he ???) what he's missing ! 8)
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I hear that Ian has seen his first Erythronium in flower in the wild in the USA....... He is a happy man!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as they used to say .....
some lovely soft Pinus strobus foliage.... long soft blue grey needles, this small tree ( about 2m high x 1.5m across) is very tactile
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nearby Rhododendron 'Ptarmigan' is opening
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by the front door, a wee trough shows a Campanula with promise for later..
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also in a trough, a fuzzy pic of this sweet little white Hepatica
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a detour to a glass house.... here are some Narcissus x susannae.... one of my favourites
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I have Fritillaria pix to post in the Bulb Section later ... :)
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... And we have always been told that the north of Scotland can be weeks behind the rest of the U.K.! Many of your plants are way ahead of mine, Maggi. Beautiful images ... congratulations.
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I think I have some more Hellebore photos, too, for that section, but here are a few more bits and bobs...
Here is the sun shing through a flower head of Rhododendron thomsonii McBeath..... the high winds the other day have resulted in 90% of the flowers lying in the ground.... this form seems to have VERY brittle pedicels and any wind in the few days around the opening of the flowers means that most, ( sometimes ALL!! :'( :'() will be blown off..
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Here's a wee Scilla...
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there are quite a lot of white things about....
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and the paeony foliage looks good...
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this another of those white things....
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and another....... this Narcissus papyraceus is in a pot outside....
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this is in a pot nearby, just as well because the one in the open garden had all its flowers frosted... this is Rhododendron Cilpinense
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Thanks, everyone, glad to know that Aberdeen can lighten a corner at times,eh?!!
I thought this was a good foliage combo... from the top... Ophiopogon ( we have this dotted about the place, I like it!) then Aquilegia, Colchicum leaves and rhododendron leaves along the right hand side
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Rhododendron pachysanthum buds are bursting....
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at the small end of the Rhodo scale, R. lapponicum parviflorum Japonicum is flowering
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Spring is coming, for sure.....
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Narcissus cyclamineus are a favourite .... a selection in frames....
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In Troughs and raised beds the Primula marginata forms are beginning, though some are slower to get into growth than others.....
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This is P. marginata 'Napoleon'
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Here's a little trough with Primula marginata...
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A wee tufa trough with young plants...
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The Saxifragas are making themselves known.... agan, some slower to come into leaf growth than others...
Sax. oppositifolia..
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Marvellous Maggi!
Will there be anything left for himself to put in the Bulb Log when he returns .... or maybe you should be scripting the next one!!
Especially like the pic of Lily :)
Oh and the dark Erythronium dens canis ... and ...
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Maggi, your Primula marginatas are more advanced than mine and mine are in the greenhouse. Lovely selection of plants.
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Methinks she's run out of battery...........
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Methinks she's run out of battery...........
Quite right, Carlo, I did... just been for a banana and a glass of milk... that'll get me going again..... ;D
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Wonderful thread Maggi...here it's Helleborus niger, Iris reticulata, crocus, Tussilago, Galanthus, etc....the very beginnings. It was great to see Ian in Portland at NARGS Western Study Weekend and Annual Meeting. We had a great visit...and will be getting together (you included) sooner than the last time...
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We had a great visit...and will be getting together (you included) sooner than the last time...
My, that sounds mysterious... and appealing! Something to look forward too, obviously :D
Opening in the alpine house....
Tecophilaea cycanocrocus
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Maggie,how nice to have the guided tour of your garden and how surprising that you are so advanced considering your location.A wonderful series of pictures of such high quality.Thank you.
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John... et al, you are too kind, thank you. I hoped that you could overlook one or two fuzzy photos to enjoy the flavour of the place ...... I am reasonably pleased with some of the shots .....I'm getting better at holdingthe camera steady! :P
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Paddy I'm not a fan of the genus Salix. With the lot of drainage systems in this area Salix is a weed. But see this Salix in flower by a friend I must have it, now growing two year for me.
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Friends, the lack of sunshine and the BD ( not necessarily in that order) must be frazzling my brain..... there is a March thread in existence already.... sorry!Even though some of my photos are from the glasshouse... I will merge the threads now. :-X
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Maggi, it seems everything in your garden is bursting ino flower so fast.
Here the most plants just start to show some buds.
Well, today I saw my pink Abeliophyllum is almost open and really full
branches with flowers, but I'm afraid they will not last long, because
some very cold nights are forecasted this week.
There are some Crocus fields flowering here now and some field with Narcissus
Tete a Tete are becoming yellow, but that's it.
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It is very exciting to see so many things begin to grow and bloom.... I am anxious though, that there will still be harsh weather to come and spoil the little pretties.... thank goodness for the glass house!
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Greetings to all from Melford in Southern Oregon where i have seen millions of Erythronium hendersonii only a few in flower but if anyone can get out here in about two weeks I can guarantee you will see some sight.
Tomorrow I am off in search of E, howelii among others lots of pictures to show when I get home but I have a trip up to Denver to come before then.
Great to keep up to date with what is flowering on the home front.
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Maggi,
beautifull flowers you have there. Most of them are way ahead of mine too, I didn't know Scotland's climate was that much milder then ours ;)
Ian,
nice to hear that you're having a good time. Looking forward to the pictures when you're back home.
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THAT explains all Maggi's picture posts. Good idea, both. Ian gets to see how things are going on the home front and the rest of us enjoy the garden. :)
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I found this Hellebore lurking under a bush..... poor thing.... I have not managed to reproduce the picotee red edge very well though it is quite evident to the human eye.Also the flower is a soft yellow.
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My, that sounds mysterious... and appealing! Something to look forward too, obviously :D
Opening in the alpine house....
Maggi those Tecopilea are to die for... another one to add to the list of bulbs we Must buy. Perhaps one of the nurseries will have at Stirling Show ;D
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Indeed I have several clones. If you want I can sent you fresh seed from both species by the end of april.
Robin.
That would be appreciated Robin. I'll email you privately.
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Good Lord Maggi, what a marvellous show. I won't say "Better than the Bulb Log" but Ian will have to look to his laurels when he's home again. Thank you for this super walk around your garden, and I have to say how beautifully disposed is the charming Lily. Obvious she is very aware of a good photo opportunity.
I recently bought Anemone ranunculoides v. (or spp.) wockieana which is said to have bronze foliage. I'm wondering if that is your "mulch" anemone. If so, I'll look forward to it with pleasure.
The saxes are especially beautiful to me. Thank you for everything in these posts. 8) 8) 8)
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Here is one of my favorite violets - a small matforming version of
Viola alba from Krasno, Croatia
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Fantastic show, Maggi! You make me (and several others, I suspect) very envious, but please keep them coming!
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Maggi,
There is a similar picotee marked hellebore in flower here at present also.
Paddy
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Really like those picatee hellebores! And that viola is exquisite, Gerdk. Here are a few pics from my garden today - a wonderful day - almost like summer already.
Corydalis-transylvannica-cl.
Crocus-sieberi-subs.
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Hellebore-yellow-2009.
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IY GO HOME
Ian you have no idea what's going on here but it could cost you a new Digital SLR for the sole use of she who must be obeyed. The fair Mrs Y is out there shooting at all and sundry like a woman possessed. Had she been on film she would have commited the whole of Kodak's output until 2015. You need to get back mate!! ;D
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Here is one of my favorite violets - a small matforming version of
Viola alba from Krasno, Croatia
Gerd
very nice! nice deep colour
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Maggi,
There is a similar picotee marked hellebore in flower here at present also.
Paddy
Yours is rather nicer, I think, Paddy. I like the soft yellow base of mine, but your white picotee is lovely.
Gerd, why is this beautiful blue Viola alba?? These plant names will always confuse me!
Chris... I do like the red nectaries of your yellow hellebore.
David, will you please Shush! He'll hear you!
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I too, was just about to ask Gerd why is Viola alba (white) so-called?
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Good Lord Maggi, what a marvellous show. I won't say "Better than the Bulb Log" but Ian will have to look to his laurels when he's home again. Thank you for this super walk around your garden, and I have to say how beautifully disposed is the charming Lily. Obvious she is very aware of a good photo opportunity.
I recently bought Anemone ranunculoides v. (or spp.) wockieana which is said to have bronze foliage. I'm wondering if that is your "mulch" anemone. If so, I'll look forward to it with pleasure.
The saxes are especially beautiful to me. Thank you for everything in these posts. 8) 8) 8)
My pleasure to have the chance to share, Lesley. Miss Lily thanks you for your kind words... she is a real star, that one!
The Anemone with the bronze foliage is indeed Anemone ranunculoides.... but for the life of me I couldn't remember the name as I made the post :-[
Some of the Saxes are from the excellent stable of Ray Fairbairn. He has had tremendous success with both his Saxifraga and Primula allionii hybrids.
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Thank you Maggi & Cohan!
Maggi & Lesley, I used the term Viola alba for convenience.
In fact there are
Viola alba ssp. alba - white corolla
Viola alba ssp. scotophylla - white corolla (sometimes lilac) and lilac spur
Viola alba ssp. thessala - lilac corolla Balkan, Middle east - Krasno type
Viola alba ssp. dehnhardtii - lilac corolla - Meditteranian region
This is not the ultimate treatment of the Viola alba complex but I hope it will help a little to spot that in this case 'alba' isn't automatically 'white'.
Gerd
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Maggi, I haven't looked at this thread for a few days, can't believe how much has happened since the last time.
Your garden has erupted.
What a treat. ;D
Would love to spend a day in your garden.( I promise I wouldn't snitch anything)
Can't wait to see what flowers next.
How big is your garden anyway????
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Thank you Maggi & Cohan!
Maggi & Lesley, I used the term Viola alba for convenience.
In fact there are
Viola alba ssp. alba - white corolla
Viola alba ssp. scotophylla - white corolla (sometimes lilac) and lilac spur
Viola alba ssp. thessala - lilac corolla Balkan, Middle east - Krasno type
Viola alba ssp. dehnhardtii - lilac corolla - Meditteranian region
This is not the ultimate treatment of the Viola alba complex but I hope it will help a little to spot that in this case 'alba' isn't automatically 'white'.
Gerd
Thanks, Gerd! ;) What's in a name, eh? Super little plant, whatever!!
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Maggi, I haven't looked at this thread for a few days, can't believe how much has happened since the last time.
Your garden has erupted.
What a treat. ;D
Would love to spend a day in your garden.( I promise I wouldn't snitch anything)
Can't wait to see what flowers next.
How big is your garden anyway????
Helen, I feel as if I've known you for years.... come visit!
How big is the garden? Hmm, well I know it as being "approx. two-thirds of an acre" because that is what it says on the deeds ...... but I'm not sure what that works out to in metres. Ian paced it out recently because he is talking about the garden in some of his Talks in the USA, and he knew that the question was bound to be asked..... pity I didn't pay attention!
I know what it is in feet, if that helps.... width of plot is 67 feet and length is 152 feet .... not big by many standards but big for a town garden. we are very lucky in that it neither looks nor feels like a town garden, though.... well, lucky in the site, (we are not much overlooked, in spite of nearby houses and being up a hill there are good views from the house, though a Leylandii hedge fifty yards away hindered our sea views from the garden for a while....it's coming down now though!!) we have made and planted the garden completely apart from a couple of cotoneaster trees which were in part of it and which were young enough to move to their present positions.
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Helen, I feel as if I've known you for years.... come visit!
Maggi, all I need is to win lotto and I will be on your doorstep, you might not be able to get rid of me easily! ;D
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You wouldn't stay for too long.... you'd want to get back to the Puss Cat!
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I know what it is in feet, if that helps.... width of plot is 67 feet and length is 152 feet .... not big by many standards but big for a town garden. we are very lucky in that it neither looks nor feels like a town garden, though.... well, lucky in the site, (we are not much overlooked, in spite of nearby houses and being up a hill there are good views from the house, though a Leylandii hedge fifty yards away hindered our sea views from the garden for a while....it's coming down now though!!) we have made and planted the garden completely apart from a couple of cotoneaster trees which were in part of it and which were young enough to move to their present positions.
i was wondering the same thing myself--good job! it looks very big! and a real delight in spring, which i think is the most important time, at least for a garden anywhere with winter! as i slowly work on my acres, i will be thinking a lot about things that bloom as early as possible--which of course wont be as early as you! i do have a couple cacti flowering on the windowsill now, that will take me through til spring starts here..
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You wouldn't stay for too long.... you'd want to get back to the Puss Cat!
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Well, you know what they say about visitors and fish!!
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A very rare Geranium Libani is starting to flower today.
This species is extremely rare in Israel, it grows in very few places in the upper Galilee above 800m, in shady humid places under trees.
It is perennial that can live for many years, dormant in summer, sets new leaves after the first rain.
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Beautiful flower, Oron. Several nurseries here in the UK claim to have it.
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Absolutely beautiful, Oron. :) :) :)
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I know what it is in feet, if that helps.... width of plot is 67 feet and length is 152 feet .... not big by many standards but big for a town garden.
Maggi, if I've done the math right if is 20.6 metres by 47 metres :) And it is a fabulous garden... Lily is just the icing on the cake ;D
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Love the geranium Oron... hint hint David :-*
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some more flowers...... and foliage......
little crocus in the land of the giant (....foot ...... not so attractive a backdrop as Misty the collie in Corydalis thread))
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a good blue Hepatica... pity about the chewed parts >:(
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some of the chionodoxa/scilla types are confusing to me....
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now, this liitle pink cutie is a Scilla... or is it??
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spring bulbs co-exist happily with New Zealand plants..... here a Crocus sieberi tricolor with a Celmisia
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a lonely narcissus .....
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some N. cyclamineus hiding in a wee rhodo.....
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more crocus in the scree
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and here some crocus with a wee NZ Aciphylla in a scree bed...
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Some more crocus.... they're looking a bit battered after some heavy rain and fierce winds lately, but I still can't resist them....
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those rare lilies sometimes mutlipy... Here is Molly, come to visit her pal Lily for a few days... they like to make sure all is well in the garden, as you can see...
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but what about the foliage?
Erythroniums, Corydalis and Colchicum leaves
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paeony foliage is always very pretty as it emerges
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The lovely spotty shoots of Dactylorhiza Cruickshank hybrid is above ground nearly all winter
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Primula denticulata is often dismissed as being too ordinary, but I like it and I lovethis dark form, especially when the flowers are still tucked down in the rosette of leaves
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Some pink Hepaticas are growing well near some steps....
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There are Corydalis everywhere at the minute.... though they disappear very conveniently soon after flowering to make way for something new.
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The marbled Trilliums are making a move
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This one has a close relationship with a marble leaved Erythronium....
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You'll have to persuade Ian to go away more often Maggi. It gives you, yourself, a free hand with the camera and choice of subjects. :)
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Ahh, what wonderful sights!
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Maggie,
I think in the same way as Lesley ;D ;D
(Sorry Ian)
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Maggie,
wonderful plants and pictures. Like the "ordinary" primula. Especially the foliage.
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Maggi, when looking at those many super pictures of your garden, I got
a strange thought.
But after scrolling down and reading the reactions of Lesley and Uli, I
see they already cut my grass ;D ;D ;D
Good to see your garden now and then with other eyes!! :D :D :D
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Wonderful walk through the park Maggi !
Spring in Aberdeen now has a new meaning to me ! ;D
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My goodness you've been busy Maggi - obviously time we visited you again to see it all for real :)
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Maggi, I am amazed you find time to post in the forum.
Would think by the time you do your rounds each day to see what else has arrived the day would be just about over.
What a wonderful time for the garden, thanks for sharing it with us. ;D ;D ;D
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Is the little pink Scilla a bifolia?
We should not wish Ian to be absent, or we will not get the Bulb Log and Maggi will pine. Rather we should encourage Ian to let Maggi post more pictures of the garden as it emerges and grows throughout the year. :) ;) :)
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Maybe Maggi could write a weekly Gardenlog.... ;D ::) ;)
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some Eranthis
Wolfgang
Eranthis Schwefelglanz
Eranthis Grünling
Eranthis left Schwefelglanz, right flore plena
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Some plants that are flowering now:
1) Chionodoxa
2) Draba polytricha
3) Fritillaria raddeana
4) Narcissus
5) Narcissus
6) Narcissus
7) Viola
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Wim, are those violas a pale yellow or are they white?
Do they have a scent?
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Helen,
they are a pale yellow and they have a faint scent. If I remember correctly there's "Apricot" in their cultivar name but I'm not sure.
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Molly looks a good friend to your Lily, Maggi. Double trouble for you eh?
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Molly looks a good friend to your Lily, Maggi. Double trouble for you eh?
They are great pals, Christine. It was having Molly come to stay with us for her holidays that convinced us that a Westie was just what we needed. Molly is here this week while her owner has a new bathroom installed... I think she'll have to go home tomorrow :'( :'(
BUt that won't be before I have collected the wee black spaniel who is my occasional "day girl" ;D
It's pandemonium with the three of them hunting roundthe garden looking for the fox or a stray cat!
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Helen,
they are a pale yellow and they have a faint scent. If I remember correctly there's "Apricot" in their cultivar name but I'm not sure.
Thanks Wim, I don't think I have ever seen that colour before, having a scent is a bonus. :)
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Wolfgang,
Fabulous eranthis - cultivars which unfortunately are not readily available here so many thanks for posting your photographs.
Paddy
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Ooh, ooh, I've finally got one! Despite that I already posted it in another thread, I'll beg your forgiveness for putting it here too (Bulbocodium vernum)... (After all, by the time the other small bulbs are in bloom here, the rest of you will have tired of them long ago, and gone off to other wonderful things, LOL!)
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Hi Maggi,
That's lovely. I think I saw your black spaniel when we were in Perth. She was a beauty. I often think Nipper ought to have a playmate, but he's getting on a bit now, so it may be too late. He's got a new next door neighbour, a Staffy, not my favourite sort of dog, but they are becoming a bit friendlier as they get to know each other though the wire fencing.
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Enjoying the flurry of photos folks I think the recent weather has brought out a lot of things.
Here are some of the rhodos in my garden at present. Best to post now as even a light frost kills yellow flowers
R mallotum with calophytum behind
R macabeanum close up and picture of shrub. Shame the tue yellow of this does not show . This was a seedling of the famous Trewithen plant but not as colourful a flower
R calophytum close up
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Part of my Camellia hedge in bloom.
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My goodness, my cammellias are tight in bud still!
Ian, I would love to have the room for some of your "Big Boys".... though, even if I had space, they don't do so well here. One or two sheltered gardens seem to keep them, but our place is too cold for the large leaved types :'(
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Ian, I would love to have the room for some of your "Big Boys".... though, even if I had space, they don't do so well here. One or two sheltered gardens seem to keep them, but our place is too cold for the large leaved types :'(
Maggi shouldn't work here either but i can't resist trying. They usually get their flowers frosted before their time though but the foliage of all three means that they earn their space for the 12 months. I am watching the weather forecasts with fear and trepidation. I also have plants of sino grande, falconeri and a couple of other large leaved ones as well as a number of tree species. God knows what will happen when and if they all manage to mature ???
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Helen,
they are a pale yellow and they have a faint scent. If I remember correctly there's "Apricot" in their cultivar name but I'm not sure.
Thanks Wim, I don't think I have ever seen that colour before, having a scent is a bonus. :)
Hello Helen,
If you want, I can save some seeds for you?
Greets
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Thank you very much Wim, I would love some seed.
Will PM you . :)
Would you be interested in some V. Mandshurica seeds?
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Spring is definitely here.
This celebration of colores is from this morning in my area.
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What a beautiful spring display.
Are these all wildflowers?
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Yes Helen, these are wild flowers.
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Ian, the rhododendrons are looking great. They are a fabulous family, great floral display and pleasant evergreen foliage, excellent garden plants. The only rhododendron which has flowered here in my garden is 'Christmas Cheer'; the others are lagging behind. Camellias are open though.
Oron, what a wonderful sight, so perfectly beautiful and how wonderful to have such display of native plants to visit. The adonis is outstanding.
Paddy
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Ian - Love those huge stigmas on macabeanum and calophytum.
Good pink calophytum there.
Keep them coming.
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Fantastic wild display, Oron.
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One from the garden today, Erythronium revolutum.
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Very nice David. My seedlings are some way off that yet.
Oron, what stunning pics. Many thanks for sharing them with us.
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Wonderful pictures Oron, truly the "lilies of the field."
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Some more pics from my garden:
1) Anemone blanda
2) Anemone blanda 'Radar'
3) Chionodoxa
4) Fritillaria caucasica
5) Lonicera
6) Narcissus
7) Narcissus 'Tęte-ŕ-Tęte'
8) Primula
9) Saxifraga grisebachii 'Wisley'
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I have been green of envy by looking at all these lovely flowers. We are much behind here in Denmark, but at last spring has come.
Poul
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Another kind of flowers in my appletree
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Wim and Poul,
That was a lovely display of flowers to view on this Sunday morning. Lovely plants.
Poul, I particularly like the eranthis pinnatifida, one I don't grow but must look out for. Very nice indeed.
Paddy
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Hallo Poul,
your E. pinnatifida super plants. I have outdoors with me still no luck.
Regard, Wolfgang
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Blue eranthis - good heavens, what wonders! (Wow, I would have guessed hepatica!)
Lovely plants all - I'm deeply envious (especially as we are now back in winter again with about 20 cm of snow overnight.)
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Why does my Erythronium sibericum flower like this?
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Ian has mentioned this in a Bulb Log...... a question of insufficient temperature differences at the correct time to allow the flower to get quickly up and into proper growth. Hard for a snow melt plant, which I believe these to be, to get the right signals when to flower in our odd climate. :'(
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Mine had actually finished flowering when they surfaced last year... ??? :'(
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Your'e welcome, Luc.... I think Rita and I are pleased to be of assistance ;D
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Definately not something from the rock garden, but I wasn't sure where best to post this & this plant's just to spectacular not to share. It's Brownia coccinea x latifolia which arrived at Kew in October 1889 after the death of grower & producer of the hybrid Dr. W Crawford of County Cork. Brownia (named after Dr. Patrick Browne, an Irish naturalist who lived in Jamaica from 1746-1755and later went on to become curator of Oxford Botanic Gardens) are understory leguminous trees. from the central and south American rainforests. One of the genus of handerchief trees, so called because their new leaves hang limply at first. Part of a stategy to appear unapettising, they begin pink-brown or red speckled with white, before turning green & stiffening as they become more horizontal. The bright red flowers of several spp. are pollinated by birds attracted by the copious nectar within.
This tree has been flowering its socks off for almost three months ! The strange golf ball sized buds appear at intervals on the trunk and branches, swell a little, then burst into the amazing inflorescences you can see below.
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Good Grief! That's amazing! What a colour and such a weird method..... I find trees which have their flowers jut pop out of the trunks very odd.... somehow seems alien!
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From Jamaica, I assume this is in a big glasshouse?
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That is one very strange tree ???
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Amazing, but good looking flowers !
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A new [green-yellow] form of Veltheimia bracteata , just appeared in between seedlings of the common form.
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Wow, what an amazing plant :o :o :o
Never seen anything like it.
Thanks Craig.
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A new form of V. bracteata , just appeared in between seedlings of the common form.
Are they your seedlings Oron? A very nice plant :)
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Does the Brownia have a wonderful scent to go with the spectacular flowers?
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Great topic everyone. Love that amazing Brownia on this page, and the wonderful series of pics by Maggi while Ian was away. Great stuff Maggi. Particularly loved by me was the wonderful dark Erythronium dens canis that you mentioned was first to flower each year (and that other pic of the dark leaf E, too!!). Very Choice!! And that pan of Eranthis should be declared illegal!! :'( I am so jealous.
Speaking of jealous I must also dribble about the Scoliopis.... my plant which had done well and even produced an offset (wasn't even sure whether it would live through a single summer, let alone the 3 or 4 of them that it did) was munched by something. Whatever it was dug down and ate the growing points straight out of the root crown, just leaving all these roots in place not connected to anything. I was not happy to put it mildly. Rare as hens teeth here too. :o I'll try it again one day if I can find it, as it was such a lovely plant and so very unusual. I am blown away by some of the clumps that have been posted here of it.... stunning!!
And of course the Eranthis pinnatifida....... one of the things on my "holy grail" list that I still hope to get one day. As I ask each year...... if anyone has spare seed of this later this season that they are willing to share in this direction I would be absolutely ecstatic.
There's lots more I could mention but I won't go further into details. Suffice it to say that I am most impressed with the wonderful pics in this topic, and want to thank everyone for brightening up my evening. Seems so strange seeing these in flower at the moment, when we have 32'C forecast here tomorrow, which is very warm for this time of year here.
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A new form of V. bracteata , just appeared in between seedlings of the common form.
Are they your seedlings Oron? A very nice plant :)
Yes Arthur, this is my seedling but
I know that there is a new similar form that has appeared in the UK a few years ago, I think mine has more Green color than yellow.
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Poul, great photos! Eranthis pinnatifida is definitely on my wish list. I have never had any luck with seeds. Guess they need to be sown fresh.
Blue eranthis - good heavens, what wonders! (Wow, I would have guessed hepatica!)
I think Poul is kidding us :D and I do see some old hepatica leaves under the green eranthis leaves ;)
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That is a nice looking one Oron.
Sometimes these things happen to us.
I am still bragging about our yellow martagon that occured from nowhere. ;D
Göte
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Why does my Erythronium sibericum flower like this?
I think it will stretch. Mine usually does.
Must be the difference between Dunblane and Sibiria. You should be happy about not being there. ;D ;D ;D
Göte
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That is a nice looking one Oron.
Sometimes these things happen to us.
I am still bragging about our yellow martagon that occured from nowhere. ;D
Göte
Isn't this the very utmost joy of growing from seed? To have these fortuitously different examples appear? I remember your yellow martagon well, Göte.... I hope it is going to have a good year.... when your winter finally leaves you.
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Why does my Erythronium sibericum flower like this?
I think it will stretch. Mine usually does.
Must be the difference between Dunblane and Sibiria. You should be happy about not being there. ;D ;D ;D
Göte
I AM very happy about not being in Siberia, that's for sure.... though with the very strong icy winds and sleet here today, I do wonder a little bit :-\ ::)
Yes, the Erythronium will probably elongate , as does Fritillaria alburyana, whicjh also has a tendency to t ry to open its flowers underground.... the main problem lies in those plants which really do open their blooms at or even slightly below ground level.... then it is likely that the flowers will be spoiled or dead before they can have any chance to extend their stems. That is a real nuisance. :( :'(
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This is of course a very different phenomenon but my old plant of Ranzania started to flower at ground level. I divided it (overdue anyway) and the misbehaviour stopped. It iwll be interesting to see if it reoccurs.
Göte
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Not sure where to post this but the nice YOUNG lady will move it if I am wrong.
Erythronium helenae
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Hi everyone, I have a lot of catching up to do so many superb new pictures so thanks very much, we have had the most hellish day here with strong cold winds ,hailstones, snow the lot but I managed to get some pictures from the garden yesterday, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Hi again, next lot of pictures Ian.
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Very nice and colourful display Ian !
Wonderful Corydalis !
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Great stuff Ian. What a fine mix of corydalis and hepaticas, and the lovely E. dens-canis 'Snowflake' with its blue pollen :o.
What soil conditions do you give the I. winogradowii to get such bulking up?
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Hi again, next lot of pictures Ian.
Lovely plants and pics Ian, the Saxifraga Oppositifolia is absolutely stunning, the flowers remind me of tiny azaleas. :)
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Hi again, next lot of pictures Ian.
Lovely plants and pics Ian, the Saxifraga Oppositifolia is absolutely stunning, the flowers remind me of tiny azaleas. :)
Well, now, it just so happens that "REAL" tiny azaleas are one of my pet plants- Loiseleuria procumbens, the "trailing azalea" .... these little flowers could fit into the Sax opp flowers three at a time! 8) This adorable plant grows in all sorts of places around the world.... even in Scotland.
so here is a close up, from a photo by Cliff Booker from the Dolomites.......
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Here is a photo by Diane Clement of the plant in fruit in Austria.....
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and here is a link to photos of the whole plant by John Weagle in Newfoundland.... they can get quite large with age and flower best when they are growing over rock to gain the most heat from the syun.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1976.msg49020;topicseen#msg49020
more plants in Austria from Hans H....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2379.msg53962;topicseen#msg53962
Sorry for the digression from flowering now, but I thought Helen might not know th is plant, and wasnted to introduce her to it! ;D
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Hi Ashley, first the Iris winowgradowii was lifted from the garden which then went to Stirling show. I grow them in raise beds with a mix of Sterilised soil grit some bark and feed in the spring never very much perhaps i will feed twice, thanks to everyone for your messages, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Sorry for the digression from flowering now, but I thought Helen might not know th is plant, and wasnted to introduce her to it! ;D
Maggi, thanks muchly for the pics and the links, not much 'might not ' about it, I did not. I wish I had found this forum about 40 years ago!!
( I know, I know! ::))
I can see why it might be one of your favourites.
The more I see, the more I realize how little I know. :-[ :-[ :-[
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I can see why it might be one of your favourites.
The more I see, the more I realize how little I know. :-[ :-[ :-[
It is just a little sweetie, isn't it? Truly tiny and enchanting.
As to the steep learning curve.... well, that's why we're all here, isn't it? Cos there's lots to learn and we are willing pupils of the life of plants??!! :D
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I can see why it might be one of your favourites.
The more I see, the more I realize how little I know. :-[ :-[ :-[
It is just a little sweetie, isn't it? Truly tiny and enchanting.
As to the steep learning curve.... well, that's why we're all here, isn't it? Cos there's lots to learn and we are willing pupils of the life of plants??!! :D
Maggi, now I just have to live to be 397 years old, AT LEAST!! ;)
As for the little sweetie, I can't wait to see one in reality rather than a pic.
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Blue eranthis - good heavens, what wonders! (Wow, I would have guessed hepatica!)
I think Poul is kidding us and I do see some old hepatica leaves under the green eranthis leaves
Well, I'm a newbie here so I was trying to be polite, LOL!
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Blue eranthis - good heavens, what wonders! (Wow, I would have guessed hepatica!)
I think Poul is kidding us and I do see some old hepatica leaves under the green eranthis leaves
Well, I'm a newbie here so I was trying to be polite, LOL!
A laudable aim, Lori!! 8) ;D
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As for the little sweetie, I can't wait to see one in reality rather than a pic.
Me neither.... he's on his way home now and will get here tomorrow afternoon!! ::) ;) ;D ;D
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As for the little sweetie, I can't wait to see one in reality rather than a pic.
Me neither.... he's on his way home now and will get here tomorrow afternoon!! ::) ;) ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D
I guess we won't see you around here for a bit ;D ;D ;D ;D :o :o :o
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Just thought this looked nice this morning
Pulsatilla vulgaris maybe be common but I love them all
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Just stunning Ian. I love them too but they don't seem to like me :'(
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It is just a little sweetie, isn't it? Truly tiny and enchanting.
It is indeed Maggi. Which reminds me of another tiny one Arcterica nana. I think everyone that had it here lost it years ago in a dry summer and it seems to have disappeared from nurseries in Canada.
johnw - snow at -1c.
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Well, now, it just so happens that "REAL" tiny azaleas are one of my pet plants- Loiseleuria procumbens, the "trailing azalea" .... these little flowers could fit into the Sax opp flowers three at a time! 8) This adorable plant grows in all sorts of places around the world.... even in Scotland.
so here is a close up, from a photo by Cliff Booker from the Dolomites.......
thanks for this post, maggi--i have come across a couple of offerings of this plant, and was very interested--i think maybe kristl had seed? and another canadian supplier was offering plants this year...nice to see what they should develop into...i am still tempted, but the plants are a bit pricier than some (slow growing) and i'm not sure its the most sensible way to spend my limited budget when i have basically nothing yet, so dont really need to go for the most expensive plants...lol
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Just thought this looked nice this morning
Pulsatilla vulgaris maybe be common but I love them all
Very good thinking Ian!
I have one in an old raised bed and every spring it is a beauty.
No sign of it here at the moment, too cold.
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Just thought this looked nice this morning
Pulsatilla vulgaris maybe be common but I love them all
Ian,
What a perfect looking plant !!
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Super plant Ian ... surely that should have appeared at East Lancashire Show in a very large pot ... a certain prize winner?
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Ian,
Those Corydalis are simply superb!! With all those colours you must get some wonderful surprises in the seedlings that come up. Just beautiful!!!!!!!!! And the Iris winowgradowii clump is amazing!!
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Just stunning Ian. I love them too but they don't seem to like me :'(
They like it here. Deep, free draining (sandy here) soil, sunny spot, avoid root disturbance and they thrive. Ashley I'd guess one of the key ingredients is missing?
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Rich alluvial soil here is the problem. I need a lean and light pulsatilla bed!
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I think I am going to cry seeing some of the self sown things you have to deal with...... if only!! ::) ;)
Pulsatilla will never look as good in my garden as anything shown in this topic...... they do OK, but don't really like the heat in my garden. I grow them in the shade to try to protect them from the worst of the heat, but then they don't really like the shade. Between a rock and a hard place!! :'(
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Lesley - The Brownia's in the centre section of the Palm House at Kew, which is about 20m tall.
Arthur - Alas no scent, at least I think not but I've been pretty bunged up for a while now
Gorgeous Pulsatilla! Such a beautiful plant I'm never quite sure which stage I like the best but if pushed I reckon it looks even better when in seed than in flower. Hoping to combine a trip to Cambridge Botanic Gardens at the weekend to see the Jade Vine flowering with a visit to nearby Therfield Heath to see wild Pasque flower. Hope it's not too early for them.
Not a flower but pretty as one, here's one of the emerging new fronds of Lepidozamia peroffskyana. They start out soft, fuzzy and fawn coloured & end up tough green & shiny.
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I wouldn't claim to have any as beautifully-grown as Ian's but Pulsatilla vulgaris is very happy here, self-seeding with abandon through the front yard, in unamended clay with a bit of bark on top... only 16" of precip may be the difference with respect to "drainage". Hmm, perhaps with lean, fast-draining soil, mine could look so refined!
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Gorgeous pulsatilla pics, I have started around 10 different types of seed recently and have quite a few babies, I sure hope they grow up to look like these pictures. ;D
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To Paul T- what zone is Canberra in? If it is too hot for Pulsatilla, is it warm enough for some the plants we can only dream of in colder climes?
Flowering today in a trough- the Androsace I am growing as A.darwasica from AGS SeedEx. I have not been able to find out anything about this online ,and looks like other seedlots I have had in the past which were A.septentrionalis and A.fedtschenkoi, which I read somewhere are synonymous.
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Super plant Ian ... surely that should have appeared at East Lancashire Show in a very large pot ... a certain prize winner?
As a Show Secretary I am normally encouraging folks to put as many plants on the show benches as possible, but I would never be tempted myself to lift a fabulous pulsatilla (Especially one as big as Ian's) to pot it for a show. I have known some people to do this and it has always ended in tears with a dead plant.
Here we do find that, having got to the size of Ian's clump, Pulsatillas of most types are inclined to decline or even die off, but I still wouldn't risk lifting one, even for a winning swansong!
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Here we do find that, having got to the size of Ian's clump, Pulsatillas of most types are inclined to decline or even die off, but I still wouldn't risk lifting one, even for a winning swansong!
Maggi, how long does it take pulsatillas to grow into the size of Ian's clump?
Do people start new seeds every few years?
Can you take cuttings?
Do seedlings come true to the mother plant?
??? ??? ???
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Well, now, it just so happens that "REAL" tiny azaleas are one of my pet plants- Loiseleuria procumbens, the "trailing azalea" ....
thanks for this post, maggi--i have come across a couple of offerings of this plant, and was very interested--i think maybe kristl had seed?
I've offered wild seed many times over the years; most recently from my Yukon seed collection trip, and then from a friend in Norway---although germination is super easy---I've totally given up trying to establish it in the garden here in the humid lowlands. I'll try again when I get to Nova Scotia.
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Maggi, how long does it take pulsatillas to grow into the size of Ian's clump?
Do people start new seeds every few years?
Can you take cuttings?
Do seedlings come true to the mother plant?
??? ??? ???
Well, here in Aberdeen a clump like that would take about ten years; if you're lucky it'll grow on for another ten and get really huge and then die on you :'( Sensible folks do grow new ones from seed regularly.... you can divide but not all plants will tolerate that.
I can't say whether this is what it does elsewhere, you understand, just with us :-X
For Pulsatilla vulgaris, most babies are true. There are white , pale lilac and red strains..... they are pretty true, also. For the other types, P.p. patens; pratensis,vernail, halleri and so on, they have all come true for us.
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I took a few pictures before i left for work this morning - much more fun than going for the bus!
my new raised bed - Saturday's task and my first ever rhodo planted in the garden!
Iris and Arum - Iris George (I think) and A creticum
Prunus Kojo-no-moi - which will need another hair cut after flowering
what happens when you forget to deadhead alliums - allium lawn anyone?
yellow hellebore
Narcissus 'Elka'
Sue
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Helen, individual plants of P. vulgaris are long-lived here. Whether that would be true there, with your much wetter conditions, I wouldn't know (having never gardened there).
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Thanks Maggi, I think 20 years would see me out one way or another. ::)
It is nice to know that the seeds can come true, I received some P. Pratensis in the surplus seeds lucky dip, almost every seed germinated. ;D
Can't wait to see some of those in flower!!
Lori, thanks for the info.
I planted out some seedlings last Summer, I will be very happy if some have survived but we had a very wet late Fall, with lots of freeze/thaws and rain.
Am dreading what I will find once the snow has gone.
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in this days start with flowering our both Corylopsis :
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Corylopsis pauciflora
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Corylopsis spicata
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Lovely images, Hans ... but please tell us how you enter the names under the images (not the copyright notices) ... very professional?
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Hi Cliff ,
please look here :
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Just a text line Cliff.
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The snow is a melting fast, see Crocus vernus vernus scepusiensis in the snow, then, one hour later! ;D ;D
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Three reliable old favourites, which return without fail year after year. ;D
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/th_SaxifragaxedithaeBridget.jpg) (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/SaxifragaxedithaeBridget.jpg) Saxifraga x edithae Bridget
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/th_PrimulaPeterKlein.jpg) (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/PrimulaPeterKlein.jpg) Primula Peter Klein
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/th_PrimulaLadyGreer.jpg) (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/PrimulaLadyGreer.jpg) Primula Lady Greer
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Super plant Ian ... surely that should have appeared at East Lancashire Show in a very large pot ... a certain prize winner?
As a Show Secretary I am normally encouraging folks to put as many plants on the show benches as possible, but I would never be tempted myself to lift a fabulous pulsatilla (Especially one as big as Ian's) to pot it for a show. I have known some people to do this and it has always ended in tears with a dead plant.
Here we do find that, having got to the size of Ian's clump, Pulsatillas of most types are inclined to decline or even die off, but I still wouldn't risk lifting one, even for a winning swansong!
Please may I retract my original quote, Maggi? I too would never have lifted such a plant simply to win a prize at a show. What I SHOULD have said was; "If that had been grown in a very large pot then it would have swept the board at many a show".
I have just spent two minutes on the naughty step!
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Some flowers from our garden.
This year Abeliophyllum flowers survived frosts of -2 C.
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and another one I forgot posting
Corydalis wendelboi
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(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/th_BethEvans.jpg) (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i234/Asperula/BethEvans.jpg) Corydalis 'Beth Evans'
This doesnt appear to increase much from one year to the next with me! :(
I would love to see it in great drifts as has been shown by other members what is the secret? The bed in which this grows is pure Cambark Fine and it could do with topping up with the same.
I understand Cambark is no longer available are the alternatives as good? ???
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Hi, I use Melcourt bark as already mentioned on this forum, it is a super product and many plants grow very well in the mix we use for potting 2 parts John Inness no 3 one part grit and on part Melcourt bark, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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I have no Idea what Cambark is but it sounds as if you were overdoing it. I would suggest a more "normal" soil if you grow in a bed. I use sandy soil with hardly more than 25% of total humus mainly in te shape of leaf mould. I then add some bonemeal.
Göte
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Super plant Ian ... surely that should have appeared at East Lancashire Show in a very large pot ... a certain prize winner?
As a Show Secretary I am normally encouraging folks to put as many plants on the show benches as possible, but I would never be tempted myself to lift a fabulous pulsatilla (Especially one as big as Ian's) to pot it for a show. I have known some people to do this and it has always ended in tears with a dead plant.
Here we do find that, having got to the size of Ian's clump, Pulsatillas of most types are inclined to decline or even die off, but I still wouldn't risk lifting one, even for a winning swansong!
Please may I retract my original quote, Maggi? I too would never have lifted such a plant simply to win a prize at a show. What I SHOULD have said was; "If that had been grown in a very large pot then it would have swept the board at many a show".
I have just spent two minutes on the naughty step!
Cliff it's a good job I am not impressionable thats all I can say ;) ;D
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I'd agree about Pulsatilla vulgaris forms coming GENERALLY true from seed. There are often variations especially if one has several colours in the garden. That's an advantage of having a small nursery, one can grow on whole batches not just a few. As far as possible I like to have my plants for sale flower first so I know I'm selling the right thing. With pulsatillas, this means I have the chance to save the specially pure pink or glistening white or near blue or deep red and so on.
Cuttings aren't an option and division is risky. Better to grow some fresh seed from your best forms. They germinate quickly and freely and once potted up or pricked out, grow quickly. Usually they flower at about 18 months from seed depending on the time of year the seed was sown.
You can make them flower a second time - good for a late show - by feeding with a high potash fertilizer about 2 months before the required date.
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To Paul T- what zone is Canberra in? If it is too hot for Pulsatilla, is it warm enough for some the plants we can only dream of in colder climes?
Flowering today in a trough- the Androsace I am growing as A.darwasica from AGS SeedEx. I have not been able to find out anything about this online ,and looks like other seedlots I have had in the past which were A.septentrionalis and A.fedtschenkoi, which I read somewhere are synonymous.
Simon,
My absolute range is from about -8 or -9'C in winter extreme (but lots and lots of frosts as well), up to plenty of mid to high 30'C and the occasional 40'C (3 in a row this year, but way better than some areas in Victoria which had 3 in a row days of 45'C or so). We get a lot of days above 30'C, which I think starts to drag at a lot of the northern hemisphere cooler climate things, and once we get above the 35'C areas in the sun are rather warm. ;) We also have watering restrictions, and as an example we haven't had any significant rain in the last 2 months, so watering is also an issue along with the heat.
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Cuttings aren't an option and division is risky. Better to grow some fresh seed from your best forms. They germinate quickly and freely and once potted up or pricked out, grow quickly. Usually they flower at about 18 months from seed depending on the time of year the seed was sown.
You can make them flower a second time - good for a late show - by feeding with a high potash fertilizer about 2 months before the required date.
Thanks Lesley, I'll tuck that away in a safe place ;)
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The snow is a melting fast, see Crocus vernus vernus scepusiensis in the snow, then, one hour later! ;D ;D
Hristo,
what a lovely crocus. :D
I got this species from a friend but it does not flower this year as bulbs were quite tiny.
But I'm happy what I can expect... :P
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Hi Armin,
Once your vernus vernus scepusiensis settles in it should also increase well as it has has done here!
It is one of my favourite crocus sp / ssp this year. :)
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Cuttings aren't an option and division is risky. Better to grow some fresh seed from your best forms. They germinate quickly and freely and once potted up or pricked out, grow quickly. Usually they flower at about 18 months from seed depending on the time of year the seed was sown.
You can make them flower a second time - good for a late show - by feeding with a high potash fertilizer about 2 months before the required date.
I have not tried myself but I have read that choice pulsatillas can be propagated by root cuttings.
Göte
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Erythronium dens canis forms are nearly over here :( these two are still reasonable but I must admit they look very similar to me ;)
Erythronium dens canis 'Old Aberdeen' and E dc 'Purple King'
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Erythronium dens canis forms are nearly over here :( these two are still reasonable but I must admit they look very similar to me ;)
Erythronium dens canis 'Old Aberdeen' and E dc 'Purple King'
I had a decent clump of Old Aberdeen for several years from one bulb via Paul Christian. I let a dealer have most of them [foolish], and the remaining couple of bulbs just 'faded away'. They were re-planted in the same place.
I've no idea why this should happen as DC seems to be a good doer. Anyone had similar experiences?
Gerry
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Not really the same situation Gerry, but I had an old clump of E. dens canis that had become overcrowded and didn't flower any more.
I dug it up two years ago, enriched the hole with quite a bit of dried cow dung, planted them back in the same spot and gave them the potash regime I. Young advocates, I had one flower last year and 4 this year.... :D
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a minute but very nice viola
Viola spathulata
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What a beautiful little treasure Tony !
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Very nice Tony- i just googled it- from Iran. Is it from seed?
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Hi all some fantastic pictures, I am pleased to say that we are back to spring today and hope that winter is now over a few plants flowering today, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
Callianthemum anemonoides
Cordalis solida
Erythronium dens canis Frans Hals
Erythronium dens canis from Ascreavie
Erythronium japonicum
First butterfly on primula denticulata
Rhododendron forrestii repens
Sebaea thomasii
Primula Wharfdale Ling
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Beautiful, ITCK.
Here are a couple from Yorkshire. Veronica 'Georgia Blue' flowers for months in winter and spring, and likes to climb through Pinus 'Winter Gold'. Somewhere in the second picture is a large bumblebee hiding amongst the flowers of Pulmonaria angustifolia (a little blurred because it was very windy here today). The third photo shows Trillium 'Roy Elliot' in the process of turning pink after pollination.
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Anne,
I think you should offer a prize for whoever can spot the bumble bee - say, a plant of Trillium 'Roy Elliot'
It's worse than "Where's Wally?" I can't spot it at all.
Paddy
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Neither can I, the flippin' thing dipped inside a flower every time the wind eased off enough for me to take a picture.
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I have not tried myself but I have read that choice pulsatillas can be propagated by root cuttings.
Göte
I too, understand this to be the case but like you Gote, I've not tried it. I imagine the roots would need to be those reasonably close to the plant and quite thick, not the further out stringy ones. I don't like the thought of disturbing the plant to the extent where I'd be able to clip some of those off.
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Very nice Tony- i just googled it- from Iran. Is it from seed?
No I got it from my friend Dieter Zschummel when I visited him last summer.
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Very nice Tony- i just googled it- from Iran. Is it from seed?
No I got it from my friend Dieter Zschummel when I visited him last summer.
Well it's a stunner Tony- I know nothing about Viola from that area. Is it a year round grower or does it have a dormant period?
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In the bulb frame, Iris aucheri and sindeprs, I have posted earlier pics on the Juno pages but all the aucheri that had buds are now flowering and the sindpers is onto flowers 2 and 3. The puschkinia is an old friend that has been with me since I first got interested in bulbs, probably bought from Findlay Clark as was in Aberdeen, this plant is a seasoned traveller!
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Very nice Hristo !
Your x sindpers seems more "blue" than others that I've seen (more greyish/blue) - could you reveal it's origin ??
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Hi Luc,
This one was purchased from Janis in 2007.
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Thank you sir ! ;)
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I have not tried myself but I have read that choice pulsatillas can be propagated by root cuttings.
Göte
I too, understand this to be the case but like you Gote, I've not tried it. I imagine the roots would need to be those reasonably close to the plant and quite thick, not the further out stringy ones. I don't like the thought of disturbing the plant to the extent where I'd be able to clip some of those off.
The propagatin of Alpines says at least 3mm thick roots. Dig up in July/August (refers to the UK) take off a few roots and put back again, water well and shadow with fir twigs. In fact he advocates the method but is writing about named clones. Roots must be right side up. Something to test on a not too valuable plant?
Göte
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A very pretty Callianthemum kernerianum 'Monte Baldo form' that has reached peak flowering today.
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Very pretty indeed Cliff.
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A very pretty Callianthemum kernerianum 'Monte Baldo form' that has reached peak flowering today.
Just one more thing I've never even heard of before! ???
They are delightful Cliff, how hardy are they?
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I second David on that, very attractive indeed!
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Hi Helen et al,
A member of the Ranunculaceae (what else if I can grow it?) this diminutive callianthemum is a true and beautiful European high alpine, growing, as it's name suggests, on the summit approaches of Monte Baldo in northern Italy. I grow a number of callianthemums and they all seem to appreciate my proffered conditions of all year round pot culture, completely uncovered and unprotected throughout the year (save for a pane of glass over them when they are about to flower) and watered profusely from the middle of February onwards (imitating snowmelt conditions, I presume)? Obviously they don't get a summer baking here in East Lancashire but they would certainly experience high temperatures and brilliant sunshine in their native haunts. I am hoping this particular plant might hang on for Chesterfield Show on Saturday week (that will be the kiss of death for that little dream), but will get the sable brush out on the Sunday after the show. I have never got seed from this form yet, but have always achieved quite a good germination from fresh C. anemonoides seed.
Hardiness is a relative issue ... to us here in northern England most of the european high alpines should be bone hardy and I wouldn't dream of giving any of them winter protection, but Canada is a different prospect altogether! :-\
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Hi Cliff ,
I know well the area of Mt. Baldo from several holidays and a lot of walkings - here is a bit information :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Baldo
The interesting of Mt. Baldo is that there have survived a lot of plant species the Ice age ....I can suggest all this beautiful area with Lake Garda ,Monte Baldo, Lake Ledro and more ....
Hans
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Many thanks Hans,
Excellent additional information for Helen.
Thought I might add an image of Callianthemum anemonoides - also at peak flowering this past week.
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The callianthemum looked like this on 12th February 2009 ... I probably did as well! :)
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The callianthemum looked like this on 12th February 2009 ...
While it is certainly cheering that most of the types of plants we in this forum grow can survive and even thrive in the conditions shown in Cliff's picture... I do sometimes wonder if such images should come with a health warning for those of a nervous disposition or those who might regard such photos as evidence of plant abuse...???? ??? ::) :-X Can't be too careful, these days, y'know ;)
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The callianthemum looked like this on 12th February 2009 ...
While it is certainly cheering that most of the types of plants we in this forum grow can survive and even thrive in the conditions shown in Cliff's picture... I do sometimes wonder if such images should come with a health warning for those of a nervous disposition or those who might regard such photos as evidence of plant abuse...???? ??? ::) :-X Can't be too careful, these days, y'know ;)
We are all as innocent as the driven snow, Maggi!
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We are all as innocent as the driven snow, Maggi!
I'm not so sure, Cliff,
sometimes when I find a weed-ridden pot or some poor little treasure being overgrown by a rampant neighbour, I do think I may well be arrested by the plant cruelty officers :'( :o
( And quite right, too, I should do better!!)
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The interesting of Mt. Baldo is that there have survived a lot of plant species the Ice age ....I can suggest all this beautiful area with Lake Garda ,Monte Baldo, Lake Ledro and more ....
Hans
Thanks for the link Hans, is most interesting. :)
Cliff, the Callianthemum anemonoides is another beauty !!
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Sorry, not an alpine but this Magnolia sprengeri 'Marwood Spring' looks absolutely magnificent at Marwood Hill Garden at the moment so I can't resist posting a pic.
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Glad you posted this Jo.I haven't come across this variety of sprengeri and it looks wonderful.Have you any idea as to where I might obtain it from ?
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Jo, what a super deep pink that is. What size are the individual flowers, please?
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Helen,
some information about hardiness zones of the world.
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HardinessZoneMaps
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Jo without words. :o :o
Wonderful cultivar never heard before.
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Helen,
some information about hardiness zones of the world.
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HardinessZoneMaps
Thanks for the link Uli, I hadn't seen some of them before, it's a very handy site. :)
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Hardiness is a relative issue ... to us here in northern England most of the european high alpines should be bone hardy and I wouldn't dream of giving any of them winter protection, but Canada is a different prospect altogether! :-\
i'm very interested in this issue, and i'm sure there is no one answer, but most Sempervivums are totally hardy, even here where we are zone 2-3 (lows to -40C and beyond; helen is in a milder but wetter place); they, like other things of course, can succumb for reasons other than strictly cold--moisture at the wrong time, etc...this makes me hopeful that at least some of the other europeans will be equally hardy... i have a tiny Armeria juniperifolia ( i think its european? it was a mainstream garden centre purchase, with no info) that seems to have pulled through the worst of this winter fine--though we are not done yet!
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Hardiness... a fascinating subject that interests me greatly. I won't know the answer though until I've tried every plant that interests me! (Hmm, I wish some of the more accomplished local rock gardeners would jump in here - surely some must be members? - and describe what they are growing!)
Edit: I am rather amazed at what has seemed to prove hardy here though... or, rather, I am amazed at the actual hardiness of certain plant species. I would not have thought, some time ago, that Geranium magniflorum, Antirrhinum molle, Helianthemum nummularium, etc. would be hardy here. And, actually, I wouldn't dream of protecting any of them either - everything I grow has to make it on its own... speaking of cruelty to plants! (Err, by the way, I hope you all appreciate the risk I am taking in even mentioning these plants on such an esteemed public forum... the plant gods are sure to smite them now! ;D)
Anyway, back to your regular programming...
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Glad you posted this Jo.I haven't come across this variety of sprengeri and it looks wonderful.Have you any idea as to where I might obtain it from ?
Well I was so impressed I put myself on the waiting list because they get a few graphted each season but was phoned up yesterday to say they had one for me so I was happy. Here is a link to their website http://www.marwoodhillgarden.co.uk/
Googling the name of the magnolia gives links to various images. The flowers are large Maggi but I would need to get up close to really judge, I should say about 8 inches high.
I'll take some more pics when I pick up my baby one.
Marwood is well worth visiting when in the SW, its got a couple of national collections, Astilbe, Iris and Tulbergia and a huge range of trees.
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Thanks, Jo, good luck with the baby.
I thought the flowers might be that large..... how fab!
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Here's a little favorite now blooming in my Maryland, USA garden: Hacquetia epipactis. Very few people in my circle seem to know this plant. And I'm always amused when people ask me what kind of winter aconite it is. Not, of course, that I myself am ever puzzled about the identity of a plant. ;D
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I've always loved it...are you growing the cultivar 'Thor' as well?
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I've always loved it...are you growing the cultivar 'Thor' as well?
Hi, Carlo
No, I have not grown 'Thor' although another local grower who specializes in variegated plants (variegated poke weed anyone?) did have it and lost it. Evidently it can be a bit trickier to grow.
I like the typical form for its quiet simplicity. I've never seen 'Thor' myself, and variegated plants always elicit thoughts of the V word for me. Perhaps someone will post an image of 'Thor'.
Mom and pop nurseries take note: I've had an image of the typical form on my website for years. No other plant has generated as many direct requests for information about sources.
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Glad you posted this Jo.I haven't come across this variety of sprengeri and it looks wonderful.Have you any idea as to where I might obtain it from ?
Marwood is well worth visiting when in the SW, its got a couple of national collections, Astilbe, Iris and Tulbergia and a huge range of trees.
We have visited Marwood twice and the collection of trees is wonderful. They have been planted a good time and look mature.
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Flowering with me at the moment - despite the lousy weather...
1) Primula marginata 'Drake's Blue'
2) Acer japonica - unfolding
3) Erythronium dens canis 'Pink perfection'
4) Scilla bifolia
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- despite the lousy weather...superpics of super plants.
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Flowering with me at the moment - despite the lousy weather...
1) Primula marginata 'Drake's Blue'
Luc, if you have an offset to spare later in the year and would like a swap I'm your man ;D
Lovely stuff, all of them.
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Lovely images, Luc ... terrible weather here as well, as the raindrops illustrate ...
Very tiny Pulsatilla vernalis in bud ...
Erythronium dens-canis ...
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I get an overwhelming urge to towel dry that pulsatilla bud and give it a drink of warm milk :D
On a walk with Lily this mornig I have seen the first Pulsatilla vulgaris flowers in a nearby garden. They were looking pretty cold and wet , too. :(
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I have been re-potting and tidying up the asarums. Asarum forbesii is in flower but it was a surprise when re-potting an Asarum splendens out of a six inch pot. The new stolons coiled around the bottom of the pot were 95cms long
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I love the way the A. forbesii buds look like little pumpkins!
I take it you have given that A. splendens a bigger pot, then Tony?
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I love the way the A. forbesii buds look like little pumpkins!
I take it you have given that A. splendens a bigger pot, then Tony?
No I broke them all of and potted them separately to make extra plants,why I do not know!
I am going to try some in the garden. They will perhaps draw the slugs away from more choice things.
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No I broke them all of and potted them separately to make extra plants,why I do not know!
I am going to try some in the garden. They will perhaps draw the slugs away from more choice things.
A new business opening eh? Tony's Delicatessen? ;D
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garden four days before
Bulbocodium vernum today
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It is a miracle with sunshine, isn't it? So few days from the snow to this colour! 8)
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It has been bitterly cold here to-day with a strong NW wind and with a frost forecast for tonight I thought I should snatch a photo of Magnolia campbellii 'Charles Raffil' before the flowers are turned to mush.Last year we had a -7degrees earlier than this and the buds were reduced to mush before we saw any colour so this year is a bonus even if we lose them tonight.
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Oh, John, how absolutely stunning. I do hope these glorious blooms survive the night. Thanks be for a picture of them anyway. :-*
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Scillas covering every inch of bear earth in the Winter border that flanks the bulb meadow and Pachyphragma macrophyllus taking over from aconites crocus and snowdrops.
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Super Magnolia pictures John!
I may be cold with you, but of Pachyphragma I just see buds. No flowers yet.
Next week temps should rise above 10 C. at last.
I think this year we had till now just 2 days a bit over 10 C.
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Three from the Pyrenees all flowering now. Having seen two of them in-situ they are extra-special for me.
Narcissus alpestris - from seed sown in 1994. One clone flowered and has slowwwly increased.
Primula elatior - from seed a few years ago.
Erythronium dens canis - Sown 1996. I collected the seed on the first day of my first alpine flower holiday :)
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Superb pot of Narcissus, Tony.
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Lovely narcissus Tony,slow is the word.My N moschatus from Mike salmon had only made two off sets in over 10years.
The erythronium is a wonderful plant.I remember getting to the ski resort above Benasque and the turf was full of them in flower just as the snow had melted.My pictures are not as organised as my plants but I have a couple showing them in the wild in flower.No seed for me.
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Nice Erythronium!
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I've really fallen in love with that N. alpestris Tony G. ! Very good looking pot.
Magnificent view of the wild Erythronium Tony W. - they look great !
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Some amazing plants over the last few days, especially the fabulous junos, the Mt Baldo callianthemum and your fabulous magnolia Jo. It's what this thread is all about - the huge DIVERSITY of things in our gardens, not just alpines.
Not having had my computer on since Friday afternoon (out drinking Friday night, work from 6am Saturday, dead Sunday), I found 539 emails from the forum this morning. Surely one of the busiest times of recent weeks. But that's what spring in the north does I suppose. All those wonderful plants opening so fast. 8) :o 8) :o
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The Narcissus alpestris is spectacular, and that wonderful dark leaf to the wild Erythroniums. Wow!!! :o
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Having a general clear up in the mess that is our garden I discovered, to my great joy, a pot of Trillium rivale sown in August 2003. Five of which are in flower.
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What a lovely find Brian.
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Lovely narcissus Tony,slow is the word.My N moschatus from Mike salmon had only made two off sets in over 10years.
The erythronium is a wonderful plant.I remember getting to the ski resort above Benasque and the turf was full of them in flower just as the snow had melted.My pictures are not as organised as my plants but I have a couple showing them in the wild in flower.No seed for me.
My N alpestris also came from Mike Salmon (as seed).
When I collected the seed of Erythronium dens canis there were plants in flower where the snow had lain deeper and later, not far away from the seed pods. When at Bensaque a couple of years later we saw only leaves :( I long to go back, Benasque and Andorra where the seed came from were very special.
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A few close-ups from the garden this morning - not sunny here but certainly not a bad day.
Adonis vernalis bud
Hepatica close
Muscari
Primula clarkei
Hepatica close 2
Pulsatilla vernalis
Pulsatilla vernalis buds
Thlaspi close
Pulsatilla vernalis stems
Pulsatilla vernalis 2
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Cliff,
I love those pictures, especially the Pulsatilla vernalis shots.
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You don't need to go to the Algarve to shoot great shots Cliff !
Witworth seems to be just as good ! ;D ;D
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Marvellous pictures all of them. The furry Pulsatilla vernalis is lovely.
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Cliff, I've never seen such a spectacular picture of Adonis vernalis.
Nothing like that up here though, so cannot even try to make such picture now.
I showed the P. vernalis hairy stems to my grandson and he asked why these
stems have so many hairs.
I tried to explain him that plants in nature need such, to protect themselves against
sudden heat in the mountains on sunny days, when temps. may rise very high on the
slopes where they grow.
I hope he will remember some of it later. :-\ :)
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... And, of course, to protect the stems and tender petals from sharp night time frosts that can occur during the Spring snow melt when these very early flowers appear.
Many thanks for your very kind words, Luit and for the inspiration and knowledge that you so obviously impart to your very lucky grandson.
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... And, of course, to protect the stems and tender petals from sharp night time frosts that can occur during the Spring snow melt when these very early flowers appear.
Many thanks for your very kind words, Luit and for the inspiration and knowledge that you so obviously impart to your very lucky grandson.
Yes, I used those words too, but when writing I could not find the right words in English
to explain myself in a short sentence.
But I told him that temps may rise from - 10 (- 15)C. in the night to over +30 C. by day time.
And these thin stems would die off and were no longer able to transport food to make seeds etc.
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Two in bloom today.
Moraea atropunctata x 2.
Freesia laxa hyb
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Hi to everyone you have all been busy posting these fantastic pictures, has anyone else suffered form the hard frost like we have had here also the Siberian winds have destroyed many flowers. I hope a few Rhodos in tight bud will have escaped this any way a few goodies from the garden, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
Corydalis Blue Spire
Corydalis White Knight
Ery oregonum
Erythronium sibiricum Altai snow
Gal Mighty Atom
Hacquatia Thor
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Super images Michael and Ian.
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Ian,
The beautiful blue Corydalis, what's the name of it?
Ulla
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Lovely Freesia laxa hyb. Michael!
Ian, this Corydalis Blue Spire is a real stunner!
Thanks for showing.
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Ian, it's difficult to be 100% sure from the camera angle, but I think your Galanthus 'Mighty Atom' may be wrongly named. The mark looks too narrow for Atom. It looks more like what used to be sold by some growers as Atom, was shown to be wrong then was re-named 'Not Might Atom' and finally re-named 'Icicle'.
Would it be possible to take a pic showing the mark better, from the side rather than from above? Is this snowdrop later than most in your garden? 'Icicle' is late.
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Here are some shots from today
1. Anemone blanda - different colours ex collected seeds from Turkey + Ornithogalum balansae + Daphne blagayana
2. Anemone ranunculoides + Daphne blagayana
3. Primula marginata - white to light blue (pic does not show the real tone)
4. Solaria atropurpurea - survived the last cold winter outside!
5. Viola trinervata
6. Tulipa neustruvae
Gerd
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Seeing the beautiful Iris aucheri Indigo in the NORTHUMBERLAND SHOW series
activated me to make a visit to the nursery of Sjaak de Groot again where I
saw something alike last year.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1469.msg37311#msg37311 (http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1469.msg37311#msg37311)
Here are some pictures I made this week.
The Tecophilea are so much later this year and still not in full flower.
Hyacinthus orientalis Wild Form 1
Iris aucheri Dark Form
Iris planifolia
Tecophilea cyanocrocus 1
Tecophilea cyanocrocus 2
Tecophilea cyanocrocus 4
Tulipa bifloriformis Starlight
Tulipa neustrueva [nice form
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Gerd, I never heard of Solaria. What family does it belong to?
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Gorgeous viola Gerd and beautiful pictures.
Now to investigate Luit's posting ...
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Luit, an onion (Alliaceae) Solaria is also named Gethyum
- please save one of the superb T. neustruvae for me - if possible !
Cliff, thank you!
For both: - Isn't it time to go to bed for old boys? ;D
Gerd
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For both: - Isn't it time to go to bed for old boys?
Yes Sir!
I'm off now ::) ::) ::)
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Glorious pics everyone, but particularly those Pulsatilla vernalis pics from Cliff. Wow!!! 8) I kick myself more and more that I lost those darn seedlings from Lesley. ::)
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Luit, an onion (Alliaceae) Solaria is also named Gethyum
- please save one of the superb T. neustruvae for me - if possible !
I will ask, but there were only a few of this special one Gerd.
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A few more images from yesterday morning ...
Pulsatilla vernalis juvenile plant
Pulsatilla vernalis duo
Primula notethedatei from the Caucasus
Saxifraga oppositifolia close-up
Hepatica close-up
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Hi all, firstly the pictures of the Tecophilea lined out are just mouthwatering. The Corydalis is C. solida Blue Spire one I selected out some time ago and it is very upright, later flowering. Martin, I got the Galanthus Mighty Atom from Rod Leeds along with the write up in The Plantsman and yes it is late flowering maybe back to discussion about the Mighty Atom complex. I will ask Rod about this, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Martin, I got the Galanthus Mighty Atom from Rod Leeds along with the write up in The Plantsman and yes it is late flowering maybe back to discussion about the Mighty Atom complex. I will ask Rod about this, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
Ian, it could just be the camera angle foreshortening the mark and making it look thinner than it should be. A side-shot would help a lot. The 'Mighty Atom' which emerged from the ID debate as the 'official' clone has a thick mark. How long ago did you get it from Rod Leeds? Was it before the naming debate was settled?
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Well, it has got to 12 noon on 1st April (in this part of the world anyway) and, even though seven people viewed the image of Primula notethedatei on this page, nobody raised an eyebrow or was it simply too low-brow or too obvious? ??? :)
Apologies to those of you in further climes who haven't even got out of bed yet!
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Cliff, we look at all your pictures and drool..... I'm envious of your camera shots always! The primula is gorgeous.
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Aw shucks, Chris ... now you've made me blush ... many thanks! :-[
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Cliff,
Being a serious person the ' i ' at the end of ' notethedate ' puzzled me - now I got it (at last :-[) - you wrote the correct Latin ending! Good joke!
Gerd
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Cliff, your P. Vernalis is an absolute stunner, I have several tiny babies at the moment, I hope they grow up to look like yours. :)
Gerd, your V. Trinervata is beautiful. :)
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Spring seems here for a couple of days,probably will not last, and the first epimediums are flowering.
Epimedium grandiflorum
Epimedium dolichostemon
(both may be wrong but they seem correct)
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(both may be wrong but they seem correct)
You are inviting a second opinion Tony. ;D
The yellow one seems not quite right for grandiflorum. Most grandiflorums seem to have the spurs a little more widespread. If had not had a name on it I would have guessed on one of the yellow Chinese. However, if it has only one leaf on the stem, it is certainly grandiflorum.
The other one I have not seen but it looks like the illustration in Stearn's book.
You are a liitle over a month earlier than I am. My Epimediums do not flower until May in normal years.
Cheers
Göte
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A few close-ups from the garden this morning - not sunny here but certainly not a bad day.
Thlaspi close
Cliff,
I have never seen an Adonis bud like that. Really a new angle. I have to look more carefully at mine when the time comes.
The Thlaspi, what is it. Alpestre??
Göte
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Hi all, Martin I post another picture taken today of Galanthus Mighty Atom also fritillaria walajewii which has been under glass and the flower stem got damaged hence the strange angle, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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(both may be wrong but they seem correct)
You are inviting a second opinion Tony. ;D
The yellow one seems not quite right for grandiflorum. Most grandiflorums seem to have the spurs a little more widespread. If had not had a name on it I would have guessed on one of the yellow Chinese. However, if it has only one leaf on the stem, it is certainly grandiflorum.
The other one I have not seen but it looks like the illustration in Stearn's book.
You are a liitle over a month earlier than I am. My Epimediums do not flower until May in normal years.
Cheers
Göte
After my pathetic attemps at identifying my muscari I was just hedging my bets.I am reasonably certain they are correct. I think they are early this year although I photographed grandiflorum in mid April last year but dolichostemon not until mid May.
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Ian,
Great to see Haquetia 'Thor' which is unreasonably scarce here...must locate a plant...
AND how about those Tecophilaea...there's just something soooo wrong about that!
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Cliff,
I have never seen an Adonis bud like that. Really a new angle.
Göte
Many thanks Gote,
A few more taken today ...
Adonis vernalis opening further during the day ...
Trillium opening
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aliens under us ?
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A few close-ups from the garden this morning - not sunny here but certainly not a bad day.
Thlaspi close
Cliff,
The Thlaspi, what is it. Alpestre??
Göte
Sorry Gote ... Thlaspi densiflorum.
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Gerhard, that is a great photo. Who needs a cat to stroke?
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Why cant I keep P. vernalis going more than a year or two? :'(
Cliff I looked at your photo of the Primula denticulata and thought "Cliff isnt a plant/Primula snob"
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I usually have so little in flower, Mark that I can't afford the luxury of being a plant snob ...
Pulsatilla vernalis survive here without any form of care or attention - no cover at any time and all the precipitation that these moors can absorb.
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Before vine weevils killed them I used to grow P. denticulata and the comments were always the same "you grow drum stick Primulas!" Yes, and? ...
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Well, it has got to 12 noon on 1st April (in this part of the world anyway) and, even though seven people viewed the image of Primula notethedatei on this page, nobody raised an eyebrow or was it simply too low-brow or too obvious? ??? :)
Apologies to those of you in further climes who haven't even got out of bed yet!
Well it was all over here before you were out of yours! Tough when you have to explain the jokes eh?
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This is my G. 'Mighty Atom' which may not be 100% correct but falls within the Group.
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Still not easy to be 100% sure from the angle of your latest pic of your 'Mighty Atom', Ian. I could be wrong and it might just be the camera angle making the mark look thin. It'll be interesting to hear what Rod Leeds says about it.
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This is my G. 'Mighty Atom' which may not be 100% correct but falls within the Group.
Looks okay to me, Mark.
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A few close-ups from the garden this morning - not sunny here but certainly not a bad day.
Thlaspi close
Cliff,
The Thlaspi, what is it. Alpestre??
Göte
Sorry Gote ... Thlaspi densiflorum.
I make wrong guesses all the time and I am not sorry. :)
I would like to quote the beginning of the Confucian analects:
To study and learn, Is there not also joy therein.
Göte