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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: ian mcenery on October 02, 2009, 10:47:38 PM
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I went to the greenhouse this morning and was greeted by an awful stink. Thinking something had left me a present I looked around the floor of the greenhouse. It wasn't till I had searched the ground level that I looked and found this flowering. Not sure I am going to keep it - the smell is really disgusting
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Ian,
That's Arum pictum (as opposed to Arum italicum 'Pictum', an entirely different beast), the only autumn flowering Arum species. Aren't the red edges to the new leaves so cool. 8)
Well done!!
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Ian,
That's Arum pictum (as opposed to Arum italicum 'Pictum', an entirely different beast), the only autumn flowering Arum species. Aren't the red edges to the new leaves so cool. 8)
Well done!!
Paul you are quite right - a senior moment ::)
I also have the other thing which is quite rampant in the garden
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Ian,
I've seen the names interchanged a number of times, so just automatically noted it. The hassles also of having a variety name that mirrors a separate species name. ::)
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Hi Ian,
If You are going to dump the arum I will be around he.....!!? ;) :D :D :D
Here a few I pictured this morning,some of my first crocuses out this morning,put a smile on my face :D
Its a cold and windy day here. :-\ :-\
Cheers,
Guy.
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A few recent ones from the tail end of our season...
1) Aster dumosus 'Anneke'
2) After wondering about this one for the last couple of years, I think it's Agastache cana.
3) Patrinia gibbosa
4) Carlina acaulis again, showing the papery bracts of the mature flower.
5) Paeonia caucasica
6) Aster sedifolius
7) Euonymus nana 'Turkestanica'
8 ) First of the Colchicum... I've yet to actually see this one open - by the time I get home, it has closed up.
9, 10) Delphinium vestitum
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1) Flowers on Delphinium brunonianum, from seed this year.
2) Erigeron glaucus
3) Hylotelephium 'Autumn Joy'
4) Anemone tomentosum 'Robustissima'
5) Cyclamen purpurascens, yet again.
Not much for fall colour this year, comparatively - the dry conditions and wind have taken their toll. The buds have dried up on Deinanthe caerulea 'Blue Wonder'. :( I may yet get flowers on the Chelone but it will be touch and go with killing frost. At least it didn't snow last night!
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Lori,
I adore your Euonymous nana Turkestanica - the typical seedheads but a very different leaf, very attractive. Of course, the other plants are also lovely but the euonymous caught my eye.
Ian, the arum is a stunner - worth the smell!
Paddy
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Lori, what a fine gallery of pics.
No flower, no leaves - only a few fruits of the day:
Ampelopsis bevipedunculata
Actaea alba
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Aren't those Actea berries with the red stems attractive.
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Actaea alba
I have this under the name Actaea pachypoda (at least it looks very similar).
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Lori, your Euonymus has a stunning foliage ::) very nice :)
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Stephen, only two names for the same fun/plant ;)
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Ian, I have several pots of Arum pictum, but although the tubers multiply, I have only flowered it once.
Before the summer I show my pupils a stem of cotton bolls bought for £2.50 in IKEA. Needless to say, they though it was fake and couldn't be convinced that cotton came from a plant. I removed one boll, extracted the seeds and planted them. One plant is now flowering in the classroom.
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Often forgotten seed pods putting on a good show at this time of year.
Cardiocrinum cordatum v. glehnii.
Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva' with brilliant pink pods (technically fruit aggregates) a foot long and giving more than 100 seeds per pod. They are quite stunning when more mature and the orange covered seeds dangle from the fruit aggregates. I collected perhaps 2000 or more seeds.
johnw
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Ampelopsis looks like bird eggs
I learn something every day. I didnt know cotton had flowers ::)
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And the seed pods on Enkianthus campanulatus var. sikkokianus. This var. is one of our most spectacular autumn colourers.
johnw
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Autumn colours are only just turning here after the warmest September anyone can remember - lovely to see autumn colours elsewhere 8)
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I learn something every day. I didnt know cotton had flowers ::)
Cotton (mostly from the plant Gossypium hirsutum, although there are other species in the same genus) is a member of the mallow family.
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Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva' with brilliant pink pods (technically fruit aggregates) a foot long and giving more than 100 seeds per pod. They are quite stunning when more mature and the orange covered seeds dangle from the fruit aggregates. I collected perhaps 2000 or more seeds.
johnw
Fascinating John - I love magnolias & Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva' is possibly the most beautiful of all.
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Lovely pics from all, ::) ::) ::)
Lorri i like that colour in Your Agastache.Is it proved Hardy ? ???
Just a few more who are showing some of there colours,
Cheers Guy
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Lorri i like that colour in Your Agastache.Is it proved Hardy ? ???
Yes, it has, Guy. There are 3 or 4 plants out in the dry, exposed front yard that have fended for themselves for a few years now.
Your photo of Saxifraga rubrifolia has made me realize that mine went AWOL this year! Amazingly, it survived outdoors here since 2005, though it never bloomed in our short season and rather inhospitable conditions. Gone now, oh well.
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A few recent ones from the tail end of our season...
7) Euonymus nana 'Turkestanica'
we also have dodged the snow that was forecast, no rain even, so far, though there is still tomorrow...
very funny that you have the euonymus pic right now---you may remember i was trying to figure out an odd little evergreen plant here that my mother called fire bush or burning bush or something; somehow i'd got the idea it was a euphorbia, but i had never seen flowers on it; the other day i happened to push into the crabapple branches to pick some fruit and saw these odd--flowers? seeds? and then had no idea at all what it was...
just now i came across some euonymus on google and realised thats what it is! previously only knew this genus as common flowerless plants in toronto; had no idea of species, but yours seems to have the same foliage as mine.. what does this plant do for you?
here it scrambles around under an apple tree, and up the trunk a bit..quite sparse and sprawly... should i move it to sun? give it support?
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Presumably the Euonymus comes from Turkey? Does it extend further south and east? I have seedlings which have the same foliage but I believe it is a Chinese species, name unknown.
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Guy and Lori you have some wonderful flowers still giving colour, what a pleasure to see them, thanks :)
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Thanksa lot Robin, ;)
Try for more if I make it out tomorrow.Just a few now to wet the appetite. :D :D
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Beautiful photos, all, and thanks for the comments on our end-of-season ones.
7) Euonymus nana 'Turkestanica'
very funny that you have the euonymus pic right now---you may remember i was trying to figure out an odd little evergreen plant here that my mother called fire bush or burning bush or something; somehow i'd got the idea it was a euphorbia.. what does this plant do for you? here it scrambles around under an apple tree, and up the trunk a bit..quite sparse and sprawly... should i move it to sun? give it support?
Ok, euonymus, as per my suggestion back then ;)... (based on your comments about it being somewhat evergreen and woody, and with a name sort of like "euphorbia". :)) It's an upright, 3'-4', sparse shrub in our conditions, which is in part shade. If in full sun, it would be a lot fuller and would get better fall colour. Quite commonly grown across the prairies, along with E. alatus. Edit: And "burning bush" is a common name for Euonymus spp., for their fall colour... at least when planted in sun.
Presumably the Euonymus comes from Turkey? Does it extend further south and east? I have seedlings which have the same foliage but I believe it is a Chinese species, name unknown.
The sources I have (nothing detailed) say Central Asia to China.
Who said the "s" word??
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Hey Lori, I have never seen Clematis under snow :o :D :D :D
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I went to the greenhouse this morning and was greeted by an awful stink. Thinking something had left me a present I looked around the floor of the greenhouse. It wasn't till I had searched the ground level that I looked and found this flowering. Not sure I am going to keep it - the smell is really disgusting
Nice photo! I grow mine outside, then I can enjoy the flower without any unpleasant odor. The only drawback is that it flower rather late. It is barely visible now.
Poul
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Not so many flowers in the garden, but some berries.
Poul
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Beautiful photos, all, and thanks for the comments on our end-of-season ones.
Ok, euonymus, as per my suggestion back then ;)... (based on your comments about it being somewhat evergreen and woody, and with a name sort of like "euphorbia". :)) It's an upright, 3'-4', sparse shrub in our conditions, which is in part shade. If in full sun, it would be a lot fuller and would get better fall colour. Quite commonly grown across the prairies, along with E. alatus. Edit: And "burning bush" is a common name for Euonymus spp., for their fall colour... at least when planted in sun.
Who said the "s" word??
yep :) up til now, the only euonymus i knew anything about were the very common round leafed, usually variegated plants that appear in every other yard in toronto...lol--never seen flowers or seeds that i recall, and if they have fall colour i'm just forgetting that part..
this one is in a more or less shady spot, so doesnt have much/any fall colour, and doesnt drop leaves to any noticeable degree...i will be watching it more closely having seen those flowers/seeds for the first time... quite an uninteresting plant up til then...lol
i dont know where i got the euphorbia idea ???, it wasnt from hearing the name euonymus, since my mother had never said that..
the snow finally arrived here too--somewhere around 2 am; we had a couple of cm, some melted, but its still coming down, melting as it goes, mostly...looks like you had more..
is it easy from cuttings or seed?i think digging around among the apple trees would not be so easy, so i'd rather leave it and start new ones elsewhere..
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Chrysanthemum nipponicum flowers from now till the first frost, usually sometime in November and can be even later. Stays evergreen into February, rather rubbery and looking a bit succulent. The shrub will get tall & lanky and should be cut to the ground early in the spring. This one was hacked back too late and the flowers seem very small this year - usually about 12cm / 4"-5" across. It has a new Genus .... L.....mum.
The white flowers always look a bit strange at this time of year with all the leaf colour about.
john
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Flowering here in the xeric garden-
Scilla autumnalis MS771- a 'pink' form from Crete
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It has a new Genus .... L.....mum.
I think it is Nipponanthemum nipponicum now John?
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Here is a picture of the Euonymus seedling mentioned above. These (4) are about 12 months from germination. Still in their seed pot I need to get them out and separated as the roots are well down into the sand underneath.
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Wandering along the coast today with our guest speaker.
Hippophae rhamnoides 'Leikora', 1,2 & 3
Continuing with grey foliage, Salix rosmarinifolia, 4, 5
Cooling off with some vintage burgundy, Viburnum tomentosum Mariesii, 6
And the green of Fargesia murielae, 7
johnw
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It has a new Genus .... L.....mum.
I think it is Nipponanthemum nipponicum now John?
Thanks Brian. Not one for rapid fire repetition.
A few more of it from today. Maybe Anthony can sort the visitors out for us.
johnw
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More bark, Stewartia koreana.
johnw
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One of my favourites at this time of year, Galax aphylla.
johnw
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One extremely mixed up Cornus canadensis.
johnw
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More bark, Stewartia koreana.
johnw
Ooh! I covet this tree!
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Lovely selection of trees and shrubs, John, but the Galax is a little topper.
Maggi, I have a stewartia in the garden. It has been very slow growing and reluctant to flower but a nice tree all the same.
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Lovely selection of trees and shrubs, John, but the Galax is a little topper.
Maggi, I have a stewartia in the garden. It has been very slow growing and reluctant to flower but a nice tree all the same.
Paddy, how long would you say it takes to get the good bark marking on the Stewartia? I'm presuming it does not have these from the start..... ???
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Wonderful silver grey bark with markings on the Stewartia, John, and the leaf looks interesting too - good Autumn colour?
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Maggi,
We have this tree over ten years. It is still quite small, hardly ten feet yet, but does have the nice bark, even if it is on a small trunk for the present.
Robin, yes, good autumn colour, good rich reds.
Paddy
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A stunning Viburnum John, standing so strongly among its neighbours as if to proclaim its glorious clothes. My own small Galax is blood-red at present.
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Despite first frost Cimicifuga simplex "Brunette" is still happy
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That is a beauty Oleg. It is in NZ but I haven't seen it in flower. I think many more Cinicifugas should be grown.
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They are nicely scented Lesley ::)
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By here some flowers also:
One Scilla autumnalis is blooming in an Hipeastrum pot
One Hymenocallis (dont' sure about specie: litoralis?)
Zephyranthes sp
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Flowering now in the garden, though its days are numbered-
Venidium fastuosum 'Orange Prince'
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That is a beauty Oleg. It is in NZ but I haven't seen it in flower. I think many more Cinicifugas should be grown.
Are there smaller ones? I like their growth pattern and spidery flowers - and of course the scent is very attractive especially at this time of year.
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Orange Prince is probably the one plant that got me hooked on daisies.
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autumn sun with Faucaria
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and the beginning of Bessera elegans
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autumn sun with Faucaria
good work :) i assume this is grown indoors?
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yes Cohan
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Isn't this a little late to be flowering.
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Isn't this a little late to be flowering.
lovely notocactus, michael!
it is flowering later than average for the north, though i'm not positive of the full season for this particular species, but many of the south american cacti would have a longer growing season in habitat than light and/or temperature in western europe or northern north america usually allow, so if they get a warm sunny fall, they can certainly go longer... a friend who grows cacti in a warm sunny greenhouse in florida has flowers all year on many species
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The only Cimicifuga I've seen in bloom is C. americana, a lovely thing, fluffy and lacy all at once. I think most are tallish Robin. Small species would be very nice.
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I have one of appr. 80 cm tall received as C.japonica but not sure. Have never seen a smaller one.
Lesley, is Cimicifuga a rare thing in NZ. Here it is quite popular. "Brunette" withstood -3 last night without any harm to the flowers, so it is worth having such a reliable plant so late in the season.
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I like Cimicifuga to. It's easy, hardy and late flowering.
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Michael
Beautiful Notocactus! I was a cacti-lover in my childehood.
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Cimicifuga = Actaea ;)
(atleast as far as the RHS is concerned 8) )
1. Pinus mugo 'Humpy'
2. Pinus nigra 'Frank'
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P.nigra 'Pygmaea'
P.cembra 'Fastigiata'
P.heldreichii var. leucodermis 'Satellit'
(I guess it's kipper ties and platform heels, if you really want to get into the spirit of conifer gardening: sooo 1970's 8) )
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The dwarf pines are such great plants, though, Giles.... and SO good in containers, too.
We had a fabulous Pinus mugo 'Humpy' who went to a lot of shows and won big time, until he got just too big to carry after nearly twenty years!
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.....I'd love to plant a whopper like Pinus wallichiana (which looks like an explosion of fuse wire) but don't have enough room left now :'(
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Cimicifuga = Actaea ;)
(atleast as far as the RHS is concerned 8) )
1. Pinus mugo 'Humpy'
2. Pinus nigra 'Frank'
Sorry Giles,
your P. mugo 'Humpy' is very, very different from those we grow in the nursery here. I will look if I can send you a picture with the cultivar we call 'Humpy'. It grows like a cushion over the ground.
Uli
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My books agree with you, Uli - and show a very much tighter plant.
I'm not too bothered though - I bought it because I liked it (whatever it is ) :)
( I guess it's possible its open habit could be due to having been grafted on an inappropriate rootstock ??? )
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Oleg, I think the Cimicifugas are quite rare here. Some years ago, maybe 10, we had a very good nursery called Peak Perennials and they imported all sorts of new and interesting things but then they stopped selling nation-wide and only had/have a shop in their local town so the rest of us can't get those things any more. There has been no nursery replacing them. With so many restrictions now on what may be imported, many nurseries, especially the specialist ones or those selling species as well as hybrids, have gone out of business altogether. Gardeners are very much the poorer for it.
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Hi Lesly,
Would you like receiving Cimifuga seeds ? Mine has seeds ripening soon
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Cimicifuga = Actaea ;)
(atleast as far as the RHS is concerned 8) )
Oh bother the RHS. >:(
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Hi Lesly,
Would you like receiving Cimifuga seeds ? Mine has seeds ripening soon
It depends which species. I'll email you privately, thanks.
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Hamamelis virginiana
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Colchicum umbrosum
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Epimedium sp. Now!
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Olga,
Like you I have been surprised to have hamamelis in flower here in the garden, far earlier than usual but enjoyable all the same.
Paddy
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Have been suffering with PC flu :-\for the last few weeks,cant believe october is already halve way.
Probely self inflicted problem with my machine,cant open thumbnails in picture folder any longer,also slide show is not responding,very frustrating,any suggestions anyone?? :'( :'(
Try to post some late flowering ones in the garden,hope the will be open in the forum. ??? ??? ???
Cheers.
Guy
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Opening perfectly here, Guy ... thanks for posting. Hope your computer woes are short-lived. Only one suggestion - switch to a Mac. :D
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Colchicum umbrosum
Lovely to see Colchicum umbrosum, Olga. Have you seen or found it in the wild?
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Beautiful Asters, Guy, I do love them at this time of year....never too late to post such lovelies - I do hope your computer problems are fixed as your garden is full of wonderful and interesting flowers
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Flowering on Tuesday at Cape Kaliakra on the Black Sea Coast:
Linum tenuifolium
Veronica species 1
Veronica speies 2
These could be the same species, but closer examination of the leaves shows that basal and stem leaves of both plants are slightly different, and several species are listed for this area.
Vicia species (?) with Satureja coerulea
a wind dwarfed Digitalis lanata (?)
Ruta graveolens
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Flowering now in the evening sunshine. Wierd combination.
Gladiolus from Silverhills seed lost label
Galanthus olgae ssp. reginae olga - obtained as, I am no expert
Susan
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Yes Robbin, the Asters give such a display,see the one with the black stem the are near to 3 meter high,have to find a new location for them,post a better picture here,do not know were it came from.
Yes mabey it is a good suggestion to change over to Apple sometime maybe a good suggestion for a retirement present soon,
Cheers
Guy.
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Flowering on Tuesday at Cape Kaliakra on the Black Sea Coast:
Linum tenuifolium
Veronica species 1
Veronica speies 2
These could be the same species, but closer examination of the leaves shows that basal and stem leaves of both plants are slightly different, and several species are listed for this area.
Vicia species (?) with Satureja coerulea
a wind dwarfed Digitalis lanata (?)
Ruta graveolens
simon-nice to see someplace still going strong! great shot of the vicia and satureja; is there much freezing by the coast?
guy--3metres! we have lots of native asters here, but 1m would be a tall one!
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Cohan, we are told there is winter snow in this area, which may not last long, but the Cape is famed for its strong, and in winter cold, winds from across the Black Sea.
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I know Cohan,It is just unbelievable every year I see the plant growing during the summer it keep growing taller and taller<I find It just so attractive as the stems are very dark nearly black,and the flowers last very long,if You like to have some a send some later when I divide,am sure there are going to be some roots to spare,
Simon,I like the pic with the Vicia and Saturea,two plants I am not familiar with,I special like the purple Colour,
I have here a Ruta Graveolens Variegata growing,with a strange sent,Beautiful pics all.
Cheers Guy.
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I know Cohan,It is just unbelievable every year I see the plant growing during the summer it keep growing taller and taller<I find It just so attractive as the stems are very dark nearly black,and the flowers last very long,if You like to have some a send some later when I divide,am sure there are going to be some roots to spare,
Cheers Guy.
thanks, guy--even a little seed would be quite fine :) is this a species, or a hybrid/cultivar?
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OK Cohan,
I will keep an eye OR two on the seed,the thing is there are lots of different asters around in the garden,i suppose the easy hybridise,as I mentioned I never know where the original plant arrived in the garden here,the only thing I could think of some hybrid did his own thing.anyhow when the time comes I contact You for further direction.
Cheers,
Guy.
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Not flowering in the garden, but flowering. A Streptocarpus hybrid 'Snowflake', which I found at the market. Amazing number of flowers and loves cooler temps. I typically grow these in the shade garden during the Summer and bring them in in the Winter to enjoy.
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Guy, your Tricyrtis seedings are very nice. Are these just adventurers in your own garden?
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Not flowering in the garden, but flowering. A Streptocarpus hybrid 'Snowflake', which I found at the market. Amazing number of flowers and loves cooler temps. I typically grow these in the shade garden during the Summer and bring them in in the Winter to enjoy.
very nice shots of a really nice form of the plant! do the flower stalks stay together like that? or did it have a little encouragement?
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Cohan,
I purchased it in bloom without any support and the new scapes are growing straight, but follow the light. It seems to want to create this effect, but with side lighting, I suspect it will do the hard lean, still in a bunch. naturally, it was grown in a greenhouse with overhead lighting. As you can see, it is extremely floriferous.
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Cohan,
I purchased it in bloom without any support and the new scapes are growing straight, but follow the light. It seems to want to create this effect, but with side lighting, I suspect it will do the hard lean, still in a bunch. naturally, it was grown in a greenhouse with overhead lighting. As you can see, it is extremely floriferous.
as a windowsill grower, i know all about leaning plants....lol
hard to beat many of the gesneriads for great floral displays :)
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Here's a little Viola sp. that was flowering in the mature sand dunes (Ca'n Picafort, Mallorca). Not as narrow leaved as the one I saw in southern Spain last year.
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A wee beauty Anthony !
I'm sure Gerd K. willl turn up with an ID ! ;D
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Viola arborescens. ;)
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Thanks Hans. One of the decorative tubs on our way to the 'platja' had this four o'clock plant (Mirabilis jalapa) with three different coloured flowers (all of the same age, as they last less than 24 hours) on the same stem. (Not sure why my daughter's camera lens is so fuzzy?) The same plant had a flower split 50:50 yellow and pink earlier in the week, but it had closed by the time it took the pic the next morning.
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One from me,
Spathoglottis pilcatta
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Viola arborescens. ;)
One of my favorite violets - fine pics, Anthony did you meet it in Mallorca?
Gerd
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Charming viola, Anthony.
Derek, what a bright yellow to your very smart Spathoglottis.... not a shade I much associate with orchids.... but I like it!
Is the name actually S. plicata? ???
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Viola arborescens. ;)
One of my favorite violets - fine pics, Anthony did you meet it in Mallorca?
Gerd
Alas, no. We got as far as Port de Pollensa, but that was by mistake, as the bus driver forgot to tell us when our stop for the 'Hidropark' was. ;D We stayed on the bus and got off on the way back to Ca'n Picafort.
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Viola arborescens. ;)
One of my favorite violets - fine pics, Anthony did you meet it in Mallorca?
Gerd
Alas, no. We got as far as Port de Pollensa, but that was by mistake, as the bus driver forgot to tell us when our stop for the 'Hidropark' was. ;D We stayed on the bus and got off on the way back to Ca'n Picafort.
I thought the viola was from your recent holiday.... if not, then I'm puzzled..... again!
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Ian, I have several pots of Arum pictum, but although the tubers multiply, I have only flowered it once.
Before the summer I show my pupils a stem of cotton bolls bought for £2.50 in IKEA. Needless to say, they though it was fake and couldn't be convinced that cotton came from a plant. I removed one boll, extracted the seeds and planted them. One plant is now flowering in the classroom.
I am amazed. That quickly! Is this an annual? I thought cotton grew as a shrub with much slower throughput.
Cheers
Göte
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Viola arborescens. ;)
One of my favorite violets - fine pics, Anthony did you meet it in Mallorca?
Gerd
Alas, no. We got as far as Port de Pollensa, but that was by mistake, as the bus driver forgot to tell us when our stop for the 'Hidropark' was. ;D We stayed on the bus and got off on the way back to Ca'n Picafort.
I thought the viola was from your recent holiday.... if not, then I'm puzzled..... again!
Sorry Maggi, a misunderstanding. Yes I found it in Mallorca. I didn't see the 'it' as I tend to associate 'meeting' with people not plants.
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Charming viola, Anthony.
Derek, what a bright yellow to your very smart Spathoglottis.... not a shade I much associate with orchids.... but I like it!
Is the name actually S. plicata? ???
Maggi I am sure you are right but I looked it up before I posted and on one Orchid Forum it was spelt the other way.
Derek
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I have been growing Eryngium leavenworthii on several occasions, but the intense purple colored bracts and stems of this annual eryngo never cease to amaze me. It doesn't set seed for me here in Sweden, but it is easily raised by seed, and if sown early in the year the plants reach flowering in late September. It has kept on flowering in spite of temperatures below freezing. Would probably look good in dried arrangements too.
1) This first picture is from September when the plants started flowering
2) The plants are one stemmed and branch in the top half. This picture shows about half a dozen plants grown close together.
3) The stamens are cobalt blue and the bracts are positioned both below and above the cylindrical umbel.
4)....I'm out of words !
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Fabulous thing, Paul ... fabulous!
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Thank you Cliff ! You should try it yourself. It will probably set seed with you in England.
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Here are a few other late- flowering plants. Lobelia siphilicata was raised from seed this year and I hope it will survive the winter and be even more magnificent next year.
1. Lobelia siphilicata
2. Lobelia siphilicata close up
3. Gaillardia aestivalis var aestivalis
4. Salvia urticifolia
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Anthony did you look in the green areas to the north west and south east of the fort?
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Paul,
Great pictures! You have given me another plant to try...Eryngium leavenworthii. A while back you had me checking into Salvia koyamae, among others I love seeing all the great pictures of plants posted on this site, but I especially love them when I can grow them here. On that note the Lobelia siphilicata shoud be hardy for you as it is fine here and you do seem a bit warmer.
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Ian, I have several pots of Arum pictum, but although the tubers multiply, I have only flowered it once.
Before the summer I show my pupils a stem of cotton bolls bought for £2.50 in IKEA. Needless to say, they though it was fake and couldn't be convinced that cotton came from a plant. I removed one boll, extracted the seeds and planted them. One plant is now flowering in the classroom.
I am amazed. That quickly! Is this an annual? I thought cotton grew as a shrub with much slower throughput.
Cheers
Göte
It is a shrub, but flowers quite small. The first boll is now forming and I'm quite sure the classes will be amazed when we produce our first cotton! 8)
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Anthony did you look in the green areas to the north west and south east of the fort?
What fort?
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It is an annual.* I've seen fields of "ripe" cotton in Louisiana - the bolls are harvested off the dead, standing plants.
EDIT: *Or rather, I should say that the species I saw seemed to be an annual. It appears there are perennial species too.
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I have been growing Eryngium leavenworthii on several occasions, but the intense purple colored bracts and stems of this annual eryngo never cease to amaze me. It doesn't set seed for me here in Sweden, but it is easily raised by seed, and if sown early in the year the plants reach flowering in late September. It has kept on flowering in spite of temperatures below freezing. Would probably look good in dried arrangements too.
1) This first picture is from September when the plants started flowering
2) The plants are one stemmed and branch in the top half. This picture shows about half a dozen plants grown close together.
3) The stamens are cobalt blue and the bracts are positioned both below and above the cylindrical umbel.
4)....I'm out of words !
Speechless too, with your Eryngium leavenworthii - the colour is amazing, thanks for showing it in all its glory, Paul.
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Hi Paul, I tried it also this year and I found it marvellous but it didn't set seeds. I shall sow it again next spring, it's sure ;) A very nice plant.
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Along the coastal headlands today, spotted a Montauk Daisy along the road near fishing shacks.
Gaylussacia baccata fanning the autumn fires on the granite.
A garden nearby. Lastly Viburnum tomentosum v mariesii starting to heat up and losing its former burgundy of the last month.
johnw
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The Gaylussacia is incredible. I once had - very briefly - G. brachycera. :(
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Lovely Autumn colouring along the coast with you, John, and I love the Montauk Daisy :)
Your garden must look gorgeous too John...do any of your rhododendrons have Autumn colour?
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Paul, your Eryngium leavenworthii is fantastic, a pity it takes until September to flower.
I too have some Lobelia siphilicata grown from seed this year, I hope mine survive.
John, the Montauk daisy is wonderful, a new one to me.
Viburnum mariesii is much bigger than mine, I am hoping mine will get through winter unscathed this year.
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I think it might depend on the climate, Helen, for the Eryngium leavenworthii. The ones I have here started in August and are still holding the same flowers with the same strong colour now. So one might say it is "even worth a try".
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John...do any of your rhododendrons have Autumn colour?
Robin - My garden is never gorgeous, it looks like a warehouse of pots.
Actually colour comes very very late to my garden in the city, too protected I guess, we've only had 1 very light frost. There might be a couple of rhodos coloured, such as the dwarf mucronulatums. R. camtschaticum has dropped most of its leaves but Menzesia ciliicalyx v purpurea dwarf form is almost at peak. Will shoot if worthwhile this weekend.
johnw
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John, the Montauk daisy is wonderful, a new one to me.
Viburnum mariesii is much bigger than mine, I am hoping mine will get through winter unscathed this year.
I can always send you cuttings as it may be hard to find up your way.
johnw
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(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i76/arykana/sis.jpg) acotinum, sisakvirág - only 1 ::)
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Bits and bobs from the past week (several different gardens).
Camellia sasanqua cultivars:
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Some leaves:
Nyssa sylvatica
Tetradium glabrifolium var. glaucum
Hebe lycopodioides
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Some holly:
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Wilsonii'
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Belgica Aurea'
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Some other berries:
Photinia beauverdiana
Sorbus randaiensis
Eleutherococcus
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..and again:
Clerodendrum trichotomum
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Some Salvias:
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Salvia confertiflora 'La Mortola'
Salvia guaranitica 'Blue Enigma'
Salvia meyeri
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Rhododendron Yellow Hammer
Rhododendron Nobleanum Venustum
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Heptacodium miconioides
Colquhounia coccinia
Mahonia russellii
Punica granatum
..that's it.
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...............that's it.
That's grand, Giles! After the dark and extremely wet week we have had here, it is a treat to find that somewhere there are flowers and colour.
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John, the Montauk daisy is wonderful, a new one to me.
Viburnum mariesii is much bigger than mine, I am hoping mine will get through winter unscathed this year.
I can always send you cuttings as it may be hard to find up your way.
johnw
John, thanks for the offer. I do have a clump of shasta daisies which were disappointing this year, not sure if it might be too cold for them here.
Is there much of a difference between them?
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I think it might depend on the climate, Helen, for the Eryngium leavenworthii. The ones I have here started in August and are still holding the same flowers with the same strong colour now. So one might say it is "even worth a try".
Simon, I think you might be right ;D
Giles, your pics have cheered me up no end, your garden must be a constant joy to you.
Here we had 6 inches of snow on Thursday night, flattened my new OGR roses and broke some stems.
I love the sasanquas.
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-not my plants, Helen.
Just a case of admiring other people's 8)
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Super pictures Giles, but seeing Colquhounia coccinia has reminded me that it has disappeared from the garden!
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I do have a clump of shasta daisies which were disappointing this year, not sure if it might be too cold for them here.
There is no place that's too cold for shasta daisies, Helen. They can even get to be quite an invasive horror in these very cold zones.
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There is no place that's too cold for shasta daisies, Helen. They can even get to be quite an invasive horror in these very cold zones.
Lori, I doubt mine are going to be invading anywhere soon, the clump is shrinking and I have never had a seedling. ???
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Bits and bobs from the past week (several different gardens).
Camellia sasanqua cultivars:
Giles, wonderful photos of such lovely flowering things in gardens near you, thanks so much, the camellias are outstanding - is this second flowering I had no idea they flowered at this time of year?
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Robin,
The C.sasanqua only flower in the Autumn. They are useful in that they do not require an acid soil (will grow on a neutral one).
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Thanks for that, Giles, I am thrilled to have seen these Camellia as I love them and have only grown the ones which require acid soil in a large tub - I shall go on the web and find out more and look out for them - do you know of a good site?
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Eclectic selection Giles and very interesting.
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Robin,
Through selection of the different species and varieties you can have Camellia flowers from mid autumn through until late spring. I still have flowers on a few Camellias here, and have had them since early April. The Sasanquas start the season, but even those vary considerably and some start and finish earlier than others. With the Camellia japonica they are even more widely flowered, with some flowering for a month or two while certain varieties can start with the earliest of the season and finish with the latest of the season 3 or 4 months later.
As an example, I have photos taken this year of one of the first flowers on my small shrub (only been in a couple of years and maybe 4 1/2 foot tall) of 'San Dimas' that were taken on the 27th July. I still have a few lingering flowers on it now, a full 3 months later. There are others that have an even longer season. When you add all the Camellias together, you could easily get close to 7 months of flowering out of them if you have the right combinations. 8)
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Thanks so much Paul for giving an overview of Camellias through the months - very good news and I shall do some searching to see what I can grow :)
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Robin, check out this nursery.
You might not be able to buy from them but you can get a very good idea of what is available.
I spent many an hour here wandering around and going broke.
I particularly love the miniatures and species.
Most of these grow very well in pots or did for me in Oz.
Bogong Snow and Baby Bear were two of my favourites.
Some of them are scented too which is a real bonus.
http://www.camellias.bravehost.com/index.htm
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Helen, thanks so much for this pointer to a site - I struggled this afternoon with clicking on every link to see a photo on the International Camellia site and it proved very laborious though good info - your site shows photos by names which makes selection of what interests one much easier. I'm pleased to see there are so many scented ones in Autumn varieties :D
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Lovely things there Giles, especially the Mahonia and Eleutherococcus. I love blue fruit. :)
If anyone is interested in a totally useless bit of information, Salvia confertiflora will root in water over the winter. Six months ago I placed 3 flower stems in each of 3 stone porter bottles, that live on my kitchen window sill along with a few other stone bottles and jars. I'd filled the bottles with water of course. After a month or so all the flowers had dropped off but I didn't get around to removing the stems. After another month, green shoots started to appear out of the bottle necks. The bottles are filled with roots now.
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Lesley,
Definitely not useless information. Always good to hear info like that. 8)
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An aconitum dares to flower here in spite of night frosts and all leaves yellow
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Many of the plants shown below were given to me by very generous forumists. With those pictures I'd like to thank all of them for their kindness and these wonderful flowers. I'll give my very best to make them feel happy. :D
C. goulimyi MELT 9652.JPG
C. mathewii.JPG
C. mathewii ex P&B collection.JPG
C. speciosus 'Albus'.JPG
C. speciosus 'Oxonian'.JPG
G. peshmenii.JPG
G. reginae-olgae 'Eleni'.JPG
G. reginae-olgae 2.JPG
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Petrocosmea Grandiflora.
Petrocosmea brgonifolia
Petrocosmea minor
Saxafraga fortunei Conway Star
Saxafraga fortunei Pink Haze.
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Many of the plants shown below were given to me by very generous forumists. With those pictures I'd like to thank all of them for their kindness and these wonderful flowers. I'll give my very best to make them feel happy. :D
C. goulimyi MELT 9652.JPG
C. mathewii.JPG
C. mathewii ex P&B collection.JPG
C. speciosus 'Albus'.JPG
C. speciosus 'Oxonian'.JPG
G. peshmenii.JPG
G. reginae-olgae 'Eleni'.JPG
G. reginae-olgae 2.JPG
Looks like you have already have made them very at home with you, Arne - lovely photos, hard to choose amongst them as to which will be the rising star ;)
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Scrumptious Pterocosmeas Michael. which reminds me, I should go and see if the Ramondas have opened yet.
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Michael, is Saxafraga fortunei Conway Star hardy? All your plants look wonderful.
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I don't know Robin, It stays outside all the time here,but we don't get much frost because I live on a peninsula and we are surrounded by water
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Robin,
Saxifraga cortusifolia and variety fortunei are typically rated at Zone 7. They are woodland plants and there are many wonderful variations and selections. You can see quite a few at:
http://www.alpine-peters.de/
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Thanks Michael and Jamie - I shall look at the link :)
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Petrocosmea Grandiflora.
Petrocosmea brgonifolia
Petrocosmea minor
Saxafraga fortunei Conway Star
Saxafraga fortunei Pink Haze.
those Petrocosmea are very sweet! i have seen the name, but know nothing about them; i was wondering if they are gesneriads, but extrapolating from lesley's response, i guess they are? are these outdoor plants for you?
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those Petrocosmea are very sweet! i have seen the name, but know nothing about them; i was wondering if they are gesneriads, but extrapolating from lesley's response, i guess they are? are these outdoor plants for you?
Cohan, They are gesneraids, and I keep them outside in a north facing frame open on all sides but covered on top. I live in a very wet but mild climate.
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those Petrocosmea are very sweet! i have seen the name, but know nothing about them; i was wondering if they are gesneriads, but extrapolating from lesley's response, i guess they are? are these outdoor plants for you?
Cohan, They are gesneraids, and I keep them outside in a north facing frame open on all sides but covered on top. I live in a very wet but mild climate.
thanks, michael;
i found this page on them:
http://www.gesneriads.ca/genpetro.htm
exquisite! these would of course be indoor plants, here..
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Michael,
The Petrocosma are spectacular. I love the nest of leaves that the flowers emerge from. :o Very, very nice. 8)