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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Hans A. on February 02, 2010, 10:49:20 AM
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Urtica bianorii (Knoche) - the only member of this genus which I am really glad it likes my garden. It is an beautiful, endemic species of Mallorca/Balearic Island - a near relative to U. atrovirens.
(Apart of the beauty of this plant also the name of the person who described it is interesting 8))
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That is a very smart looking nettle, Hans.
That Knoche fellow has often been busy in your islands describing the plants, hasn't he? 8) ;)
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Yes it seems so - but I still did not met him here... ;)
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Yes it seems so - but I still did not met him here... ;)
Really? Perhaps he is very shy? ::) :D
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That is a very smart looking nettle, Hans.
That Knoche fellow has often been busy in your islands describing the plants, hasn't he? 8) ;)
Thanks god it wasn't me whose name is associated with a stinging nettle ;) - it is Hermann
Knoche, who wrote 'Flora Balearica' for instance.
Gerd
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Now, Gerd, don't be hard on Hermann.... it is a very nice nettle and he spends time to describe Euphorbia etc also! :D
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Of course - an interesting plant and a famous botanist. Just a joke! ;)
Gerd
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;D ;D ;D ;)
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Urtica bianorii (Knoche) - the only member of this genus which I am really glad it likes my garden. It is an beautiful, endemic species of Mallorca/Balearic Island - a near relative to U. atrovirens.
(Apart of the beauty of this plant also the name of the person who described it is interesting 8))
Wow!! Thanks for showing that beauty.... As a self-confessed Nettle-nerd I've never seen that one before - well, i have a picture of this species at Kew, but it is wrong.
If you ever see seed, please think of me and I'll make it worth your while..... :)
Is it now recognised as a separate species? I've seen it as a Urtica atrovirens ssp bianorii.
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Stephen I will keep an eye on this nettle for seeds, it appeared in various locations in the garden and especially in seedpots for other species, so it should be possible to collect some. ;)
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Leucojum aestivum subsp. pulchellum in flower here.
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First day with the sun out for ages. A few plants in flower.
Adonis amurensis
Adonis amurensis from seed ex Japan
Cyclamen coum
Hepatica nobilis from seed ex Japan
Mike
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Did you buy the Adonis amurensis seed from a Japanese
company, or was it sent to an exchange?
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I do have some little plants in flower - like Trillium ovatum
maculosum which keeps to its California timetable, and
Synthyris missurica.
It is so much easier to stand up and photograph the many
shrubs that are flowering. I didn't even have to go outside
for this picture of Camellia Cornish Snow, outside the window
where I have kept my pepper plants since digging them up
in the fall. I've been harvesting them all winter. This one
is Cambuci, a type of Friar's Hat.
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Diane
The seed of the adonis was a swap with a Japanese grower who I made contact with through a site called GardenWeb. http://www.gardenweb.com/
I germinated the one plant from a batch of 50 seeds, not a high success rate. The grower used a powder to sterilize the seed before he sent it to me, not sure if this would have effected the viability of the seed.
Mike
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First day with the sun out for ages. A few plants in flower.
Adonis amurensis
Adonis amurensis from seed ex Japan
Cyclamen coum
Hepatica nobilis from seed ex Japan
Mike
Mike, what a glorious Adonis amurensis - a bowl of sunshine beautifully shot; as are all your plants.
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...This one is Cambuci, a type of Friar's Hat
Diane, is it very hot?
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The "petals" are not hot at all and the centre is a little hot. Seeds available.
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Romulea tetragona
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Very beautiful flower. 8)
Is it winter hard, Michael?
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Armin,that one is in the greenhouse but I have some planted out in a unprotected bulb frame and I will know in a few weeks how Hardy it is. They have survived for five years outside but we usually get mild Winters, this year has been the coldest for over 50 years. The foliage looks fine so I might be lucky as the frame is facing south and is close to the house and that affords it a little protection
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Lovely Romulea Michael.
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I found this little Cyclamen alpinum at the back of the greenhouse today.
Cyclamen alpinum
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Some seed from Myosotis glabrescens was accidentally dropped, not all was picked up. Over the winter months it has germinated in the tufa in the greenhouse. I think I shall have to leave it where it is.
Mike
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That's a bit of luck, Mike.... great looking little plants there.
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A few plants in flower today:
Naricissus pallidiflora ex
2 shots Primula William Earle
Tecopilaea cyanocrous Leichtlinii
johnw - +5c and overcast
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these are few pics of my baby Cyclamen hederifolium seedlings different leaf forms and a couple of a minuter florist cyclamen with nice leaves.
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Ipheion (or whatever it's called today!) 'Charlotte Bishop'
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A lot of promise in those seedlings.
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Anne these are the first cyclamen i have grown from seed and it was with the kind advice from the people on this forum that they are here,there is plenty more to come just waiting for my coum to show there first leaf and i can take them out of the dark.
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Dave - A very smart-looking dwarf persicum.
johnw
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Bought this one this winter and I haven't been able to plant it out, since it is still freezing here in Belgium. Now it's flowering inside.
Soldanella 'Spring Symphony'
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Nice Wim, I have failed miserably with every Soldanella I have tried.
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Thanks David,
they seem to like a place in the shade, a leafy soil and not drying up in summer.
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Looks lovely Wim, I've just bought this one from Edrom nursery but it's not flowering yet. I really like soldanellas and grew S. villosa for a few years until my chickens got a taste for it. I was intrigued to see that in the last four years of the AGS online show there has not been a single entry in the Soldanella class so presumably other people find them difficult??
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I read once it needs no water from 1st November to 1st March ;) as it was under snow :D
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Possibly the smallest bulb / flower we have growing in the rock garden;
Gagea minima
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Just shows that: 'small is beautiful" Hristo :)
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True RR, though small is also bad knees and back as you lie down on the cold,cold ground to take a picture!! ;) ;) :D
Also flowering today, Galanthus elwesii, or as it is known here, 'Snow Knots', or 'Snow Buns' ( Bun as in a knot of hair ) These ones came with the garden and are getting big year on year as we dump more and more sawdust and bark on the garden.
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@ Gail: They don't seem to have any problems growing here.
One of my S. montana's flowering last year is here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3329.msg85314#msg85314
@Nicole: it gets water here during the entire year (Belgium = constantly raining ;))
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Lovely picture Wim - I feel a new addiction coming on....
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Love your Soldanella Wim...
I could never get them to flower properly here... so I gave up ! :( :'(
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Wim your Soldanella 'Spring Symphony' is a beautiful colour - I am going to try growing them here one day 8)
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@ Gail, at least it will not be a very expensive addiction, there seem to be no more then 25 species, some crosses and some 'alba' forms. So you can try to collect them all!! ;)
@ Luc, they really aren't that hard to grow over here if you give them shade and a good leafy soil
@ Robin, you really shouldn't have any problem growing them where you live, I think they would really like it in Valais ;)
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The sun decided to shine this morning which helped the Adonis amurensis open a few more flowers. The foliage just starting to unfurl in the second picture.
Mike
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Very nice indeed Mike, how old is this plant?
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Hristo, this plant was purchased from Rob Potterton in late 2005. January 2006 was the first time of flowering for me.
The photo is from 2006.
Mike
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It's certainly done some growing for you Mike! Adonis amurensis is in the open garden here, was going to flower for the first time in Bulgaria but something took a fancy to half the flower bud! :'(
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Another bunch of a few random things currently blooming.
Scadoxus puniceus (Hans how's the one i sent you 2y ago?)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Amaryllidaceae/IMG_1560.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Amaryllidaceae/IMG_1561.jpg)
Hesperantha vaginata:
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Iridaceae/IMG_1283-1.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Iridaceae/IMG_1268.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Iridaceae/IMG_1271.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Iridaceae/IMG_1277-1.jpg)
A Restrepia, aka "cockroach orchid" according to my mother.
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1620.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1627.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1618.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1686.jpg)
Dendrochilum glumaceum (with a heavenly scent!!)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1696.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1698.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1699.jpg)
Masdevallia penecaniceps (a definite pelican!)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1524.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1514.jpg)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/Michael_Benedito/Orchidaceae/IMG_1509.jpg)
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Michael ,
I have sent you a PM
Hans
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Nice pictures Mike.
I like the Hesperantha vaginata, looks a bit like a tulip.
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Iris Katharine Hodgkin starting to flower in the cold greenhouse.
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And looking lovely Mike! Which tropaeolum is scrambling over her?
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Gail
There are two tropaeolum growing in the bench, azureum & tricolorum. The T. tricolorum usually covers the outside of the south side of the greenhouse as in the second photo from last year.
Mike
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Wow Mike that's astonishing! I thought I was doing well with a small potful of tricolorum! It survives the winter outside here but won't flower, I keep a potful in the lean-to to ensure flowers.
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Michael I am so jealous loved Dendrochilum glumaceum, just wish I could spell the perfume. Amazing Scadoxus.
Angie :)
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Mike,those tropaeolums are stunners!
More of the samll and yellow here;
Gagea lutea and Ranunculus ficaria
and hiding under a penstemon;
Iris x 'Dance On'
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They're nice Chris - is the iris one of Alan McMurtrie's hybrids?
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Hi Gail,
Yes indeed it is, I have a soft spot for them and they are performing well in the open garden.
Do you grow any of Alan's hybrids?
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I think I have 'Approaching Storm' and 'Velvet Smile' (but labels have gone walk-about). I'm thinking of placing an order to Latvia so that may increase!
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Gail, get in there now, this is the lst year that some of the cultivars will be available from Janis.
Leonid Bonderenko has some interesting retics too.
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Cyclamen coum bed is coming to life.
Cyclamen coum bed 1
Cyclamen bed bed 2, I see a few imposter's have crept into this bed.
Leucojum vernum var carpaticum Podpolozje. I have some difficulty keeping this one going.
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Michael,
nice Leucojum vernum var. carpaticum with two flowers per stem and yellow tips 8)
How long do you grow it already?
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Armin, I have it three years but it did not flower last year and is making no effort to increase. I also have vernum var vernum which did not appear last year at all,but I see a nose appearing today.
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Michael,
I lost L. vernum 3x times until I replaced my loamy soil by a sand/compost mix and deep planting (15-20cm). L. vernum does not like to dry out in summer and prefers cool conditions. I keep it moist and in shadow place. Placed in sun it is susceptile for Narcissus fly! Now it works!
If you give magnesia fertilizer yellow tips turn to green!
Same situation in my garden 1st. noses appeared.
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Leucojum vernum var carpaticum Podpolozje. I have some difficulty keeping this one going.
Michael - I too have had problems with this one. I don't understand why that should be as the others all grow vigorously.
I got it from Janis several years ago in a group order with friends and dearly want it to thrive.
johnw
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I brought my Adonis inside so that they could dry off and open out. They are such beautiful sunny flowers they really make me smile. The yellow is the widely grown 'Fukujukai', the coppery coloured one is 'Chichibushinko' (from Paul Christian 3-4 years ago). 'Fukujukai' is meant to be sterile. does anyone know about the other? I've been waving a paintbrush around so I hope it is fertile!
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Two great looking plants Gail !
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I've never tried Adonis, maybe I should? Lovely plants Gail.
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I've lost a few in the open garden - don't know why. But these seem happy in pots and are certainly worth a bit of effort.
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Some slugs love especially Adonis vernalis - they first ate those in my old garden and only afterwards Cypripedii.
Only could keep them alive for some years by using snail bait - now the garden is free of both genera.
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Some slugs love especially Adonis vernalis - they first ate those in my old garden and only afterwards Cypripedii.
Only could keep them alive for some years by using snail bait - now the garden is free of both genera.
I wonder if it was slugs which had my Adonis vernalis. I've currently got four ducks and they are doing a brilliant job of hoovering up all slugs/snails so I may have another go with the Adonis in the garden.
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I have had several Adonis outside for several years in moist shady spots. They will even self sow. The hardest job is to get them established for the first year, then they develop a better basal system, they can be a bit untidy and break at the base. Slugs have never bothered them so I wonder if that is the problem or just being broken off, a little stick or other support is needed.
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IThe yellow is the widely grown 'Fukujukai', the coppery coloured one is 'Chichibushinko'
Stunners Gail, Bravo!
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I have had several Adonis outside for several years in moist shady spots. They will even self sow. The hardest job is to get them established for the first year, then they develop a better basal system, they can be a bit untidy and break at the base. Slugs have never bothered them so I wonder if that is the problem or just being broken off, a little stick or other support is needed.
Well that's good to hear I was wandering if we could grow them in Aberdeen. I do like the yellow one Fukujukai. Would I be better starting them in a pot first or do you think straight into the garden.
Angie :)
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the snow has melted round this patch of Cyclamen coum, but Crocus imperati, eranthis hyemalis and Galanthus elwesii are just poking through.
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Flowering now in the Sakar hills of southeast Bulgaria- Anemone apennina in a range of white and pastels shades.
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Spring madness I'm afraid.....
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Peonies sprouting...
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Lots of Daphnes...
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..did I say LOTS of Daphnes...
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and some more..
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last Daphne (Darjeeling)
and some new hardlandscaping round the greenhouses.
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Goodness me, Giles.... is that a blink of sun you've had down there?
All looking good..... I do hope I live long enough to benefit from a fragrance button on the pc...... :-X
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..just putting on the 'Factor 50'...... 8)
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Giles,
nice to see your spring is starting too. :)
Flowering today in my garden:
Adonis amurensis 'Titibushinkou'
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Roma I love your photos of the first plants of the year poking out of the snow in defiance 8)
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Giles, I love your Daphnes in the greenhouse it must smell amazing in there and what a stunning view across the countryside :D
The Daphne with green flowers is interesting - is it all looks or scent as well?
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I don't think any of the green ones smell, Robin.
I've got laureola, pontica, albowiana,arisanensis and none of them smell.
Some clones of laureola are said to be fragrant, but I think they need to be fed with rocking horse manure......
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Spring has sprung then Giles. Lovely show.
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Daphnes are so lovely, I can imagine the scent in the greenhouse, Hope you don't mind if I come down with my chair and sit in your greenhouse for a couple of days or so ::)
Angie :)
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Daphnes are so lovely, I can imagine the scent in the greenhouse, Hope you don't mind if I come down with my chair and sit in your greenhouse for a couple of days or so ::)
Angie :)
:D That's a good idea Angie - I'll bring a flask of tea!
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Here in Belgium very bad weather! Strong wind and a lot of rain.
For the lovers of the unusual beauties, herewith some 'galactic' plants. Flowering today.
Hendrik
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:o :o :o
Very beautiful plants Hendrik
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holy cow! i had no idea!
at first i thought you were showing us asclepiads...
some of these have leaves and some don't right now?
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holy cow! i had no idea!
at first i thought you were showing us asclepiads...
some of these have leaves and some don't right now?
In some of the photos you can clearly see the stubs of leaf petioles that have been cut off, probably to show off the wonderfully bizarre flowers in unfettered manner. Since Asarum are mostly evergreen plants, the older foliage might be a bit tatty by flowering time. All however show fantastic flower forms!
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looking at those asarums a little, first site i came on was this:
http://www.asiaticanursery.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.viewCategory/catID/3/index.htm
thanks, hendrik--i could see the leaf stubs, but thought the leaves were still there..
i did also see a couple of deciduous forms on the site above, which also have nice colour on the new leaves..
these are your plants, or not?
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It's still February here not far from Vancouver BC and and it has been warm for two months resulting in very early flowering. Below is a tiny Primula allionii in tufa, some self seeded Androsace carnea subsp brigantiaca and Saxifraga oppositifolia 'Michaud'. We also have lots of species rhododendrons in flower. Rhododendron fulvum is one of my favourites.
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Very nice, David. Once the Olympic furor is safely over, we will likely make a spring trip out that way.
So that's Androsace carnea ssp. brigantiaca - beautiful. (I was given a seedling, grown from seedex seed, that turned out to be a rather weedy white brassicaceae. I must get the real thing, one day.)
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It's still February here not far from Vancouver BC and and it has been warm for two months resulting in very early flowering. Below is a tiny Primula allionii in tufa, some self seeded Androsace carnea subsp brigantiaca and Saxifraga oppositifolia 'Michaud'. We also have lots of species rhododendrons in flower. Rhododendron fulvum is one of my favourites.
hard to believe we live in the same country...lol..nice beginning to the year
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Lori:
The flowers currently on our Androsace carnea subsp brigantiaca are much tighter to the leaves than normal. It usually flowers in mid-April with the flowers on stems a couple of cm long. I grew several plants from the AGCBC seed exchange and they lasted a couple of years but all died last summer. The plants in the photo came up from naturally dispersed seed and are only about a year old. So the flowers tight to the foliage may be a combination of the early Spring here and the fact that the plants are immature.
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It's still February here not far from Vancouver BC and and it has been warm for two months resulting in very early flowering. Below is a tiny Primula allionii in tufa, some self seeded Androsace carnea subsp brigantiaca and Saxifraga oppositifolia 'Michaud'. We also have lots of species rhododendrons in flower. Rhododendron fulvum is one of my favourites.
First flowers are always special and these look lovely and very happy on your Alpine Rock Garden David - the Rhododendron fulvum is fantastic - how big will the plant grow?
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holy cow! i had no idea!
at first i thought you were showing us asclepiads...
some of these have leaves and some don't right now?
In some of the photos you can clearly see the stubs of leaf petioles that have been cut off, probably to show off the wonderfully bizarre flowers in unfettered manner. Since Asarum are mostly evergreen plants, the older foliage might be a bit tatty by flowering time. All however show fantastic flower forms!
Yes, indeed, I have cut off the older leaves to show you better the bizarre flowers.
The older foliage is now a bit tatty; new leaves will come very soon.
Hendrik
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Hi Hendrik,
Somebody told me that Asarum were pollinated by slugs entering in flowers ??? Do you know if it's true ? :)
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Hi Hendrik,
Somebody told me that Asarum were pollinated by slugs entering in flowers ??? Do you know if it's true ? :)
I have never heard that slugs are the pollinators; slugs are a real nuisance when you grow asarums;
that's the reason I grow them in pots, above ground level; if not all leaves and flowers will be eaten ....
I think that rather beetles and other crawling (soil) insects are responsible for the pollination.
Don't forget that this plants grows in woods and that their flowers are often burried by leaflitter.
Hendrik
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- the Rhododendron fulvum is fantastic - how big will the plant grow?
Our R. fulvum is about 3 m high. According to Cox (Encyclopaedia of Rhododendron Species) it can grow to 9 m. The foliage is dark green with dark brown indumentum underneath and the flowers are exquisite. Here is a close-up.
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Glorious in close up too, David, thanks for your description.
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Thank you Hendrik ;) I thought there was something the matter ::)
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Please note folks.... some posts moved to the new March thread
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5093.0 :D
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I don't think any of the green ones smell, Robin.
I've got laureola, pontica, albowiana,arisanensis and none of them smell.
Some clones of laureola are said to be fragrant, but I think they need to be fed with rocking horse manure......
My plant of D. laureola 'Margaret Mathew' is fragrant - it doesn't hit you in the same way as D. odora etc but is definitely pleasantly scented. We have wild D. laureola in the hedge just up the lane from us. I haven't walked that way since we lost the dog but used to enjoy the walk at this time of year because of the fragrance - sometimes elusive but on a warm day it was wonderful. As an aside it was noticeable that those plants growing actually in the hedge which was regularly flayed each year generally looked sick whilst those growing in the ditch alongside which would have escaped the flayer were much healthier.