Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Hoy on January 02, 2011, 02:44:47 PM
-
Although the winter still lingers and the colours belong to the southerners something are always worth viewing.
I'll begin with what I found today on a little stroll in my woodland.
The mahonia usually is flowering at this time but seemingly I have to wait a few weeks!
The birds take the red berries of the Hollies but the yellow ones are untouched.
We have to wait a couple of months to see this pieris flowering.
Some of the rhodos start early but this one is due in March.
Viburnum farrerii had started flowering before the frost hit and now waits for the next mild spell.
I am glad these two gesneriads made it through the last bad winter. Now I am hoping the best for this winter too!
-
Although the winter still lingers and the colours belong to the southerners something are always worth viewing.
I'll begin with what I found today on a little stroll in my woodland.
The mahonia usually is flowering at this time but seemingly I have to wait a few weeks!
The birds take the red berries of the Hollies but the yellow ones are untouched.
We have to wait a couple of months to see this pieris flowering.
Some of the rhodos start early but this one is due in March.
Viburnum farrerii had started flowering before the frost hit and now waits for the next mild spell.
I am glad these two gesneriads made it through the last bad winter. Now I am hoping the best for this winter too!
wow! lots of green--that is very very mild compared to me...lol
-
Today a lot of sunshine (at the moment) ...And Narcissus has a lot of benefit from this treatment.
This is Narcissus romieuxii "Julia Jane ".
-
Our Belgian specialists told me that is not the real "Julia Jane" ....
So I have to relabel it as Narcissus romieuxii :(
-
Yes, Kris, your friends are correct.... 'Julia Jane' has flowers which are much more petunioide.... really flat flaced and rolling back at the edges.
-
Yes, Kris, your friends are correct.... 'Julia Jane' has flowers which are much more petunioide.... really flat flaced and rolling back at the edges.
That's where friends are for Maggi :D Thank you for the confirmation.
It is regretable that they are sold as "Julia Jane" by reputated growers.......But we have to live with this I suppose?
-
green grass and flowers in january! i didn't know belgium was sub-tropical! oh well, we will have them too in another 4 or 5 months ;D
-
Flowers are also present here in France,outdoors, in early january: a few Helleborus orientalis have opened one or two flowers (way too early!) due to the warm spell these last days, and even Crocus laevigatus opened for a few hours! Galanthus elwesii ssp. caucasicus in in bloom too, and I may report some flowers on an Iberis sempervirens...
-
Kris,
Your plants are beautiful, but Maggi's description is spot on. Yours are nowhere near as flat as the actual JJ. Yours are still very nice though, great shape and substance. Great pics too. 8)
-
here the first Hellebores start flowering, one of my favourites: H.thibetanus
-
A so nice Helleborus Chris :D
-
Very nice indeed Chris
-
You have a lot of early flowers, Zeph.... the little fat bells of the Galanthus caucasicus are rather appealing.
-
I am a little jealous on you, zephirine and chris! Hera a layer of ice covers my plants that normally flower at this time of the year! But mild weather and rain give me hope that the ice soon disappear although the soil is still hardfrozen from the cold in November and December. Your thibetanus is fantastic, chris!
-
green grass and flowers in january! i didn't know belgium was sub-tropical! oh well, we will have them too in another 4 or 5 months ;D
The snow is only a few days gone here Cohan.... And we had a lot (and for Belgium) also during a longer period.
But now we have a warmer period again with 10 degrees...
Kris,
Your plants are beautiful, but Maggi's description is spot on. Yours are nowhere near as flat as the actual JJ. Yours are still very nice though, great shape and substance. Great pics too. 8)
Thank you Paul for your nice comment.
-
I don't have a greenhouse, but do have a single basement window (out of two such windows) where I have the nuptial-privilege of overwintering plants... mostly devoted to a small collection of Nothoscordum species from Thad Howard. One blooming now is Nothoscordum felipponei, a dwarf plant with very narrow channeled leaves and surprisingly large mildly fragrant yellow starry blooms. It is rather close to N. dialystemon, which I also grow, and still waiting for buds to appear. In growth, I find these plants love plenty of moisture (not a good point with me, as I'm terrible with "houseplants", habitually forgetting to water them... I'm much better with outdoor plants). But given lots of watering when in growth, they flower over a very long period and are delight.
I have shared the delightful smaller-flowered N. montevidense with our local New England Chapter NARGS chapter, where it has become a mainstay of rock garden meetings, plant shows, and plant sales. The small group of yellow-flowered Nothoscordums are all desirable little collector's bulbs, easy of culture, and most rewarding with some that will flower prolifically both in spring and fall/winter... not to be put off by a couple of white-flowered weedy species that give Nothoscordum an undeserved bad name.
The plants shown originate from a few bulbs sent to me by That Howard in 1993, testament to their ease and longevity.
-
You have a lot of early flowers, Zeph.... the little fat bells of the Galanthus caucasicus are rather appealing.
A lot may be a little emphatic, Maggi...lol! ;D
But any single flower at this time of the year is a blessing, don't you think?
I intend to plant more of G. elwesii, as they seem to bear my heavy , winter-wet, ill-drained soil much better than other Galanthus, including the standard nivalis.
-
Mark, nice plants this Notoscordum! Why not in your sittingroom or kitchen?
I suppose they are not hardy?
-
Mark, nice plants this Notoscordum! Why not in your sittingroom or kitchen?
I suppose they are not hardy?
Trond, the rest of the house has casement style windows with very narrow sills, just wide enough for the insulated shades to come down at night... no room for plants. Only my two basement windows have a wide ledge/sill.
-
Mark, I thought I thought you would enjoy the plant on your table in the kitchen when you had breakfast anyway!
I checked the earliest Hellebore today and it is more than a month later than previous years. Here it is struggling with the latest snowfall.
-
In flower today a member of genus some people dislike and some people are fascinated with. I belong to the last catagory and I could best describe the flower of this Japanese species as the plant version of a cannon. It has one of the bigger flowers of the genus, it is in a 9 x 9 cm pot for comparison
Asarum megacalyx patterned leaf 1.jpg
Asarum megacalyx patterned leaf 2.jpg
-
i am fascinated by Asarum! I have tried several but slugs make that acquaintance shortlived :'( The last winter killed the few I had left :'( :'(
-
Two Ranunculaceae in the picture...
Adonis dahurica starts to flower in the rockgarden.
In the glasshouse ,Ranunculus calandrinioides allready flowers.
-
Pascal,what a beauty! I also love these fascinating plants, it is a pity, that they are not
so easily available. Can you show us more pictures of other species please?
-
Rudi, I have a couple coming into flower soon but most species are highly variable, both in flower and in leaf. In the meantime, check out some other examples of megacalyx on the site of the Flemish Rockgarden Society: http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=43.0
-
Muscari subsp Botryanthus
-
Kris, those Ranunculuses are fantastic.. and what wonderful pics.
-
Pascal,
That Asarum is amazing. Not one I think I've seen before. I've got as many of the genus as I can find, which isn't very many here in Aus. ;D Thanks for showing us.
Kris,
Nice Ranunculaceae. 8)
Michael,
Is that as purple as it looks in the pic. Very cool colour for a Muscari.
-
Paul,it is a purple -black colour, more on the black side but I can't capture it on the camera. The usual problem with blue coloured flowers.
-
Michael,
Even "wow"-er then. ;D I'm developing a growing interest now in Muscari (no pun intended). I used to regard them as weeds due to the common one, but my wife likes them so I started getting her a few of them..... and the inevitable result as happened. ::) I just don't learn, do I? :o ;D
-
Pascal, your Asarum is stunning! And thank you for the link to Flemish Rock Garden forum: I simply have no words for pic shown in "antwoord #11"! :o
-
Well, if you like bizarre you probably like Asarum. Too bad most flowers are hidden but some, like the grower on the Belgian forum cut of the old leaves to reveal the flowers. But the variation in leaves is just as exciting and for some species easily rivals Cyclamen. Look for instance at the attached picture of the leaf of a species I photographed in Taiwan, how similar is that to the pattern of Cyclamen repandum "Pelops" (or whatever it is called nowadays by some)?
The only pattern that exists in Asarum and not in Cyclamen is what the Japanese call the "tortoise shell" pattern like on the second picture
Asarum Taiwan splattered leaf 01
Asarum albomaculatum aff. Taipingshan 06
-
I love all Asarum for their leaves but they are difficult to find ::) I have only A. europeanum and splendens :-\
-
Crûg Farm have a nice selection available (although not all of them are hardy) and do mail order abroad. I guess in the UK species like maximum, canadense and hartwegii schould also be quite easy to get. Canadense like Asarum europaeum I find can be a bit too much of a good thing once they get going & happy but the leaves do make a nice groundcover and as they are shallow rooted don't compete with anything planted in between them.
-
Pascal,
I love the leaves on both of those. The first one really does look like pelops, doesn't it. :o
-
Kris, those Ranunculuses are fantastic.. and what wonderful pics.
Thanks Magnar and Paul !
-
Flowering today was Hibiscus "Gabriel". Of course it's indoors at my office. :D
-
Very special flower indeed, Thomas. And leaves look quite dark too?
-
Thank you for the lovely photos - they bring spring.
Somewhere already flowers, and at us a frost and the sun...
-
A lovely photograph, Natalia.
It is easy to see just how cold the temperature is when the path is trodden so well but is still pure white.... no melting and slush to make a dirty pathway as we always get here.
-
Maggi , thank you!
Snow - pure and beautiful... But when it will thaw - we will float. :)
-
Natalia,
your picture is nice! We had that weather a couple of weeks ago. Now all the snow has disappeared and the landscape is dull and grey and the weather is foggy :-[
-
Daphne jezoensis
-
A pretty one, Michael!
I have been looking for yellow Daphes to grow here. Do you know, is jezoensis easy from seed?
-
Do you know, is jezoensis easy from seed
Yes, you should get 100% germination from fresh seed (If you can get fresh seed) and they are easy to grow on.
I Will be starting to graft in a about ten days and I can stick on a few for you if you want. They do nor set seed every
year because the weather is usually very frosty and cold when they flower.
-
Do you know, is jezoensis easy from seed
Yes, you should get 100% germination from fresh seed (If you can get fresh seed) and they are easy to grow on.
I Will be starting to graft in a about ten days and I can stick on a few for you if you want. They do nor set seed every
year because the weather is usually very frosty and cold when they flower.
Yes please! I will be very thankful :D
-
Can You PM me your address to put on my file so I won't forget. The old brain is slowing down ;D
-
Natalia: beautiful picture with such a magic light one could almost expect some winter elfs running and laughing around there!
Michael: your Daphne must be a joy to see these cold days, with such a vibrant colour!
-
Great yellow Daphne, Michael. Stronger colour than I realised that the yellow Daphne came in. Excellent! 8)
-
Daphne jezoensis
A beauty Michael.
-
Daphne jezoensis
Michael, is this outdoors?
I have one outdoors, grown from seed, but see no sign of flowers at present. Paddy
-
Yes Paddy, they are outsdoors in pots but I bring them in a flowering time to try and get seed, and to stop the slugs from eating the flowers. They come from all over the parish to eat the flowers. :)
-
Michael,
Ah, I didn't realise that it was a more widespread occurrence..... I'm sure my snails migrate from anywhere in the city to my garden, but I always thought it was a local phenomenon. Nice to know it isn't just my garden that attracts them. ;D ;D
-
I protest >:( My snails and slugs are the worse >:( >:(
Furthermore they know exactly which plants are the dearest or rarest or most expensive >:( >:( >:(
-
Michael, You Daphne are magnificent!
I sowed Daphne jezoensis - have ascended not so much, dry seeds have received in the end of winter. Some shoots were eaten by slugs, but one plant has survived.
It is interesting that this young plant has transferred frosts to -35 оС almost without snow. The top has suffered, but for a season was restored. I hope this year at me there will be a young bush.
-
In flower right now, Asarum taipingshanianum, a small species with shiny, often spotted leaves. This species is more of the rhizomatous type and runs around in a pot and sometimes even produces shoots from the drainage holes. Because the leaves are not the best at this time of the year I have attached a picture of the leaves in the wild.
Asarum taipingshanianum flower 2.jpg
-
Very, very cool, Pascal. I'm finding Asarum splendens is doing for me what you've just mentioned, and trying to appear out drainage holes. I don't grow many Asarum at all, so having one as impressive as splendens multiply like that is most definitely a good thing. ;D
-
VERY nice. I'm a big asarum fan and have grown 15 or so species at one time or another. I'm down to just A. maximum now, which, like your plant, is now in flower.
-
Signs of Spring?
Cyclamen coum
Eranthis hiemalis
Galanthus plicatus
Trillium ovatum (I think)
-
Just been out to check the greenhouse wasn't getting too warm (what a joke) and went back for the camera to record what's out at the moment.
Only flower fully out in the garden is Cyclamen coum. In the greenhouse I found Cyclamen coum BSBE1 and the tiny flowered (less than 1 cm across) Cyclamen coum Meadens Crimson it is the most wonderfully intense shade of .... I don't know you tell me.
Also spotted a couple of days ago a small shrub Westringia fruticosa 'Smokie' which we dont grow for its flowers which are minute it took 11 pictures to even get one this good ::)
-
That Westringia is an nice little shrub, Shelagh, about which I know very little......... I see you and Mr S. have what looks like a very interesting article in the SRGC Journal, just arrived here, which I hope soon to get a chance to read...... 8)
-
Indeed a very good article, Shelagh. Fine plants for the wish list ;D ;D
-
Just have this little beauty in flower. Eranthis pinnatifida
-
And an other marvel Ian ;D
-
Nicole in reality you might miss its beauty it is so small. I walked past it several times before it got my full attention
-
A beauty Ian.
-
Eranthis pinnatifida is very tiny and so easy enough to miss in real life.... but look at the details we see those flowers via the digital photo..... absolutely stunning... one of my all time favourites. Ours are just showing above ground.
-
And mine but I have been unable to keep it or germinate it from the seed that I managed to collect from the original plant that I first bought.I've bought it twice since but lost it.Where am I going wrong ?
-
Just have this little beauty in flower. Eranthis pinnatifida
Fabulous! I've only noticed yellow Eranthis before now...
-
I shall be eagerly awaiting my hopefully second year growth of pinnatifida courtesy of seed from a generous SRGC benefactor on this forum. I'm nervous about whether they'll appear for the second year, but fingers are firmly crossed for about August when I expect them to hopefully appear. ;D
-
A real gem Ian!! :)
-
Cyclamen coum Meadens Crimson it is the most wonderfully intense shade of .... I don't know you tell me.
Meaden's Crimson is a stunning colour. Almost looks like a miniature pseudibericum. I should have one out in the garden somewhere (turfed all my cyclamen out to live a free range existence years ago, and they did fine in the run of mild winters - be interesting to see what's surived the recent hard freezes).
-
Ian, thanks for the beauty!
Our country is growing Eranthis sibirica, is that the tone - a close relative Eranthis pinnatifida.
But before flowering Eranthis even two months... :(
While at us - snowdrifts and a frost.
-
Indoors, Polygala dalmaisiana has been flowering right through the winter.
-
Ian, thanks for the beauty!
Our country is growing Eranthis sibirica, is that the tone - a close relative Eranthis pinnatifida.
Hello Natalia I don't know Eranthis siberica do you have a picture?
-
Indoors, Polygala dalmaisiana has been flowering right through the winter.
Very pretty Ashley.
-
Ian, sorry but I have no good photos Eranthis sibirica, only now these.
But there is a great site - Nature of Baikal - http://nature.baikal.ru/
It is possible to see many interesting things, including Eranthis sibirica:
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2833&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2832&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=19850&ref=phs/spec_white
-
Looks like spring has started here!
It is fascinating which plants are flowering at the same time in the garden now:
Muscari inconstrictum (Cyprus form), Hyacinthella lazulina, Iris persica, Iris reticulata 'Halkis', Iris pamphylica, Iris atropurpurea (first Onco), Leucojum aestivum pulchellum, Galanthus elwesii monostictus (think it is a nice form), Narcissus hedraeanthus ... and some more.
-
All great beauties Hans 8)
Magnificent irises, especially that red persica :o
-
Ian, sorry but I have no good photos Eranthis sibirica, only now these.
But there is a great site - Nature of Baikal - http://nature.baikal.ru/
It is possible to see many interesting things, including Eranthis sibirica:
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2833&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2832&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=19850&ref=phs/spec_white
Natalia
Very interesting this is a new species to me looks like a white E hyemalis - very nice
-
Ian, sorry but I have no good photos Eranthis sibirica, only now these.
But there is a great site - Nature of Baikal - http://nature.baikal.ru/
It is possible to see many interesting things, including Eranthis sibirica:
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2833&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2832&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=19850&ref=phs/spec_white
Very interesting, Natalia :)
I have read of this region before but never thought of going there. But the links you provided made me think of that 8) ;D
-
Ian, this is very interesting and robust appearance. This rare plant, but very beautiful.. Not clearly, as it transfers warm winters, in places of its growth snow lies from the end of September on the end of May.
Hoy, if you go - it is necessary beforehand to be vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis - the danger is very great.(Tick-borne encephalitis - the deadly viral disease of the brain). I do not know whether I translated the title of this disease ... ???
-
Ian, this is very interesting and robust appearance. This rare plant, but very beautiful.. Not clearly, as it transfers warm winters, in places of its growth snow lies from the end of September on the end of May.
Hoy, if you go - it is necessary beforehand to be vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis - the danger is very great.(Tick-borne encephalitis - the deadly viral disease of the brain). I do not know whether I translated the title of this disease ... ???
Natalia, You translated perfect! I know what you mean and I am aware of the disease. :(
Can't be this summer as I am fully booked!
-
Looks like spring has started here!
It is fascinating which plants are flowering at the same time in the garden now:
Muscari inconstrictum (Cyprus form), Hyacinthella lazulina, Iris persica, Iris reticulata 'Halkis', Iris pamphylica, Iris atropurpurea (first Onco), Leucojum aestivum pulchellum, Galanthus elwesii monostictus (think it is a nice form), Narcissus hedraeanthus ... and some more.
Hans you're making us drool once again ! Magnificent series ! But....
It was -6°C here last night - all Galanthus and Helleborus flat on the ground and then you show this... >:( ;D ;)
-
Hans,
That Iris atropurpurea is wonderful. :o
-
Ian, sorry but I have no good photos Eranthis sibirica, only now these.
But there is a great site - Nature of Baikal - http://nature.baikal.ru/
It is possible to see many interesting things, including Eranthis sibirica:
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2833&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=2832&ref=phs/spec_white
http://nature.baikal.ru/phs/ph.shtml?id=19850&ref=phs/spec_white
Very nice! another to watch for seed of! Spring is at least as far for me-- -30 or colder tonight...
-
Hans,
those iris and other bulbs are superb but that Iris persica is beyond superb! What a colour! And the Iris atropurpurea!!!
Thanks for the pics!
Natalia,
you are teaching me new things - I also didn't know there was another white eranthis! (the ticks I'd heard about before ;D )
cheers
fermi
-
I hadn't heard of that species of Eranthis either. I thought pinnatifida was the only white one. Definitely one to keep an eye out for if seed is ever available.
Hans,
Those iris are superb. I too was taken by that persica. Glorious!!
-
I hadn't heard of that species of Eranthis either. I thought pinnatifida was the only white one. Definitely one to keep an eye out for if seed is ever available.
It seems there are even more white Eranthis beside E. sibirica and E. pinnatifida as E. albiflora and E. stellata are also white flowered species. I don't know of any differences though.
-
Hans, Iris pamphylica and Iris atropurpurea - just a delight!!
In Russia grow 2 types of white Eranthis: E. sibirica in Siberia and E. stellata in the Far East.
About the differences - they are little, but different. For example, E. pinnatifida has blue stamens ...
-
I certainly had no idea that there were 4 white species. :o I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for them in seed exchanges etc, although I rarely get much from there these days. I find if I don't look at all the wonderful things there I won't be tempted...... because I can never help myself. ;D White Eranthis thought would be worth the temptation. ;)
-
Thanks a lot, glad you liked the pictures.
Hans you're making us drool once again ! Magnificent series ! But....
It was -6°C here last night - all Galanthus and Helleborus flat on the ground and then you show this... >:( ;D ;)
Will be hard to believe but last week I also had to scrape ice from the windshield - seversl times ::)
-
Will be hard to believe but last week I also had to scrape ice from the windshield - seversl times ::)
welcome to our world, Hans ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
-
Hans is the Boss.... :o
-
Is Anthirrinum valentinum a Valencian endemic, Rafa?
-
you are right Maggy. ;)
-
Thanks, Rafa. So, quite a small area of distribution then? ( My Spanish geography is not so good :'( )
-
That's really pretty. Is it a shrub? Sort of looks like it could be shrubby rather than growing like the traditional varieties?
-
Yes it is Maggy, most of rocky perenial species are endemic from a small area. Indeed, there are species like A. subbaeticum that occurs in only two crevices. This A. valentinum grows in many places between Alzira and Gandia, but only in Valencia.
The flowers are almost one centimeter and the plant could make a big clump, hanging in a limestone crevice.
-
Thanks, Rafa, for this information about plants I know very little about. Good to learn!
-
Something flowering in my garden that isn't a snowdrop ;D
-
I don't generally like the doubles John, but that is absolutely super 8)
-
Yes, the double hellebore is beautiful, John, but I wonder if it looks like a red wine stain on a white carpet?
Paddy(Joking!)