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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: ichristie on January 02, 2012, 11:54:17 AM
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The snow has almost cleared and I have several groups of Iris Katherine Hodgekins showing flower, this is very early for us, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Very early for me
Sternbergia candida
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The snow has almost cleared and I have several groups of Iris Katherine Hodgekins showing flower, this is very early for us, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
Just the barest hint of a nose showing on mine.
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Just the barest hint of a nose showing on mine.
That sounds reasonable David , here it's the same .
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Very early for me
Sternbergia candida
Very nice Tony , I wander what's he gonna do overhere ... I stil hope that he wil flower for the first time since I bought it three years ago ...
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The snow has almost cleared and I have several groups of Iris Katherine Hodgekins showing flower, this is very early for us, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
In flower here too - just.
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Here also some early flowers of Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin'.
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While we are marvelling at the earlly appearance of so many flowers, I've just had this message about the availability of Summer flowering bulbs from Kevock Gardens....
We have been battered by gales over the last few weeks with enormous damage both in the garden and the nursery. However, among the debris of branches and leaves there are already Cyclamen coum in full glory and little Scilla and Eranthis showing colour. Bulbs have an amazing ability to defy the elements and bring delight and hope.
Last year we offered for the first time a small list of summer-flowering bulbs and other dormant plants, which can be ordered in the winter and planted in early spring. The response was so good that this year we have an extended list with many very unusual bulbs. It is on line at www.kevockgarden.co.uk – see the ‘News’ on the home page or go to ‘Bulbs’ in the main menu. Please order by February 13th; we hope to deliver during March.
We hope 2012 goes on in calmer way for us all and that it is a good year for you.
Best wishes
Stella and David and the team at Kevock.
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I have several lots of K.Hodgkin - some in the garden and some in pots in the greenhouse. Surprisingly, they have flowered earlier in the garden than in pots. Outside the first flowers opened on the 6th January and in the greenhouse more are appearing each day.
I planted 8 Lady Beatrice Stanley in August and they are now opening in pots. When Dobbies marked them down to more than half price, I took a brain storm and planted 30 bulbs in a large ornamental bowl. This was in early December and they are well up with flowering probably in the next 7 days. Most likely they will be finished before the Dunblane Bulb Show !!
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African but not South AFrican
Asphodelus acaulis
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Back to winter this weekend, the sky has been blue and some bright sunshine frozen solid all weekend I post a few pictures taken today
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Some Iris ret. 'Purple Gem'.
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Some Iris ret. 'Purple Gem'.
Well! This is nice.... but really does not look like a January garden 8) :) 2012 will be quite a year to remember, I think.
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And also Iris 'George' .
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Some Iris ret. 'Purple Gem'.
Well! This is nice.... but really does not look like a January garden 8) :) 2012 will be quite a year to remember, I think.
You're right, Maggi, normally they bloom here in the end of February. It's allready springtime here in Vlaanderen. :D
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You're right, Maggi, normally they bloom here in the end of February. It's allready springtime here in Vlaanderen.
I'm thinking that with your Crocus pictures, too, Frankie 8)
It makes my heart sing when crocus season is here! :)
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My large bowl of K.Hodgkin has flowered at last. Much as I like them in the garden, they are too low growing to see without the effort of getting down to ground level. The problem then is how to get up again !!
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Nice pot full Tom. I do struggle with reticulate Irises. If I grow them outside they seem to flower once and die and if I grow them under glass they flower once and then break down into rice grains.
My one and only Eranthis hyemalis in the garden is in flower but doesn't seem to bulk up for me and I've had it for three years now. I bought ten tubers of E. cilicicum last autumn and potted them up, after soaking them, and kept them outside but so far nothing showing in any of the pots. Are they usually later than hyemails?
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Eranthis cilicicum are later with us here, David.
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Here is a new Eranthis hiemalis, called WINTERZAUBER. It should be the first of all.
But how, if the ground is frozen. This year the ground is frostfree.
And yes,
he blooms really weeks before all the others.
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Eranthis cilicicum are later with us here, David.
You've restored my faith Maggi.
Nice one Hagen.
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author=David Nicholson link=topic=8291.msg226894#msg226894 date=1327073076]
Nice pot full Tom. I do struggle with reticulate Irises. If I grow them outside they seem to flower once and die and if I grow them under glass they flower once and then break down into rice grains.
In reticulate iris, Kath. Hodgkin seems to be the only variety that flowers reliably, both in situ and in pots. I have a couple of small groups in the garden that have now been flowering regularly for 10 years. The same can be said for those in pots. What I do not understand is why the pots,(which are protected from the weather), flower at exactly the same time as those in the garden.
My success with other varieties is mixed. They flower well in the first year and then the next year produce leaves. Then the next year they may produce the odd flower and then they disappear.
I have made a mess of posting this - it looks as if all the message came from David, whereas I was trying to reply to his original posting. Is this clear?
edit by maggi... I think it is now!
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Maybe this should be the start of Fritillaria 2012
Two pots of the same Iranian fritillaria - think it might be assyriaca
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Acis tingitana SB&L 202 (Checaouan, Morocco), from Monocot Nursery. Its flower stalks are shorter than SB&L 203 :)
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A lovely little Frit, Art. Is this the one you collected the seed of yourself? How is it doing at the moment? Maybe an update pic?
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Acis tingitana SB&L 202 (Checaouan, Morocco), from Monocot Nursery. Its flower stalks are shorter than SB&L 203 :)
That's a sweetie, Tatsuo.
We have Acis autumnalis in bloom here (Southern Hemisphere) at the moment!
cheers
fermi
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Thanks, femi :) :) :)
This tiny acis is the one of my most favorites ;)