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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Tim Ingram on March 02, 2012, 04:55:09 PM
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The snowdrops are slowly giving way to a little more colour in the garden and just three examples; Eranthis 'Guinea Gold', especially lovely early on as the foliage begins to expand and complements those cheerful flowers; Iris 'Clairette', a great favourite for its distinctive colour scheme. We failed with these reticulate irises for many years but this now seems to do much better in very gritty sandy conditions; Crocus vernus, a good doer in the lawn, here complete with pollen covered bumble bee. Now the garden (touch wood) is free of rabbits we have great hopes of planting a lot more crocus.
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Very good display Tim ! Spring at is best !
For me Eranthis is one of the best this time of the year ....and I even like them more when they are just above the ground !
The 'Tommies' are back also ...
Ranunculus calandrinioides comes to the end ...
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Spring is in the air fellas !! 8)
Rarely seen a better display of Iris clairette Tim !!! Sorry, I have to say : I've definitely never seen a better display of it ! :o
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A very nice pot of Eranthis 'Guinea Gold', Tim. Looks great.
I am happy I bought one at Nettetal last week.
Lina.
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At last a day with sun! In the lawn Crocus tomassinianus and others open fully. In the shade of the trees also the Corydalis solida starts flowering.
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Hope the Shortia brings lots of staisfaction.
jonw
;) yes, I like it ..
(http://up.picr.de/9726336iry.jpg)
Shortia uniflora var.
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It is amazing for me how the North African Ranunculus calandrinioides survived our
nasty winter with a minimum of -17°C and keeps on flowering. I also noted that the
shape of the flowers can be quite variable.
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It is amazing for me how the North African Ranunculus calandrinioides survived our
nasty winter with a minimum of -17°C and keeps on flowering. I also noted that the
shape of the flowers can be quite variable.
Rudi
Lovely to see this in the garden. Mine is a very sad thing outside
Here is something that seems to do well outside
Ypsilandra tibetica
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Here is something that seems to do well outside
Ypsilandra tibetica
But would it in soggy Devon??
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Here is something that seems to do well outside
Ypsilandra tibetica
But would it in soggy Devon??
Oh yes. It does well in my humid climate. I recommend it ;)
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Here is something that seems to do well outside
Ypsilandra tibetica
But would it in soggy Devon??
Oh yes. It does well in my humid climate. I recommend it ;)
There you are David no excuses now :)
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Thanks both.
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It is amazing for me how the North African Ranunculus calandrinioides survived our
nasty winter with a minimum of -17°C and keeps on flowering. I also noted that the
shape of the flowers can be quite variable.
Rudi
Lovely to see this in the garden. Mine is a very sad thing outside
Here is something that seems to do well outside
Ypsilandra tibetica
And it is extremely easy to propagate from leaf-cuttings (see here: http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=316.0, if you scroll down, you can see the result of my experiment of last year).
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the first and only (so far) wild snowdrop.
at least a couple more weeks till spring will be in full power here.
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It is amazing for me how the North African Ranunculus calandrinioides survived our
nasty winter with a minimum of -17°C and keeps on flowering. I also noted that the
shape of the flowers can be quite variable.
Rudi
Lovely to see this in the garden. Mine is a very sad thing outside
Here is something that seems to do well outside
Ypsilandra tibetica
Jan, I have bad experience with Ypsilandra tibetica, because a severe late frost
killed it.
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The Iris 'Clairette' is a beauty, Tim.
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It is amazing for me how the North African Ranunculus calandrinioides survived our
nasty winter with a minimum of -17°C and keeps on flowering. I also noted that the
shape of the flowers can be quite variable.
Rudi
Lovely to see this in the garden. Mine is a very sad thing outside
Here is something that seems to do well outside
Ypsilandra tibetica
Jan, I have bad experience with Ypsilandra tibetica, because a severe late frost
killed it.
Rudi a late frost can be a nasty surprise for any plant.
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So there I was, it's autumn 2011 and I'm standing in this garden centre and there's a box of small blackish corms.
The picture shows a blue monk's hood and the description says it grows to 3ft (90cm).
The name given is Aconitum ( the species name I forget but I couldn't trace it on google).
Naturally I buy 20 or so ;D well you do don't you ::)
So several months pass and up pop these little flowers.
Great thinks I that's the one I don't have but I don't remember buying these, must be a self set seedling.
Then more pop up, then more.
Strangely enough they are exactly where I was expecting the Monk's hoods to appear.
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So there I was, it's autumn 2011 and I'm standing in this garden centre and there's a box of small blackish corms.
The picture shows a blue monk's hood and the description says it grows to 3ft (90cm).
The name given is Aconitum ( the species name I forget but I couldn't trace it on google).
Naturally I buy 20 or so ;D well you do don't you ::)
So several months pass and up pop these little flowers.
Great thinks I that's the one I don't have but I don't remember buying these, must be a self set seedling.
Then more pop up, then more.
Strangely enough they are exactly where I was expecting the Monk's hoods to appear.
Aconitum-Eranthis, Tomato-tomatoe ::) ::) At least it's a nice flower too, Fred. If they grow to 90 cm, I'd like one of them too!! ;) Could be Eranthis x tubergenii instead of Eranthis hyemalis, the leaves seem to be quite finely cut.
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Spring?? :D :D
Corydalis solida 'Beth Evans'
Crocus 'Yalta'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Aurantiacus'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Double Bronce'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Green Rim'
Ranunculus ficaria 'The Ghost'
Saxifraga 'George Gershwin'
Saxifraga 'Kampa'
Saxifraga 'Marilyn Monroe'
Scoliopus bigelovii
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Marvelous saxs there Wim. It George Gershwin similar to Franz Liszt? Marilyn is stunning.
johnw
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Marvelous saxs there Wim. It George Gershwin similar to Franz Liszt?
Not really, John. 'George Gershwin is a cross between Saxifraga lowndesii and Saxifraga x poluanglica 'Tvůj Úspěch', while 'Franz Liszt' is a cross between Saxifraga x anglica 'Winifred' and Saxifraga S.E.P. 22.
Gershwin is darker of colour.
Marilyn is stunning.
Like always ;)
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Luc - You posted a photo of Galanthus Allison Hillary on the Flemish site. Lurking in the background is a stately upright red Helleborus. Is that a seedling or a named one?
Nice to see different views of your amazing garden.
johnw
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Luc - You posted a photo of Galanthus Allison Hillary on the Flmeish siter. Lurking in the background is a stately upright red Helleborus. Is that a seedling or a named one?
Nice to see different views of your amazing garden.
johnw
I'm afraid the picture wasn't taken in my garden John, but in the garden of a friend who is quite into Galanthus :D - I couldn' t tell you what Helleborus it is.
If you want me to, I can question the owner, but not before Monday. :-\
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Luc - Wonderful Luc but don't go out of your way. Lovely one though.
johnw
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Finally - first sight of spring in my garden 8) In fact it is almost a month earlier than normal (but what is normal when it comes to weather these days :P )
The Eranthis sibirica 'Pink Form' is one of the first species to break thru the ice here.....literally speaking :D
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Please show us this when open as well, if possible. I lust after a pink Eranthis. ;D I can admire yours from afar!!!! ;)
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Finally - first sight of spring in my garden 8) In fact it is almost a month earlier than normal (but what is normal when it comes to weather these days :P )
The Eranthis sibirica 'Pink Form' is one of the first species to break thru the ice here.....literally speaking :D
What indeed is "normal" , Geir? It certainly keeps us gardeners on our toes.
Your breakthrough plant is a real beauty.
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Some bits and pieces from the garden today.
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Well, Geir, you have had some very nice warm weather the last days! Here the fog and drizzle have shifted to rule for a while!
Where did you get this Eranthis? I second Paul: Please show them open too!
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Hi Hoy
Yes the past couple of days have been very nice - sunny and +13C 8)
I got this plant about five years ago from a friend that had got it from Russia. But I have to say that I'm not very impressed when it comes to the the pink colour :P Anyway - pink or not, it's a very nice Eranthis that grows well in my garden. The flower can be a bit sensitive to hard frost after it's opened, but absolutely hardy. I'll try to get another photo when they opens.
Geir
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Here's what might be a new species of Corydalis close to C. capitata, from Pujigou in Baoxing :)
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Do you grow it in your garden? A very nice one, anyway!
Here are my not so new species in the garden now: Corydalis solida ;)
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Here's what might be a new species of Corydalis close to C. capitata, from Pujigou in Baoxing :)
Very nice, Bjørnar
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What a nice Eranthis! And the Corydalis arisaema showed is interesting.
Coptis quinquefolia starts flowering here
(http://666kb.com/i/c22g3afnm5feee8ux.jpg)
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Coptis quinquefolia starts flowering here
:o :o wonderful Coptis, Maya!!!
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Hi again
Her is another picture of the Eranthis sibirica "Pink Form" taken in the garden to day. The colour in this picture is more correct (the previous picture was taken i full sun 8) )
Geir
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Hi again
Her is another picture of the Eranthis sibirica "Pink Form" taken in the garden to day. The colour in this picture is more correct (the previous picture was taken i full sun 8) )
Geir
Still very beautiful, Geir!!
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Thank you Wim! :)
Gmoen - I'm getting really envious. I have to say it again: What a beautiful Eranthis!
Soldanella minima opened the first flower these days
(http://666kb.com/i/c22o4pmo1aunepjrt.jpg)
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A classic shot of this little gem, Emma.
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Emma, what a lovely flower!
I have never seen one like that. It looks very delicate.
Lina
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Hi again
Her is another picture of the Eranthis sibirica "Pink Form" taken in the garden to day. The colour in this picture is more correct (the previous picture was taken i full sun 8) )
Even more beautiful, Geir.
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Emma, what a lovely flower!
I have never seen one like that. It looks very delicate.
Lina
Another image for Lina - from the Dolomites.
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Can there be a plant more dainty than soldanella? Exquisite photos from Emma and Cliff - who could resist a plant like this!
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What delightful little gemlets, the Coptis and Soldanella.
johnw
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Thank you Cliff.
Is this hardy in my garden? I have to find this then. I love it.
Lina.
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Cliff thats brillant. I am lucky if I get one flower. They mind me on little petticoats 8)
Angie :)
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Her is another picture of the Eranthis sibirica "Pink Form" taken in the garden to day. The colour in this picture is more correct (the previous picture was taken i full sun 8) )
Geir
:o :o :o 8) 8) 8) :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D
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Syneilesis palmata are emerging their leaves just now. Its standard Japanese name is 'Yabure-gasa', means 'broken umbrellas' ;D
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Syneilesis palmata are emerging their leaves just now. Its standard Japanese name is 'Yabure-gasa', means 'broken umbrellas' ;D
Always very nice, Tatsuo! Not showing here yet!
Some flowers which were flowering here today:
Corydalis malkensis
Corydalis solida 'Elrond'
Crocus chrysanthus 'Milea'
Draba polytricha
Pulsatilla vulgaris subsp. grandis
Ranunculus kochii
Saxifraga oppositifolia subsp. oppositifolia var. latina
Scilla armena
and Soldanella 'Spring Symphony'
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Lovely selection, Wim.
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An emerging Pulsatilla slavica and Hacquetia epipactis in the cold this morning
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Wim, another lovely Soldanella. When I told my friend about the two Soldanella in this topic, she gave me a Soldanella from her garden. I am very happy with it. She was not sure wether it is montana or villosa. I'll see. No flowers yet.
Lina.
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Thank you for your friendly comments and thank you Cliff for showing the pic of Soldanella minima in nature!
@Lina
Yes, this Soldanella ist hardy. ;)
@Wim
As expected, I love the Soldanella 'Spring Symphony' most. 8) :D
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Thanks folks, I love Soldanella's too! My favorite is still Soldanella montana, which has to start flowering yet this year but here below some pictures of my plant flowering in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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Syneilesis palmata are emerging their leaves just now. Its standard Japanese name is 'Yabure-gasa', means 'broken umbrellas' ;D
Always very nice, Tatsuo! Not showing here yet!
They're never showing here anymore :'( I had several large plants last spring - grown in pots to get a quick start - but when I planted them out the slugs devoured them in no time! One day they were there- the next all gone >:(
Think I will try Coptis and Soldanella in stead!
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1 and 2) Daphne jezoensis in flower at the moment !
3) Draba sphaeroïdes seeded itself into a little colony.
4) Jeffersonia dubia - pushing !
5) Ranunculus calandrioïdes still going strong despite slug (?) damage... >:(
6) Saxifraga burseriana major and Sax. x boydilacina "Penelope" , friendly neighbours... :D
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Syneilesis palmata are emerging their leaves just now. Its standard Japanese name is 'Yabure-gasa', means 'broken umbrellas' ;D
Always very nice, Tatsuo! Not showing here yet!
They're never showing here anymore :'( I had several large plants last spring - grown in pots to get a quick start - but when I planted them out the slugs devoured them in no time! One day they were there- the next all gone >:(
Think I will try Coptis and Soldanella in stead!
So sorry to hear that, Trond!
But slugs love Coptis too, picture taken today...all the flowers devoured by slugs :-\
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So finally before closing down my Eranthis report for this year, here is a close up for the ones that wanted some more pics of the Eranthis sibirica 'Pink Form' - by the way, would it be more correct to name it; "a pink form of Eranthis sibirica"? I think the name I use just appeared in my head as a proper name.....shame on me ::) ;D
Any suggestions?
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I really like that pink Eranthis!
Wim; are you sure that's a Coptis and not an Asteropyrum?
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I really like that pink Eranthis!
So do I!!
Wim; are you sure that's a Coptis and not an Asteropyrum?
Bjørnar, you're probably right, I photographed this plant in the garden of a friend and she had it under the name of Coptis quinquefolia (which it most certainly is not now I look at the leaves). So A. cavaleriei or A. peltatum?
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You are luckier than me LucS, my young Hacquetia epipactis Thor has entirely frozen :'(
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So finally before closing down my Eranthis report for this year, here is a close up for the ones that wanted some more pics of the Eranthis sibirica 'Pink Form' - by the way, would it be more correct to name it; "a pink form of Eranthis sibirica"? I think the name I use just appeared in my head as a proper name.....shame on me ::) ;D
Any suggestions?
Exquisite flower Ger !!! :o :o
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Wim; are you sure that's a Coptis and not an Asteropyrum?
Bjørnar, you're probably right, I photographed this plant in the garden of a friend and she had it under the name of Coptis quinquefolia (which it most certainly is not now I look at the leaves). So A. cavaleriei or A. peltatum?
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I'm quite sure, that this is an Asteropyrum. ;)
I have A. cavaleriei in the garden; yes, you have to be faster than the slugs!
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Geir,
Thanks for the extra pic of the pink form of Eranthis sibirica. Yet another thing on my "holy grail" list. ;D This place is dreadful for adding to that list..... dreadful, but in a good way.
Thanks so much.
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Hamamelis Arnold Promise, curiously a bit late this year.
johnw
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Have you moved John? ;D
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Have you moved John? ;D
Apparently so, and a much cheaper move than yours. ;)
johnw
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I imagine that the Maggi fairy will move things across the world when she next drops through.
Beautiful Witchhazel, John.
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Have you moved John? ;D
Apparently so, and a much cheaper move than yours. ;)
johnw
;D
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Have you moved John? ;D
Apparently so, and a much cheaper move than yours. ;)
johnw
;D
Aha! The fattest fairy in the west has finally twigged what the "move" comment was about.... welcome to the northern hemisphere again John. Hope thw speed of the trip hasn't left you with too much jet lag? ;)
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Wim I grow Coptis quinquefolia and I must say it is not Coptis quinquefolia that are on your picture, SORRY.
Then I got them a friend toll me that they was not fuld hardy here in Denmark, but after 2 very hard winter here in Denmark and they have any damage I will say they are fuld hardy. The leaves can get some damage in the winter time and I cut them of early spring. I grow them both in light shadow in acid peat.
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A few from today.
Andromeda polifolia cw (this one coloiurs better than the others for winter)
Diapensia lapponica seedling (always a stunner for colour)
Draba bryoides v. imbricata (this one looks dead until about this time of year)
Helleborus x nigercors ex Ashwood breeding house
johnw
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Primula marginata(not sure which, label disappeared years ago).
Saxifraga x boydilacina Alan Martin.
Paeonia tenuifolia just coming into growth.
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Doesn't that paeony look like a fat little sea urchin? 8)
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Lovely images as always, Mike ... thanks for posting.
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Maggie it looks quite "humpy" today, the buds are just a little larger.
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Just fascinating how plants develop, isn't it? Plenty to keep a photographer occupied!
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Corydalis malkensis making a nice picture with a Scilla - sibirica ssp. armena?
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Aha! The fattest fairy in the west has finally twigged what the "move" comment was about.... welcome to the northern hemisphere again John. Hope thw speed of the trip hasn't left you with too much jet lag? ;)
No jet lag but I'm still waiting for the furniture Maggi.... ::)
johnw
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I shall never look at Paeonia tenuifolia in the same way after Maggi's comment! Ours is quite a bit behind that one pictured but it is such a wonderful species in the garden, neat and well behaved (until you tread on it!). My wife was strongly tempted by a double form on Potterton's stand at the Kent Show but they had all gone by the time we came back... (very reasonably priced, less than half that of a sought after snowdrop).
A few things in our garden just now - Hacquetia epipactis 'Thor', very fresh as it first comes through the soil; Helleborus odorus, a good form from Blackthorn; Primula 'Gigha'; Hyacinthus orientalis, the wild type form, much looser and smaller flowered than the normal forms grown and a lovely plant; Helleborus ex. 'Cosmos', grown from seed from one of its originators, Jim Archibald, and probably pretty true to the original; and finally one of the most beautiful small cherries, Prunus x blireana, a compact shrub with reddish foliage and smothered in double-pink flowers in early spring. An all round excellent plant which we have paired with Daphne odora in our garden, a marriage of equals!
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Podophyllum pleianthum x versipelle seedling
Podophyllum difforme best x 2nd best
Podophyllum versipelle seedling - 1 year old
I could sit all day long looking at these as they emerge.
johnw - +16c
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Looking good in RBGE today
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Narcissus cyclamineus
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Saxifraga oppositifolia growing through Raoulia hastii
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Raised bed with Pulsatillas with cleared site for the new alpine house in the background.
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Daphne blagyana
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Trough with Saxifraga 'Meteor' and S. oppositifolia 'Bridget'
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Maureen I am so jealous that you are now living so close to the botanics. I would never be away from their if I lived close by.
Still its nice that you will be able to post some pictures for us all to see whats flowering at this time of year.
The Daphne looks good.
Angie :)
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Maureen, do I spot a working water sprinkler in the background?
Here it is so wet that everything floats! I can grow bog plants on a vertical wall. But the temperature is nice - the last month's mean temperature is +4C above normal.
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Yes, indeed Hoy and it was not the only sprinkler in use. A large area with Rhododenrons was also being watered. I was rather surprised to see them myself. I know that parts of England are desperate for rain and have been for a couple of years, but that is not the case in Scotland. I had tried to get closer to the Pulsatillas but kept getting caught out by the sprinklers, so had to give up in the interest of my camera!
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22c at 9:39pm in coastal Nova Scotia on March 21st. Madness. Sidewalk cafés full. Have never seen this before. At freezing Tuesday next week.
johnw
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Enjoyed in the garden today, both 3+ weeks ahead of schedule. Crazy weather in the Northeast.
Douglasia nivalis
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Here's the other one.
Narcissus 'Jetfire'
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Beautiful images everybody.
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Flowering here now:
Ranunculus calandrinioides
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Today in the garden :
1) Jeffersonia dubia looking quite promising !
2) Pulsatilla vernalis producing it's first flower
3) Saxifraga juniperifolia and Sax. "Gelber Findling"
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Very nice Luc, the Sax looks very happy.
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Things are progressing quickly here but thankfully not everything as cold is on its way. 29c here today and last night slept with windows wide open, one sheet. A new record set for the day, the previous record was in 1946 at 12.2c! A thunder storm tonight and a low of 7.
Podophyllums are booming along in pots. They will all have to be moved in by tomorrow night.
Podophyllum delavayi x versipelle h.p.
Podophyllum delavayi best x delavayi 2nd best h.p.
Podophyllun delavayi 2nd best x delavayi best h.p.
Podophyllum delavayi best x delavayi 2nd best h.p. (by far the darkest one to date)
Crocus Cream Beauty
Leucojum vernum v. carpaticum
Puschkinia scilloides
Aquilegia clematiflora ex Karmic
johnw - +27c at 19:06
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And lastly:
Hepatica nobilis 'Rosea' cw Romania ex Vera Peck
Hepatica nobilis 'Alba' ex Vera Peck
johnw - +27c at 19:06
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Very nice Luc, the Sax looks very happy.
Or in a state of ectasy.
johnw
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Luc - I wish my Jeffersonia looked as good as that! I am beginning to learn how to grow more choice saxifrages rather better, but this S. apiculata 'Alba' has been long lived and reliable even in our dry garden. It is growing on a raised bed which has seen a number of replantings since originally made over 12 years ago, and this is the latest with a lot of new plants from the Harlow and Kent Shows. Two forms of Anemone coronaria (the second is an astonishing colour - I hope it will come true from seed) and a very choice borage Alkanna aucheriana, which would be very exciting to establish but is likely to prove difficult!
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Tim, you make me feel guilty that I pay so little heed to Boraginaceae :-[
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The Baoxing Corydalis is starting to look quite distinctive, which I guess makes my total number of new species discovered 2, at least until Aaron gets around to doing some molecular work on the Fuscum group... ;)
Also below a nice species of Dichocarpum from Qingcheng Houshan that's been in full flower since January, it should be fully hardy in the UK, although I've kept it frost free here.
Lastly, this rhizomatous Meconopsis x cookei is looking quite promising, fingers crossed it'll have a good colour!
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Maggi - I've always liked borages and many of them suit our dry garden well. Next to umbellifers they are a group I would like to write about but I've been beaten to it by Masha Bennett (Pulmonarias and the Borage Family). There are all sorts of weird and wonderful species to keep gardeners busy.
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Maggi - I've always liked borages and many of them suit our dry garden well. Next to umbellifers they are a group I would like to write about but I've been beaten to it by Masha Bennett (Pulmonarias and the Borage Family). There are all sorts of weird and wonderful species to keep gardeners busy.
Small world, of course.... Masha Bennett used to live in Aberdeen. The SRGC gave her some grant aid when she was researching .... heck, I've forgotten....wait, I've got it... Mertensias!
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Small world, of course.... Masha Bennett used to live in Aberdeen. The SRGC gave her some grant aid when she was researching .... heck, I've forgotten....wait, I've got it... Mertensias!
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Masha worked at Ben Reid's with me for a time before she went on to greater things.
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Dichocarpum nipponicum today.
johnw
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Dichocarpum nipponicum today.
johnw
Nice plant... another of those with more than one name. :-X
For example....Isopyrum nipponicum http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2766195
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Went botanising today and found some nice plants among which diferent colour variants of Scilla bifolia
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Dichocarpum nipponicum today.
johnw
Nice plant! John, do you grow it in the garden?
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Very pretty, Razvan!
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Went botanising today and found some nice plants among which diferent colour variants of Scilla bifolia
Both good colours. 8)
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I love that white one. Good amount of flowers on the head as well.
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Some plants which caught my eye in the garden yesterday and today:
Thalictrum thalictroides 'Pink Flash'
Iberis saxatilis 'Pygmaea'
Ranunculus alpestris
Saxifraga scardica f. olymp and Saxifraga marginata
Soldanella carpatica 'Alba'
Adonis ramosa
Hyacinthoides italica
Lewisia pygmaea
Morisia monanthos
and Thalictrum thalictroides 'Amelia'
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Lovely selection Wim.
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Thalictrum Pink Flash is so nice, Wim... :D
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Lovely selection Wim.
Thanks David!
Thalictrum Pink Flash is so nice, Wim... :D
Nicole, I think so too...the pink is much intenser and darker than on the picture!
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In flower at the moment :
Planted one year ago in a tufa hole :
1) Draba mollisima
2) Draba x "John Saxton"
In the rock garden :
3) a young Draba yunnanensis
4) Muscari "Mount Hood"
5) Pulsatilla bought as P. "Budapest" - but as this does not seem to exist anymore - Pulsatilla vulgaris seems more appropriate - still nice I think ! ;)
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Self sown seedlings of bulbs often appear in my meadow.
Chinodoxa-lucilae
Corydalis-malkensis
Corydalis-solida
Puschkinia-scilloides
Hyacinthus-orientalis
Anemone blanda
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Excellent plants Wim,
Really love your Thalictrums, which I thought were anemonellas. Adonis is also a stunner.
Looking at your pictures I get the impression that your rock garden must look magnificent. I would really love to see some overall pictures.
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Franz,
Your meadow must be amazing!! :o
Beautiful pics, Wim and Luc. Thanks so much for you all sharing them. 8)
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Luc, whatever the name, your pulsatilla is really lovely.
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It smells really good! :)
Ypsilandra tibetica
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Excellent plants Wim,
Really love your Thalictrums, which I thought were anemonellas. Adonis is also a stunner.
Looking at your pictures I get the impression that your rock garden must look magnificent. I would really love to see some overall pictures.
Thanks, Rick.
Those Thalcitrums were once Anemonella...they've been renamed a couple of years ago (after genetic research) to be Thalictrum.
Those shade plants don't grow in a rock garden but under trees in some different corners of my garden. I'll take some overall pictures this week.
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Peppa et al,
Other than here on these forums I have never heard of or seen Ypsilandra tibetica. I have no idea whether I could grow it here, or indeed whether it is even in Australia, but I would grow it just for the genus name. There is something about the name Ypsilandra that is so inherently exotic, almost something you'd expect an alien to be called. ;D
They're beautiful little plants too, by the look of it.
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Hi Paul,
it is an intriguing name. Here are some more for you to choose from (the family is Melanthiaceae):
Ypsilandra Franch. -- Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Ser. 2, 10: 93 (1888). (IK)
Ypsilandra alpina F.T.Wang & Tang -- Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 7: 81. 1936 (IK)
Ypsilandra cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot -- Leveille, Liliac. &c. Chine 47 (1905). (IK)
Ypsilandra jinpingensis W.H.Chen, Y.M.Shui & Zhi Y.Yu -- Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 23(3): 267 (2003).
Ypsilandra kansuensis R.N.Zhao & Z.X.Peng -- Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(1): 57 (1987). (IK)
Ypsilandra parviflora F.T.Wang & Tang -- Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. ser. 2, 1: 106. 1943 (IK)
Ypsilandra thibetica Franch. -- Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Ser. II, x. (1888) 94. (IK)
Ypsilandra yunnanensis W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey -- Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 143. 1916 (IK)
Ypsilandra yunnanensis W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey var. fansipanensis J.M.H.Shaw -- Plantsman n.s., 7(1): 41 (-42; fig.). 2008 [Mar 2008]
Ypsilandra yunnanensis W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey var. himalaica H.Hara -- Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 1: 80 (1978). (IK)
The plant only came recently into the horticultural trade and is described as a woodland plant, evergreen, requiring partial shade and moist soils.
Happy hunting. :) :)
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Excellent plants Wim,
Really love your Thalictrums, which I thought were anemonellas. Adonis is also a stunner.
Looking at your pictures I get the impression that your rock garden must look magnificent. I would really love to see some overall pictures.
Thanks, Rick.
Those Thalcitrums were once Anemonella...they've been renamed a couple of years ago (after genetic research) to be Thalictrum.
Those shade plants don't grow in a rock garden but under trees in some different corners of my garden. I'll take some overall pictures this week.
Thanks Wim,
The rock garden remark was based on the photos of Soldanella and Morisia.
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A couple of recent views.. night views 26, March, Lilacs and Sempervivum bed
From today, a couple spots in the Semp bed that are coming out of the snow over the last days...
Jovibarba allioni, Jovibarba globifera, Sempervivum
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A few Daphnes in bloom this week.
Daphne x susannae Cheriton
Daphne Napolitana stasek
Daphne Collina
Daphne x latymeri 'Spring sonnet'
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Michael, wonderful daphnes. Do you have information about 'Spring Sonnet'? Is it one of the Daphne hendersonii hybrids?
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Sorry,I should have put in the full name, it is Daphne x latymeri 'Spring sonnet'. Parentage Daphne Rodriguezii x Daphne Serica. I have corrected the original post. ;)
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Michael; Beautiful Daphne, what about your collection of Trillium rivale, I heard that you lose some of them last winter.
Several plants have buds or flowers, but now we shall have cold weather again maybe -5 degress at night :'( I hope my plants not got to many damage.
Some new Anemone where I see the flowers for first time. flaccida and keiskeiana got very beautiful leaves also, especially keiskeiana.
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Although flowers are appearing every day as spring progresses, one of the aspects of the garden (especially woodland species) is the combinations of foliage that occur as plants begin to grow away. A few examples.
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my romanzoffia unalaschkensis starting to flower... grown from seed last year...
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Michael; Beautiful Daphne, what about your collection of Trillium rivale, I heard that you lose some of them last winter.
I lost 95% of them, but have a lot of seed and a few tubers coming on from forum members I had swapped with.
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Michael,
That's awful to have lost all those wonderful colours you have. Hopefully you end up with as good and better from your seed and swaps. Not a good season for you, that is for sure.
Tim,
Great foliage combinations. Something I think many of us don't think much about at times.