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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: cohan on November 07, 2012, 07:37:50 AM
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I don't think this topic was started yet?
A few images to scare those of you in gentler climes ;) Winter (in the guise of lasting snow) seems to have come early this year -we got snow starting October 20, and for several days after that- not huge amounts, enough to need shovelling a couple of times, and while we've had some days warm enough for settling, and in the last couple of days warm enough to melt from paths, roads etc (much more melting in town and in open sunny spots, here in the trees it's still more white than not), still several inches to half a foot in many places- probably up to a foot on the ground in low places when these photos were taken..
Not in my garden, rather its native woodland/wetland on the family farm, just beyond my acreage...
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I am suitably scared ;D
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Some beautiful pictures, Cohan. The snow/tree/understory contrasts are excellent. Very nice!
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I am suitably scared ;D
Me Too!!! BBRRrrrrr! :o
It made me think of what I have left outside in my garden for the winter (last week I posted a picture of all my 'exotics' that have been moved indoors for the next 5 or 6 months!)
So following are a few of the things I have been leaving in my garden, that are often thought borderline hardy but have 'survived here' (some better than others...) in my little town garden.
This is NOT a guarantee of hardiness - rather, just a few of the things that have scraped through here for one or more winters :) (Sorry these are not alpines - but I thought it might be worth mentioning).
1 - Begonia Connie Boswell
2 - Begonia Little Brother Montgomery
3 - Begonia Metallic Mist (tough as nails)
4 - Begonia Silver Splendour (tough as nails)
5 - Begonia Benitochiba (planted deep - comes back a bit better each year - always very late June to emerge).
6 - Asparagus densiflorus (?)
7 - Aspidistra elatior 'Variegata'
8 - A Farfugium I was given a few years back as 'Big Willy'!
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So, John, for those begonias, for example, do you give them a mulch or other cover to keep the worst of the weather off their roots? I'd expect them to turn to mush and never be seen again.
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I'm astonished John! I never would have expected Begonias to get through the winter (except for grandis), and especially the really low temperatures we had last winter. Maybe the proximity of the house and being in town keeps a warmer microclimate. Do you propagate the begonias? I did this years ago from leaf cuttings and have always admired the Dibley's stand at Chelsea - they are great plants.
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I got up one morning last week and the radio man said it is presently -28c - at which point I headed to the window - in Grand Prairie, Alberta.
We had our first frost last night, -1c at 7am. Temperature on Sable Island, NS was +7c.
johnw
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Very nice John.
To my astonishment Little Brother Montgomery came through the prolonged freeze here two years ago, in gravelly soil with only ivy as a groundcover.
Beautiful photos Cohan 8)
They remind me of Finnish winters in an earlier life.
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Thanks, Ashley and Paul- these are among my very favourite views of the year- the trees look great in white! Paul- the contrasts are fascinating, and tell you the direction the fog blew in- often trees will be white on one side, bare on the other. If the understory plants/shrubs are sheltered from the incoming fog, they may remain clear while the treetops above/behind them turn white...
John- very interesting! Some of those plants would scarcely survive summer outdoors here...lol
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May I join Cohan with some snow from St.-Petersburg (last week)? :) Not to scare just to remind winter in cold climate can be so beautiful!
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Those rose flowers are certainly wishing they were in a warmer climate. ;D Great pics.
Cohan,
Interesting about the fog. Makes perfect sense, but would be fascinating to see in person. Thanks again for the pics.
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So, John, for those begonias, for example, do you give them a mulch or other cover to keep the worst of the weather off their roots? I'd expect them to turn to mush and never be seen again.
Hi Maggi
I was sceptical about these - so have planted them deep - about six inches down - that might perhaps add to their survival, late arrival, and short season? (sometime only a few months above ground)
Now they seem to have settled I will probably try and propergate them next year and be slightly less prescious with them in other conditions.
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Hmm, yes, deeper than I might have guessed. I think if they are willing to survive then a short season isn't the worst thing!
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Here's a row of Fagus sylvatica after a snow fall.
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Those rose flowers are certainly wishing they were in a warmer climate. ;D
Yes. :) And this Acer palmatum too.
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But snow melted already. Yesterday in my garden. Sasa tsuboana.
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Nice cane begonias John. Begonia Little Brother Montgomery never performs well for me in sunny Australia and yet you have it thriving outdoors in freezing conditions !
Olga, your pictures are just so beautiful.
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Olga - I am keen to know if the Sasa tsuboiana stays green above the snowline with you. This particular species is rated highly in N. America even though it's a spreader but not so rampant as some Sasas.
johnw
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Olga - I am keen to know if the Sasa tsuboiana stays green above the snowline with you. This particular species is rated highly even though it's a spreader though not so rampant as some others.
John it stays green below the snowline. :) After I shooted it i pressed it by a log and covered with spruce branches. Above the snowline it loose it's leaves.
It has grown at my garden since 2003. And yes it is not as aggressive as many other bamboo.
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Olga- beautiful shots of course- yes winter can be very beautiful- there has to be something good about it ;D Nice to see your snow left again for a while- I thought ours would, but it is staying- now we've had another 20-30cm on top!
The bamboo is interesting, it would be interesting to try here!
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Petrocosmea grandiflora - a nice delicate flowered plant.
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Still flowering this month
An unnamed aster
Colchicum agrippinum
Crocus pulchellus
Gentiana 'The Caley'
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Roma, is your nameless Aster from seed collected by Alistair McKelvie? I have one just like it. I don't know what it is, either!
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I got the aster at a Friends of Cruickshank Garden plant sale 3 or 4 years ago. It could be a cultivar. I don't remember if it had a name when I got it. It is thriving in dry shade beside my big birch trees. The Rudbeckia fulgida I bought to go with it is just surviving and has not flowered for two years :'(
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Mmmm ... whisper it ... all asters do look pretty much alike, eh?
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3 weeks ago and we had a similar snowy picture, but then the snow has melted and the temperature of +3 - +8
But I'm afraid things will go back soon and before March we will not see anything green ...
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Roma thank you taking us back from snow to flowers.
Some picts from S.-Petersburg Botanical Garden orchid show. Please don't ask me the names. I am a zero in the subject.
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Wow Olga, some gorgeous pictures there.
Angie :)
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Autumn colours are just beginning to go but these are a few examples from a week or so ago. Little in flower but Eupatorium ligustrinum is always good value, despite being severely cut back last winter. At any other time of year it would probably hardly be noticed. Serratula seoanei is one of those names that hides in the back of your mind, but is a welcome and unusual alpine so late in the year (I need to grow it in much poorer soil because it has grown far to lax). Colouring leaves are always rather beautiful, and immensely varied; I like the green edged hydrangea. Finally we have a quartet of trees in view from the house: Acer griseum, Cornus controversa 'Variegata', Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' and M. 'Elizabeth'. Underneath are bulbs to look forward too in the spring.
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If anyone does want names for any of Olga's pics let le know. I can at least provide genus names for most of them if wanted.
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Thank you Angie.
Thank you Paul!
Some other orchids from the exhibition. Small species.
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Your last picture Olga is like paradise. Beautiful photo arrangement.
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Olga,
They really are beautiful photos. I'd struggle to supply names for most of that second lot though. ;) Some beauties in there.
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It was the Norfolk & Norwich Late Autumn show at the weekend and these exhibits were shown by Cecilia Coller.
1. Crocus goulimyi
2. Galanthus peshmenii
3. Crocus goulimyi mani white
4. Oxalis masoniana
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Some picts from S.-Petersburg Botanical Garden orchid show. Please don't ask me the names. I am a zero in the subject.
I think the first of Olga's pictures may be this taken at Cambridge Botanical Garden - Zygopetalum 'Elder Park'
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Lovely Orchid pics.
If anyone does want the full names of any them, then our very own SRGC member 'Michael', Orchid expert from Madeira who is currently at Kew for 3 years will undoubtedly know their names. ;)
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Thank you John, Paul, David and John!
Burning heart of gone autumn
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Olga,
Aren't Physalis just gorgeous. It is like someone invented something to grow purely for photography. ;D
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It is like someone invented something to grow purely for photography. ;D
Yes! ;D And I took some at home thinking to train in photographing it. ;)
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Hi!
It is warm and Primulas bloomed in my garden again!
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http://zvonem.blogspot.si/ (http://zvonem.blogspot.si/)
Best Regards! zvone
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Zvone, I have also Primula vulgaris in flower now.
Here are some other signs that the spring flowering bulbs respond to a cold period followed by a little warmer (5-7 0C)weather:
Eranthis hyemalis flower buds and germinating seeds
Cyclamen coum
Muscari armenaicum 'Christmas Pearl' (which lives up to it's name this season)
Poul
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Here are a few flowers and some nice foliage
Crocus cartwrightianus
Massonia pustulata flowering for the first time (from seeds 2009)
Colchicum troodi
Muscari aucheri 'Autumn Glory'
Arum italicum
Arum pictum
Arum pictum ssp. sagittifolium seedlings from 2010
Poul
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Last weekend many florists and nurseries opened their gates for the
first Christmas shoppers. We took the chance to visit a producer of
Poinsettias, Cyclamen and other houseplants and were amazed by
the colours and forms of the various plants.