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SRGC Shows Questions and Answers / Re: SRGC Plant Shows 2025

« Last post by Maggi Young on April 19, 2025, 05:37:21 PM »

SRGC Show - Glasgow - 3rd May



Baljaffray Parish Church Grampian Way, Bearsdens, Glasow G61 4RN 11.30 am to 3.15pm
Please note timing!

Plants on Show and also for sale.
All Welcome !!

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: April in the Northern Hemisphere

« Last post by Maggi Young on April 19, 2025, 04:43:50 PM »

So many treasures, Andre! What a delight your garden must be!

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: April in the Northern Hemisphere

« Last post by Andre Schuiteman on April 19, 2025, 04:42:13 PM »

Some 'other' plants.

Coluria omeiensis var. nanzhengensis. For some reason this Chinese species had not flowered here for the last few years, so I was pleased to see a bud recently that has now opened. It could be described as a Geum species that tries to imitate a primrose. The flower is about an inch across.

Cypripedium formosanum is starting to outgrow its allotted space. I believe this is called a luxury problem.

Lonicera sempervirens. A vigorous climber that is here barely evergreen, in spite of its name.

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Flowers and Foliage Now / Re: April in the Northern Hemisphere

« Last post by Andre Schuiteman on April 19, 2025, 04:31:36 PM »

Some more Ericaceae flowering now.

Cassiope lycopodioides 'Jim Lever'

Kalmia microphylla

Rhododendron calostrotum 'Gigha'

Rhododendron primuliflorum 'Doker La'. This is often compared to a Daphne, which it does resemble in the small flower size, but unfortunately it lacks the lovely scent of that genus.

Rhododendron pumilum

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Blogs and Diaries / Re: Robert's and Jasmin's Garden Paradise

« Last post by Robert on April 18, 2025, 06:38:35 PM »

Our busy planting season has started (Agricultural crops). The Sacramento ornamental garden is still looking good and many wildflowers are blooming in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Below are a few photographs. A review and up-to-date photographs will have to wait until planting season is finished.



California native annuals – Diplacus kelloggii, Erythranthe bicolor, Eschscholzia lobbii, Layia gaillardioides, and Phacelia campanularia.



Erythranthe guttata



Layia gaillardioides



Calochortus monophyllus



Calochortus albus

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Grow From Seed / Re: Germinating Pulsatilla occidentalis

« Last post by Catwheazle on April 18, 2025, 04:18:31 PM »

OK, thanks for the info....

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Grow From Seed / Re: Germinating Pulsatilla occidentalis

« Last post by Vinny 123 on April 18, 2025, 04:09:28 PM »

I have been a passionate seed-sower for over 40 years.
Some seeds survive storage by humans, some do not.
Even in dry habitats, seed will fall and not desicate to the extent of storage by us humans and remain viable for numerous years.

Iridacae are a great example - sown fresh most/many will germinate like cress. Store them for any length of time and germination falls away. Let the seeds fall and get incorporated into the soil and seedlings may appear 10 years later.

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Grow From Seed / Re: Germinating Pulsatilla occidentalis

« Last post by Catwheazle on April 18, 2025, 03:30:43 PM »

Unfortunately, I don't have any seeds, and I'm afraid the ones I did have were already in storage. I'll give it another week, and then put it back in the fridge for another six weeks. Maybe that will help with these cold-germinating seeds.

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Grow From Seed / Re: Germinating Pulsatilla occidentalis

« Last post by Vinny 123 on April 18, 2025, 03:18:06 PM »

If things are so bad, it is worth a try with some seed using a soak in saltpetre (potasium nitrate).

Unfortunately, finding a (as in singular) "recipe" online is impossible as recommendations online vary a great deal in concentration of the saltpetre and soak time.

If you have seed, try 1% and 6-12 hours.

Whatever you try, it always assumes that seed is viable, and I am very far from convinced that that is always so.

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Grow From Seed / Germinating Pulsatilla occidentalis

« Last post by Catwheazle on April 18, 2025, 10:31:35 AM »

Hello, does anyone here in the group have Pulsatilla occidentalis in cultivation?
I tried Jelitto seeds under various conditions, but no germination.
Bernd

Addendum: Sorry, I made a typo 🙁 I meant Pulsatilla occidentalis, not nuttalliana.