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Gerdk

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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #120 on: March 15, 2009, 03:17:17 PM »
Do I spot Canarina canariensis in the Schlafzimmer also?  8)

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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #121 on: March 15, 2009, 05:30:49 PM »
Wow, you have a good eye :-)
I have 3 pots of them there, the first flowered last year, some 4 years from seed.....
Lovely, but I'm afraid by the long term they'll be too large.
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #122 on: March 16, 2009, 06:04:52 PM »
Thanks for the picture Michael. I just love to see these different leaf shapes that trops have.

By the way here is an update of mine, with more and more flowers as days pass!
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #123 on: March 17, 2009, 01:45:35 PM »
You're welcome, Michael :-)
The leaves of T. argentinum appear a bit like minature T. peregrinum leaves, quite distinct I would say. I wonder how large it will grow this year...

The flowers of T. tricolorum are magnificent, I can't wait for mine to flower !

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Melvyn Jope

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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #124 on: March 17, 2009, 09:56:32 PM »
A couple of Tropaeolum sp. growing happily together, Tropaeolum triclorum and Tropaeolum brachyceras, do you think there will be the possibility of hybrids?
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #125 on: March 17, 2009, 11:41:16 PM »
Hello, Melvyn. Yes, of course there's a possibility. In the wild there's one known hybrid between Tr brachyceras & Tr tricolor: Tr x TENUIROSTRE and you might harvest interesting seeds. Let's see what they will produce next year...
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #126 on: March 18, 2009, 12:30:20 AM »
Hi Michael,
As far as I know Tr ARGENTINUM is an ANNUAL species and that's why it grows so fast. It has broad leaves which look like those of Tr PEREGRINUM. The flowers are yellow with 5 delicately clawded petals and a long spur pointing upward. They are often produced in pseudo-racemes. I suggest that you put your plant outdoors for all summer and let the bees do their work. It might be advisable to hand-pollinate some flowers just to be sure to have some seeds. That's what I did last year...It's really a nice species and I'm sure you'll be delighted with it.
Unfortunately all the close-up photos I took have been damaged when developing.
Good luck with your plants
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #127 on: March 18, 2009, 05:26:33 AM »
Quote from: Jean-Patrick AGIER on March 18, 2009, 12:30:20 AM
As far as I know Tr ARGENTINUM is an ANNUAL species and that's why it grows so fast.
Thanks for that advice, Jean-Patrick, as I got seed recently and I won't sow them till spring heer!
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #128 on: March 19, 2009, 08:11:23 PM »
Hi Jean-Patrick,

Thanks for the advice, now I know !
I treated it just like the other (tuberous) Tropaeolums - I'll keep them cold so that they don't grow that fast til I can get them outside....

Kind regards !

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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #129 on: March 20, 2009, 11:17:17 PM »
 Hello,           
I've found only this BAD photo of Tr ARGENTINUM I took last year. That gives a "blurred" idea of what the plant could be...
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #130 on: March 21, 2009, 02:08:55 PM »
First flowers on T. lepidum, sown last September

...and the assistant gardener
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #131 on: March 21, 2009, 03:48:37 PM »
That's a fine colour, Ashley... the assistant knows her stuff, obviously!
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #132 on: March 21, 2009, 04:35:54 PM »
T. azureum from today.

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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #133 on: March 21, 2009, 04:36:28 PM »
Sorry for any cricked necks!
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Re: Tropaeolum
« Reply #134 on: March 21, 2009, 09:29:25 PM »
T. lepidum is a beauty, and the assistant is extra specially nice. :)
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