Flowering in October 2009

[olegKon]

I have one of appr. 80 cm tall received as C.japonica but not sure. Have never seen a smaller one.
Lesley, is Cimicifuga a rare thing in NZ. Here it is quite popular. "Brunette" withstood -3 last night without any harm to the flowers, so it is worth having such a reliable plant so late in the season.

[Olga Bondareva]

I like Cimicifuga to. It's easy, hardy and late flowering.

[Olga Bondareva]

Michael
Beautiful Notocactus! I was a cacti-lover in my childehood.

[Giles]

Cimicifuga = Actaea  
(atleast as far as the RHS is concerned   )
1. Pinus mugo 'Humpy'
2. Pinus nigra 'Frank'

[Giles]

P.nigra 'Pygmaea'
P.cembra 'Fastigiata'
P.heldreichii var. leucodermis 'Satellit'

(I guess it's kipper ties and platform heels, if you really want to get into the spirit of conifer gardening: sooo 1970's  )

[Maggi Young]

 The dwarf pines are such great plants, though, Giles.... and SO good in containers, too.

We had a fabulous Pinus mugo 'Humpy' who went to a lot of shows and won big time, until he got just too big to carry after nearly twenty years!

[Giles]

.....I'd love to plant a whopper like Pinus wallichiana (which looks like an explosion of fuse wire) but don't have enough room left now 

[Onion]

Cimicifuga = Actaea  
(atleast as far as the RHS is concerned   )
1. Pinus mugo 'Humpy'
2. Pinus nigra 'Frank'

Sorry Giles,

your P. mugo 'Humpy' is very, very different from those we grow in the nursery here. I will look if I can send you a picture with the cultivar we call 'Humpy'. It grows like a cushion over the ground.

Uli

[Giles]

My books agree with you, Uli - and show a very much tighter plant.
I'm not too bothered though - I bought it because I liked it (whatever it is )  
( I guess it's possible its open habit could be due to having been grafted on an inappropriate rootstock   )

[Lesley Cox]

Oleg, I think the Cimicifugas are quite rare here. Some years ago, maybe 10, we had a very good nursery called Peak Perennials and they imported all sorts of new and interesting things but then they stopped selling nation-wide and only had/have a shop in their local town so the rest of us can't get those things any more. There has been no nursery replacing them. With so many restrictions now on what may be imported, many nurseries, especially the specialist ones or those selling species as well as hybrids, have gone out of business altogether. Gardeners are very much the poorer for it.

[fleurbleue]

Hi Lesly,
Would you like receiving Cimifuga seeds ? Mine has  seeds ripening soon

[Lesley Cox]

Cimicifuga = Actaea  
(atleast as far as the RHS is concerned   )

Oh bother the RHS.

[Lesley Cox]

Hi Lesly,
Would you like receiving Cimifuga seeds ? Mine has  seeds ripening soon

It depends which species. I'll email you privately, thanks.

[Olga Bondareva]

Hamamelis virginiana



Colchicum umbrosum



Epimedium sp. Now!

[Paddy Tobin]

Olga,

Like you I have been surprised to have hamamelis in flower here in the garden, far earlier than usual but enjoyable all the same.

Paddy