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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: meanie on August 01, 2014, 08:24:19 AM
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Sorry for being in a rush to start this thread, but my first Tricyrtis is in bloom! Taipei Silk is one of the best cultivars (I believe that it's a cross between T.lasiocarpa and an unknown T.formosana) and as a bonus it is reliably my first Toadie in bloom...........
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/14776794006_334c34f20d_c.jpg)
This second one is a root division of the same plant that grows in more sun. As you can see the colour is not as good...................
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5576/14796670441_30fd9ddb8c_c.jpg)
And my first flower on some Lilium michauxii bulbils that were kindly sent to me.....................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/14613167528_cc133458ed_c.jpg)
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Lovely pictures 8)
Angie :)
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Lovely pictures 8)
Angie :)
Thanks!
I do think that it's hard to take a duff photo of Tricyrtis though...............
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Thanks!
I do think that it's hard to take a duff photo of Tricyrtis though...............
Don't sell yourself short; these are beautiful images! ;)
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And my first flower on some Lilium michauxii bulbils that were kindly sent to me.....................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/14613167528_cc133458ed_c.jpg)
meanie,
I love the photograph of Lilium michauxii! :) I wish that I could get mine to grow and bloom like that.
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meanie,
I love the photograph of Lilium michauxii! :) I wish that I could get mine to grow and bloom like that.
Thanks!
I struggle with Lilies, but this one has grown and bloomed from the bulbils really quickly for me.
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Don't sell yourself short; these are beautiful images! ;)
From you that is flattering indeed!
They were taken early this morning in poor light using a tripod.
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Don't sell yourself short; these are beautiful images! ;)
I agree, wish I was able to use my camera to that degree.
Angie :)
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I agree, wish I was able to use my camera to that degree.
Angie :)
I've said it before, but the joy of digital photography is that is not expensive to make lots of mistakes!
I went to the trouble with the tripod this morning as heavy rain was predicted for this afternoon, but it never materialised and it is still standing.....................
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5595/14777841926_75e2fb830e_c.jpg)
And Eucomis "Sparkling Burgundy"...................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14777842116_3a01b62fba_c.jpg)
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Beautifully composed picture of the lily, but surely it isn't michauxii?
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Beautifully composed picture of the lily, but surely it isn't michauxii?
That's what the bulbils were sent to me as and I just took it as so (not being much of a Lily person) but looking at pictures on the web my leaf arrangement is totally wrong.
Any thoughts anyone? Martagon maybe? It stands about 60cm tall, thin stems (which are almost flat after the overnight rain) although it is pot grown. The bulbils are produced freely. Mine are in their second growing season. Leaves are alternate and between 4 and 7cm in length.
Thanks Rob.
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That's what the bulbils were sent to me as and I just took it as so (not being much of a Lily person) but looking at pictures on the web my leaf arrangement is totally wrong.
Any thoughts anyone? Martagon maybe? It stands about 60cm tall, thin stems (which are almost flat after the overnight rain) although it is pot grown. The bulbils are produced freely. Mine are in their second growing season. Leaves are alternate and between 4 and 7cm in length.
Thanks Rob.
Lilium lancifolium, tiger lily.
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Day 9 of the current heat wave. 41c yesterday. More of the same today.
Plum-leaf Azalea, Rhododendron prunifolium.
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A few photos - then off to the Farmers' Market.
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A few flowers on Aquilegia formosa blooming out of season.
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Finally they are starting to bloom. Impatiens balfourii - for us a reseeder coming up here an there - and generally appreciated! :)
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Don't think the lily is martagon, or lancifolium either. Sorry, no help I guess.
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Note the stem bulbils. (And I agree, it is unquestionably not Lilium martagon.)
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Back from the Farmers' Market. A few plants from our Sacramento Valley Home.
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Rhododendron arborescens var. georgiana - A late bloomer, a bit fragrant, and tough, as this plant is growing in more or less full sun under drought conditions.
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Nothing special about this Abutilon except it is very cold hardy. I grows up at the farm, too, without protection from the cold. It has survived for years when almost all other clones have died from the cold during the winter.
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Note the stem bulbils. (And I agree, it is unquestionably not Lilium martagon.)
And if it isn't lancifolium, I can't think what else it would be.
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Thanks for having a shot at the Lily id everyone. I'll not be "getting my knickers in a twist" over it as it was a freebie and Lilies are not my main focus at the moment, although it's nice to find one that doesn't die on me!
Robert - I like those Rhodies, especially the white one. I wonder if it would be hardy here................
The same goes for the Abutilon.
I've grown from seed what was sent to me as A. x hybridum for a few years and always thought of it as tender. A willing plant if ever there was one and here is one of its offspring from the seed that it produced.....................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2702.jpg)
As you can see, its children are equally as willing!
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Japanese:
Dianthus x isensis
Hydrangea serrata cv.
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Perhaps I should withdraw my "not lancifolium" comment about the lily. It was the tiger lily epithet that threw me. It looks nothing like the tiger lily as we have it - that name I mean - which are rather course and solid-looking compared with the one in Meanie's picture. If others think it is, OK by me.
I sowed seed of LL. pyrenaicum and mackliniae in April, autumn here, and they are germinating like mad today, still very cold and not out of winter yet. I didn't expect them so soon.
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Robert - I like those Rhodies, especially the white one. I wonder if it would be hardy here................
The same goes for the Abutilon.
I've grown from seed what was sent to me as A. x hybridum for a few years and always thought of it as tender. A willing plant if ever there was one and here is one of its offspring from the seed that it produced.....................
As you can see, its children are equally as willing!
meanie,
The Azaleas: From the plants I've seen from your garden, I think that cold would not be a problem. The late blooming azaleas like a long warm growing season to bloom well. If you want to give them a try, you might need to experiment with a few to see if they might like your garden conditions.
The Abutilons: I've used A. megapotamicum in the parentage. It is hardy here at the farm. It gets -7c or colder every winter (or at least it did in the past). Some of the Abutilon x hybridum types will die to the ground every year but will come back from the roots for a few years before they give up. 'Nabob', 'Apollo', etc. fit into this group.
The ones that I have been growing on stay evergreen and try to bloom 12 months out of the year. From what I've seen, I'm sure that the Abutilons in the UK are much better than anything I'll ever have. I feel sure that there are many good named forms already available that will grow in your garden. For me they are fun to grow and there is a good range colors to choose from.
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Perhaps I should withdraw my "not lancifolium" comment about the lily. It was the tiger lily epithet that threw me. It looks nothing like the tiger lily as we have it - that name I mean - which are rather course and solid-looking compared with the one in Meanie's picture. If others think it is, OK by me.
I'll try to get some photos of the whole plant. As far as a possible id goes I'll leave that to those who know far more than me!
I sowed seed of LL. pyrenaicum and mackliniae in April, autumn here, and they are germinating like mad today, still very cold and not out of winter yet. I didn't expect them so soon.
I can germinate L.regale, but that's about it for me. And Cardiocrinum, but I can never get those to keep going.
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meanie,
The Azaleas: From the plants I've seen from your garden, I think that cold would not be a problem. The late blooming azaleas like a long warm growing season to bloom well. If you want to give them a try, you might need to experiment with a few to see if they might like your garden conditions.
Don't kid yourself! We had a mild winter last year which was good as it meant that Iochroma australis and Solanum rantonetii had it easy for their first winter outdoors. But a lot of things in my garden are grown in pots for two or three years first.
Next year I'll plant out my large Nicotiana glauca, Vestia foetida, Sesbania punicea, Fuchsia excortica, the mother Abutilon and Desfontiania soinosa. But the thing is that I have back-ups for all of these. I have a couple of ideal spots if they're to stand a chance. Many things are experimental, but as I tend to grow mostly from seed I can afford to take a punt - very different if you have spent lots of money buying the plants though.
The Abutilons: I've used A. megapotamicum in the parentage. It is hardy here at the farm. It gets -7c or colder every winter (or at least it did in the past). Some of the Abutilon x hybridum types will die to the ground every year but will come back from the roots for a few years before they give up. 'Nabob', 'Apollo', etc. fit into this group.
The ones that I have been growing on stay evergreen and try to bloom 12 months out of the year. From what I've seen, I'm sure that the Abutilons in the UK are much better than anything I'll ever have. I feel sure that there are many good named forms already available that will grow in your garden. For me they are fun to grow and there is a good range colors to choose from.
My other half has this in her garden (A.megapoticum?) and it seems bombproof in the shelter of a wall......................
(http://media.growsonyou.com/photos/photo/image/224815/main/DSC_1349.jpg)
The other one that she has is this magnificent spring blooming A.suntense (?)............................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2211.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2212.jpg)
As you say, they are fun to grow and add a touch of the exotic to UK gardens.
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Many things are experimental, but as I tend to grow mostly from seed I can afford to take a punt - very different if you have spent lots of money buying the plants though.
meanie,
Very interesting!
Solanum rantonetii is not hardy here at the farm. It is easy in the Sacramento Valley and in the "banana belt" here in the Sierra foothills. It gets big but I still like to use it.
Same with most of the Nicotiana - definitely annuals here at the farm, perennial in the Sacramento Valley and some are weedy - seedy.
Some of the Fuchsia species are tender even in the Sacramento Valley. I have a few that I've kept in our Valley garden - cover them with row cover each winter.
I know what you mean about spending money on a bunch of plants. I think that is how I stopped growing many Salvias - many were too big and too tender to the cold. A few I can over winter here at the farm with row cover: S. cacaleafolia, S. sinaloensis, S. melissodora, S. patens, etc.
Salvia discolor has been tender even with row cover. I like it, so when I get one again I'll dig it and put it in a pot every fall.
My other half has this in her garden (A.megapoticum?) To me it looks like it could be a megapotamicum hybrid.
Thanks for sharing your photos! Off to town for supplies.
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Plants blooming out of season. ???
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Primula japonica
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Aquilegia scopulorum
I always see some of this - much more than usual this year.
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An unusual honeysuckle relative grown for its berries. About 30cms tall and completely herbaceous.
Triosteum himalayanum
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Solanum rantonetii is not hardy here at the farm. It is easy in the Sacramento Valley and in the "banana belt" here in the Sierra foothills. It gets big but I still like to use it.
It has done its first (mild) winter outdoors so it has a bit of an advantage already. Sited in front of the greenhouse to protect it from the north east I have it growing next to/through an evergreen Hebe. Time will tell, but so easy from cuttings it was worth a punt.
Same with most of the Nicotiana - definitely annuals here at the farm, perennial in the Sacramento Valley and some are weedy - seedy.
Positively invasive in some parts of the States I'm led to believe along with Sesbania punicea which I also grow!.
I know what you mean about spending money on a bunch of plants. I think that is how I stopped growing many Salvias - many were too big and too tender to the cold. A few I can over winter here at the farm with row cover: S. cacaleafolia, S. sinaloensis, S. melissodora, S. patens, etc.
Salvia discolor has been tender even with row cover. I like it, so when I get one again I'll dig it and put it in a pot every fall.
Discolor is an absolute enigma! It appears to want to bloom from the last frost of spring up to the first frost of autumn, yet if it is actually exposed to a hint of frost it is toast in my experience!
My other half has this in her garden (A.megapoticum?) To me it looks like it could be a megapotamicum hybrid.
Agree - just don't know which one. Amazing thing as it looks far too fragile to be hardy yet against a sunny wall it has proven to be unkillable.
Here's a Salvia that is looking good now and has froven to be fully hardy in all three gardens tghat I've had it in - "Black and Blue"...............
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/14651746469_b3c032d7b6_c.jpg)
Also surviving the winter Commelina coelestis and C.tuberosa are really strong this year.....................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3914/14651747629_37c7b598eb_c.jpg)
My large Lobelia tupa survives easily enough with a simple mulch of conifer needles (which drop all around it from the large Taxodium that I have here)...................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3885/14651843137_961ee046d9_c.jpg)
Galtonia candicans also survived the winter deluge and has multiplied freely this summer................
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/14651745559_abcc64010e_c.jpg)
Eucomis autumnalis in bloom......................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3849/14651746749_b24486124b_c.jpg)
We're well into Toadie season now. Here's T.formosana which has grown very tall this year...................
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/14838026042_51ff2d2a8d_c.jpg)
And finally, my largest cutting of Clerodendrm ugandense is blooming.....................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3853/14815418466_ed16b19f9a_c.jpg)
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My other half has this in her garden (A.megapoticum?) and it seems bombproof in the shelter of a wall......................
There's a lovely hybrid of megapotamicum called x Milleri which I (hope I) still have somewhere, as a rooted cutting from the plant I left behind when we moved in Feb 2013. The other parent is A. pictum, according to Hillier. Yours looks very like it with larger flowers, quite orangey and bright red calyces and here at least, it flowers just about all year. I like it a lot
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Japanese:
Dianthus x isensis
Hydrangea serrata cv.
Three goodies, Giles. Is there D. suberbus in the parentage of D. x isensis? All I found was this : http://www.britishnationalcarnationsociety.co.uk/#/international/4574163265 (http://www.britishnationalcarnationsociety.co.uk/#/international/4574163265) - which I found interesting but not terribly clear to me :-\
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Dianthus x isensis is said to be a hybrid between D.longicalyx and D.chinensis.
It is apparently one of the traditional 'cult'/hobby plants in Japan: https://www.flickr.com/search?text=%E4%BC%8A%E5%8B%A2%E6%92%AB%E5%AD%90&sort=relevance (https://www.flickr.com/search?text=%E4%BC%8A%E5%8B%A2%E6%92%AB%E5%AD%90&sort=relevance)
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And this: http://www.kamoltd.co.jp/kakegawa/nadeshi.html (http://www.kamoltd.co.jp/kakegawa/nadeshi.html)
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Great links, Giles, than you. A touch of the Dianthus crossed with a Tillandsia, or even "Cousin Ittt" ..... :o 8)
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Dicentra Macrocapnos is trying to take over the garden this year, now covers two acers & a pollarded wisteria.
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Back from town. :) What crazy weather this year! 41c a few days ago. More monsoonal moisture and teased with a few drops of rain. The mountains and the Northern Sacramento Valley had good rainfall. :) Now it is 24c for the high temperature.
Here's a Salvia that is looking good now and has proven to be fully hardy in all three gardens that I've had it in - "Black and Blue"...............
'Black and Blue' is the hardiest Salvia guaranitica type for us. I've tried others. I think that I will try again as I have better methods worked out now to keep them through the winter without using a greenhouse.
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Summer annual season has finally arrived. Better late than never.
Salvia cocconea ' Brenthurst'
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Generic red Tropaeolum majus.
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I vote foe Cousin Ittt
John B
Great links, Giles, than you. A touch of the Dianthus crossed with a Tillandsia, or even "Cousin Ittt" ..... :o 8)
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I vote foe Cousin Ittt
John B
Tiny Tim?
(problematic that there is a dwarf dianthus by that name!)
cheers
fermi
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Ranunculus vaginatus flowers for the first time for me.
J. Jurasek collected the seed in Bosnia, Vranica at 1700m.
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More plants flowering now:
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Your garden is looking lovely, Rudi. A lovely place to sit and enjoy the flowers.
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If you need to cool down Robert, have a quick look at the August in the Southern Hemisphere thread. :)
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Rhododendron prunifolium - stressed from the drought.
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More R. prunifolium - a fairly good color form, but again not liking the drought conditions.
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Dicentra Macrocapnos is trying to take over the garden this year, now covers two acers & a pollarded wisteria.
I was thinking about getting some seed for that, but I'm reconsidering that idea now! Lovely looker though.
Tricyrtis "Tojen" in bloom today.....................
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5555/14860267835_2a56014ab5_c.jpg)
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Dicentra Macrocapnos is trying to take over the garden this year, now covers two acers & a pollarded wisteria.
At first glance I read that as covering "two acres"... Now that would be taking over! ;D
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I read exactly the same thing Matt. Actually I thought, on re-rereading that Mike had transposed the letters, as I often do myself. Sorry Mike. :)
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Your garden is looking lovely, Rudi. A lovely place to sit and enjoy the flowers.
Thank you Maggi, you are right. Wish I had more time to sit down.
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I realise more with every year how much extra pleasure can be found just from sitting looking at the garden - it has been a valuable lesson!
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How true - and not just the plants but the wildlife, the light, the wind and weather, the sky.
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Some plants brightening up the nursery today.
1: Cicerbita sp. from China BWJ7891
2: Allium macranthum S&L5369
3: Impatiens puberula
4: Impatiens oxyanthera 'Milo'
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Two flowering bulbs, very different in size. First is Lilium lancifolium 'Flore Pleno'. I was rather surprised when it turned out to be the double form!
The other is Allium beesiana. The flowers in the garden are a bit bluer than the computer shows it.
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Epilobium canum
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More of the same, Epilobium canum
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Epilobium 'Wayne's Silver'
Off to the Farmers' Market'.
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Blooming for weeks now in the "Last Outcrop", Thalictrum kiusianum. It looks so delicate and seems to be very tough, surviving heavy thunderstorms and also hail the other day. This year it has taken off and makes a wonderful billowing ground cover for my few shade lovers like hellebores etc.
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More "annuals"
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Agastache hybrid - Around here all sorts are sold at the local nurseries as perennials. For us they are short lived, so I just grow them as a seed line annual. Drought tolerant, the foliage has a nice scent, blooms from seed the first season, continuous bloom during warm weather, colors - pink thru apricot-orange. For around here not bad for an annual. Good as a filler, until I have something else to plant.
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Agastache hybrid - Around here all sorts are sold at the local nurseries as perennials. For us they are short lived, so I just grow them as a seed line annual.
I do like there orangey Agastache. By seed line annual I presume that you mean self seeders?
Caiophora hibiscifolia at last!
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3918/14911923731_88dfaaa30c_c.jpg)
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Forgive the rubbish photo and next doors Clematis, but here's an Impatiens niamniamensis in my fledgling exotic bed by the back door..............
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3893/14915463132_cc50a94f83_c.jpg)
In the same bed is this Solanum lancifolium seedling.......................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/14912748971_894289a94b_c.jpg)
In the greenhouse are a couple of young Gloriosa;
G.lutea....................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3841/14892837686_8c790b60da_c.jpg)
And G.carsonii..................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3861/14729158599_de663a1429_c.jpg)
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meanie,
I love the photos from your garden. I'm back on dial-up for a few days so they up load slowly. Worth the wait. ;D
I'm intrigued by Impatiens niamniamensis. Is it hardy outside for you or does it need protection? A reseeder?
Our native soil is rocky clay. The Agastache do not reseed in it, but do in the sand beds where I grow "alpine" type plants. In the sand the seedlings can be a pest, and the plants can become perennial. Now I am growing them in the "vegetable garden" as annuals. I do have to gather the seed and get it started every year. I do make some effort to keep the colors separate (but not a lot). The bees and hummingbird like them so there is still a fair amount of crossing between the different colors. It does make the next generation interesting.
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meanie,
I love the photos from your garden. I'm back on dial-up for a few days so they up load slowly. Worth the wait. ;D
Thanks!
I'm intrigued by Impatiens niamniamensis. Is it hardy outside for you or does it need protection? A reseeder?
Deffo not hardy - it turns to mush at the merest hint of frost. I just take cuttings in September (very easy) and plant out the following year. Worth the effort as the difference that growing them in the ground makes is considerable.
Our native soil is rocky clay. The Agastache do not reseed in it, but do in the sand beds where I grow "alpine" type plants. In the sand the seedlings can be a pest, and the plants can become perennial. Now I am growing them in the "vegetable garden" as annuals. I do have to gather the seed and get it started every year. I do make some effort to keep the colors separate (but not a lot). The bees and hummingbird like them so there is still a fair amount of crossing between the different colors. It does make the next generation interesting.
They're growing an Agastache (species or hybrid I know not) in the zero maintenance beds at Oxfords Botanic Gardens. The idea is that what is in these beds either survives or self seeds. No watering either. I'll be over that way next week so I'll pop in and get some photos.
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Deffo not hardy - it turns to mush at the merest hint of frost. I just take cuttings in September (very easy) and plant out the following year. Worth the effort as the difference that growing them in the ground makes is considerable.
Yes, Thanks for the info. I'll keep my eyes out for it around here.
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Aster occidentalis - One of our Sierra meadow asters. Doing well down the mountain and starting to look good here in our garden.
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Robert,
About your epilobium canum : how much frost has it resisted?
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Robert,
About your epilobium canum : how much frost has it resisted?
John,
The Epilobium canum should be very cold hardy. The mother plant grows at 6,800 ft. in the Sierras - lots of snow during the winter and very cold.
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Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii 'Orange Carpet' has been hardy here in zone 3, Calgary, for 10 years now.
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Thank you both
I lost E. canum Western Hills with -8°c but there is nearly never any snow cover here
May be Orange Carpet is stronger?
May be other members grow that plant? (also known as Zauschneria californica)
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Here is a Viburnum × bodnantense Dawn shrub just starting into flower, it should really be flowering in the winter which is what I got it for a bit of winter colour. It seems to get earlier every year.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/15324574905_410103649d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pmbsdH)IMG_0071 (https://flic.kr/p/pmbsdH) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
I also have a Saintpaulia, African Violet plant in flower in the house, flowering it's head off :)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5585/15324566035_874959213c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pmbpzM)IMG_0062 (https://flic.kr/p/pmbpzM) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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A Buddleja species; but which one?
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That's a puzzle - perhaps a form of Buddleja salviifolia :-\ Not B. loricata I don't . think ???
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Thank you both
I lost E. canum Western Hills with -8°c but there is nearly never any snow cover here
May be Orange Carpet is stronger?
May be other members grow that plant? (also known as Zauschneria californica)
I have been growing various zauschnerias for a few years including several Z. californicas. It has been hardy here where we have frequent snowless periods during the winter and a lot of wind.
The garden has been behaving like Z5a in recent years, it used to behave more like z4b.
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Nothing exciting, just nice;
First flower spike is opening on Kniphofia "Green Jade"..............
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/14933750826_3a2d68b58c_c.jpg)
And Tricyrtis hirta...................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0036.jpg)
(I'm a little worried by the splotchiness on it - virused maybe?).
The last cluster on Bomarea edulis........................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0030-1.jpg)
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That's a puzzle - perhaps a form of Buddleja salviifolia :-\ Not B. loricata I don't . think ???
A couple of better pictures, one panicle in flower and one in bud.
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Flowers from August 1
Calandrinia umbellata, Calandrinia grandiflora, Roscoea humeana, Acis rosea and Acis autumnalis.
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Flowers from August 2
Leuchtenbergia princips, Opuntia articulata "papyracantha", Cyananthus incanus and Byblis rorida "Lake Campion"
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Sisyrinchium palmifolium - not a very good picture. I forget to check when the flowers are open and a deer nipped off the end of the flower stem. There are more flowers to come so I might get a better pic later.
Salvia 'Amistad' bought it last year and did not plant it out. The parent plant died in its pot in the greenhouse but a rooted cutting survived. I can't see any cutting material yet so might lose it as it may not be very hardy.
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A couple of better pictures, one panicle in flower and one in bud.
Now I see all those cheerful little stamens - perhaps Buddleja saligna ?
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Campanula latifolia This one has decided to bloom again this season.
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Impatiens capensis In some gardens in our area it seeds around every season. So far, I have been gathering seed each season to get new plants, but I am hoping that it will become a reseeder here at the farm.
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What sort of size is the Impatiens Robert?
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Now I see all those cheerful little stamens - perhaps Buddleja saligna ?
Yes, it certainly does look like it.
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What sort of size is the Impatiens Robert?
The flower and plant size is about the same as Impatiens balfourii, maybe a little taller. For me, I wished that they produced more flowers. Maybe be I need to do some selection. All in all, a good filler in the shady garden.
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@meanie
posting #65: this it not Tricyrtis hirta but rather one of the numerous Tricyrtis formosana clones. the flowers of T. hirta arise from the leaf-axils all along the pedicel + all parts of the plant are quite hairy. the flowers of formosana are arranged as a terminal cyme as shown on your photo.
@k-d keller
posting #67: the Roscoea is not humeana but Roscoea purpurea. flowering time of humeana is in mai/june, purpurea in august. here 2 photos of some of my humeana varieties (end of mai):
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@meanie
posting #65: this it not Tricyrtis hirta but rather one of the numerous Tricyrtis formosana clones. the flowers of T. hirta arise from the leaf-axils all along the pedicel + all parts of the plant are quite hairy. the flowers of formosana are arranged as a terminal cyme as shown on your photo.
Thanks!
Whilst I was never totally sold on it being T.hirta I stuck with the ID in the absence of a better one. The trouble is that it does flower from the leaf axils, refuses to branch and has rather large flowers. Far from as hairy as my original though, although it is more bristley than my others.
As an aside, I found this page last year when I was trying to work it out. No help whatsoever, but the macro photos of a Tricyrtis flower are out of this world!!
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan10/bj-toadlily.html (http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan10/bj-toadlily.html)
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@ greenspan
You are right. Thank you for identifying. It is Roscoea purpurea not Roscoea humeana :(. The blossom looks really like R. purpurea and the flowering time is too late for R. humeana. Now I must look again for R. humeana.
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This is a rather spendid Salvia - S.urica....................
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It stands about 120cm tall at the moment, the flowers are about the same size as S.microphylla. An outstanding colour in my opinion.
Dead easy from seed I hope that it sets some as it is unlikely to be hardy.
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Meanie
you could root some cuttings and overwinter them on a windowsill if you have no frostfree greenhouse in case the plant sets no viable seeds.
They root very easily.
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Now I must look again for R. humeana.
ask me ;D
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Here is a Viburnum × bodnantense Dawn shrub just starting into flower, it should really be flowering in the winter which is what I got it for a bit of winter colour. It seems to get earlier every year.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/14601295909_f05baa2b2a_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ofgszc)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/ofgszc) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
Look after it John. I'm sure many Forumists grow Viburnhams but I wonder how many are plagued by the Viburnam Beetle? I have two Viburnams, V tinus and V x bodnantense 'Dawn' and both have been ravaged by the beetle but never both in the same year. This year it's the turn of 'Dawn'. Below are pictures of the back of the plant, ravaged, and the front with sporadic damage. Also pictured is V tinus again with only sporadic damage.
Both shrubs have been 'drenched' with Provado Bug Killer in Spring and mid-July. I think I shall take both out.
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...indoors. Jasminum sambac (Arabian jasmine).
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If that Jasmine smells half as good as it looks it will be scrumptious 8)
Can't understand what's keeping Fred the Whizz with making the forum scent button- I don't think he's concentrating! ::) ;)
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Hi David thanks for the advice, I don't think I have ever had this pest, I do get the odd growing tip die back, but another bud takes over further down the branch. This shrub is one of my favourites in the front garden, not only does it great coloured foliage in the autumn, but it has great scented flowers.
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If that Jasmine smells half as good as it looks it will be scrumptious 8)
The scent is fantastic, very intense. I think this form is 'Grand Duke of Tuscany'. The plant has never really thrived for me. I suspect I don't give it enough heat and humidity?
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Very much bogged down with harvest season and other responsibilities, however I did see that the Lilium dauricum are blooming again. It seems that they are pron to this in our area. Well they do bring some cheer.
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Our native oaks are very much stressed by the drought. Many have already lost their leaves. Maybe 2 months and the fall rains might begin. This would be good!
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Gentiana veitchiorum
Blue always does it for me!
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Gentiana veitchiorum
Blue always does it for me!
Easy to believe when we see this Gentiana Steve. And a stunning picture as wel .
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And what could be better than blue AND green. Amazing Steve.
johnw
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Gentiana veitchiorum
Blue always does it for me!
That is a fantastic capture!!!
The latest Tricyrtis to show its face is Taiwan Adbane....................
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The only good thing about the recent cold weather (I have the fire going in August for Petes sake!) is that my Brugmansia sanguinea is growing again and producing lots of flower buds, and also the Datura wrightii blooms are lasting up to two days now...................
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The Gentiana veitchiorum is beautiful and so is the picture.
Blooming now in the 'Last Outcrop' is an unknown gentian. Grown from a pack of seed labeled Gentiana paradoxa. Will post a close-up for an i.d. from someone, hopefully.
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Close-up of my gentian. Anyone know what it is? Gentiana paradoxa grown elsewhere in the garden has already finished.
Also in the garden Zauschneria garettii 'orange carpet' hanging over a wall.
Lastly, from a pack of seed labeled Ononis rotundifolia. What is this?? Note the wicked thorns and clearly not round leaves. Hope someone can i.d. this from a not great picture.
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Looks like ononis spinosa
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Thank you. I'll keep trying for the O. rotundifolia.
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I got this as Caltha sinogracilis forma rubriflora though the images of this plant on the internet show a darker flower colour with dark rather than yellow stamen.
It took a while to settle in and initially I thought I was going to lose it so I re-potted into a pumice-perlite-composted bark-sphagnum peat mix (1:1:1:1) and it rewarded me with new growth and some late flowers.
It sits with its feet in a saucer of rainwater as in the wild it seems to grow in permanently wet peaty turf.
It's a bonny thing and the hoverflies like it!
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/15000483936_09620dbf06_o.jpg)
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I got this as Caltha sinogracilis forma rubriflora though the images of this plant on the internet show a darker flower colour with dark rather than yellow stamen.
It took a while to settle in and initially I thought I was going to lose it so I re-potted into a pumice-perlite-composted bark-sphagnum peat mix (1:1:1:1) and it rewarded me with new growth and some late flowers.
It sits with its feet in a saucer of rainwater as in the wild it seems to grow in permanently wet peaty turf.
It's a bonny thing and the hoverflies like it!
:o :o :o
Harry Jans showed my some pictures from the wild of this beauty but I never tought that it was in culture. Well done Steve , great plant !
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Thanks Kris!
Sadly the plant I have is not as compact or attractive as the plants that Harry Jans photographed. I think my plant is a lower altitude collection.
Bjørnar Olsen offered seed last year -though it quickly sold out. My plant came from Yijia Wang's nursery.
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Ricinus Communis Castor Oil Plant just starting to flower, loverly red flowers to go with the dark foliage. Try this one David.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3889/15029698802_07a21f63f6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oU88PY)image (https://flic.kr/p/oU88PY) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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That photo is opening as a nice size in Flickr. Not sure how you get it to open direct here though . .... you'll need help from Flickr or another flicker user to sort that, I'm afraid.
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Just an experiment.....................
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Just an experiment.....................
All I did was cursor over photo, right click and hit the "copy image URL" tab, then add to the post using the image tab and ctrl/v.
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And it worked just fine! 8)
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I don't think the castor oil plant will look as good as that now, it's been hammered by rain most of the day. Typical British bank holiday >:(
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Salvia chiapensis - finally recovered from the sudden freeze last December. Generally they try to bloom all year, but not this season.
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I've spent most of the summer moving the ornamental garden in and around the "vegetable garden" and orchard - where I work. This hopefully will be better than the old scheme. Lots of annuals being used as fillers right now, however I always leave room from annuals. In California there are so many native annuals to grow in the garden, I would never be without them.
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I really like that Salvia chiapensis Robert.
Here's another of this years new Salvia - S.cacaliifolia...................
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I really like that Salvia chiapensis Robert.
Here's another of this years new Salvia - S.cacaliifolia...................
Salvia cacaliifolia is one of my favorite Salvias! I lost my plant about tens years ago - looking for a new one.
My Salvia chiapensis do set seed that I have grown on. The species is surprisingly cold hardy. Most winters they do fine. If you are interested in seed let me know.
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Thanks Kris!
Sadly the plant I have is not as compact or attractive as the plants that Harry Jans photographed. I think my plant is a lower altitude collection.
Bjørnar Olsen offered seed last year -though it quickly sold out. My plant came from Yijia Wang's nursery.
Interesting and good to know , thanks Steve . ;)
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Gentiana veitchiorum
Blue always does it for me!
Inspired by Steve ........
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Very nice Kris!!!
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Very nice Kris!!!
Thanks Steve , I can not resist the ones with their " striped pyjamas " on....
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Red is the colour of danger and it looks he has some teeth to.....Roscoea purpurea 'Red Ghurka '
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Salvia cacaliifolia is one of my favorite Salvias! I lost my plant about tens years ago - looking for a new one.
My Salvia chiapensis do set seed that I have grown on. The species is surprisingly cold hardy. Most winters they do fine. If you are interested in seed let me know.
I'll let you know if it sets seed.
I'm always up for a seed swap, especially if Salvia (or anything that is totally unsuitable to the UK climate) are involved.
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I'll let you know if it sets seed.
I'm always up for a seed swap, especially if Salvia (or anything that is totally unsuitable to the UK climate) are involved.
The Salvia chiapensis seed is generally ready in late October. I'll let you know when I have some ready. Maybe we can trade seed for the Albuca shawii I was interested in.
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Mimulus cardinalis
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Not only does M. cardinalis bloom all summer and fall for us but it attracts Swallowtail butterflies. The larva eat the Mimulus so I always grow some extra so they have plenty to eat and I'll get some flowers too.
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Another one of our local natives - Potentilla gracilis getting ready for a late season bloom. According to Jespon (1960, yes my copy is way out dated) there are several subspecies. Which one this belongs to I don't know yet, or even if all the subspecies still are valid. Anyway, a nice plant in our garden here at the farm.
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Some pictures from my peatbed .......
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Aconitum episcopale is a climbing Aconitum from China.
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Nice Aconitum Kris, I hadn't heard of that one.
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Nice Aconitum Kris, I hadn't heard of that one.
Thanks Brian . I only saw it on one occasion and that was on the nursery from Hans Kramer in the Netherlands. I could not resist it.
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Gentiana 'Braemar ' is one of my favorites ! This cross between veitchiorum and hexaphylla has everything what a good Gentiana needs in my opinion...
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An extremely busy harvest day today and the first Colchicum of the season for us. If I hadn't started moving the ornamentals in with the rest of the farm I would most likely have been too busy and completely missed it. For me a pleasant surprise on a busy day.
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Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii 'Orange Carpet' has been hardy here in zone 3, Calgary, for 10 years now.
The garrettii subspecies seems to prove very hardy. Survived its first winter, and started to bloom in mid July here in inland Norway.
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Whatever happened to the name "Zauschneria"? Have they changed it now that I've learned to spell it?
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Seems there were changes in 1992 to the naming - genus was swapped and there are species queries too, I think - it's the usual nightmare for the poor gardener ;D
If one uses the name with original authorship: E.G. Zauschneria garrettii A. Nelson then that's okay .......but how many of us know those details?!!
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Another Tricyrtis cultivar - "Harlequin".....................
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At first glance it's quite similar to Taiwan Adbane. However, it grows taller, has smaller flowers and spreads faster too.
This little patch is looking good now. It was started off this year with divisions of Dark Beauty and Taiwan Adbane, added to Taipei Silk...............
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Seems there were changes in 1992 to the naming - genus was swapped and there are species queries too, I think - it's the usual nightmare for the poor gardener ;D
If one uses the name with original authorship: E.G. Zauschneria garrettii A. Nelson then that's okay .......but how many of us know those details?!!
I certainly don't know those details so they will remain in my garden as zauschnerias.
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I certainly don't know those details so they will remain in my garden as zauschnerias.
Here, here!
Whilst common names (Lily of the Valley Tree/Bush, Morning Glory be just two examples) are too vague to have any meaning, the constant reclassification of plants only has real meaning to botanists or those who have nothing better to do than constantly check their collection for up to date names. Iochroma australis is now Acnistus australis, but if I use that name on a forum people think that you've discovered something new. You then tell them that it is in fact Iochroma australis and you just end up looking like a pretentious "Billy No Mates"! Hence my Iochroma australis will remain so until such times as the new classification becomes the norm, as with Allium sicilum.
Of course, reclassification is manna from heaven to marketing men. My rather common Iochroma australis can now be marketed as a "rare Acnistus australis"!!!!
Anyroads, as that was almost a rant it's time for a few pictures to redeem myself ;D
Seems appropriate to start with Ledebouria socialis! A most forgiving plant that is quite happy outdoors as a table ornament in the summer, it will bloom its heart out as long as the slugs are kept away from it...................
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3871/15091277882_8e5c898ab4_c.jpg)
My Fuchsia on the whole have been unhappy this summer and they've just grown without trying to bloom, but the recent cooling down has finally kicked them into life. By the back door I have Hawkshead and David...................
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Sat on the kitchen roof is Koralle Fulgens (?) which has done well this year, especially as it was outdoors in a sheltered spot all winter...............
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Also up in the roof is Salvia discolor (probably the best doer that I have in my garden)...................
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One of my favourites this year has been Caiophora hibiscifolia.....................
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Finally, Nicotiana glauca has been a bit of a star this year........................
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Some August blooms:
Lilium superbum:
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