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« Last post by Mariette on November 12, 2024, 08:26:32 PM »
Leena, You grow a stunning range of colchicums, such big and beautiful clumps! I wonder whether the seedling is a chance one or was raised intentionally? Colchicum woronowii is the only one in my garden which produces seed regularly and self-seeds.
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« Last post by Mariette on November 12, 2024, 08:14:44 PM »
What a beautiful sight, Gail! Unfortunately, this year this species doesn´t put up the usual show, probably lacking a dry summer rest.
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« Last post by Mariette on November 12, 2024, 08:11:44 PM »
Snowdrop season has begun:)
Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Camebridge'
You´re lucky, Stefan - in my garden, G. reginae-olgae didn´t approve of the excess of rain and flowers very shyly.
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« Last post by Mariette on November 12, 2024, 08:01:54 PM »
Fall-flowering crocus start late this year in my garden. This is an unusual seedling of Crocus speciosus.   More blue from an Iris foetidissima gone wrong.  A seedling of Arum italicum. 
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« Last post by Leucogenes on November 12, 2024, 10:42:46 AM »
Wow... your friend's Meconopsis horridula is gorgeous Fermi. I've tried it several times, but it failed at germination. How big (tall) is this M. horridula on your friend?
Thanks for showing me. A great pleasure here... at 4 Celsius, fog and rain...😉
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Hi Fermi,
The plant pictured “looks” like Brodiaea elegans. Making a definitive identification online is questionable. I would feel much more comfortable looking at the plant in your garden. If you have a large collection of Brodiaea species in your garden, hybrids are possible.
Hi Robert, I suspect this is a hybrid between Brodiaea elegans and possibly B. coronaria which I also grow in pots. Last week I visited a friend who lives just 25 km away and she can grow many cool climate plants I have no hope of growing here. Here is her Meconopsis horridula and Roscoea humeana (or R. cautleyoides?) cheers fetmi
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« Last post by Jeffnz on November 11, 2024, 06:55:10 PM »
There are a few theories why salmon leap, for fun of orientation but sresearch has concluded that they leap to get rid of louse infestation.
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« Last post by ian mcdonald on November 11, 2024, 01:27:24 PM »
I have come to the conclusion that the Salmon are leaping to display their strength to the females so that they are a priority in choice for mating. Whether this is the case or not I don,t know.
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« Last post by Robert on November 10, 2024, 06:47:52 PM »
Hi Leena,
Here in our part of California, summer is our dormant season, like your winter. Our summertime is so hot these days that the plants just sulk, or burn up and die. Gardening always has its challenges and yet there are always opportunities to learn more. I like your strategy of finding a genus that you like, does well in your garden, then learn about them and then grow and experiment with their relatives. I look forward to see what you will be working with next. I learn from this too and I just like seeing beautiful gardens and plant species that are impossible to grow in our climate. Meconopsis is a good example.
A few days ago I sowed several flats of our local California native annuals. Layia platyglossa, L. gaillardioides and Phacelia campanularia have already germinated. The weather is perfect for their germination so the others will be coming along quickly. I have also sown seeds my bulbous and perennial species for the coming season. We have to start as soon as possible due to the lack of winter chilling in our region. Some of the Aquilegias, Erythroniums, Eriogonums, and Penstemons will go in the refrigerator to stratify.
Life and circumstances have changed and I rarely can get out to do botanical fieldwork these days. I never reached the high county of the Sierra Nevada or the east side this year. Gathering Primula (Dodecatheon) seed, obviously, did not happen. I know that this is a genus that you are interested in and I am keenly interested in how our high elevation species would perform in your garden. Life is full of surprises and unexpected twists and turns, so for me, it is best to never say never.
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« Last post by Robert on November 10, 2024, 06:46:52 PM »
Hi Ian,
As always I enjoy your photographs. Here in our part of California the weather is still extremely dry. Precipitation totals are only ~ 20% of average to date. In addition the soil is extremely dry. Despite some precipitation the moisture content of the soil is still at the extremely low levels that were recorded this summer. At least temperatures have dropped to average levels, however we have not recorded any frost yet. In the Sierra Nevada Mountains temperatures drop below freezing each night, sometimes as low as -8 C.
Up at our Placerville farm, the Blue Oaks, Quercus douglasii, are drought stressed; the leaves are brown rather than their usual yellow shade during the autumn. The White-crowned Sparrows have returned from the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I generally detect their return by their song, which is quite pleasing. I see Ravens and Red-shafted Flickers on a regular basis. The wild Turkeys come around. This year they ate all my lettuce, endive and spinach. I replanted them and have them protected with row cover. The California Quail have moved on. This year they had several clutches of chicks. The chicks are like little round fluff balls with wings. At this stage they cannot fly very well but with the help of their wings they can move very fast.
I keep trying to get some photographs of our birds, but I just cannot get close enough to them. My camera is very simple so long range photographs are just a blur at the best. I rarely get out to do any field botany these days. Life and priorities change and I cannot do everything. I can visit some of our local low elevation sites from time-to-time, but even this is limited.
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