Roscoea

[art600]

For the last two years they have been in a recycled bulb mix of grit, sand and top soil. Today they were planted also in recycled pot contents but more top soil was added

Thanks Mark

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Thank you for that tip Susan.

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Two photos of Roscoea McBeath's Pink taken this evening 7.6.15. The edge of the sheath leaf is noticeably red on the original photo but is not showing too well on the resized photo. 

[Maggi Young]

McBeath's Pink is lovely, Sheila - I've not seen that one.

[Roma]

Caught this one with 7 blooms open last night

Roscoea humeana 'Alba'

[Maggi Young]

Crikey, that is lovely.  R. humeana Alba is my favourite Roscoea and that photo shows why!

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Roma the white one is stunning. I have not seen a white one before. Maggie McBeath's Pink shown on the label was pale pink so I was a bit surprised to find it was not really pink. I read the RHS Trial records where it was given an AGM and it describes what I have. I am very pleased with it.

[Roma]

Roscoea humeana Alba was on my wanted list since I first saw a photograph of it but I never saw it for sale.  In my first attempt from seed one flowered pink and then all were lost in the 2010/11 winter.  I tried again and have two flowering, both white.  I saw it on Hartside's stall at the Early Bulb Display in Dunblane last year and could not resist buying.  The seed grown plants are smaller with smaller flowers but hopefully they will improve with age.

Harvington Evening Star has just poked through the ground outside so I can replant Corydalis cashmeriana now I know exactly where the Roscoea is.

[Pete Clarke]

I dug up and saved some nice pure white flowered seedling from Roscoea Kew Beauty last year.
This is how they flowered this year, rather disappointing.
 

[Philip Walker]

This little Roscoea was in a batch of un named seedlings I got from a group meeting.I'm guessing R.scillifolia