wanted: eranthis forms

[KentGardener]

Hi everyone,

2 years ago I was lucky to spend a weekend in Nettetal - while there I purchased a few eranthis not really knowing a lot about them.  Recently I have noticed how nice they are looking in the garden and I've decided that they seem happy here and appeal to me a lot.

I think I would now love to grow some more of the different forms but today's web searches doesn't seem to have shown any particularly great source for them.

If any one could possibly help me with the details of an eranthis specialist (?) - or if anyone has anything 'different' to spare (?) I would be very interested in trying a few more out.

So far the "collection" here in Kent consists of:

Hy Plena seedlings (Germany)
Grunling (Germany)
Schlyters Orange (Germany)
Lady Lamontagne (Monksilver)
Orange Glow (AGS show)
All Saints (Suffolk)

I would like to try some of the more pastel/lighter/whiter/paler shades or deeper/richer colours if I can track them down.  I also remember seeing a slide of a completely green double once.  But I would be very happy to try anything out that is not already growing here to see how they like South East UK.   

Anything planted here has to fend for itself in the open though - no alpine house or cover for them.
 
Many thanks for any suggestions of nurseries/people I may contact.

My kind regards

John

[mark smyth]

I have Guinea Gold in a pot that you can have

[KentGardener]

Thank you for your very kind offer Mark.  I shall send you a PM.

[Gail]

Mine are not all up yet John but may be able to spare some. They have mostly come from Pottertons;

http://www.pottertons.co.uk/pott/browse.php?folder=211

[KentGardener]

Many thanks for the link Gail - there are a couple of nice looking ones there that I shall try and order.

Cheers

John

[Lina Hesseling]

John, you can try

www.misterhepatica.de

This man was at Nettetal selling Eranthus. He has very nice plants.

Lina.

[KentGardener]

Thank you very much Lina.  I believe this is the man I purchased my first impulse plants from - he is responsible now for my interest!   

[mark smyth]

Andreas never replies to my emails. He made first contact asking if I would like to buy some plants

[Alan_b]

If the pale ones come true from seed then I will have a good few in one or two year's time.  Of course, they won't be the actual named varieties, just their progeny.

[KentGardener]

I've just spotted a little group of seedlings a few inches away from 'Orange Glow' - will be interesting to see what they look like.

[WimB]

John, normally 'Orange Glow' comes reasonably true from seeds.

As for your question where to buy more; have a look here: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9951.msg267389#msg267389

[pontus]

Hello John,

With some luck I may have some eranthis stellata at some point in early spring. I will keep you updated.

I have a friend who grows pinnatifida...perhaps i can make a swap with him to get some corms later on if he still has some...

do you grow any eranthis which are actually orange or very dark yellow?

Pontus

[KentGardener]

Hi Pontus

I grow 'Orange Glow' and 'Schlyters Orange' - but these are only 1 or 2 years old.  They seem to have settled quite well in the garden here (unlike 'Pauline' that I have lost - has anyone else had problems with 'Pauline' - or is it just my bad luck compared to the other eranthis?).  So it may be a couple of years before I can cut one of the plantings in half to post out.

Hopefully in future years we may be able to swap our plants.   

With best wishes

John

[Alan_b]

I must say that the white Eranthis species look spectacular in photographs.  But they are reputed to be much more difficult to grow in the garden than hyemalis and so rare that it is difficult to find much contradictory evidence.

[WimB]

I must say that the white Eranthis species look spectacular in photographs.  But they are reputed to be much more difficult to grow in the garden than hyemalis and so rare that it is difficult to find much contradictory evidence.

E. pinnatifida does okay in the garden over here in shade and a well drained humid soil...although the flowers always suffer from our on-and-off freezing weather. When they are in flower and there's a day of frost, the flower withers...so maybe better in a pot! E. stellata, E. sibirica and E. byunsanensis should be possible outside too (if you're able to find them for sale anywhere)! Never seen E. byunsanensis (of which I got some seeds from a very friendly forumnist last year) or E. sibirica for sale anywhere. Janis Ruksans is selling E. stellata.