Eranthis 2014

[Hagen Engelmann]

Yes, it is Eranthis time, again.
Several types show their noses above the ground.
Here is my little "green" favourite: ANDENKEN AN JOHANNES RASCHKE.
He has a sulphur or citrus yellow friend on his side: UCKROER FRÜHLINGSSONNE (picture saturday).
But also the very early WINTERZAUBER starts to bloom (picture sunday).

[mark smyth]

Lovely!

[David Nicholson]

Agreed, I want

[WimB]

Hagen,

you're trying to make me drool, aren't you 

In flower/in bud over here now:

Eranthis hyemalis 'Moonlight'
Eranthis hyemalis 'Winterzauber'
and Eranthis hyemalis.

[MR GRUMPY]

Wim,
        Glad to see your Eranthis flowering,they look superb.

Hagen,
         Wow!

[Lesley Cox]

I expect to have E. hiemalis flowering in my potting shed in a few years. A tray full of seed was perched precariously on an empty bucket but knocked over when a certain sometime helper in the nursery was putting an extra table in the shed, for me to use for tidying plants prior to packing, rather than having to clear potting mix off that table. Of course the whole lot spilled onto the floor which is covered in gravel (HIS shed has a concrete florr ) I retrieved what I could but a lot is still left, among the stones. I'll have to water them and see what hapens come germination time. The tray had been there for a couple of months instead of being taken outside so I suppose it was my own fault.

This pale eranthis i(above) s beautiful. We have only the regular yellow and the orangey form here and so far as I know, no other species at all, maybe someone has cilicicus. Judging from the pics above, perhaps over time the range will include all the forms and colours present in Ran. ficaria.

[Brian Ellis]

Wim

you're trying to make me drool, aren't you

, that picture of Moonlight is gorgeous

[Hagen Engelmann]

in the last daylight of friday:
UCKROER FRÜHLINGSSONNE
WINTERZAUBER


Wim, I find we have to see MOONLIGHT, UF, but also ZITRONENFALTER, side by side to learn something about the differences.
The last both are here already......

[WimB]

Wim, I find we have to see MOONLIGHT, UF, but also ZITRONENFALTER, side by side to learn something about the differences.
The last both are here already......

Yes, you should add PAULINE to that list, it's similar too. Have that one here too, but it's not out yet.

[David Nicholson]

I could possibly start another "obsession" but in truth I know little about Eranthis. I'm building a small patch of E. hiemalis from plants picked up from wherever I can get one and it's coming on nicely but today we visited The Duchy of Cornwall Nurseries near Lostwithiel and I picked up a nice pot of E. cilicica. The thing is how do I tell this apart from hiemalis please (it had a lovely scent too and that came as a surprise to me).

[Maggi Young]

David, with us it's easy - cilicica is the one that dies  pretty fast in our garden!
A more useful answer may be to watch out   at the end of this month for the new issie if - issue of ( even!) the IRG  .....
all will be revealed...... 
 

[David Nicholson]

Cheers Maggi.

[Alan_b]

Pending the latest issue of IRG, E. cilicia is much later flowering than E. hiemelis.

[Hagen Engelmann]

ANDENKEN AN JOHANNES RASCHKE again.
Fine structure of the inners.

[WimB]

ANDENKEN AN JOHANNES RASCHKE again.
Fine structure of the inners.

  "DROOL" "DROOL"