Eranthis 2014

[Alan_b]

There is a form of x tubergenii sold here http://rareplants.co.uk/product.asp?strParents&CAT_ID=98&P_ID=473 that is specifically not 'Guinea Gold' but no information is given as to its fertility or lack thereof.

[WimB]

Wim, possibly there are beside 'Glorie' and 'Guinea Gold' even more sterile forms of this cross.
My fertile form has originated many years ago with a friend in Germany.

Dirk, do you know if 'Glory' is still in cultivation somewhere?

[udo]

Dirk, do you know if 'Glory' is still in cultivation somewhere?

Wim,some years ago I had got sometimes a plant under this name, however, it has never blossomed. Will ask once again.

[pehe]

Here are some Eranthis in my garden from the last couple of days.

1 + 2. Eranthis hyemalis 'Schwefelglanz'
3 + 4. Eranthis hyemalis 'Flore Pleno'
5. Eranthis cilicica

Poul

[pehe]

And a few more

1. Eranthis 'Guinea Gold'
2 + 3. Eranthis hyemalis 'Birte'
4. Eranthis hyemalis variation bronze
5. Eranthis hyemalis variation green

[Lina Hesseling]

Very nice ones, Poul.
I started to collect them too and like them a lot. Hopefully they will multiply.
 What is the location in your garden? Sunny or shady?

Lina.

[pehe]

Very nice ones, Poul.
I started to collect them too and like them a lot. Hopefully they will multiply.
 What is the location in your garden? Sunny or shady?

Lina.

Thank you Lina.
E. cilicica, E. hyemalis 'Winterzauber' and E. logistipitata grow in a rather sunny location, and the rest under some shrubs where there are sun in the spring and shade in the summer.
Poul

[pehe]

Last week I visited the botanical garden of Aarhus, where the cultivar Eranthis hyemalis 'Birte' was discovered some years ago. On rather wild areas belonging to the garden, but outside the formal beds, I found two populations of very pale Eranthis hyemalis growing among the normal coloured ones. They looked very similar to 'Birte', and could be clones, but some of them was spread over a wider area, indicating that they are seedlings of 'Birte'. Or the third possibility, they could be new clones. Unfortunately I only had my pocket camera with me, so the picture quality is not the best. They are not showing the real colours. There are bigger difference between the normal coloured ones and the pale ones than the pics show.

1 +2 +3. Eranthis hyemalis pale among standard coloured ones. Location one.
4 + 5. Eranthis hyemalis pale. Location two 60m from location one.

Poul

[pehe]

On the same trip I also found these variations:

1. Eranthis hyemalis green variation1. (It was inside the garden, and I didn't collect it)
2 + 3. Eranthis hyemalis green variation2. (I collected it as it was found in a public area outside the botanical garden)
4. Eranthis hyemalis red variation. (I collected it as it was found in a public area outside the botanical garden)

Poul

[WimB]

Very nice, Poul! Superb variations in there! The red colour is normal in Eranthis flowers that go over...might be interesting if they are that red already when just in bud!

[hadacekf]

Eranthis cilicica flowers in my garden always later

[Uwe]

 Schlyters Triumph:

[Alan_b]

Here are some Eranthis in my garden from the last couple of days.

1 + 2. Eranthis hyemalis 'Schwefelglanz'
3 + 4. Eranthis hyemalis 'Flore Pleno'
5. Eranthis cilicica

Poul

Eranthis cilicica flowers in my garden always later

Me too, my hyemalis have finished and my cilicica are just starting.  So I was surprised that Poul has then all flowering at the same time.  Different climate?

[Naoto The Zombie]

@udo
Thank you for your information! I'll be more careful next time I buy (nurseries may not be telling the truth if they're genuine Guinea Gold or not)!

[pehe]

Me too, my hyemalis have finished and my cilicica are just starting.  So I was surprised that Poul has then all flowering at the same time.  Different climate?

Alan, my hyemalis is allmost over and cilicica has just started.
I guess the main reason is that cilicica grows in a sunny south sloping bed while the others grow in a more shady place.

Poul