Flowers and foliage February 2008

[Paul T]

Thomas,

Eranthis may not be special to you guys, but to some of us they're wonderful treats to be enjoyed at every opportunity.  To see a carpet of them like that is amazing!!  Thank You!! 

[john h forrest]

Hi all


Am in Tenerife at the moment visiting my brother in law for a wedding. I have had to make a temporary login because the system won´t let me in under my normal name and password. This may be because before I left I changed my profile because my email adress has changed.

Just before I left I took a few pics in the garden and will try to post them now but may not be able to because I sent them to my yahoo email and have downloded to B in laws computer but could only save them as bitmaps so may not work
 Hepatica new flower
Hepatica new flower full
Hepatica mature flower

[john h forrest]

Hi All

Am in Tenerife at the moment visiting my brother in law for a wedding. I have had to make a temporary login because the system won´t let me in under my normal name and password. This may be because before I left I changed my profile because my email adress has changed.
I have just tried to post a few pics but without success?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

The pictures are there John - and beauties they are.
Verrrrrrrrrry nice Hepatica ! 

[Lvandelft]

Luit,
What a superb Abeliophyllum distichum! It seems there is a superior clone in the Netherlands.All plants which I have seen here had distorted twigs although nice flowers too.

Gerd, I'm now pretty sure my plant is Abeliophyllum distichum Roseum, because I saw in gardenshops only real white flowering plant. And I remember that I was looking for a "pink Forsythia" when bying the plant.
Here is another picture taken without sun. It's in full flower now but I fear the coming nightfrosts with more than 5 degrees below zero.

[Gerdk]

Very nice plant, Luit! Thank you for the pic.

Gerd

[Michael J Campbell]

A nice Romulea in the garden today

[Michael J Campbell]

Dionysia  curviflora coming into flower in the alpine house.

[shelagh]

Well it is bright and sunny here in Bury, but bitterly cold for a 'her indoors' type, which is what I am. So I just rushed out with my camera to give you a taste of what a few days of warm weather has brought into flower.

[David Nicholson]

A nice Romulea in the garden today

Nice one Michael, is it R. bulbocodium var. crocea?

[David Nicholson]

Well it is bright and sunny here in Bury, but bitterly cold for a 'her indoors' type, which is what I am. So I just rushed out with my camera to give you a taste of what a few days of warm weather has brought into flower.

Dull, grey and drizzle here Shelagh and b****y cold!! We had the sun on Wednesday and to an extent, yesterday. Aren't Hellebores a pain in the backside to photograph? I liked your Primula Groeken's Glory, I haven't seen that one before.

[Michael J Campbell]

David. from memory it is crocea,too cold today to look for a label

[Lvandelft]

I liked your Primula Groeken's Glory, I haven't seen that one before.

Shelagh and David, as a Dutch gardener seeing the naming of this Primula I would like to make a
little correction and hope you don't mind.
The right spelling is Groenekan's Glorie. Groenekan is a small village near Utrecht.

Shelagh, I do hope the weather is getting warmer soon and you can show us more beauties of your garden.

Luit

[shelagh]

Thank you Luit for the correction. It is so long since we bought it we have long since lost it's original label. It is such a 'good doer' that we have moved it with us from one house to the next.

[Paddy Tobin]

John - John Gennard, that is,

Just now caught up on your follow-up posting on your woodland garden. It is an outstanding example of this type of garden, an excellent selection of plants and all well managed so that one does not overrun the other. Excellent, really enjoyed it. Many thanks,

Paddy