Flowers and foliage March 2008

[Paul T]

I love that blue Corydalis solida.  Beautiful!!

[Lvandelft]

This blue Corydalis is a very interesting plant Gerd!
You should try to propagate it, there are admirers for it! 

I hope the plants will act in the way as the red selections do, i.e. when separated from the other colours there will similar tinted seedlings appear. Also I'll try to look for a division for you.

Gerd

That's great Gerd, I will be patient!
Seeing the reactions you could start a business. 

[Tony Willis]

I can see some yellow tips amongst those leucojum.

Martin I am surprised you have had time for the forum today,I thought you would be glued to the TV watching the royal hero come home.

[Martin Baxendale]

Martin I am surprised you have had time for the forum today,I thought you would be glued to the TV watching the royal hero come home.

As an ex-journalist, I have to admit it's all been a very well crafted (and thoroughly pre-meditated) piece of PR work for HRH, the Royal Family and the Army. Someone at the MoD must be getting a serious slap on the back right now.

[Gerdk]

There's one very obvious yellow-tipped one in the bottom left-hand corner, and some others close by it, plus one or two others I think I can see dotted around.

mail from Heinz Rehfeld:

most tips were yellow - some yellow - green
so you are right Martin

Gerd

[Anthony Darby]

There's one very obvious yellow-tipped one in the bottom left-hand corner, and some others close by it, plus one or two others I think I can see dotted around.

mail from Heinz Rehfeld:

most tips were yellow - some yellow - green
so you are right Martin

Gerd

Well spotted Martin. Right now, you should be getting a serious slap on the back.

[Tony Willis]

here are some orchids in flower at the moment. I know that one at least has been renamed, papilionacea  and the lutea has been divided into sub species to numerous to count. I am ignoring this and just putting up the pictures. It is snowing heavily as I post this,glad winter is over!

[mark smyth]

indoor or outdoor orchids?

[Tony Willis]

hardy in a warm dry climate,so with me pots in greenhouse for autumn and winter. I then put the pots in the garage out of the way for the summer when they die down in about April

[Hans A.]

Tony, really beautyful orchids - some of the Ophrys started to flower  in the local Pinewoods.
Gerd - I never have seen such a blue solida!   - little more work in selections and you will get one similar to cashmiriana - just much easier to grow in central europe (I hope)
Great population of Leucojum vernum!

[Maggi Young]

Hans A... how nice to SEE you now! 

[Gerdk]

Gerd - I never have seen such a blue solida!   - little more work in selections and you will get one similar to cashmiriana - just much easier to grow in central europe (I hope)

Hans,
Thank you - unfortunately I am no breeder but a dreamer (of cashmiriana blue
Maybe Ruksans has better blues - I never ordered one from him.

Gerd

[Hans A.]

Yes Maggie - the pics give a personal touch to this great forum. 
Gerd i think this blue is really beautyful - as in my climatical conditions it will be  impossible to grow this Corydalis I did not check Janis Corydalis list - I will do if I should move back to Germany .

Hans

[Gerdk]

1. After white (Leucojum) and yellow (daffodils) this patch is turning to blue
2. Viola dalmatica - first open flower
3. to 6.
    Primula marginata with a touch of blue and the 'normal' blue one

Gerd

[Katherine J]

Primula marginata already flowering in the open garden???
Mine has just now awoken.