Bulb Log 2017

[Ian Y]

This week the Bulb Log has the second part of my report from the Czech International Conference with highlights including plant sales entertainment and a show with a difference....


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017May241495616719BULB_LOG_2117.pdf

[Ian Y]

Back in the garden with seasonal changes in this weeks Bulb Log...............



http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017May311496225767BULB_LOG_2217.pdf

[Ian Y]

This Bulb Log celebrates the ordinary - plants that grow themselves.


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017Jun071496828516BULB_LOG_2317.pdf

[astragalus]

Ian, I so agree with you. It's the ordinary, not the extraordinary plants that provide a unifying thread or background in a garden. Most gardens would be the poorer without them.

[Darren]

The white form of the Erinus has colonised the cracks in paving here alongside numerous self sown chives. they flower at the same time and combine beautifully. A happy accident, though I have to keep an eye on Susan who is rather suspicious of anything so keen to propagate itself, so anything straying from where it was planted is liable to removal.

[Ian Y]

I am starting a number of new projects in this weeks Bulb Log...


http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017Jun141497436003BULB_LOG_2417.pdf

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Ian (and Maggi)
Amazing to see how your gardens used to look!
Gardens are never static and do evolve over time and as our interests and needs change.
In our garden we are slowly getting tree cover to be able to grow more shade tolerant plants, though erythroniums may still be out of our hands! The number of raised beds and rock gardens has also substantially increased over the last 17 years here,
cheers
fermi

[Gabriela]

As I already said, the Bulb Log is one of my favourite readings, there is always something to draw inspiration from.
This time I have to say double thanks - your image picking Erythronium seeds with the tweezers reminded me last evening that I forgot to check on Epimediums. This morning I rushed outside with a coffee filter in hand (my favourite recipient for collecting seeds in the garden) and found some already spilled on the ground But few capsules were still hanging ready to drop at the slightest touch

Erythronium americanum as well is very sensitive to weather. Periods of cold rains when they were in flower this spring resulted in capsules with only 1-4 good seeds inside.

[Ian Y]

Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback Fermi and Gabriela - it is encouraging, reassuring and informative to hear your comments.

[Ian Y]

Meconopsis and Dactylorhiza are the flowering plants that feature in this Bulb Log.



http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017Jun211498034426BULB_LOG_2517.pdf

[gerrit]

With great pleasure I have read the log with all those marvellous dactylorhizas. And later in the evening together with my wife. Ian, thanks for doing us this favour. And now i understand the mecanism behind the phenomenon, dactylorhizas choosing a trogue to grow in it. The first time i have seen this was in the RBGE in trogues in front of the alpine house. I was astonished. I the log you gave the clue. Many years of not-disturbing, the soil is completely washed out. No nutritients are available any more and enough fungi, to provide germination of the almost invisible seeds.

[Ian Y]

Thank you Gerrit it gives me great satisfaction that you and your wife enjoy my Bulb Log.

If we observe our plants carefully they will always teach us what are their likes and dislikes we just have to learn to intemperate interpret  and understand what we see.
As you correctly state these areas with low nutrition and no disturbance will also be rich in fungi the perfect conditions for the orchids.

[johnralphcarpenter]

intemperate
ɪnˈtɛmp(ə)rət/
adjective
having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate.
"intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies"
synonyms:   immoderate, excessive, undue, inordinate, unreasonable, unjustified, unwarranted, uncalled for; More
given to or characterized by excessive indulgence, especially in alcohol.
"an intemperate social occasion"

Not what you meant, Ian?

[Maggi Young]

   No. Ralph, not what he meant - that's what you get when you pair a dyslexic with predictive text. Ian meant  "interpret" 

[Maggi Young]

Rather nice tribute to Ian and the Bulb Log  from Matt Matthus, NARGS President and  well-known "blogger" in this interview for DIYnetwork.com -
http://www.diynetwork.com/made-and-remade/learn-it/creative-genius-matt-mattus-growing-with-plants