Flowers and foliage April 2008

[Michael J Campbell]

A couple braving the weather in the scree bed.
Morisia Fred Hemingway.
Douglasia laevigata, I think that this plant has changed its name again, but my brain is not computing at the moment.

[mark smyth]

Trillium 027 has great anthers

Most of the daphnes I bought from that supplier never recovered. They are now struggling to stay alive

[Michael J Campbell]

Mark,were the Daphne's on their own roots or grafted?

[art600]

With Robin White of Blackthorn Nursery retiring, we shall have to look to Michael to quench the thirst of an increasing number of people who want well grown Daphnes.

Michael, I would love to place an order on my return from Iran, so do not sell all your stock.

[Martin Baxendale]

With Robin White of Blackthorn Nursery retiring, we shall have to look to Michael to quench the thirst of an increasing number of people who want well grown Daphnes.

I was going to say, does anyone know who are the best sources for the small daphnes now Blackthorn are closed for retail (I didn't manage to get there this year for their last open days    )

I think they may still be doing some propagating of the daphnes, but does anyone know what retail mail order sources might be offering their plants or a similar range? I know Karen Junker sometimes offers a few but not the range that Blackthorn used to sell and she's usually sold out of most and operating waiting lists. I could cry now when I think of all the times I was there and thought "I can't afford anything else now - I'll get one of those next year" only to find there weren't going to be any more next years at Blackthorn. I should have got them when they were available and to hell with the expense (easy to say with hindsight of course).

[Tony Willis]

A couple of orchids in flower and an asarum and a corydalis

[Paul T]

Michael,

Lovely rivale as always!!  Love that deep pink one and the shape of 0024 in particular.  Beautiful!!

Tony,

Interesting Asarum.  I don't think I've seen a full black one before, and haven't heard of that species.

[Anthony Darby]

The Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis sp.) grows like a weed in my greenhouse. Its tiny bulbs get everywhere, but I like it.

[t00lie]

Quote earlier today from Mr Amazing--

"Maggi & Alan, here are the Daphne's
 General view 2 - 3 -14
4 Cuttings
5 Grafts
6 Grafts to the left and cuttings to the right of the timber divider.
19 Cuttings.
23 Grafts".

Wonderful pics Michael.

Here's my small contribution to the subject of Daphne's....

At the NZ Alpine Weekend back in Jan of this year i attended a workshop on grafting.Specifically we practised grafting Daphne's and under the watchful eye of our tutor Merv Holland the following couple are my success's from that weekend .Not sure but i think the rootstock was D. longilobata.

The last pic is of a Daphne x hendersonii  i purchased from Merv at the weekends sales table showing the graft fully calloused,(? ),over.

I understand Daphne's are easy to graft and i'm no expert for sure however i have many many seedlings of D. oleoides popping up around the back garden so i'm tempted to have ago on my own and use these as rootstock on a few other different D's. i'd like to increase.

Cheers Dave.

[t00lie]

Oops .Here is the mature D.x hendersonii.

[Paul T]

Great stuff Dave.  Congratulations.  So what does your feral oleoides look like?

[t00lie]

Hello Paul

My D. oleoides bush grown from seed stands at about a metre and a bit --although it has nice white flowers they do not smother the plant as much as i'd like and to be honest a few times i've looked at removing it because of that reason and also its berries which if left to fall from now on,germinate willy nilly.

I know it drops quite a few leaves but for the life of me can't remember whether it is totally deciduous or not.

Cheers dave.

[Gerdk]

Some shots from yesterday
1. Anemone pavonina self seeded
2. Saruma henryi
3.Primula hirsuta alba

and from my ' mini bog '
4.Primula rosea
5. Viola uliginosa
6. Caltha palustris alba
7. Caltha sagittata - from Chile, unexpectedly hardy

Gerd

[mark smyth]

Martin, Aberconwy have a good selection of Daphnes. You're not far from Karen Junker

[afw]

I found this site, might be useful: www.charleshurstplants.co.uk
They do a limited selection of daphnes.