Flowers and foliage April 2008

[Lvandelft]

And it seems an easy seeder too, because there were many plants several meters around this place.
It is from Mexico. I've seen it some weeks ago at Zürich Bot Garden for the first time.

Are we talking about the Lysichiton or the Lopezia here? My little lysichitons are too small to flower yet, never mind seed

That's a stunning little willow Luit. What a beautiful plant in flower and such a nice habit as well.

Don't think Lysichiton comes from Mexico, Lesley.

I'm afraid that little willow, without cutting back, would take over my whole raised bed.
Got it as a present a few years ago as slowgrowing dwarf!
But keeping in shape it is yearround beautiful.

[olegKon]

Thank you ,Luit, for correction. I have misspelt it. It certainly is Physochlaina. The plant was bought without the species name. But you seem to be right. It looks orientalis. Here is a close view of the same

[fermi de Sousa]

That Lopezia looks an awful lot like a plant we got here as Nonea lutea (also in the Borage family) and the first plant I got set about a thousand seed and about 500 germinated the second year! Every year since then seedlings have been appearing though it only was allowed to flower two years running, about 4 years ago! We call it "yellow Patterson's curse"!
cheers
fermi

[Lvandelft]

In that case I think the "Garden Goblins" were at work in Zürich B.G.
Googled that most Lopezia are pink flowering.
As this one is yellow, it wil be Nonea lutea and this comes from Caucasus
You are deadright Fermi, thanks for your message here.
I was just reporting what I saw.


I'll try to change names right now.

[johnw]

Todd -  Bodil Larsen, just a few miles from you, is growing one of them successfully . L. camtschatcense if I recall.

johnw

[johnw]

Luit - Here are some shots from last year taken in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Our native skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, while not homely it is a bit sombre and can't quite compete with the showy Lysichitons.  You wull have to look hard for the flower in DSCN1016!

johnw

[hadacekf]

In the proximity of Vienna grow Iris pumila together with Muscari neglectum and Adonis vernalis.

[Armin]

Franz,
super pictures - as usual
It is a great pleasure to see the Muscari meadow and the Adonis.

[Lvandelft]

Luit - Here are some shots from last year taken in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Our native skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, while not homely it is a bit sombre and can't quite compete with the showy Lysichitons.  You wull have to look hard for the flower in DSCN1016!

johnw

Thank you for these pictures, Johnw.
When I would have seen these at Utrecht, I would have been happy to take pictures of these too.
They seem to like the same circumstances.
I believe the flower is left behind the yellowish plant.

[Lvandelft]

Franz, beautiful pictures!
I should really go more often to Vienna.
Would you like to tell me by Pers. Mess. whereabouts you made these pictures?
Seems we are mostly at the wrong time there.
Thank you.

[Martin Baxendale]

Lovely photos, Franz. Look a bit like on the way to Bratislava, around Berg.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely pictures Franz, thank you for posting them.

[Paddy Tobin]

Wow Franz, How beautiful! Just fabulous.

Many thanks, Paddy

[Susan]

Paddy, you've said it all.  Thank you so much  Franz, how stunning.

Susan

[henkw]

Here more pictures,

I went as L.van Delft to the Utrecht Botanical garden.

Henk