Flowers and foliage April 2008

[Anthony Darby]

I do like that Hyacinthella dalmatica 'Grandiflora'.

[henkw]

Has anyone got a idea what the name is of  (See page 20)  my paeonia  ???and my  Arisama it is  only 10cm high.

Henk

[Paul T]

Hank,

Do you have a photo of the leaves of the Arisaema?  Often the flower alone isn't enough.  is it always 10cm high?

[johnw]

See Luit's lowest set of arrows, go to the arrow on the extreme right and drop down about 2 arrow heights.

I know what you mean Johnw, but I learned from my grandson to use some Magix Design Programme, but it is for me not so magical, because after I put the arrows in I could not move them down and I gave up.
I'll stay a PC dummy then...........

Luit - You did better with the arrows than I did, I couldn't even get them inserted next to to the flowers!

I need to get a photo editor for iPhoto. Any suggestions out there?

Guess only Maggi is the one still searching for the flower.

johnw

[henkw]

Dear Tylerman

Here some additional pictures

Yes it is always 10-15 cm high

Henk

[annew]

Henk, your Paeonia might be a hybrid. I have several different species in my garden, and sometimes my P. mlok.. seedlings come pink.

[Kenneth K]

Many of the Paeonia mlokosevitschii that are sold are not true. They are actualy hybrides and if you sow seeds from those you get a mix of more or less yellow or pinkflowering plants. As it takes some time until the flowers come you never know the outcome. I have a couple of seedplants from the Botanical Garden of Gothenburg that are wild collected in south Kaukasia 1987 and they are sure to be yellow. But you can never be sure even with wild collected seeds as they hybridize also in nature.

[ian mcenery]

Kenneth is that Soldanella that shade of blue it is very striking

Here are a few from today in the garden

[Kenneth K]

Well, it is a little hard to get it right with blue but I think my camera is not lying to much this time. The picture is taken in shadow and that is a little easier.

[annew]

That Tulipa whittallii is lovely - how tall does it grow?

[hadacekf]

Ian,
Did you know that the G. acaulis ‘Belvedere’ originates from the oldest Alpen Garden in Europe?  It is the Alpen Garden Belvedere in Vienna. Super pics and plants.

[Michael J Campbell]

A very late Hellebore.

[Anthony Darby]

Here's what's flowering in an unlabelled pot of what I thought were scilla seedlings.

[Paddy Tobin]

Ian,

I saw a plant of anemone obtusiloba for the first time in Harold McBride's garden, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, some years back and was bowled over by the colour, better than any gentian, I believe.  A fabulous plant!

The rest are also beautiful but the anemone brings back memories of such an enjoyable visit to Harold's garden, a real treasure.

Paddy

[Paul T]

Henk,

For reference, my name is Paul.  The rest is my surname.  It's in the signature at the end of every posting I make.

I think your Arisaema looks to possibly be one of the more dwarf forms of triphyllum, although most have the spathe folding down further than that.  The leaves look about right for that, but there are a number of species that have trifoliate leaves.  Maybe with the extra photos someone with more Arisaema experience than I do can confirm the ID?

Anthony,

Is the white thing Leucojum tingitanum?