Flowers and foliage April 2008

[mark smyth]

Franz do you mean Degenia velebitica needs shade?

Gerd what are the small white flowered plants in the tough?

It's great so see so much colour in gardens right now. Mine is too much yellow. I have the urge to remake my rockery in to a huge crevice bed

[Gerdk]

Gerd what are the small white flowered plants in the tough?

Draba dedeana, the same species as in pic no. 3

Gerd

[mark smyth]

Maggi remember Prunus 'Comet' from last Feb when I stayed with you and Ian? Past it's best now but was looking great until the winds got it

[mark smyth]

Thanks Gerd.

[Maggi Young]

Yes, I do remember the Prunus, Mark. Good colour, isn't it?

[mark smyth]

I can't remember if you got one? Straight after flowering I cut all stems back to a couple of buds. This resulted in the good straight stems shown. Next year I might take it to our show.

edit Maggi.... no I did not get one.

[hadacekf]

Mark,
In my garden it needs a shade in afternoon.

[Paul T]

Gerd,

Love that blue Dentaria.  Very nice!!

Hans,

Great pics.  Cute blue Muscari, and the Trillium is delightful!!

Mark,

Nice colour to the Prunus.  Is it a P. glandulosa variety?  I cut the glandulosa down each year to a few cm tall, then get 2 to 3 foot tall straight pipe-cleaners or flowers each spring.  I also pollard my P. 'Elvins' for the same reason.  Wonderful results pruning them hard like that, aren't they!!

Thanks everyone!!

[Katherine J]

Just beautiful everything.

Gerd,
your Drabas grow on tufa, or what kind of rocks are there? I like them very much, but until now I didn't manage to keep alive D. bryoides. Also brunifolia looks a little sad at the end of summer.

[mark smyth]

Paul I dont know the species. When Googling it only comes up as P. 'Comet'

Franz are you referring to the Prunus? I would say your summers are much better than ours. Mine lives in a 30+cm pot in full sun (when we get it)

[Gerdk]

Kathrine, Mark
Sorry, I just detected that pic number 3 was the same as number 2.
So I removed the message and started a new one here
Kathrine: Draba dedeana in pic no. 3 grows on tufa, the others in the trough have a good drainage. Don't know why they do well - in summer and autumn they look a little bit damaged.

Gerd

[gote]

I had hoped to be able to take some good photos in the weekend but the strange weather has made some of theplants as confused as i am myself
This is a very normal Hepatica nobilis that used to be Anemone hepatica.
Perhaps I can get better pictures in a few days.
Göte

[Paul T]

Göte,

It might be "normal", but it's still absolutely delightful!!  Glorious colour!!

[gote]

Corydalis malkensis is one of my favourites.
It comes true from seed, It has wider lips to the flower and is earlier than most solidas. (But solidas are taller)
I cannot help two of the pictures are from previous years. but I want to illustrate thet wide lip and that it usually has a side branch of flowers.
Göte

[Paul T]

Göte,

Very cool.  I do like that wide lip you're talking about.  Not a species I'd seen before.  Is it always white, or does it come in other colours as well?  Until the SRGC forums I had had little experience with Corydalis, but there are so many of them out there.  Beautiful!!