Adonis 2018

[WimB]

Some Adonis cultivars in flower today:

Adonis 'Beni Nadeshiko'
Adonis 'Chichibu Beni'
Adonis 'Kin Pukurin'
Adonis 'Kinsekai'
Adonis 'Nadeshiko'

[WimB]

And the last one for today:

Adonis 'Oya Shirazu'

[Gail]

Those are very lovely Wim; I think the warmth of 'Beni Nadeshiko' makes it a perfect winter flower.

[Véronique Macrelle]

very beautiful, but it seems very early:

my Adonis vernalis is still in the form of basal buds in my garden

[WimB]

very beautiful, but it seems very early:

my Adonis vernalis is still in the form of basal buds in my garden

Yes, vernalis is a lot later. That's normal. These are all amurensis, multiflora, shikokuensis and ramosa hybrids.

[Jacek]

Wim, so beautiful spring colours and shapes.

2 years ago I planted my first A. amurensis seedling and wait for the first flower. Not the same stage as yours.

[WimB]

Wim, so beautiful spring colours and shapes.

2 years ago I planted my first A. amurensis seedling and wait for the first flower. Not the same stage as yours.

They take their to time to flower from seed, had my first flower from one sown in 2012 this year...Still waiting for some from 2013.

[WimB]

Those are very lovely Wim; I think the warmth of 'Beni Nadeshiko' makes it a perfect winter flower.

Yes, it is, it's just a shame that in my winter-wet climate the buds don't open well, so I have to keep them indoors in pots.

[Lesley Cox]

I'm not sure if I really like all these highly coloured Adonis cultivars. The clear, pure yellow seems perfection to me. On the other hand, perhaps I would like them a lot more if I had some or had access to some. Not likely for NZ gardeners.

[WimB]

I'm not sure if I really like all these highly coloured Adonis cultivars. The clear, pure yellow seems perfection to me. On the other hand, perhaps I would like them a lot more if I had some or had access to some. Not likely for NZ gardeners.

A good thing taste differs, Lesley...would be a very boring world otherwise...I do like the "regular" yellow ones too. Yellow is such a strong spring colour but the orange ones can be so vibrant too. Seeds would be a possible source for you, Lesley, but the orange ones often revert back to yellow from seed.

[Leena]

I love those oranges  , though all Adonis are my favourites. Especially A.amurensis which is the first to flower here too, as soon as the snow melts in March/April. Last spring was cold, but I was happy to see one plant (out of my three plants) producing seeds, which I just managed to catch before they fell even from green seed pods. I hope to see them germinate this year.

[kris]

Yes, it is, it's just a shame that in my winter-wet climate the buds don't open well, so I have to keep them indoors in pots.

Wim you have beautiful Adonis. I love all of them.
 Can you please tell me how to grow them in pots. I ordered for the  Adonis "Beni Nadosheiko". I am  scared of planting them out side  in the first year. Can I grow it in pot and keep it in the frig for the first winter.
Do you grow anything outside? What is the soil composition and feeding frequency?

[WimB]

Wim you have beautiful Adonis. I love all of them.
 Can you please tell me how to grow them in pots. I ordered for the  Adonis "Beni Nadosheiko". I am  scared of planting them out side  in the first year. Can I grow it in pot and keep it in the frig for the first winter.
Do you grow anything outside? What is the soil composition and feeding frequency?

Dear Kris,

Over here these special forms do best in pots, outside the flowers suffer too much from the wet and cold weather. If you have an unheated greenhouse, that's OK for them, although -35 C might be bit low :-/

Outside I grow Fukujukai and ramosa, which do great there and most doubles do OK too, because they flower later. As well as the Russian forms, which flower later than the Japanese forms too.

In a pot I grow them in long toms (they like a deep rootrun) and I grow them in a mix of 50% potting soil (peat based), 25% kanuma and 25% coarse lava stones. I feed them twice or three times durign their growing period.

[Leena]

Wim, did I understand correctly that japanese forms are not as hardy as other ones?

Here A.amurensis from Olga is very hardy. It had flower buds visible already in early January before the snow came (even though it had been quite cold already in December and ground was frozen), and now day before yesterday the snow melted where it grows and right the same day the buds showed colour. Nights were still around -10C and that didn't harm it, ground is still frozen solid. Now there is snow again but it will melt away hopefully soon. This is not so special as the doubles or oranges, but I'm sure also you could grow it, Kris.

[WimB]

Wim, did I understand correctly that japanese forms are not as hardy as other ones?

Here A.amurensis from Olga is very hardy. It had flower buds visible already in early January before the snow came (even though it had been quite cold already in December and ground was frozen), and now day before yesterday the snow melted where it grows and right the same day the buds showed colour. Nights were still around -10C and that didn't harm it, ground is still frozen solid. Now there is snow again but it will melt away hopefully soon. This is not so special as the doubles or oranges, but I'm sure also you could grow it, Kris.

It's not as much the hardiness I think but more the rainy cold they dislike. The flowers for sure hate being wet constantly.