Flowers and foliage May 2008

[Slug Killer]

Cardiocrinum giganteum flowering for the first time (7yrs from seed)







Dave

[WimB]

Not a lot of plants that are flowering this week in my garden...

1 Dianthus ?
2 Dicentra peregrina (a very young plant)
3 Heuchera (Caramel, Citronelle and Obsidian)
4 Iris spuria 'Easter Colors'
5 Iris ?
6 Primula bulleyana

[Ian Minty]

I love the cardiocrinum Dave, it was definitely worth the wait.

[Joakim B]

Kristl
You can not compare temperatures with Sweden and get a good opinion if it is possible to grow in Continetal America.
We can not grow magnolia grandiflora in Sweden even in the south part with big success and it is grown in much colder climate in Continetal America. If You can, just test. The fall and spring are so different that one can not compare just the winter.

Kind regards
Joakim

[David Nicholson]

I like that Iris spuria Wim, very nice.

[Maggi Young]

I second David's thoughts on the lovely colours or the Iris spuria, Wim.


Dave the Slugkiller,,,, this seems to be a novel way of keeping slugs from your Cardiocrinum giganteum!! This is a first for me.... I have never seen a cardiocrinum grown in a pot before! Worlks, though, doesn't it?!!

[derekb]

3 photos of Calochortus argillosus With my tongue in my cheek can I just say it beats all the Snowdrops hands down.

Calochortus argillosus.

[WimB]

The Iris spuria 'Easter Colors' is one of the irisses I like the most; the yellow is almost fluorescent (certainly when they just open).

Dave, what a wonderful Cardiocrinum. I've never been able to grow it to flowering size...

[Viola]

Pics from my garden,

Karl

[David Nicholson]

3 photos of Calochortus argillosus With my tongue in my cheek can I just say it beats all the Snowdrops hands down.

Calochortus argillosus.

Derek, can I say I think I agree with you  Could you tell us a little more about your growing method please. I have Calochortus venustus and C. elevatus growing from seed sown last January and hope to order more from Ron Ratko when his next List is available.

[Viola]

Another pics from my garden

Pinus cembra (Witchbroom) 7 jears and 40 cm long.
Pinus hagromo  (Witchbroom) it graft and 5 jears old
Saxifraga longiflora

[Kristl Walek]

Wonderful pictures everyone! Thank you.



3 plants in the sand bed.

The Ptilotrichum spinosum flowers nowhere in the garden like it does here in pure coarse sand.

The rock hard Arenaria tetraquetra wouldn't need to bloom to make me happy, but it does consistently.

Penstemon fruticosus is one of the earliest of the genus to bloom here. It has spread happily in the sand and now covers quite a large section of it.



And in the rock garden:

Corydalis bushii has spread itself in all the nooks and crannies.

Another spreader, which I adore and allow to romp around is Cymbalaria pallida---the only species that is hardy enough for me here.

[JPB]

Hi All,

Aphyllanthes monspeliensis and Cistus albidus. Both wild genotypes from NE Spain.

Cheers, Hans

Edit: Hans, I have moved your post here for you! Maggi

[Lesley Cox]

Super pictures from everyone. Kristl your ptilotrichum is an exceptionally richly coloured form. Even the darker then "ordinary" form that we grow as P. spinosum `Roseum' is nothing like so deep as yours. It's superb. Likewise Corydalis bushii. I don't know that one at all.

Good to see Aphyllanthes monspeliensis on the Forum. I last year lost a plant I'd had for 30 years because it got very overgrown with a grass and I didn't realise until too late. When I went to retrieve and rescue it, it was totally gone. I've recently been given two small plants by a friend.

This morning (Sunday) I stayed in bed until well after daylight then when I finally emerged and looked out the window, it was to see a large black and white cow in the garden. Just standing there gazing ahead. I went and yelled for Roger to come and when he did, just 5 or 6 seconds later, the cow had gone. No sign of it at all, anywhere. Can't explain this. Roger says I'm losing it and felt my forehead, asked if my glasses were OK, had I taken my pills (I only take half an aspirin daily). THERE WAS DEFINITELY A COW THERE! It's raining now but when it stops I'll go to see if there are footprints or other more tangible (or smellable) evidence.

[Kristl Walek]

The fragrant Staphylea bumalda began it's bloom today--these seedlings grow up very fast.

Beautiful Calycanthus floridus. This clone has 78 flowers this year!!

And if you like Asclepiads, a little known, elegant, well-behaved distant milkweed relative- Cynanchum ascyrifolium - makes a shrubby, upright clump to about 50cm with waxy white cymes of flowers virtually the entire summer. It's only fault is that it produces no seed.