Flowers and foliage June 2008

[KentGardener]

Hi Guys

the Bletilla's are outside in the ground all year.  I have grown B. striata for quite a few years and the clump just gets bigger and bigger.  Then a couple of years ago I was very lucky to be given some more Bletilla by Richard Evenden who produced the Bletilla 'Penway hybrids'.  Unfortunately some of them died (as I put them in the ground outside to See how hardy they were) - but 'ochracea', 'striata' and the 'Penway Imperial x ochracea' are all doing excellently.  I also have a striata alba that just about hangs in there and a couple of variegated striata that also just sit there not getting any bigger or smaller!

A Bletilla striata picture to cheer your afternoon.



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John

[Hans A.]

Beautiful photos everybody!
I also took some pictures this afternoon in my garden.
The Balearic Islands have a large number of endemic Limonium species which grow naturally on rocks or on sand near the sea – at the moment there are accepted about 40 different species and a lot of natural hybrids exist – this is a nice compact growing one.
Santolina occurs here with its own ssp. magonica – this is a larger flowered form which came up near the Cultivar “Lemon Queen”.
Origanum syriacum is grown from seed – said to be collected in Lebanon – I hope the name is right…
Rosmarinus officinalis is a widespread species in the local mountains – some years ago I made cuttings of special coloured forms when I found them – like this pink one.
Teucrium asiaticum is an endemic species, while Teucrium flavum is widespread, but a rare species here - both can be grown easy by seed.
Conanthera bifolia is a beautiful Bulb (flowers remember Solanum) from Chile which is grown from seed I collected in Central Chile (Talca area) some years ago – it is a relative of Tecophilaea.

[Blue-bellied Frog]

Natives under the rain.

Calla palustris
 Cornus canadensis
 Cornus stolonifera

[Magnar]

Magnar,

Very nice.  Love that Iris, but that last Caltha is VERY special.  I am guessing it isn't something I'm likely to find here in Aus?  Does it have a name?

I got it from a friend. He had it from China under the name Caltha palustris var.
The Iris is from east Siberia,, the only bad about it is that each flower last not much more than a day.

[Blue-bellied Frog]

Natives (La suite)

 Habenaria dilatata
Moneses uniflora
 Sarracenia purpurea

[art600]

Bernard

What is the other plant with Cornus canadensis?

[Blue-bellied Frog]

Arthur, it's Maïanthemum canadense.

[johanneshoeller]

Some plants from the near mountains (Höllengebirge) and some from my garden. These Alpine plants are often seen in the Alps.

[johanneshoeller]

And the last 2 pics from today

[Magnar]

I love these alpine plants,, thanks a lot for posting the pics

[Paddy Tobin]

Renate,

Adored your photograph of Arisaema fargesii. Do you have to grow it in a pot?



John,

Good to see your photographs. Great selection.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

 Hans, my favourite must be DSCF4562.JPG .....Rhododendron ferrugineum  ....well. no, when I look closer, it is R. hirsutum, isn't it?

[Lvandelft]

 Hans, my favourite must be DSCF4562.JPG .....Rhododendron ferrugineum 

Maggi, I rather believe it's Rh. hirsutum.
The underside of the leaves is not brown, as far as I can see...?

[Maggi Young]

Yes, Luit! I noticed that and just edited my post to say hirsutum at the very same time you were posting! I had not spotted all those hairs at first, either!

[Lvandelft]

Maggi, when I looked back, I thought I must have had a Senior moment, because I did not see
before what you edited later.
Forgive me, but to be sure I asked my other half to have a look at the picture.
She must know because she always want to pick some flowers of R ferrugineum, which grow in abundance in her "Heimat", to put at her mother's grave.