Flowers and foliage June 2008

[Lvandelft]

Some more plants in our garden.
First a now mostly neglected Geranium, probably caused by the many hybrids.
Then a hybrid originated in G.B. , one from Germany and one, a very  rich
 flowering chance seedling from my own garden.
Also a small limetree which should reach 1 m. in 10 - 15 years

Geranium cinereum Splendens     
Geranium cinereum Carol                 
Geranium cinereum Signal     
Geranium cinereum new           
Geranium x lindavicum Appleblossom       
Geranium Patricia             
Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus   
Hemerocallis Daily Bread       
Tilia cordata Monto             
Leontopodium alpinum Stella Bavaria

[arisaema]

The saga of weirdly coloured Nomocharis continues, with a yellow N. aperta opening its first flower today. Is this kind of variation common in the wild? Both bulbs came from the same Chinese import, presumably hailing from NW Yunnan (or possibly N Burma).

Also below:

Cyp flavum
Geranium erianthum
Podophyllum aurantiocaule ssp. furfuraceum
A bad pic of Polygonatum cirrhifolium

[Anthony Darby]

Here is my Crinodendron hookerianum jammed behind the shed and the greenhouse, flowering for the second time in 9 months.

[johnw]

Arisaema - Good grief what a magnificent aperta! Splendid, astounding............never heard of such a thing.  I hope you have your pollinating brush at hand.

johnw

[johnw]

Here is my Crinodendron hookerianum jammed behind the shed and the greenhouse, flowering for the second time in 9 months.

Anthony - Wonderful.  Is it in the ground?  Oh to be able to grow that here.

johnw

[Kristl Walek]

Allium obliquum has a nice architectural presence in the garden, and even though the acid-yellow flowers are smallish, they are abundant. And it doesn't mind my heavy clay and summer moisture.

Molopospermum peloponnesiacum grows in an open spot in the woodland garden-  this perennial Umbelliferae is another plant of considerable architectural value. It can grow to 150cm, with large elegant, finely divided foliage below the compound umbels of yellow-green flowers.

I know that Arisarum proboscideum can be a weed in many gardens, but here in the north we covet whatever Aroids are hardy enough for us, especially when they are perfectly well behaved and cuter than cute...

Arisaema dracontium (Green Dragon) native to eastern USA, can reach huge proportions. It is at its northern limits here, so only gets about 90cm at most.

[arisaema]

Lovely pictures - I'm with John on the Crinodendron, if only it would have been a zone or two hardier! The aroid is also stunning en masse, but isn't it a Pinellia?

johnw: The bumblebees beat me to it, will try to collect some seeds if you want any later.

[johnw]

Arisaema - I truly meant for you to grow more of those aperta but I certainly would like to try a few!

I will cross my L. lophophorums and oxypetalums on the weekend  and perhaps I can send some seed in return.

With thanks

johnw

[Blue-bellied Frog]

Found in my garden this week.
Maybe other influences of smoked salmon fumes?
Someone already seen this Trillium?

[Kristl Walek]

Arisaema,

It is Arisarum for sure. It's just that I had to lie on my belly to photgraph the little guys, so they look larger than the tiny elves that they are.

The Pinella have just broken ground, but the Arisarum is way past it's prime- it's been going strong for weeks.

Here is a close up.

[Maggi Young]

Kristl, this is what I call Arisarum proboscideum.....a pic from the old Forum by Lawrence Moon and a link to a drawing by Anne Wright..... the hood is more closed, the foliage short and arrow shaped... your plant speaks to me of Arisaema  rather ??



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[arisaema]

That's the one I'm familiar with as well, the flowers are mostly hidden under the foliage, so it isn't as showy. Your plant is probably either Pinellia tripartita and P. ternata, someone else will probably know how to tell them apart.

Blue Bellied Frog: That's an interesting Trillium, which species is it?

[Blue-bellied Frog]

Arisaema, I saw this Trillium for the first time this morning. Maybe a variant of T. undulatum?
I don't know.

Bernard

[Kristl Walek]

Thank you so much everyone....you are such a fantasic resource!!!

It's amazing how I have been (confidently) growing this as Mouse's Tails all these years--never even thought to question it until today.

Now I know it is Pinellia ternata---which rather than being the Pinellia from hell here---has only spread into about a 2 foot round section in 20 years. Still a great plant for the north.

The other Pinellias are just now pushing up their spathes...

[Kristl Walek]

Bernard,
I have been commenting to many people here how I have never seen a year like this in the garden and in the wild where every second plant I see is virused....the day I collected Claytonia seed I was in a stretch of woods where members of almost every genus and species had virused foliage (woody to herbaceous)...all I can think of is all the wet we have had this year...

Also, I am not sure if I am seeing your Trillium properly, but what exactly are you referring to?
What is unusual about it that I am not seeing?