Flowers and foliage June 2008

[Tony Willis]

it is about 2 metres maximum when at its longest.I train it up the end of the greenhouse and along the roof. I grew it from seed from one of the exchanges.The shoots are annual and start afresh each spring.It is of course related to alstroemeria.

[Magnar]

This week;

Corydalis cashmeriana


Epimedium grandiflorum nanum


Iris flavissima


Podophyllum pleiantha


Trillium cernuum


This one came to me labelled Anemone tripartita. Can anyone verify this name, I cant find it on the net or in books.

[art600]

Magnar
It helps if you have beautiful plants to start with, but your postings are outstanding.  How do you edit the photos you take?  What camera and lens do you use.  I would like to improve my photography and approach your standard.

Thanks

[olegKon]

Magnar
Everything you show in the Forum is facsinating. An absolutely marvellous collection. As for the anemone, it looks A. trullifolia to me. Are you sure in the Podophyllum identification? P. pleianthum have glossy leaves. I wish I had such a great collection
Some plants flowering this weekend for me. Prostanthera may seem common for Australians, but it is absolutely outstanding here

[olegKon]

and some more

[Magnar]

OlegKon... The Anemone is not trullifolia. I grow A. trullifolia too and the one I show pic of is a totally different species. The flowers are smaller and more blue than trullifolia and the foliage is also very diffreret.
As for Podophyllum pleiantha I bought it from http://www.rareplants.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=964&strPageHistory=related and I have trusted they have the correct name for it.

[Magnar]

Art: I have two cameras: Fujifilm Finepics, compact and small , bought this winter, and Olympus Camedia C8080 wide zoom which is now 3 years old. Its also a compact camrea but much bigger than the Fuij one. Both with 8000 megapixels. Most of the plant pics are taken with the Olympus camera.

For editing I have Adobe fotoshop. But I  don't edit much,, only image size and some croping,, and some times sharpening and colour editing to get the flower colour as true as possible. But I take many pics of each plant until I have one I am happy with.

Magnar
It helps if you have beautiful plants to start with, but your postings are outstanding.  How do you edit the photos you take?  What camera and lens do you use.  I would like to improve my photography and approach your standard.

Thanks

[Kristl Walek]

Your garter snakes won't solve the bear or rodent problem Kristl as they feed mainly on worms, fish and amphibians.

 

So, Tony, what are snakes good for in the garden?
Have I not oft heard that one should welcome them for this reason?

If they eat worms and amphibians (I have millions of lovely frogs and toads with all my ponds here- each one of which I adore) then how can I appreciate the garters aside from their presence and helping to keep all things in balance?

The one I photographed, by the way, is now a constant presence in the rock garden. He suns himself (when there is sun this year, not just constant rain) on the limestone (or on top of mats of creeping thyme in bloom) and allows me to weed and work quite close to him.

[tonyg]

A few raised from seed from the Alps. 
 
Dianthus sylvestris - seed came from forumist Franz Hadacek.  Thanks again Franz!

Campanula barbata - blue and white appeared equally from this batch of seed.  I hope to see some in Switzerland when I meet up with Thomas H. next month.  Anyone else want to join us?

Paradisea liliastrum

[Lvandelft]

Here are some pictures from last week
The first one shows our backyard, where I started to plant mosly perennials
and some shrubs and small trees, to create a little height here and there.
Imagine that the space between the hedge and the orchids was just nursery
ground without any plants. The whole area is about 20 x 40 m.
Just against the house were some perennials etc. which are some years older.
My first aim was to get the place full with plants, so I used some bigger groups
of 10 to 20 plants of one variety, which from now on will get replaced by more
different plants when I find something interesting.
On the right side I planted some huge perennials to break the winds.
I think it will not become a "beautiful"garden but more a collector's garden,
where always is something to see.

Backyard           
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Dactylorhiza ex Ellenbank           

[Magnar]

Looks great, Lavandelft. I have seen several nice gardens and many interesting plants in Holland. Would love to see yours too some day 

[Roma]

Magnar

I think your blue anemone could be obtusiloba, the 'blue buttercup'.


Roma

[Magnar]

Magnar

I think your blue anemone could be obtusiloba, the 'blue buttercup'.


Roma

No it is not obtusiloba either... I have that one too, both blue and white, and this one is surely a different species.

[Robin Callens]

Magnar,

I think your "Podophyllum pleianthum" is a Diphylleia species.

Podophyllum pleianthum has plain green, glossy leaves with shallow, regular lobes.

Robin Callens

[HClase]

We've been away for nearly 3 weeks to a family gathering in Ontario and have returned to find things in Newfoundland still months behind the rest of you!  It has been exceptionally cool and damp for weeks now, and the 14 day forecast isn't much better (not that it's very reliable!).     These pics will give you some idea at to where we are.   Quite a lot of tulips still in bloom - one of my favorites is this T. batalini (from Ruksans), I love the peachy colour, and under better conditions it has a lovely shape too.  Fair Maids of France (Ranunculus aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno') was almost lost because of its habit of dying down quite early in the summer.  It was tracked down in a couple of old gardens here and is considered one of our "heritage plants".  We have several species of Amelanchier growing wild here, but I think this is an imported species but haven't managed to key it out.  (It was already here when we moved in.)  I think the contrast between its white flowers and the china blue of Clematis alpina works well - but they are only open together for a few days.  (The Clematis lasts longest.)  I haven't a picture, but my neighbour still has a clump of a white Narcissus in flower too - I think it's N. thalia - daffodils flowering on midsummer day!