Flowers and foliage June 2008

[Paul T]

Luit,

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.... Oh those Dactylorhiza!!!!    Stunning.

Howard,

Great pics.  The Ranunculus aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno' in particular is new to me.  I've seen double yellow Ranunc species before, but never a white.  Very nice!!

[Kristl Walek]

Here is Podophyllum pleianthum---sorry the picture of the foliage is not very good.

[DaveM]

A few in flower now here in my garden, taken earlier this week....

Potentilla nitida rubra - one of my favourites at this time
Saxifraga 'Winnifred Bevington'
Saxifraga bryoides - has flowered better in other years
Incarvillea zhongdienensis

[Magnar]

That's a wonderfully rich flowering Potentilla nitida. My plants usually produce very few flowers. Thanks for posting.

[Magnar]

Magnar,

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

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

Robin Callens

It seems you may be right. It's a pity Rareplants do not know what they are selling. The pics on their web site must be mixed up too http://www.rareplants.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=964&strPageHistory=related

[johnw]

Here is Podophyllum pleianthum---sorry the picture of the foliage is not very good.

Kristl - Do you grow this one outside?

johnw

[DaveM]

Magnar - thanks. Yes, the potentilla flowers well for me; well at least the part of the plant that is growing over a flat sandstone block does - the stems must be well ripened by the warmth. By contrast, the part of the mat which drapes over the side of the blocks flowers very sparsely.

[Magnar]

Magnar - thanks. Yes, the potentilla flowers well for me; well at least the part of the plant that is growing over a flat sandstone block does - the stems must be well ripened by the warmth. By contrast, the part of the mat which drapes over the side of the blocks flowers very sparsely.

Thank you, Dave, useful and interesting information. I will certainly try to make my plants flower better too.

[Magnar]

Yesterday:

Calandrinia rupestris


Clematis ochotensis x alpina Tage Lundell


Smilacina stellata v crassum

[johanneshoeller]

Some pics from today (garden and wild)

[Gerdk]

Ahh, das Rote Waldvögelein!!!
- Cephelanthera rubra (the red little bird of the forest) -

Gerd

[johanneshoeller]

Gerd, this C. rubra is growing in a moor in common with Pinguicula vulgaris and alpina and full in sun!

[Paul T]

Hans,

Any names to go with those?  The orchids are beautiful!! 

[Giles]

re. Kristl's Podophyllums above.
Here's another one....on wasteland/industrial estate Cambridge,Ontario.
(definitely outside!!)

[Kristl Walek]

John,
The Podophyllum pleianthum is not mine---photographed some 10 years ago at the Montreal Botanic Garden---and this started my quest for seed---which I have yet to be able to find ---it appears that seed is almost never produced on these plants. I think you should have no problem growing it in NS.

Magnar
Isn't that Maianthemum stellatum crassum (Smilacina) a fantastic little plant? It is hard to believe it is really a variety of stellatum---they are so different. I am still waiting to see if my clone will spread like the species. I believe this variety is native to Newfoundland. Below is the species already in early seed formation here.

And Giles,
That "other Podophyllum" is of course the eastern North American native P. peltatum (May Apple), which does not range as far north as I am, but which I certainly grow in the garden (and love). I have travelled to New York state to collect seed in the past, and it is near impossible to find the "apples" when ripe, as they are beloved by the critters (especially deer). The fruits have already formed on my own plants, although they are still small and green. My own small colony is shown below.

And some other good foliage plants in the garden right now:

Maianthemum stellatum in seed.
 Podophyllum peltatum
 Arisaema_ dracontium
 Astilboides tabularis
 Rodgersia pinnata
 Stipa pennata
 Peltoboykinia watanabe
 Saruma henryii