Gothenburg and Copenhagen in Late May

[shelagh]

This time last week 'the gang' John and Clare Dower, Brian and I were headed down a very rainy motorway on our way from Gothenberg to Copenhagen. We had been in Gothenburg for 3 nights and had visited Gothenburg Botanic and Peter Korn's Tradgarden. We then had 2 nights in Copenhagen and visted it's Botanic Garden and some of their wonderful parks, plus ofcourse the Little Mermaid.

I thought you might like to see some of the little and large gems we found on our travels. First up Gothenburg Botanic where Peter Korn had kindly arranged for us to 'go behind the scenes'. It was a gloriously sunny Saturday and the place was humming with bees and visitors.

Oh and if I don't say exactly what it is it's because there wasn't a label close to it.

 Oxalis enneaphylla
 Heucheras Geishas fan and Dark Star
  Pulmonaria
  Covered bed area
 Lewisia rediviva
 Dudleya cymosa ssp pumila
Allium
 Allium
 Lewisia rediviva
  Allium orophyllum agalik

[shelagh]

Just one more batch for now.

Gentiana oliveri
  Delphinium
 Trillium albidum
 Trillium erectum
 Polemonium and Dodecatheon
 Penstemon gbg
  Rock garden Gothenburg
  Anemone mutifida magellanica
 Ledum
 Viola dubeyana

[Maggi Young]

Excellent start, Shelagh.... I was wondering when the "Bash Street Kids" would get round to sharing their trip with us!!

[David Nicholson]

Excellent Shelagh, keep 'em coming please

[art600]

Brings back happy memories of a trip to GBG.

How did you get to Copenhagen, and was it expensive?

[Lvandelft]

Interesting trip, Shelagh.
Good to see the Allium orophyllum Agalik in a garden. Looks nice in the rockery, I think.
Saw it today showed in Weekly Lisse Flowershow.
(Pictures following there)

[ranunculus]

I see a lecture (or two) in the making Mrs S.!!!   

[Martinr]

Thanks Shelagh. More places to visit when I reach retirement heaven. I might even make it up to listen to those lectures Cliff's going to have you do

[Joakim B]

Art
The train cost from 148 swedish crowns und up wards. It is around 13 £ direct in coach on the one that stops in a lot of places.
see link
http://www.sj.se/purchase/booksearchtravel/findTravels.form

Kind regards
Joakim

[art600]

Joakim
Thanks for info

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks for these pictures Shelagh, especially the Viola dubyana as I'm sure this is what I have as V. dubyana and various Forumists tell me it isn't, but if Gothenburg has it as V. dubyana..... who am I to argue?

[Lesley Cox]

Something funny. One of the two won't remove and the picture didn't appear. Trying again to upload MY V. dubyana.

[shelagh]

The air fare from Manchester to Copenhagen wasn't too bad because John had some airmiles to use up, however Sweden and Denmark generally we thought quite expensive especially Gin and Tonics.

Anyway more GBG.


 Veronica gentianoides minor
  Linum uninerva
  Iris lutescens
  Daphne cneorum 'Moravia form'
  Wulfenia carinthiaca
  Allyssum repens
  Scorzonera purpurea
  Iris reichenbachiana
  Iris attica
  Woodsia polystichoides

[shelagh]

The last picture in this batch is one John regularly puts on the show bench and I can't for the life of me remember it's name.

Cystopteris fragilis
  Handkerchief tree
  Paris japonica
 049 Epimedium dolichostemon
 Can't remember.... OH, yes, it is Pteridopyhllum racemosum

[Hjalmar]

Is the last one Pteridophyllum racemosum?