August 2021 in the Northern Hemisphere

[shelagh]

Cohan I never investigated where it came from Botanically but I would never have thought of Canada.

[Rick R.]

That's much too pretty to be Palace Purple, Shelagh.  Palace purple isn't silvery in the leaves like that, and has a different way of present the flowers, that are a dirty cream color.  Palace Purple is a workhorse in perennial gardens, in my opinion, and unrefined.  Sorry to say I don't know what cultivar you have, but it is a nice one!

[Mariette]

Thank You, Cohan! This is a begonia to survive in a shady border: B. taliensis.



Roscoea purpurea



Closer.



Pollia miranda



Geranium nodosum

[cohan]

Thank You, Cohan! This is a begonia to survive in a shady border: B. taliensis.
Roscoea purpurea
Closer.
Pollia miranda

Geranium nodosum

Nice set, Mariette, great colour on the Geranium.

[Rick R.]

Hi Mariette,

As usual, yours (and everyone's) posts are great additions here, and your detailed pics give a lot of insight.

I am wondering if you (or anyone) can tell me about Pollia japonica.  I grew some from seed this year, btw found they do not need scarification (or presoaking), and now I'm wondering if I really want them in the garden.  I really don't have any place that they can wander.  How long will they stay clumping, do the clumps just get larger rapidly or do they have long stolons (like sumac).

[Mariette]

Hi Rick,
I´m sorry, but this is my first attempt to grow a pollia. Judging from what I read, Pollia japonica is an avid spreader and more suitable for generous woodland-situations.

Hi Cohan,
thanks for Your kind comment. Obviously, You own a much larger and more attractively situated garden than I do. Your lovely, natural looking plantings are something I admire everytime You show pics. As I cannot achieve anything of similar beauty, I have to put my focus on details, I´m afraid.

[cohan]

Hi Rick,
I´m sorry, but this is my first attempt to grow a pollia. Judging from what I read, Pollia japonica is an avid spreader and more suitable for generous woodland-situations.

Hi Cohan,
thanks for Your kind comment. Obviously, You own a much larger and more attractively situated garden than I do. Your lovely, natural looking plantings are something I admire everytime You show pics. As I cannot achieve anything of similar beauty, I have to put my focus on details, I´m afraid.

Thanks, Mariette! We all  work with what we have! There are advantages to smaller gardens- you are more able to keep on top of everything-- I have planted too much, and never really catch up on weeding! and of course, outside the actual garden, there is a lot fo work all year-- mowing, managing fallen leaves, shovelling snow....lol