Flowers and Foliage July 2008

[Slug Killer]

Having just done a quick search on Google, I agree with arisaema that it looks more like T. latifolia.

Dave

[HClase]

I should gave done a google before posting my question.  The Geum seems to be G rivale 'Leonard's Variety' - I think I prefer our name!  There's also a similar cv 'Flames of Passion', but since that was a discovered seedling in 1999  it can't be ours.  So I'll modify my question: Who was Leonard?

[Kristl Walek]

correction, correction...this was one of those true mental confusions on my part...an 'M' species confusion, in fact....yes, I did know I posted Tricyrtis macrantha ssp. macranthopsis but the mind did one of those erroneous translations (that I am so prone to).

Too many species....too little mind.

But this leads me back to a Tricrytis question I posted earlier in this thread  (early July?).

I have 3 sets of early blooming Tricyrtis in the garden, all grown under different names originally (latifolia, macropoda, puberula (now latifolia var. puberula?...perhaps other names). They all roughly bloom at the same time in early July---and aside from height differences (45cm to 90cm+), glaucous or pubescent foliage and subtle differences in flower colour (more red, more yellow) they appear to be roughly the same plant. I have decided to lump them all under T. latifolia---but it does drive me crazy. Any comments?

[arisaema]

I'd lump them all under T. latifolia, T. puberula has been reduced to a synonym in the FoC, and the confusion with T. macropoda may in part be Chen Yi's fault.

[Lvandelft]

I should gave done a google before posting my question.  The Geum seems to be G rivale 'Leonard's Variety' - I think I prefer our name!  There's also a similar cv 'Flames of Passion', but since that was a discovered seedling in 1999  it can't be ours.  So I'll modify my question: Who was Leonard?

In June 2007 I read in The Plantsman about Geum rivale Leonard's Variety that it was introduced by the late
Self Leonard of The Guildford Hardy Plan Nursery, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey.
And: It has been suggested that it is derived from Geum rivale ssp. islandicum, a name used
in the past for variants from the Faeroe Islands, Iceland and North America.
(no wonder it is a good doer with you, Howard)
Graham Stuart Thomas gives the date of introduction as 1923.

PS: My question now is: is "Self" a name or is it a title??

[Kristl Walek]

It has been suggested that it is derived from Geum rivale ssp. islandicum, a name used
in the past for variants from the Faeroe Islands, Iceland and North America.
(no wonder it is a good doer with you, Howard)

Interesting. I grow G. rivale ssp. islandicum, and wish it were still blooming right now, so that I could try to see the parentage.

[David Nicholson]

PS: My question now is: is "Self" a name or is it a title??
[/quote]

Well, it's not a title Luit (at least not one I have heard of). It's either the world's worst given name, who on earth would name their son 'Self'! It could possibly be an amalgamation of two surnames (family names) 'Self' and 'Leonard' as in say 'van Delft Nicholson'   

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Here's some more from my garden sowewhat earlier this month :

The Rodohypoxis did extremely well this year !

All are Rhodohypoxis baurii :

1) Dawn
2) Harlequin
3) Tetra red
4) Great Scot
5) Margaret Rose

[WimB]

Luc,very nice Rhodohypoxis.

Do you let them grow outside all year. No problems with too much rain in winter? Or do you have a special way of growing them?

[art600]

Luc

Like Wim I would appreciate you letting us know the secret of growing such outstanding clumps - and outside.  How many years to achieve this level of perfection?

[Afloden]

Pete,
 
 Your middle Lilium looks like L.leichtlinii. Was the plant cobwebby pubescent when young? The flower bud also? If so, that would be the name I put on it. I had one in bloom a few weeks ago.

 Below is a photo of L.michiganense. This is very typical of what you see in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. I assume it looks the same everywhere though. Its one species I have not seen much variation in. In comparison to superbum, michiganense is an overall smaller plant with less flowers, and has less of the tepals forming a trumpet.

 Aaron Floden
 Knoxville, TN
 

[shelagh]

What a stunning lily Aaron, how tall does it get?

[Lvandelft]

 It's either the world's worst given name, who on earth would name their son 'Self'!   

That's why I asked David. Never seen that name before.
Maybe a good name for somebody who loves himself..? 

[Lvandelft]

Here's some more from my garden sowewhat earlier this month :

The Rodohypoxis did extremely well this year !

You'll need bigger pots next year Luc! 

[johnw]

Luc,very nice Rhodohypoxis.

Do you let them grow outside all year. No problems with too much rain in winter? Or do you have a special way of growing them?

Wim - I see Rhodophiala Rhodohypoxis in Bodil Larsen's garden near St. John's, Newfoundland! I could hardly believe my eyes.

(reminder - friend will arrive in Antwerp Thursday am and post).

johnw