Flowers and Foliage July 2008

[johnw]

  Some of the Cordylines and Flax now include shades of bright pink, although thankfully that is stripes, not the whole plant.  Some of them are spectacular, and they ARE brilliant for their low maintenance and low water usage.  it is just that whole gardens of them tend to look a bit sterile.    To me at least. 

Paul - You're right. Here are two Cordylines I got as tiny tissue cultured plants from Torbay Palm Farm in Devon 10 years ago.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Göte has made a  great idea for a new thread...for  Lilium and allies.... so  I have moved his recent posts to the Bulbs General Section, a new page called Lilium and allies (Cardiocrinum. Notholirion and Nomocharis) July 2008,  to make this new page.... see here:  http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1996.new#new

[johnw]

Leslie / Gerdk -  Tiny hairs on the leaf edges and quite hairy on the petioles. I photographed see below.

Luit, on the fertilizer, I threw out the original bag but this is the new replacement "charge fertilizer" made in Canada. It seems to supply most everything needed for the first month.  I will ask the fellow who sold me the Dutch equivalent what the name was.

johnw

[johanneshoeller]

My extraordinary Lilium martagon ssp. cattaniae, it is higher than 2 m!

Lilium martagon ssp. cattaniae
 Campanula raineri
 Doronicum grandiflorum
 Epipactis atrorubens
 Epipactis palustris
 Aconitum lycoctonum ssp.lycoctonum
 Pedicularis

[Gerdk]

John,
It seems it is indeed Bergenia ciliata. Because the species is said to be tender even here in Western Europe, did you cultivate it inside a greenhouse? Maybe this is the reason for the giant leaves?

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Here are some pics from today - made during a sunny spell between rain showers

1. + 2. Sandersonia aurantiaca
3. Anthemis nobilis pleniflora
4. Campanula thyrsoides
5. Commelina tuberosa
6. Cyclamen colchicum
7. Cyclamen purpurascens
8. + 9. Cyrtanthus smithiae
10. Tecoma garrocha

Gerd

[David Nicholson]

Nice Gerd. I particularly liked Cyrtanthus smithiae, do you leave it in the garden all year round please?

[johnw]

John,
It seems it is indeed Bergenia ciliata. Because the species is said to be tender even here in Western Europe, did you cultivate it inside a greenhouse? Maybe this is the reason for the giant leaves?

Gerd

Gerdk - This Bergenia I got several years ago as a small plant. It was growing outdoors at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens about 2 hours southwest of Halifax.  They had ordered quite a few Bergenias from a nursery in Ontario. When planted out this one stood out from the crowd and was obviously mis-labelled and almost immediately identified as B. ciliata.  A friend at the gardens gave me a small piece.

It has been in a pot and stored cold and dark through the winter. It has never made such big leaves in the past, here or at The Gardens.  It is pretty much deciduous in Annapolis Royal.

johnw - now +31c and into the mid to upper 30's just 30km inland.

[Gerdk]

Nice Gerd. I particularly liked Cyrtanthus smithiae, do you leave it in the garden all year round please?

David,
The plant is potgrown - only the photo was taken in the garden.
I gave it a dry and cold rest during winter (in the basement).

Gerd

[JohnnyD]

What great pics - and variety.
My favourites just now are the secondary stems on Digitalis grandiflora and the white Fairys' Thimbles - Campanula cochlearifolia alba.
The Digitalis is sheltered so the heavy rains did no harm, but glad I got a pic of the Campanula since it is now a little soggy!

[Joakim B]

Nice flowers every one  
Hans does the Lilium martagon ssp. cattaniae need support or do You not have a lot of wind at Your place? It is great coloured and with that hight it most be lovely in real life. 
Nice epipactis have they come by them selves or are they planted.
You seem to have lovely orchids in and around Your garden.  Do You breed them or try to pollinate them?

Kind regards
Joakim

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images everybody ... many thanks for posting.

Don't really know where to post this link, but 'Flowers and Foliage' will suffice.

If you have a few minutes to spare, an alpine eye and a cultured ear then please enjoy the following link ... it isn't Beethoven Lesley but, by gum, I really think it works!

 

[Anthony Darby]

I prefer it without the noise.

[Rafa]

Digitalis obscura in the wild, yesterday

[ranunculus]

Bit like marriage Anthony ..... Ouch!!!