Flowers and Foliage September 2008

[Anthony Darby]

It's my first year I have this Scilla. So I'll see if it sets seed. If it does I'll let you know and send you some.

Thanks Wim. I love well behaved plants.

[Maggi Young]

Lovely pot of the Scilla lingulata, Luit, I never saw such a potfull!

[Lvandelft]

Wim, I forgot to mention that you should keep it under glass in winter.
But it is then really hardy!
Like most Scilla it is a very easy bulb. Easy to propagate by young bulbs.

[Anthony Darby]

A tremendous potful Luit.

Howard, it just goes to show you how cosmopolitan the painted lady (I note that it has now been sunk into the genus Vanessa) is. I think South America is the only (excepting antarctica) continent in which it is not found. We occasionally get the American painted lady (V. virginiensis) blown over (I found this species breeding in Jamaica) but I think the Canary Islands and Madeira have the closest colonies.

[Paul T]

Luit,

Stunning pot of the Scilla.  Still can't get over those leaves.... so unlike the small Scillas.  Very nice.

[Armin]

Luit,
I concur my previous forumist - absolut impressive pot of scillas

[Kristl Walek]

It's mighty cold, but the Gaillardias are still going strong.

Salvia azurea has just started blooming. This is native to the central USA, about 1.5m, with stunning flowers. It would be much happier somewhere with a warmer and longer autumn.

The common Clematis ternifolia started a few weeks ago, but will also get zapped soon if it gets any colder.

One of the lesser-known Ampelopsis, A. humilifolia, does much better here than the rampant and better-known A. brevipendunculata. It's berries are just starting to colour.

The remainder of the Magnolia tripetala pods were collected today.

And here are the beautiful acorns in furry cups of Quecus dentata (the Japanese Emperor Oak).

[Michael J Campbell]

A few in bloom today before the wind and rain obliterates them.
Fuchsia aff loxensis.
Petrocosma forrestii.
Salvia patens Guanajuato.
Timbouchina urvilleana.

[Anthony Darby]

Well, the sun is shining. I managed out to the bulbhouse and here is Allium callimischon haemostictum.

[pehe]

Luit,
You certainly have SCILL with you Scillas

Wim, I forgot to mention that you should keep it under glass in winter.
But it is then really hardy!
Like most Scilla it is a very easy bulb. Easy to propagate by young bulbs.

I have not the same skill. I had only lingulata for one season. They flowered well in the autumn, but could not stand the winter in Denmark, (- 15) though I kept them fairy dry under cold glass.

[pehe]

The weather is bad with only a little sunshine, but here is a few highlights

[ruweiss]

After some very busy weeks I am glad to have the time to join the forum again as usually before.
Let me express my sincere thanks to all the friends who made so many fine contributions in
the meantime.
The flowers in the garden get fewer,but not less beautiful.
When we visited Erfurt we noted a new kind of trough-planting.
Begonia grandis starts to become a bit invasive, but after the first frost this problem will be solved.
Magnolia tripetala also grows in Germany well with us and is one of our favourite trees for its flowers,leaves,fruit and the scent of the bark.
Aster coloradoensis is very valuable for the flowers who last until frost.

[Maggi Young]

Good to have you around again, Rudi 
I'm especially interested in the most innovative trough planting... this is a subject very dear to many of us in the SRGC you know   

Magnolia tripetala also grows in Germany well with us and is one of our favourite trees for its flowers,leaves,fruit and the scent of the bark

Please tell me about this scent of the bark... I do not know about this ?

[Lesley Cox]

OK Joakim, you stick to your way, I'll stick to mine. Potaytoes - potaaatoes. Let's call the whole thing off. Cliff, Anthony's answer was what I would have expected from you but I have NO intention of getting into a discussion about the relative qualities of different kinds of knitwear. (You didn't think I'd get that one, did you?

Incidentally, I have a very interesting Ranunculus hybrid to show you soon. Watch the October in the Southern Hemisphere page.

[ranunculus]

Incidentally, I have a very interesting Ranunculus hybrid to show you soon. Watch the October in the Southern Hemisphere page.

Can't wait, Lesley ... can't wait.