February 2009

[Maggi Young]

This is the time of year when Ian the BD gets anxious for his Erythroniums...... so he has one in a pot in the glass house, to open it sooner so he can have a fix.... it is Erythronium caucasicum, like Rafs's.... but it will take a few more sunny days to open it, i think!

[johnw]

Now that's a Helleborus thibetanus!  Best one I've seen. Posted by Jim McClements on the Yahoo Trillium Group.

http://botgard.bio.uu.nl/spgm-1.4.4/gal/Trillium/Helleborus_thibetanus_7896.jpg

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Now that's a Helleborus thibetanus!

Good grief. It sure is... what a bosker.... FAB!

[johnw]

Now that's a Helleborus thibetanus!

Good grief. It sure is... what a bosker.... FAB!

I may change my mind about thibetanus. Always thought it a weakling with no texture and getting beaten up in blustery weather.

The few we've had came from Chen Yi and were viral, all died within a year.

johnw

[Tony Willis]

I wonder where it is growing.Mine is in flower but suffers every time we have frost and just collapses. My orignal plants from Chen yi were okay,no virus and I bought a seed raised one from Keith Lever. My present plants are from my own seed which sets easily under glass.Now they are all planted out sideI have just pollinated them  so it remains to be seen how good this is.

[hadacekf]

Rafa,
I grow Erythronium caucasicum  too, but it did not flower ever.
It is a well growing however not flowering form.

[johnw]

I wonder where it is growing.Mine is in flower but suffers every time we have frost and just collapses. My orignal plants from Chen yi were okay,no virus and I bought a seed raised one from Keith Lever. My present plants are from my own seed which sets easily under glass.Now they are all planted out sideI have just pollinated them  so it remains to be seen how good this is.

Tony

Jim is in Dover, Delaware, USA. I don't know how prone to late frosts he is.  Friends in the same area complain about their saucer magnolias regularly getting zapped while in flower.

We had 3 different H. thibetanus sent from Chen Yi over the last 10 years and every one succumbed with virus-like symptoms, streaked leaves and twisted hard foliage. The last one three years ago lasted a full year but was suspicious looking on arrival.  If you could spare a couple of fresh seeds sometime it would be nice to try yet again.

johnw

[Brian Ellis]

Now that's a Helleborus thibetanus!  Best one I've seen.

You're not wrong there John!

[Tony Willis]

John if it sets seed I will do that

[Michael J Campbell]

A  few Hellebores hybs.
Pic quality not good because the wind was blowing.

[mark smyth]

that puts my single stemmed 3 flower H. thibetanus to shame

[Lesley Cox]

Helleborus vesicarius is flowering now

I hope you've been pollinating madly Tony. Your plant is truly very fine and beautiful. Does this species need pot culture or it in one for a trip to a show?

[Katherine J]

Oh, those Helleborus!!!

Some buds here:
Saxifraga x elisabethae 'Dunnowhat' (it was wiped away from the label)


Draba lasiocarpa:


And the little Draba imbricata was almost all brownish a few weeks ago, I thought it died, bot now it seems to awake...

[Katherine J]

What did I wrong???

Edit by Maggi.... Kata, you need to put attach=1 in the square brackets, not the file name. You are putting attach=draba.jpg   in the square brackets ...the system does not load that properly. I edit the post to contain attach=1   attach=2  etc  and that works! M

[Gerdk]

Here are some pics from earlier today - it seems the snow will disappear soon!

Gerd