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Author Topic: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.April May '09  (Read 45436 times)

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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #120 on: May 17, 2009, 11:52:33 AM »
Simon, I have 4 different Erodiums, manescavii, carvifolium, lindavicum and one cedrorum, all grown from seed last spring.
They have all come through winter with flying colours. The cedrorum is the only one that didn't flower the first season. I had forgotten all about it until it started growing this spring.
I am really curious to see what the flower will look like, my main concern is that it might be a weed.

Here's a pic of my E. Carvifolium from last year, not a good pic but you can see the markings are different to yours.

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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #121 on: May 17, 2009, 12:17:15 PM »
I am not sure if I should call mine E.carvifolium any more- I have had some of them so long that maybe genes have been diluted. They are all great plant though and real impact colours  :)
More from today:
Aquilegia nigricans (GBG form) the leaves are different from our wild A.nigricans
Erigeron ursinus
Erysimum wheeleri (post insect attack- they left just 2 stems from a large plant :'( )
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #122 on: May 17, 2009, 12:25:10 PM »
Penstemon eatoni (I bought this one as it was a hardier form -USDA Zone4)
Linaria alpina (true- no L.supina influence)
more Leptosiphon  ;)
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #123 on: May 17, 2009, 02:14:30 PM »
Quote from: Sinchets on May 17, 2009, 12:25:10 PM
Penstemon eatoni (I bought this one as it was a hardier form -USDA Zone4)
Linaria alpina (true- no L.supina influence)
more Leptosiphon  ;)

What a variety of plants, Simon, it great to see and I particularly like the combination of dark plums and burnt oranges which go so well together....Papaver lisae is really lovely and the dark Aquilegia nigricans (GBG form).  How many varieties plants varieties do  you grow - it seems limitless?  ;D
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« Reply #124 on: May 17, 2009, 02:24:14 PM »
It is probably about 3000+ varieties- some in very small numbers just now. I saw Papaver lisae at a show a while back and wanted it for a long time, but then again I could say that about most plants  ;)
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #125 on: May 17, 2009, 02:30:23 PM »
 :o :o :o  :P
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #126 on: May 17, 2009, 02:35:42 PM »
Well I have been doing this a long time. I have Helianthemum outside, flowering now and looking fab, which I remember buying the seed of when I was 16. My mother still has the original plants- so that makes them very tough plants!
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« Reply #127 on: May 17, 2009, 02:44:06 PM »
Amazing - not so long ago then!
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #128 on: May 17, 2009, 02:48:11 PM »
Well 23 years is a long lived Helianthemum in my books  ;)
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #129 on: May 17, 2009, 03:53:35 PM »
Great variety in plants Simon !
I'm seeing new ones to me just about every day !  :D
My "wants" list just keeps expanding and is getting totally out of control... ;D
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #130 on: May 17, 2009, 04:37:43 PM »
........ and mine! ;D
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« Reply #131 on: May 17, 2009, 07:19:49 PM »
Thanks Luc and David- glad you like them  ;)
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #132 on: May 17, 2009, 07:57:20 PM »
Quote from: Sinchets on May 17, 2009, 02:48:11 PM
Well 23 years is a long lived Helianthemum in my books  ;)
I wonder who has  the oldest living plant in the Forum  ;D
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Re: Plants flowering in the open rock garden.
« Reply #133 on: May 17, 2009, 08:33:15 PM »
Quote from: Ragged Robin on May 17, 2009, 07:57:20 PM
Quote from: Sinchets on May 17, 2009, 02:48:11 PM
Well 23 years is a long lived Helianthemum in my books  ;)
I wonder who has  the oldest living plant in the Forum  ;D

We had this question a few years ago,;  I think it was Franz Hadacek who had some really venerable plants.....  ???
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« Reply #134 on: May 17, 2009, 08:52:55 PM »
I've got some really venerable pants ;D
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