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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #75 on: September 23, 2009, 04:18:28 PM »
Absolutely, Tony, that will be my planning time, filling my mind with Alpine plants to find when the snows melt :D 



 
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #76 on: September 23, 2009, 08:58:14 PM »
A few gentians flowering last week.
Gentiana asclepiada - almost finished
Gentiana 'Eugen's Allerbester' - I know I shouldn't like double gentians but I like the shape and the colour (just forget it's a gentian)
Gentiana 'Saltire' from Ian Christie
The rest are from Aberconway
Gentiana 'Purity'
Gentiana 'Silken Giant'
Gentiana 'Silken Night'
Gentiana 'Silken Seas'
Gentiana Silken Skies'
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #77 on: September 24, 2009, 01:20:09 PM »
Gentiana asclepiadea in the wild - a light blue form. This year I have seen some pink G.a.
And a view where the most beautiful Gentiana and Primula auricula are growing. Behind the mountain there you will find my garden and house. A wonderful and warm autumn day here in the Upper Austrian Alps (Totes Gebirge and Höllengebirge)
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #78 on: September 24, 2009, 01:43:00 PM »
Beautiful, Hans ... what a place to live and garden!
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #79 on: September 24, 2009, 05:31:00 PM »
Hans, thank you for that amazing view of your Austrian Alps  :)

Often we get so close up that we forget the real life setting where Gentiana and other wonderful Alpine plants are growing and waiting to be discovered.... your environment where you live and garden looks idyllic - no wonder you grow such amazing plants  ;)
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #80 on: September 24, 2009, 08:55:15 PM »
Interesting to note how similar Wolfgang's 'Bellatrix Extra' is to 'Saltire'. 
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #81 on: September 24, 2009, 09:16:39 PM »
Quote from: Roma on September 24, 2009, 08:55:15 PM
Interesting to note how similar Wolfgang's 'Bellatrix Extra' is to 'Saltire'.  

 It is, here are the two brought together:

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G. Bellatrix Extra above and
 Gentiana 'Saltire' below.

Looks like Bellatrix Extra has a bit more green in the throat.
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #82 on: September 24, 2009, 10:21:49 PM »
And cleaner colour in the interlobes. Was it really worth naming both?
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #83 on: September 24, 2009, 10:49:17 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on September 24, 2009, 10:21:49 PM
And cleaner colour in the interlobes. Was it really worth naming both?


 Well, when plants are raised in different countries at about the same time, I suppose it is hard to know exactly what is being named, where.   :-\

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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #84 on: September 28, 2009, 12:29:12 AM »
A few images captured last evening ...

Gentian 'Silken Night' (Four images)
Another gentian from Aberconwy Nursery - suggestions please (Five images)
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #85 on: September 28, 2009, 09:32:37 AM »
Wonderful shots of wonderful blue Gentians growing with you Cliff, the first photo of Gentian 'Silken Night' really highlights the name  :)
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #86 on: September 28, 2009, 02:34:45 PM »
Quote from: ranunculus on September 28, 2009, 12:29:12 AM
A few images captured last evening ...

)Gentian 'Silken Night' (Four images
Another gentian from Aberconwy Nursery - suggestions please (Five images)

'Blue Silk'?
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #87 on: September 28, 2009, 03:30:54 PM »
Many thanks Roma ... sounds good!   :D
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #88 on: September 28, 2009, 10:46:10 PM »
You're right of course Maggi, re naming of similar plants in different countries. It's a particular problem with beared irises where breeders are working along roughly similar lines and each one names his/her newbies, regardless of what is being released elsewhere. Fair enough I suppose but jolly confusing to the poor gardener who doesn't need 4 plants all the same but bought under different names. :'( The answer is to see the plants before you buy them but most, especially irises, are bought from catalogues. One can't be in the right place at flowering time, all the time.
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Re: Gentiana
« Reply #89 on: October 12, 2009, 01:46:40 PM »
Oh what beaytiful autumn gentians! My sino-ornatas are still in buds not in flowers.

G. angustifolia Iceberg is flowering now.


Gentiana szechenyi has just finished.


G. aff. lagodechiana is frost-hardy
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