Flowering Now - May 2009

[Lesley Cox]

Zdenek's D. erinaceus is certainly true, and D. myrtinervius as pictured above, is incorrect. I suspect the picture is of D. deltoides, in two colour forms.

[Lesley Cox]

Wim, your Dianthus in Reply 484 could be the little double called 'Pink Jewel.'

[Lesley Cox]

Below is an overhead picture of it. It has been in this trough since the day I bought it; about 15 years ago. 
 

This is quite like the little hybrid called (used to be called) 'La Bourbrille.' I think it's spelt differently now. Or perhaps 'Tiny Tim' or perhaps 'Neywood's Pink.'

[Lvandelft]

Wim, your Dianthus in Reply 484 could be the little double called 'Pink Jewel.'

Lesley, here is a picture of Dianthus plumarius Pink Jewel. I don't think it's Wim's plant.

[ichristie]

Hi all, a very quick pictuire taken this morning I am away back to gardening Scotland Lilium oxypetalum insigne White form cheers Ian the Christie kind

[WimB]

Wim, your Dianthus in Reply 484 could be the little double called 'Pink Jewel.'

Lesley, here is a picture of Dianthus plumarius Pink Jewel. I don't think it's Wim's plant.

If Luit's pic is "Pink Jewel" than mine certainly isn't.

[WimB]

I have this one as Dianthus erinaceus (first time flowering this year):
Can anyone tell me if that is right?

[arisaema]

Thanks, Gerd! I'm going to try them in a similar situation, granted your winters are probably drier than mine, but it's worth a shot.

Arisaema, your Meconopsis x cookei 'Old Rose' is lovely, is it difficult to grow?

Thanks, Helen! It's very easy here, far more tolerant than the big blue ones. Unfortunately it's more or less sterile, being a hybrid between punicea and quintuplinervia.

[WimB]

Hi all, a very quick pictuire taken this morning I am away back to gardening Scotland Lilium oxypetalum insigne White form cheers Ian the Christie kind

Very nice lily, Ian.
I had never seen the white form of Insigne before

[Gerdk]

Thanks, Gerd! I'm going to try them in a similar situation, granted your winters are probably drier than mine, but it's worth a shot.

I don't believe that our winters are dry - like you we have a substantial influence from the sea, which means a lot of shifting between thawing and freezing (and rain).
But because Rhodohypoxis are multiplying very fast - why not try a part inside for security and another outside.

Gerd

[maggiepie]

Helen,
You can't grow C. kousa? I always thought of it as being one of the most hardy
flowering dogwoods.

Gerd

Gerd, from what I read C. kousa is hardy to zone 5/6

[Lvandelft]

I have this one as Dianthus erinaceus (first time flowering this year):
Can anyone tell me if that is right?

Wim, this is the plant of D. erinaceus which I know is cultivated since long times in Europe.
I never saw the type which Zdenek showed here too, but it is very admirable.
I have my plant more than 25 years on an old, almost overgrown raised bed and it is always very
shy flowering.
As it is prickly, I presumed the name was o.k., but after seeing Zdenek's plant I'm rather... 
I know that our plant nowadays is grown and sold in Holland by a nursery who grows them with lots of fertilizer
and I think your plant originates from this nursery.
On my pictures you see the whole plant which is about 20 - 30 cm Ø. Since I keep it rather poor it is flowering better.
I made these pictures this morning:

Dianthus erinaceus

[arisaema]

I don't believe that our winters are dry - like you we have a substantial influence from the sea, which means a lot of shifting between thawing and freezing (and rain).
But because Rhodohypoxis are multiplying very fast - why not try a part inside for security and another outside.

Not dry, just drier; the average annual precipitation here is 1700mm, last year we had 1800mm. I'll take a chance and risk them all - too many pots already, so I won't notice if they're gone

[WimB]

Wim, this is the plant of D. erinaceus which I know is cultivated since long times in Europe.
I never saw the type which Zdenek showed here too, but it is very admirable.
I have my plant more than 25 years on an old, almost overgrown raised bed and it is always very
shy flowering.
As it is prickly, I presumed the name was o.k., but after seeing Zdenek's plant I'm rather... 
I know that our plant nowadays is grown and sold in Holland by a nursery who grows them with lots of fertilizer
and I think your plant originates from this nursery.
On my pictures you see the whole plant which is about 20 - 30 cm Ø. Since I keep it rather poor it is flowering better.

Thanks Luit,

I was sure my Dianthus was erinaceus also but it doesn't look like Zdenek's...   
I bought my plant three years ago from a nursery in Belgium and planted it in a new trough where it might have gotten a bit too much compost, I think the soil is getting poorer now so that must be why it has flowered for the first time this year.

[Lampwick]

This is a very long thread…..
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/283/39997.html

……but do take a look at the 16th and 17th pictures from the bottom of this page.
They show Dianthus erinaceus; posted by Anthony Darby in October, 2006.

This is very much like my plant of D. erinaceus, (albeit mine is smaller!) the foliage and flowers are the same, and it is an extremely prickly plant. It is/was also the same as the plant on the AGS rock garden at Pershore some years ago.