Flowering Now - June 2009

[Lampwick]

But your Campanula is definitely not C. carpatica Blue Clips. It looks more like a C. portenschlagiana,
but to be sure a close-up of the leaf and a few flowers would be helpful.

Luit, I have to agree with you on this; I think it is indeed C. portenschlagiana!
I admired it in my daughter’s garden a few years ago and asked for a cutting and the name to go with it. She didn’t have the name but said she would take a few flowers and foliage to the garden manager at the B&Q garden center, from where she bought it (she worked at B&Q at the time and said the garden manager was very knowledgeable regarding plants). I did have my doubts at the time but never followed it up.

Here is a pot of sand Luit, with a few flowers and leaves stuck in.

[johnw]

Lovely Davidia shots Giles.

I'm happy to report Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana has come through its first winter with flying colours in the southern planting. Even the tip bud is alive and vigorous. This variety seems significantly hardier than the straight species and the new cultivar 'Sonoma'.

I wonder how long before flowers. It is now approxiamately 1.6 metres tall.

johnw

[Giles]

I'm glad you like it John.
The Batsford tree is claimed to be the biggest/oldest example in the UK.
The RHS Dictionary says it should 'flower' after 10 years.

[Lvandelft]

John, this is indeed Campanula portenschlagiana.

and said the garden manager was very knowledgeable regarding plants

I hope that this manager has made some homework since...

[Paddy Tobin]

Giles,

An exceptional Davidia, very clear white bracts.

Paddy

[Carlo]

Saw my biggest ever Davidia at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden earlier this year...an amazing (and old) tree in full flower...

[Paul T]

That Davidia is amazing.  Love the Campanula too, whichever it is. 

[Regelian]

When you start talking daylilies, Hemerocallis is my genus.  Göte, your H. citrina may be a H. lilioasphodelus clone or hybrid.  There are quite a few circulating under H. citrina, but most bloom too early, are not tall enough and do not have the typical branching and bud count.  I have three different ones in the garden that bloom much too early and the flowers are too full.  The second plant is most likely a clone of H. dumortieri, which has this rusty red bud colour, blooms extremely early in the season and has no scent. For the record, H. middendorfii has clustered buds of an orange tone.

The true H. citrina blooms in July for me, while the closely related H. altissima blooms about 2-3 weeks later.  There is a third plant commonly listed as H. vespertina, which may be a hybrid between the two, although i think it is a discrete specie.  All three are noctunal bloomers, strongly fragrant and quite tall with up to 50 flower buds per scape (some up to 100 buds).  Of the first paragraph species, only H. lilioasphodelus is fragrant and all are diurnal bloomers.  I'll try to dig-up some more fotos.

H. lilioaspodelus
unk citrina type hybrid
H. dumortieri

[Regelian]

Just so you know there are other colours than yellow, here are a few of my seedlings.  The season has just started, so get ready for lots of Hems!

[Maggi Young]

Jamie, the smaller size of your seedling photos is easier to see on screen......760 x 680 is good!

[Paddy Tobin]

Jamie,

You seem to have been bitten by the daylily bug. This flower seems to have a great following in the USA the number of new cultivars registered each year is apparently in the thousands. I like those with the dark purple colouring, as shown in your seedlings.

They are an excellent garden plant, trouble-free and multiplying with ease. I have made good use of them to fill up new areas of my garden.

Looking forward to more of your seedlings as the season progresses.

Paddy

[gote]

Luit and Regelian,
Thank you very much for your info. I really want to be sure what I have.
The early one has been in the family longer than I have been myself so the origin is unknown.
In the mid-fifties I saw one called citrina in the Garden exhibition in Hamburg and ordered one from a Swedish nursery some years later that was undoubtedly the same.
I will try to remember taking good photos when the time comes and hope that you can confirm the names then.
Both kinds are very good perennials here.
Göte
 

[gote]

I'm glad you like it John.
The Batsford tree is claimed to be the biggest/oldest example in the UK.
The RHS Dictionary says it should 'flower' after 10 years.

It is hardy enough to survive in a central town garden in mid-Sweden (Örebro) Hard winters the tips of the new shoots may be killed back a few centimeters. Our is now about 4 meters but still no sign of a flower. By the way, It seems to dislike drought. It flags easily.
Göte

[arisaema]

I thought Aquilegia fragrans was supposed to be plesantly scented, but my plant stinks of Tagetes..? Seeds from Zanskar, India, 4000m.

Also below:

A Meconopsis species that reseeds a bit everywhere.
Dodecatheon dentatum
Geranium gymnandrum sorry, G. gymnocaulon
Polygonatum sp.
Paeonia hybrid
Paeonia anomala
Paeonia officinalis
Paeonia arietina 'Northern Glory'
A faded Trillium vaseyi

[Gunilla]

Now you made me go out and sniff my A. fragrans    and yes, you are right, it does remind me of Tagetes