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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #180 on: June 12, 2009, 01:56:52 AM »
John,

Both the Paris and the Trillium are stunning, but especially the Trillium.  What a corker of a plant!!  :o
Cheers.

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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #181 on: June 12, 2009, 05:30:19 AM »
Blooming in the grasslands now...
1,2) Oxytropis sericea var. spicata
3) More Hedysarum boreale (I think), in the wild this time.
4) "Buffalo beans" (their bloom time supposedly indicates when the bison are fat from spring grazing and ready to hunt... or maybe this was just a tale told to children  ???) - or golden beans,  Thermopsis rhombifolia
5, 6) Unknown oxytropis - another one to try to key out!
7) Geum triflorum, starting to live up to its common name, prairie smoke.
8, 9) Lithospermum ruderale - big mature plants, with rather different form than the younger plants in my yard.
« Last Edit: June 12, 2009, 05:32:07 AM by Lori Skulski »
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #182 on: June 12, 2009, 06:35:26 AM »
Some more pictures from last weekend:     
       
Lilium bulbiferum       
Nectaroscordum siculum       
Rhaphiolepis umbellata   
Rhaphiolepis x delacourii           
Hemerocallis Daily Bread 1 
Hemerocallis Daily Bread
Stewartia rostrata 1       
Stewartia rostrata 2   
Luit van Delft, right in the heart of the beautiful flowerbulb district, Noordwijkerhout, Holland.

Sadly Luit died on 14th October 2016 - happily we can still enjoy his posts to the Forum

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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #183 on: June 12, 2009, 07:02:33 AM »
Lori- love to be in the grasslands near you right now- an inspriation for what I am aiming for here in the top meadow. :P
Flowering now:
Linaria triornithophora
Lathyrus odoratus
Lathyrus chloranthus- both self sown 'weeds'
and for Gerd:
Collomia grandiflora- self sown in a border, but thinned out where needed
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #184 on: June 12, 2009, 10:32:10 AM »
Forgot to add on the pics of Salvia ringens and Stachys recta  ::)

Simon, Salvia ringens is a wonderful colour - and the leaves are so different to any I've seen  ::)
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #185 on: June 12, 2009, 10:34:41 AM »
Blooming in the grasslands now...
1,2) Oxytropis sericea var. spicata
3) More Hedysarum boreale (I think), in the wild this time.
4) "Buffalo beans" (their bloom time supposedly indicates when the bison are fat from spring grazing and ready to hunt... or maybe this was just a tale told to children  ???) - or golden beans,  Thermopsis rhombifolia
5, 6) Unknown oxytropis - another one to try to key out!
7) Geum triflorum, starting to live up to its common name, prairie smoke.
8, 9) Lithospermum ruderale - big mature plants, with rather different form than the younger plants in my yard.

Lori, it lovely to take a walk along the riverside with you discovering these fabulous wild plants the oxytropis is my favourite and the Geum triflorum is so delicate in its display and colour.
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #186 on: June 12, 2009, 10:40:14 AM »
Some more pictures from last weekend:      
        
Lilium bulbiferum      
Nectaroscordum siculum        
Rhaphiolepis umbellata  
Rhaphiolepis x delacourii            
Hemerocallis Daily Bread 1  
Hemerocallis Daily Bread
Stewartia rostrata 1      
Stewartia rostrata 2

A great collection, Luit, although brief in flowering Hemerocallis are lovely plants - Daily Bread a great name, don't you think?

Would like to know more about Nectaroscordum which looks intriguing   ::)

« Last Edit: June 12, 2009, 03:04:07 PM by Ragged Robin »
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #187 on: June 12, 2009, 10:46:59 AM »
Simon,

How big are the flowers on that Linaria?  They look huge, particularly as I am assuming that is a bumble bee that is attempting to hide in the flower on the right?

Lori,

Your grasslands look like pea central by the look of it.  Some beautiful pics in there!!

Thanks all.
Cheers.

Paul T.
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #188 on: June 12, 2009, 10:54:49 AM »
Simon, that Linaria triornithophora is super, I might give that one house room ;)
Our collomia grandiflora is now coming into flower, hooray ;D
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #189 on: June 12, 2009, 11:22:24 AM »
and for Gerd:
Collomia grandiflora- self sown in a border, but thinned out where needed

Thank you Simon. I can't decide what looks more beautiful - the Collomia or the landscape
in the background - what a scene!

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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #190 on: June 12, 2009, 11:45:48 AM »
Google is great!

Yesterday when passing a road near Osnabrück I noticed an unkown shrub which I photographed in order to send pics to SRGC  'Plant Identification'.
Before that I tried Google Images and in less than 1 minute I found the misterious hisbiscus-like plant:  Philadelphus x lemoinei ' Belle Etoile '

isn't it a real Belle?

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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #191 on: June 12, 2009, 12:07:52 PM »
Lovely pix, everyone!
Gerd, that gorgeous philadelphus is making me long for a forum scent button! Delicious!!
And, when I look again at the photos... it is beside Lavender ..... more fragrance! Bliss!
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #192 on: June 12, 2009, 01:56:06 PM »
Paul, the Linaria are about 5cm from the front of the lip to the end of the spur. It self seeds around and runs underground, but it is very airy in growth and looks great growing through other plants.
Robin, the Salvia ringens leaves are very interesting- there are other species with similarly divided leaves. The large pendant flowers on this one had me thinking it was a Campanula, as we were passing in the car.
Flowering now:
Clarkia gracilis ssp tracyi - self sown in a path
Dianthus hybrids (based mainly on Dianthus x allwoodii) in gravel under the shade of a cherry tree
Teucrium hyrcanicum
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #193 on: June 12, 2009, 02:40:20 PM »
Wonderful pix everyone !

Simon, you keep amazing me with your incredible variation and diversity in your plants !!  ::)

Luit,

I've never seen these Raphiolepis !!! They seem very nice little shrubs - nice things to have in a rock garden, flowering this late !
Anything in particular we should know about them ?
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Re: Flowering Now - June 2009
« Reply #194 on: June 12, 2009, 05:07:27 PM »
I agrre on both counts.  Every time I read this thread I see genera I didn't know existed-marvellous stuff.Any scent on the Rhaphiolepsis Luit?
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