Flowering Now - June 2009

[akoen]

Silene alpestris
Eryngium bourgatii
Gladiolus caucasius
White Papaver orientale
And some thing.?
Geranium delavayi seedling.
And another
And a rose. Aïcha

[arisaema]

And some thing.?

A variegated, double Silene dioica? Lovely pics!

[akoen]

And some thing.?

A variegated, double Silene dioica? Lovely pics!

Thank you.
I believe the Geranium delavayi seeds come from you.

[Lvandelft]

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 ?

Luc, the Rhaphiolepis is a shrub, which I saw several years ago in a friend’s garden on the island Texel, where it withstood the strong winds from the sea.
It seems to be fully hardy till -15 C. It might be too big for a small rock garden, but it is beautiful and yes David, it smells very good.
By coincidence I saw some weeks, after seeing it the first time, a plant without flowers in a bargain corner of a garden center and bought it,
because it was only 5  € 
Last year I visited at this time of year a very famous tree nursery in Boskoop, and saw a pink flowered Rhaphiolepis with the name R. umbellata,
which was wrong of course.
So I asked for the senior chef who I knew personally and asked him about the naming.
He took me into his private voluminous library, where we found out that the name is Rhaphiolepis x delacouri.
He showed me his own plant next to the front door, which was growing there for more than 20 years and supplied every year propagation material.
The man told me that he had never before been thinking that the name was wrong.
Such things might happen, even with good gardeners with enormous plant knowledge…. 
It was there where I bought my pink flowered plant.
I do have one of the parents, pink flowered Rhaphiolepis indica too, but this is not such a good grower.

[Gerdk]

Some violets - just in flower - or building seeds only

1. Viola pumila - a native species
2. Viola species from Yunnan - related to Viola biflora
3. Viola pusilla - an annual rosulate, originally from the Andes
4. - unfortunately here only building cleistogamous flowers (not open)
5. Viola pubescens var. pubescens - typical seed capsules

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Some flowering plants from today - the first two growing inside

1. Alstroemeria patagonica Maxi (not as 'maxi' as expected)
2. Nesocodon mauritianus - Campanulaceae from Mauritius
3. Campanula cochlearifolia
4. + 5. Geranium cinereum - a white variety from the Pyrenees
6. Geranium dalmaticum  
7. Thymus serpyllum 'Vellern' - a low growing form found by Bernd Wetzel
8. Lonicera tragophyllum
10. Lilium pomponium

Gerd

[Lvandelft]

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  

Yes Robin, the name Daily Bread is right. This Hemerocallis flowers every day for a long time every year.
The Nectaroscordum was in a mixed package from a Mail Order business, which brought us somebody who works there and has no garden.
It not expensive though and I saw some better selections already at the Weekly Lisse Show, which will be offered in trade in future.
It grows like Allium.

[Lvandelft]

Gerd, the Nesocodon mauritianus is something very delicate. Never seen or heard of it.
And Lonicera tragophyllum is one to look out for. A real beauty!

[Sinchets]

Gerd- you grow Lilium pomponium - wow 

[Paul T]

Wow, everyone.  So many wonderful things.  The Nesocodon mauritianus look fantastic, and the wonderful Geranium delaveyi! 

Simon,

That Linaria really is huge, if each flower is 5cm long.  I'm used to seeing tiny flowers on Linaria.  I just love it!!

[Regelian]

Well, the roses are well underway and the fragrance is quite intense.  I won't bore you with them all, but this one I particularly like.

Alchymist (Kordes)

[Rafa]

really nice plants!

Here is, wishing to be an orchid, Calceolaria cana

[Ragged Robin]

Magical flowers Gerd, I agree with Luit that

Nesocodon mauritianus is something very delicate

and the trumpet is so generous
I do adore scented flowers and so honeysuckles are high on my 'needs-must' list and the Lonicera tragophyllum is again very delicate and simple, is it high scented and what tree is it growing through?

[Paul T]

Oh Rafa.    How glorious is that picture!!!!!! 

[Ragged Robin]

Well, the roses are well underway and the fragrance is quite intense.  I won't bore you with them all, but this one I particularly like.

Alchymist (Kordes)

mmmmMMMMM I can smell your roses from here Jamie and your Alchymist rose is heavenly, thankyou