Flowering now April 2007

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Hi Geir !
Totally amazing pix - I've tried sowing Budapest a couple of years back - unfortunately, the colours were not even close 
 

[mark smyth]

opps I didnt think of adding the name of the Primula. It's a double Gold Lace called 'Elizabeth Kellelay'. I have now changed the assorted Primulas to Wanda and vulgaris ssp sipthorpii

Today I had the editor of the gardening programme I will one visit the garden. Not a clue about plants or gardening!! It's going to be a long 9 hours. I might have said already they expect me to feed the presenter, sound man, camera man, researcher and editor!! Thats mid morning break, lunch and afternoon break. What a cheek.

[mark smyth]

As far as I know the Pulsatilla should be 'Budapest seedling' propped by seed

[Susan Band]

Luc, I also have grown pulsatilla seed from a show winning Budapest but although nice, it is nothing like like its parent or Gers.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Mark - Fame has a high price !!!!

Susan, I didn't think I was the only one with this experience - otherwise "Budapest" wouldn't have been so hard to get....

[Paddy Tobin]

I am quickly approaching the end of a two week holiday, spent at home working in the garden. Although I have been taking photographs each day, I haven't had the time to post any of them until now. My G.P. has advised a period of rest following a visit this afternoon and I thought, what better way to rest than posting a few photographs to the SRGC forum. So, here you are:

This  first group of photographs are all of anemones, Anemone nemerosa cultivars and Anemone blanda which is a very obliging plant in the garden, seeding itself around gently and appearing in a variety of colours.

Anemone nemerosa 'Robinsoniana'
Anemone blanda
Anemone blanda
Anemone blanda
Anemone nemerosa 'Alennii'
Anemone nemerosa
Anemone nemerosa 'Bowle's Purple'
Anemone nemerosa 'Bowle's Purple'
Anemone nemerosa 'Bracteata'
Anemone nemerosa 'Royal Blue'


Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

One final anemone nemerosa, one which is of Irish origin.

Anemone nemerosa 'Lucy's Wood'
Anemone ranunculoides

This will be a new name for most of you, I imagine. It originated in a Co. Wexford garden some years ago, having been found in a local wood: Lucy's Wood, and so the name.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

Geir, as you know, you have shown 'Budapest' in the old forum as have others...well, plants 'like' it or from it etc etc. Have you seen the article by Mike Stone in the Rock Garden , the journal of January 1995? The article is titled "A quest for Pulsatilla 'Budapest Blue'.  The journal is Volume XXIV, part 2, Number 95. The Article  begins on page 155. This translates to page no. 51 ( of 116) in Volume 95 on the SRGC CD of past Journals. Photos on pages 20-22 of No. 95.  I presume you have the CD?

I think Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp. grandis  is the correct name for the original plant.

[Maggi Young]

Paddy, nice anemones... but are you okay?

[David Nicholson]

Nice Anemones Paddy. Keep well and look after yourself.

[Paddy Tobin]

Maggi,

Nice of you to enquire. It seems that I shall survive this bout of old age and its effects on this old  crock of a body. However, I shall, like Spike Milligan, insist that my gravestone, if there be one, shall read, 'I told you I was ill'.

Now, a ranunculus which I forgot to post above and two of those special weirdo flowers for you Maggi and then a few other odds and ends from the garden in recent days.

Ranunculus millifoliatus
Asarum maximum 'Silver Panda'
Asarum caudatum
Abies koreana new cones - one of the pleasures of this time of year is to see these lovely coloured cones appear again.
Bergenia ciliata - not the easiest for me as my soil becomes quite wet in winter.
Cyclamen coum - amazing where these little plants can seed themselves.
Euphorbia mellifera - I despise honey but think the scent from this plant is beautiful.
Euphorbia mellifera
Haquetia epipactis
Helleborus torquatus


Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

David,

I'm fine, thank you.

I forgot to say above - Maggi, that Asarum maximum now has 6 flowers. Of course, there is always the impatience to get a photograph when the first flower appears but this plant has gone on to make a great show.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

Is Paddy's Ranunculus above, the same one that Luc was seeking a name for on page 4 of this thread? See« Reply #56 on: April 10, 2007, 07:32:45 PM

Glad to hear your Asarum maximum is doing so well... the beasties you sent me look to be settling in fine.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I had the same thought Maggi - it surely looks like it...  would love a firm confirmation from another "authority".  And thanks for remembering my question.

Do take care of yourself Paddy - work less hard and take more pictures...!

[Maggi Young]

Luc, I've been puzzling away for 2 days! I felt I knew the plant but I could NOT remember the name... this is a common problem for me! Then I saw Paddy's plant and thought it looked the same, but the name did not immediately strike me, so I am not sure!
Here are all the pix together:
Luc1


Luc2


Paddy