Plants flowering in the open rock garden- July 09

[Lori S.]

Just echoing the same sentiments... wonderful plants, Zdenek, and thanks for posting!  I hope it works out that we get to that helichrysum in bloom later on!   

[Lori S.]

1) Talinum sediforme... it survives but never does much.  (I made the common(?) mistake of making the holes too big in the tufa, for one thing.)
2) Saxifraga 'Mrs. Winifred Bevington'
3) Osteospermum barberiae var compactum 'Purple Mountain'.  I fear it doesn't look as though it plans to bloom much this year... shocked by the cold weather, no doubt... but I'm amazed that it has been hardy here over a few years.   Another of those amazingly hardy South African plants!
4) Dryas octopetala, intermittent blooms after the early flush.   (Unlike D. drummondii, it seems to have an extended bloom period in the wild here, too).

[cohan]

1) Talinum sediforme... it survives but never does much.  (I made the common(?) mistake of making the holes too big in the tufa, for one thing.)

very nice, anyway..is this the british columbia species?

[Lori S.]

Yes, "Okanogan fameflower".

[Magnar]

1) Talinum sediforme... it survives but never does much.  (I made the common(?) mistake of making the holes too big in the tufa, for one thing.)

very nice, anyway..is this the british columbia species?

Is this the same species that I grew some years ago as Talinum okanoganense?. I had if for 4 years before it disappeared? Certainy should try it again, even if my climate is much wetter than Okanogan valley.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Magnar and Zdenek !
Wonderful, well grown alpines - thanks for showing them !!! 

[Zdenek]

Just echoing the same sentiments... wonderful plants, Zdenek, and thanks for posting!  I hope it works out that we get to that helichrysum in bloom later on!  

Lori, I have quite a lot of pictures of blooming Helichrysum milfordiae from last several years that I haven't taken it in this year again. I took that picture especially for its nice buds. I can however to attach here a picture of blooming plant from June 2008.

[Lori S.]

Zdenek, thank you for posting that!  Helichrysum milfordiae is wonderful in bloom, absolutely fascinating in bud, and yours is grown so nicely; it looks like something that requires perfect drainage?

[Magnar]

Yes, Zdenek, that Heilchrysum is just magnificent. I tried it once in my garden but it did not overwinter. I think i should try it again with better drainage.  Thanks for showing

[cohan]

magnar--yes, its okanoganense (sp?) with a new name you may be wetter, but the okanagan (apparently canada spells it with all 'a's, u.s. uses the 'o' for second last syllable) in canada is not terribly dry in winter--depends on site and altitude etc of course, but winter there can be cold, wet, snowy, dark.... the higher you go, the more snow less rain/melt...not sure of the exact sites for the talinum--likely on slopes where water doesnt stay..

zdenek--that helichrysum looks wonderful at all stages--the foliage alone makes it worthy..can you tell us where its from?

[Sinchets]

My Talinum has been outside in limestone scree the last 2 winters. It's a dry site and it goes dormant in summer and winter. It is in growth again just now as we had heavy rain. I wonder why the name change. Maybe too many people had problems spelling the original one 

[cohan]

My Talinum has been outside in limestone scree the last 2 winters. It's a dry site and it goes dormant in summer and winter. It is in growth again just now as we had heavy rain. I wonder why the name change. Maybe too many people had problems spelling the original one 

i havent looked it up, but at a guess, i'm thinking it could be a matter of precedence--perhaps it was collected at another site and given the name sediforme before okanoganense was named? delightful plant under any name... i find many of  the portulacaceae succulents interesting, and less grown than crassulaceae for example..

[Sinchets]

They are little stunners aren't they Cohan- especially some of the South Americans!

[cohan]

re: Portulacaceae succulents

They are little stunners aren't they Cohan- especially some of the South Americans!

indeed, and some australians--take a look at Calandrinias (i think there's one with little ovoid leaves) among other things at this site:
http://australiansucculents.com/gallery

[Sinchets]

I never knew there Calandrinias in Australia! Did you see the Calandrinia primuliflora?