Flowering now- July 2009

[cohan]

as always--lots of great things, and lots of new things to me!

rodger--fun to see the plant thriving in that spot--nice to turn a 'problem' area into a garden
lori--the crambe is really interesting, i will have to look it up..my real fascination is tiny plants, but i have lots of space, so i do appreciate some giants too ...
paul--i like all the pricklys...and i agree with lori, very nice to see a native grown there--that lonicera is selfsown all over my yard and acreage, and forms a really nice spreading mounded shrub..the fruit is probably more showy than the flowers, but bees really love the flowers, the bushes are always abuzz here..

[Gerdk]

Here are some flowers from last week

1. Cyclamen colchicum
2. Gentiana septemfida lagodechianus
3. + 4. Scilla autumnalis

Gerd

[PaulM]

More pictures...I hope you're not fed up yet

1) Cerastium banaticum
2) Cerastium banaticum close up
3) Phacelia campanularia ssp vasiformis
4) Phacelia grandiflora
5) Potentilla atrosanguinea var argyrophylla
6) Ptilostemon casabonae - the whole plant
7) Ptilostemon casabonae - flowers
Salvia bulleyana... or is the current name Salvia flava var megalantha ?
9) Salvia castanea
10) Salvia sp ( collected at Lake Titicaca )

[Gerdk]

Some Gesneriaceae - with the exception of the Petrocosmea grown all year round inside

1. Petrocosmea flaccida
2. Sinningia eumorpha
3. Sinningia pusilla
4. Saintpaulia confusa

Gerd

[PaulM]

Still more.....

1) Salvia virgata from Turkey 2002, gets about as tall as me ( 172cm)
2) Salvia virgata closer look at the flowers
3) I have donated seeds of this species as Salvia sp TUR03-148, Salvia staminea or Salvia staminea  ex. TUR03-148 over the past four years or so, and if you happen to have a plant named any of the previous you need to get out your pen and paper, because it is WRONG. The right name should be Salvia virgata var alba. Maybe this should be made known to a wider audience in the SRGC Journal ?
4) Scorzonera tomentosa has nice grey felted broad leaves
5) From a SRGC Seed Ex named Scutellaria aff oxyphylla a few years ago
6) Scutellaria oxyphylla
7) Sedum sempervivoides is like a little Christmas in the middle of summer
Sedum sempervivoides grown in a shallow pot
9) Sedum sempervivoides close up
10) Senecio bigelovii was a plant which I got aquainted with in Colorado in 1999, and when I found seeds of it a couple of years ago I had to order some of course. Lacking ray flowers it is a bit odd looking, but a nice plant still.

[PaulM]

Very nice photographs Gerd. Do you have the new booklet on Gentiana by Jürgen Matschke ? You really grow many unusual gems. Thanks for sharing.

[ichristie]

Well done, what a lot of superb pictures and plants I have never heard about a very interesting mixture. I have one odd Roscoea flowering at the moment looks like a hybrid between R. humeana and R. beesiana the flower is quite large and it has one flower per stem like R. humeana the colour looks like R. beesiana which has several flowers per stem and is taller,  cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[pehe]

Your garden must be looking very good with all these plants, Poul.

I agree with Gerd: Houttuynia cordata ..... probably  'Chameleon'

Thank you all for the identification of Houttuynia - I remember now, it is Chameleon.

Maggi, a photo is thankfull in many ways. You can select just the things you want to show!
My garden is only 700 square meters, but I have lots of different species, so in general I am satisfied with the overall impression.

Poul

[pehe]

Poul, Houttonia certainly - a plant which I would consider a weed here as it travels without restrictions and gets to be a pest but nice nonetheless.

Paddy,

The issue weed is a funny thing. In general common native plants are often regarded as weed. For instance Oxalis pres-caprae is a weed in southern Europe, but in Denmark I grow it in a pot under glass. The same with Gagea lutea, which was shown on the forum some months ago. It is native in Denmark and regarded here as weed.

Poul

[Ragged Robin]

Paul, I really have enjoyed seeing all the plants you grow and the Salvias are amongst my favourites.  Also I agree that the Sedum sempervivoides is giving a wonderful display of bauble-like flowers 

like a little Christmas in the middle of summer

Plants like these are flowering all over the rocks at the moment and seem like something from another planet - the bees love the high summer flowering too and have gone crazy on my rock garden 

[Gerdk]

Very nice photographs Gerd. Do you have the new booklet on Gentiana by Jürgen Matschke ? You really grow many unusual gems. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Paul - No, I didn't acquire the Gentiana book.

Gerd

[Paddy Tobin]

Poul,

Perhaps, a better word would have been, "thug" - a plant which does not behave itself well in the garden!

Paddy

[Hristo]

Super pics all,
I love the Petrocosmea flaccida Gerd, very attractive.
Very nice Roscoea hybrid Ian, great to see them again as they just don't like it here at all! 
Not much flowering here in the crispy woodland garden but these four toughies plus a few others for later;
Aquilegia chrysantha
Arthropodium sp.
Lilium - purchased as 'R O Backhouse' - which seems to cover many forms and colours when googled!
Freesia laxa - this is flowering from seed that came in with sphagunum moss from Michael, that's seed to flower in about 4 and half months!

[pehe]

Very nice pics, Hristo.
Is Freesia lax the same as Anomatheca laxa?

Poul

[Hristo]

Hi Poul,
Yes, currently one and the same, A.laxa is Fressia laxa, this may of course change, it often does! LOL