Flowering Now - August 2009

[Anthony Darby]

I can't claim any credit for this Teucrium aroanium, which is just coming out, as I bought it at Edrom Nursery last Thursday.

[Regelian]

Lori,

that Echinops is wonderfull.  I've been growing E. ritro for some years, as it seeds about, but this white perfect sphere is very classy.  The foliage appears a bit finer, as well.  I can't help confirming the species, as they all look pretty much the same to me.

[Lori S.]

1) Thalictrum delavayi
2) Rosa 'John Cabot'
3) Gypsophila oldhamiana
4) Sedum populifolium... aside from the leaves, it's rather interesting in that it's woody, and fragrant.
5) Hemerocallis fulva... or some rampantly rhizomatous cultivar that's pretty close to it.
6) Hemerocallis 'Bela Lugosi' - never appearing so richly dark in my garden as I had hoped.
7) Hosta x 'Blue Mouse Ears', planted last year.
8 ) Thalictrum delavayi 'Album'
9) Potentilla nepalensis
10) Late bloom on Geranium farreri

[Paddy Tobin]

Lori,

Mary has been admiring your little hosta with a certain jealousy. She purchased a plant in the spring but has seen no flowers this season. It is a little beauty.

Paddy

[Lori S.]

Jamie, I grow Echinops ritro too, so I know that the white one is not it.  (Aside from the flower colour, the leaves on the white one are almost skeletal and somewhat whitish, while those on E. ritro are broad and green.)  But I haven't been able to find any reference to E. tschimganicus, and I have started to question whether it is E. sphaerocephalus... ?  Anyway, I will collect seeds from it later, if it is of any interest!

[Ragged Robin]

Sedum populifolium... aside from the leaves, it's rather interesting in that it's woody, and fragrant

The leaf does look really interesting and it's nice to know it's scented, Lori, if hardy I would like to grow it here?
Both Thalictrum are lovely, I love the way they soften a planting with tiny heads.

[cohan]

in lori's sparrowhawk tarns thread, we were talking a bit about Silenes, and i mentioned agricultural weeds here;
here are a couple of shots from a couple of weeks ago, just up the road-i'm not sure what species the Silene is, maybe latifolia or noctiflora..the pinkish-white swathes in mid and farther back are the silene;
this is a hayfield, and you can see lots of alfalfa and sweet clover, grasses, canada thistle in front etc; if this silene is edible to cattle, then it wouldn't be much of a concern, but you can see it is a significant weed here, though i have not seen many fields this extreme..

[Lori S.]

Paddy, I will send positive thoughts in your direction and hope that yours puts out a flower spike soon!  I'm not deeply interested in hostas, but it is a rather sweet little thing.

Fascinating flowers on that Teucrium, Anthony!  (Not a group I've grown yet... though I plan to work on that!)  Any chance of a close-up?

[Regelian]

Lori,

I sure do!  Let me know when they are ripe.

H. Bela Lugosi is much darker and fatter in my garden.  The sort of greying effect in dark purples/blacks is typical of cooler nights.  I have a few that are not as good as Bela.  Your plant may improve.  Is it relatively new?

[Maggi Young]

I have seen the Hosta 'Mouse Ears' on the show benches... it makes a verty neat wee plant.
Lori's photo is the first time I have seen it in flower and I am impressed at the sturdy nature of the flower spike and the flower itself.... it seems to have a good  substance and face outwards well.

[Lori S.]

if hardy I would like to grow it here?

Yes, Robin, Sedum populifolium is hardy here, so that probably bodes well for you.  Not all of the wood survives from year to year, but it has been root-hardy over a few years now.

it is a significant weed here, though i have not seen many fields this extreme..

Yup, that's more silenes than I've ever seen in one spot!  

Lori,

I sure do!  Let me know when they are ripe.

H. Bela Lugosi is much darker and fatter in my garden.  The sort of greying effect in dark purples/blacks is typical of cooler nights.  I have a few that are not as good as Bela.  Your plant may improve.  Is it relatively new?

Well, that would likely explain it then... 10 deg C is a relatively warm overnight low here.  It's been there for some years now, so not likely to improve.   And yours are much more what I had in mind... very nice!

[Maggi Young]

it is a significant weed here, though i have not seen many fields this extreme..

Yup, that's more silenes than I've ever seen in one spot!  

I think the proper term is "locally plentiful"  ..... there are rather a lot of them!

[cohan]

it is a significant weed here, though i have not seen many fields this extreme..

Yup, that's more silenes than I've ever seen in one spot!  

I think the proper term is "locally plentiful"  ..... there are rather a lot of them!

rather a polite term...lol...i just looked at the official alberta weeds list, which breaks them down into restricted/noxious/nuisance..there are silenes or lychnis on all three lists... the list is irritating to me, though, as some natives are on the list due to toxicity to livestock.... doesnt cut it for me, the plants were here first; eliminate from a particular pasture, if you must,  but dont put them on a 'must destroy if found' list...

[Sinchets]

Flowering here now- though not very abundantly- more clouds needed?
Salvia nebulosa nubicola 
Flowering here in the wild- this one from the valley of the Wonderful Bridges. I wa hopig to see this onein the wild to confirm adifferences.
Salvia glutinosa

[Ragged Robin]

Great Salvias, Simon, they always intrigue me - S nebulosa looks like and open hippo mouth