Flowering Now - August 2009

[Regelian]

Jamie,

Pulmonaria 'Excaliber' is also available here in Australia as it happens.

OK, there we go!  Everyone has this thing but me!  Boooo!  Hissss!   Maybe it has another name in German.

[Lori S.]

Well, thank you for the kind words!    

Your season doesn't seem to end Lori !  

Given its brevity compared to most of the areas represented on this forum, it's only fair that it is, at least, intense!  

can you tell us anything about Pulmonaria 'Excalibur'?  The leaves are quite spectacular.  Do they hang in for the entire season, or do they die back and look ratty, as with most Pulmonarias?  If it is very new...

It's an intro by Dan Heims from, I think, 1994 1993.  Assuming you are asking about the foliage through summer(?), it is an excellent performer and the foliage remains pristine throughout.  It's absolutely immune to mildew, which affects some others in my yard (e.g. 'Samurai').

[Carlo]

Pulmonaria 'Samurai' has been a more reliable silver-leafed P. here than P. 'Excalibur' or 'Majeste'...the latter two tend to "crap out" (sorry...is there a better term that conveys just the same condition?).

[Maggi Young]

Jamie,

Pulmonaria 'Excaliber' is also available here in Australia as it happens.

OK, there we go!  Everyone has this thing but me!  Boooo!  Hissss!   Maybe it has another name in German.

Nice looking plant.
If it is any consolation, Jamie, I've never seen it! 

[ranunculus]

Pulmonaria 'Samurai' has been a more reliable silver-leafed P. here than P. 'Excalibur' or 'Majeste'...the latter two tend to "crap out" (sorry...is there a better term that conveys just the same condition?).

Prince Charles would probably say; "Deteriorate", Carlo ... Prince Harry (and I) would be with you ...  

[Maggi Young]

Acis autumnale. They have just started flowering, in the following weeks I hopefully can show you big clumps of them.

 That sounds lovely... I'll look forward to seeing that ..... I am envious 

Well Maggi here they are...

Poul

WOW! And how terrific do they look?? Fantastic, Poul, a huge number! 

[cohan]

Pulmonaria 'Samurai' has been a more reliable silver-leafed P. here than P. 'Excalibur' or 'Majeste'...the latter two tend to "crap out" (sorry...is there a better term that conveys just the same condition?).

prob a very different summer! here (by here i mean lori's) rather cool overall (many warm days, but not so many hot ones), cool nights all summer, much shorter summer, and lower humidity compared to east coast where i think carlo is? forgetting exactly, now.. so not surprising a different cultivar is better in each place...

[pehe]

Acis autumnale. They have just started flowering, in the following weeks I hopefully can show you big clumps of them.

 That sounds lovely... I'll look forward to seeing that ..... I am envious  

Well Maggi here they are...

Poul

WOW! And how terrific do they look?? Fantastic, Poul, a huge number!  

Yes there is quite a lot, but unfortunately they are not mine. Yesterday I visited the botanical garden in Aarhus, Denmark. I come there often as I work in the same city. There is a rock garden too, and there I found these Acis. I do not know which clone it is, but they are different from mine in the way that they set no seeds at all. Mine are very fertile, so I have quite a lot, but not that many.
Here is some views from the rock garden.

Poul

[pehe]

Here is some plants from the botanical garden of Aarhus. There are lot of different species (many that I do not know), but not so many bulbs as I would prefer.
All plants are more or less hardy, they stay in ground through the winter, some with a little protection.

Paul, the Cosmos did not have seeds.

Poul


 Berkheya purpurea.jpg
 Centaurium scilloides.jpg
 Cosmos astrosanguineus1.jpg
 Eryngium yuccifolium.jpg
 Yucca angustifolia.jpg
 Zauschneria pumilio.jpg

[Maggi Young]

Thanks for this visit to the Botanical Gardens, Poul...... a very good place to see 

[Geebo]

Hi Lori,

Like Your pics,I am a bit behind with my responce,but will be back on track soon,love that geranium "Patricia"as I do with lots of them.
how is the plants performance?Would I see it in the Soc seedexchanges/
cheers,
Guy

[Lori S.]

Hi, Guy.  Geranium x 'Patricia' is an excellent performer here in these conditions (dry, low humidity, sunny, chinooks, poor snow cover, short season).  It's very floriferous and blooms up until frost or slightly before, and is a very substantial plant - one out in our front yard, where it has lots of room, is over 3 feet tall and around. It is a hybrid (don't recall its parentage off-hand) so I don't know how true it would come from seed... or even, I suppose, if it is fertile?  I'll have to watch and see if it forms seeds, and if so, I will let you know.  (Thinking about it, I don't recall actually seeing any...  )

EDIT: Several internet sources say that it is sterile... which would explain things... however I'll check the Yeo book later.  G. psilostemon is one parent...

[cohan]

Here is some plants from the botanical garden of Aarhus. There are lot of different species (many that I do not know), but not so many bulbs as I would prefer.
All plants are more or less hardy, they stay in ground through the winter, some with a little protection.
Poul

very nice to have such a garden close by for regular visits..

[arillady]

Lori it was great to see a plant named Patricia which wasn't a horrid colour. Have a pretty Narcissus Charity May which I bought  because one of my daughters is named Charity.
Would be good to try seed if it ever does set seed.

[Paul T]

Poul,

Very nice pics.  I've not heard of Zauschneria pumilio before, but adore Zauschneria californica (to be honest, I've never come across any others in the genus before as far as I know).  Your tiny species looks rather interesting.  Thanks for sharing.