South American bulbous plants 2009

[Janis Ruksans]

Is the 'sheffield Swan' selection any or much different from enneaphylla alba Janis? The former is in New Zealand but not distributed by its grower so I can't compare with my own alba form. Pic below but rain damaged. It flowers very freely and I've had a few seed pods as well.

'Sheffield Swan' I think was selected by very famous gardener Kath Dryden, unfortunately leaving us this Spring. By pictures both looks very similar, but real comparing could be only planting both forms side by side. Then it is possible to judge - are they the same by colore, leaves, flowering time etc. Growing conditions must be identical.
Janis

[Janis Ruksans]

Now few more Oxalis ennaephylla  named cv. 'Annette' and two selections made in Gothenburg BG (Sweden).
Janis

[Maggi Young]

Is the 'sheffield Swan' selection any or much different from enneaphylla alba Janis? The former is in New Zealand but not distributed by its grower so I can't compare with my own alba form. Pic below but rain damaged. It flowers very freely and I've had a few seed pods as well.

'Sheffield Swan' I think was selected by very famous gardener Kath Dryden, unfortunately leaving us this Spring. By pictures both looks very similar, but real comparing could be only planting both forms side by side. Then it is possible to judge - are they the same by colore, leaves, flowering time etc. Growing conditions must be identical.
Janis

 'Sheffield Swan' was collected(?) and named from the Falkland Islands by Capt. Peter Erskine. I'll search out more info.....

[Janis Ruksans]

'Sheffield Swan' I think was selected by very famous gardener Kath Dryden, unfortunately leaving us this Spring. By pictures both looks very similar, but real comparing could be only planting both forms side by side. Then it is possible to judge - are they the same by colore, leaves, flowering time etc. Growing conditions must be identical.
Janis

 'Sheffield Swan' was collected(?) and named from the Falkland Islands by Capt. Peter Erskine. I'll search out more info.....
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Many thanks, Masggie. Will correct my files.
Janis

[Maggi Young]

Here's a link to John Richards' Northumberland Diary..... where he mentions, Peter's selection of the plant....
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/diaries/Northumberland/+May+/40/


The AGS Bulletin No.65 Vol. 4, of December 1997, pages 427 and 428, has the description written when the plant was awarded a PC by the RHS  Joint Rock Committee.

There Peter Erskine describes finding the plant and how a rhizome was then sent back to Kath Dryden who worked to establish the plant in cultivation..... so we see where the Kath Dryden connection comes from! 

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks for the link Maggi. I knew it was one of Peter's collections and the plant in New Zealand certainly came from him. I seem to remember my alba was from Potterton and Martin or maybe Hartside. It seems pretty much the same in bloom, maybe the leaves slightly different.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Few more Oxalis. Between my pictures I found some shot of O. loricata seedlings - you can see variability and special shape of leaves.
Two named cultivars of O. ennaephylla - earlier mentioned 'Sheffield Swan' - you can see both flowers formed this summer, another is more floriferous 'Waverly'.
From Oxalis patagonica - cv. 'Seven Bells' and 'Sweet Sue'
and as last hybrid Oxalis x 'Ione Hecker'.
Later will show you unnamed seedlings of patagonica and ennaephylla.
Janis

Janis ,thanks for sharing this beautifull pictures .This is really a fantastic genus.
About 1990 the first that came in our collection was Ione Heckner .
These days  more species thrive in my rockgarden. There is "Purple Heart" ,indeed a fine form , but also "Anette",and " Patagonica" .In winter they get some protection against wet.
In throughs I also grow lacianata-forms.And in the greenhouse there are others to try outside sometime. 
So yes I am hooked on this ones.
November/december 2008 I was (as a member of the Ger Vanden Beuken-expedition)in Patagonie.Since that time I became extremely hooked on Oxalis from South America.
In the wild there are many "Seven Bells " ,"Sheffield Swans" and many more interesting forms one few square metres......Unbelievable how different they are on location.We see enneaphylla,lacianata,loricata and the most fabulous : squamoso-radicata ssp pubescens .The latter has velvet leaves and was super!The best forms always grows under screeconditions....If someone is interested ,I can show some pictures later on ........     

[Luc Gilgemyn]

What a question Kris... 
Of course we want to see more pictures...

[Maggi Young]

What a question Kris... 
Of course we want to see more pictures...

 Yes, please, more, more!

[krisderaeymaeker]

What a question Kris... 
Of course we want to see more pictures...

 Yes, please, more, more!

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You both win again ........So I start to browse in my database. But first I have to finish my snow-man.
This was a surprise ,Belgium under a white carpet ......

[Maggi Young]

But first I have to finish my snow-man.
This was a surprise ,Belgium under a white carpet ......

 That is important work.... we will wait patiently!   

[krisderaeymaeker]

As promise here are some pictures that I took in Patagonie ......
It starts with enneaphylla...... ,I don't know about the last one ,Is this enneaphylla?

[krisderaeymaeker]

The next are lacianata .

[krisderaeymaeker]

On screes you often find the best .......Here I am not sure ,is this also enneaphylla? 

[Janis Ruksans]

As promise here are some pictures that I took in Patagonie ......
It starts with enneaphylla...... ,I don't know about the last one ,Is this enneaphylla?

The last could be loricata?
Janis