Trillium 2010

[John Aipassa]

Frankly I doubt that anyone can be categorial about ID in most cases.... no matter what the plants.

So true!

[annew]

That's a lovely rose pink chloropetalum, Doug.

[kiwi]

Thanks Annew, I love it too, Ive just pollinated those two plants together as they both have considerably large flowers, 5-6 years time we will see what becomes! Although I think I'm going to have to buy more land with all the Trillium seed Ive already planted this year!

[gote]

Frankly I doubt that anyone can be categorial about ID in most cases.... no matter what the plants.

There is only one case when one is certain and that is the type specimen - which nearly always is in a herbarium. 
However the type of Metasequioia glyptostroboides still lives on as a clone - or did some years ago at least.
Cheers
Göte

[Lesley Cox]

Ah, Metasequoia glyptostroboides. One of my most favourite plant names. A lovely tree too of course.

A prominent NZ botanist once told me that while a gardener will frequently say "that plant is....." a botanist will ALWAYS say "well it could be... or possibly it is...."

[t00lie]

A number of the 'later' Trilliums are still in bloom.

Cheers dave

[WimB]

Very nice, Dave. I love 7203 and 7214 especially.

[t00lie]

Thanks Wim

7214 is one of my seedlings .

7203 is a division i made earlier this year and planted out .Interestingly the other 8 divisions i made at the same time that have been kept in pots are not flowering. The parent plant of 7203 is an extremely strong grower --while not as many blooms as last year ,(no doubt because of the disturbance),there are 20 flowers in the clump.

Cheers dave.

[Maggi Young]

t00lie, we're so glad that you haven't missed all your trilliums by being overseas for  so long... great that some saved themselves for your  return!

[WimB]

7203 is a division i made earlier this year and planted out .Interestingly the other 8 divisions i made at the same time that have been kept in pots are not flowering. The parent plant of 7203 is an extremely strong grower --while not as many blooms as last year ,(no doubt because of the disturbance),there are 20 flowers in the clump.

So, he wants to be free.  Do trilliums normally dislike root restriction?

[Lesley Cox]

Welcome home Dave. I bet you had a fabulous time, but there's nothing like sleeping in your own bed again. Back to the weeding now?

[t00lie]

t00lie, we're so glad that you haven't missed all your trilliums by being overseas for  so long... great that some saved themselves for your  return!

Hello Maggs
A lot of the chloros were damaged from the heavy snow that fell just after we left NZ in mid sept.Most of the Eastern sps that came up later were unaffected.
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So, he wants to be free.   Do trilliums normally dislike root restriction?

Probably Wim --while i can flower plants in one litre pots, generally there are adventurous roots that have made their way out of the bottom into the sand/bark mulch.

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Welcome home Dave. I bet you had a fabulous time, but there's nothing like sleeping in your own bed again. Back to the weeding now?

Yip pleased to be home --i don't suffer from jetlag so was able to spend the whole day ,following our return, in the garden althought that wasn't a chore as i had heavily mulched all the beds with pine needles previously.
Very few losses during our absence--a small number of seedling Frit /Arisaema pots--however that will only make way for the 300 odd packets i sent back home from the UK ,that are sitting on the bench  ,(yes i've counted them   and know i went a bit overboard).

Cheers dave.

[Paul T]

Some beauties there, Dave.  I'll have one of each thanks.    What a wonderful range of colours you have.

[TheOnionMan]

I came across a page on John Lonsdale's Edgewood Gardens web site that I hadn't seen before, devoted to pictures of Trillium seed.  Check out the beds of Trillium seedlings   And look at all that T. nivale washed and ready to be separated
http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/Plants_album/The%20Plants%20-%20Propagation%20and%20Cultivation/Trillium/index.html

And then, lots more propagation pics on Cyclamen & Iris:
http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/Plants_album/The%20Plants%20-%20Propagation%20and%20Cultivation/index.html

[Lesley Cox]

Mark, how could you NOT have seen John's site before? It's one of the most famous garden sites in all the world and very frequently given as a link reference for so many plant pictures. I love it myself and dip in quite frequently, but there's so much of it that it's almost impossible to know all of what's there. It is often updated too with more pics added so always something fresh and thrilling to see.