Northern hemisphere June 2010

[fredg]

Another Roscoea in flower now.

Roscoea cautleyoides Kew Beauty

I do appear to have a lot of different yellow ones.

[johnw]

A new Philadelphus that was bred here in Canada, 'Starbright'.  Two years ago it was virtually unattainable, today it's at the super-markets.

A nice delavayi hybrid with an attractive dark calyx, the new growth is purplish as well.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Oh! That is lovely ..... I'm a pushover for a dark calyx......

[Lesley Cox]

And superbly scented?

[johnw]

And superbly scented?

I say no but everyone else says yes.  To me it doesn't quite match the old-fashioned coronarius.  The smelling salts may have comprmised my nasal functions.

johnw

[daveyp1970]

Another Roscoea in flower now.

Roscoea cautleyoides Kew Beauty

I do appear to have a lot of different yellow ones.

fred while there all flowering for you why don't you do somes crosses you might get some as good as R.inkling,or you could donate the seed to me

[Paul T]

Or any number of others here too I would imagine.  Roscoeas are VERY cool..... and VERY dormant here right at the moment, so it is very nice to see them. 

Thanks.

[fredg]

fred while there all flowering for you why don't you do somes crosses you might get some as good as R.inkling,or you could donate the seed to me

They've mostly been yellow up to now Dave and with staggered fowering.
The only non-yellow so far was Roscoea humeana "Rosemoor Plum"
I'm still waiting for the main blues/purples to bloom.

Then of course there's the pigeons.
They took the seed last year as you know.
This morning one sneaked into the kitchen while I was upstairs, helped itself to the cat's Iams.
Calmly padded out when I came back down.

[johnw]

I meant to ask: Does anyone grow Philadelphus delavayi itself? Some sites say P. delavayi is very hardy but I somehow doubt that.  We have a standing joke that nothing with the species name delavayi will grow here, too tender.  

Another point, the leaves on the new growth of P. 'Starbright' is purple but leaves on stems ending in flower buds are green.  I am wondering if the same is true of P. delavayi.

johnw

[Graham Catlow]

Hi John,
Another delavayi
Do you want to see a picture of how big my Philadelphus delavayi is?

Graham

[Darren]

My seed raised Ferrula communis ssp glauca has surprised me by not only surviving the last winter completely unscathed but has decided to flower this year. I think it is monocarpic so I'll need to start again. There were two seedlings planted together and both are in flower with loads of bees & hoverflies buzzing around them. I grew it as a bit of a laugh really and it does tend to tower over its neighbours but I'll be sad when it is gone. It grows with some other mediterraneans to make it feel at home (Phlomis fruticosa, also seed raised, and Cistus 'Jessamy Beauty'). The second picture has my other half for scale - Susan is 1.75 metres tall which makes the ferula about 3.5 metres.

[angie]

Darren amazing flower , worth the wait.
Nice to see a picture of Susan.. Hi Susan looking forward to see and hear more from you on the forum .

Angie

[christian pfalz]

darren, fantastic, looks like an agave flower stem 
cheers
chris

[johnw]

Hi John,
Another delavayi
Do you want to see a picture of how big my Philadelphus delavayi is?
Graham

Graham

I'm seated, fire away.

johnw

[cohan]

My seed raised Ferrula communis ssp glauca has surprised me by not only surviving the last winter completely unscathed but has decided to flower this year. I think it is monocarpic so I'll need to start again. There were two seedlings planted together and both are in flower with loads of bees & hoverflies buzzing around them. I grew it as a bit of a laugh really and it does tend to tower over its neighbours but I'll be sad when it is gone. It grows with some other mediterraneans to make it feel at home (Phlomis fruticosa, also seed raised, and Cistus 'Jessamy Beauty'). The second picture has my other half for scale - Susan is 1.75 metres tall which makes the ferula about 3.5 metres.

nice! i like your stony garden, and that's a cool inflorescence, i know nothing about this genus..