Northern Hemisphere July 2010

[ruweiss]

Rudi, regarding the beautiful blue Allium, there is no Allium farreri, although there is the combination Allium cyathophorum var. farreri.  That species has pointed purple flowers, it can be seen here in the Allium 2010 thread:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4757.msg156836#msg156836

You photo looks like Allium sikkimense, which is an excellent species.  It is close to Allium beesianum, most easily separated by the larger flowers (petals 6-10 mm long in sikkimense, 11-14(17) mm in beesianum).  I believe your plant is A. sikkimense.

Thank you all for the kind comments. The plants were sown in January 2008 and are now about 35cm in height.
Vojtech Holubec collected the seed in China, Manigaggo,Sechuan at 4100m. The plants grew there in fine scree
or grass.

[Ragged Robin]

Very hot and dry here now and my Salvias and Geraniums like it more than I do.

Salvia jurisicii - with its funny hairy upside down flowers
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
Epipactis
Arisaema triphyllum

Gorgeous light and wonderful scenes from you garden Gunilla - the Salvia jurisicii is a such a pretty colour and the hairs really stand out

[olegKon]

Thanks Aaron for the correction. I'll try to post a close up picture of what I have as Zygadenus nuttallii later. Will appreciate any help in identification

Oleg,

 Your Z. nuttallii is not that species -- Z. nuttallii should have a dense inflorescence of nearly pure white flowers with a hint of butter-yellow near the nectaries. I should have seed of this next spring. I have two collections growing.

 
Zepherine,

 Your Phlox amplifolia is not that species. Phlox amplifolia has very broad leaves with strong venation and usually pale lavender flowers. The leaves also narrow quickly near the base. It also blooms before P. paniculata which is what your species looks like. I see both frequently in the field and can collect seed of the true amplifolia. One has glandular hairs in the inflorescence (P. ampl. I think), but the selected forms of  P. paniculata in cultivation may have P. amplifolia in its genetics.

 Aaron

[fleurbleue]

Nice little Salvia  Gunilla  How tall is it ?

[PaulM]

I haven't had time to download and process my pictures in a while so I'm a little behind. Here are some of the plants I captured last time I visited the garden in Värmland:

1. Aquilegia barnebyi, which I've had for 10 years. I divided a plant last year, so I have some spare. Taking seeds is pretty much pointless.

2. Closeup of A. barnebyi. I really like the combination of yellow and salmon pink.

3. Campanula lyrata was collected in Turkey in 2004 and it is biennial but self seeds and new plants are always coming up in a sand bed. Very easy and pleasing. Perfectly hardy too.

4. This Campanula  comes from Tajikistan and looks a lot like C. glomerata. Not sure which species it really is.

5. Dodecatheon meadia collected in Arkansas many years ago.

6. Inula rhizocephala which I collected seeds of in Tajikistan has been quite easy in a well drained site.

7. Leuzea rhapontica takes three to four years to reach flowering size from seed, but sports very nice scaly heads of purple flowers. I hope it will become a nice multistemmed clump within time.

8. Onosma arenaria self seeds and I first grew it in 2005 or so. Nice to look at but a real pain to collect seeds from becuase of the minute irritating hairs.

9. Packera anonyma from southern USA has proved very hardy. This past winter the temp dropped to -34 C. Nice filler among other plants. I don't know where the epithet anonyma comes from ? Maybe it's easy to overlook ?

[Gunilla]

Thanks Robin  .
Fleurbleue, Salvia jurisicii is small and compact, about 30 cm tall and wide.   A rock garden salvia.

[Maggi Young]

Good to have you and your photos back again, Paul!
I have moved your post to the July thread.

[cohan]

I haven't had time to download and process my pictures in a while so I'm a little behind. Here are some of the plants I captured last time I visited the garden in Värmland:


6. Inula rhizocephala which I collected seeds of in Tajikistan has been quite easy in a well drained site.

lots of good stuff, but i really like this inula

[Michael J Campbell]

A few flowering here today.

1 Anemone heldreichiana
2 Dianthus Eileen Lever PC96
3 Hypericum buckleyii
4 Carpenteria californica
5 Hypericum Nummularium
6 Campanula sartori
7 Lilium ?
8 Cistus ladanifer
9 Phygelius  Candy Drops
10 Gladiolus × colvillei the Bride

[Michael J Campbell]

A few more.

11 Campanula zoysii
12 Delphinium grandiflorum summer blues
13 Cyananthus sheriffii
14 Gentiana ?

[PaulM]

Wonderful pictures everyone ! It's great to see so many plants from different plants parts of the world. The members of SRGC really sit on a treasure cove of rare and exquisite plants of which many are rare in nature. Here are some more plants which are/were flowering for me in Värmland, none very exquisite or rare, but still nice:

1.Pimpinella major 'Rosea'
2.Salvia austriaca
3.Salvia austriaca closer view
4. Salvia pratensis 'Rose Rhapsody'
5. Salvia pratensis 'Rose Rhapsody'
6. Tragopogon porrifolius- the flowers are very beautiful when they open in the morning.
7. Vicia sp. from Tajikistan. Looks pretty much like a bigger version of Vicia cracca

[Lvandelft]

Some very nice and interesting plants Paul and Michael!

Michael, your Hypericum buckleyi looks very much like the Hypericum frondosum Sunburst, I grow here.
It's a very nice compact plant here, but here flowering is over since some weeks here.
Here a picture of my plant (2009)

Hypericum frondosum Sunburst

[PaulM]

And a few more from the garden here in Norrköping:

1.Codonopsis clematidea collected in the Fan Mtns. in 2005
2. A peek inside the flower reveals a hidden treasure
3. Phacelia lutea var glandulifera germinated very poorly when direct sown in a pot with black scree. Should maybe have treated seeds with GA-3 prior to sowing.
 

[PaulM]

Talking about Hypericum I have to post a picture of Hypericum bupleuroides which I think is very nice, both foliage and flowers:

[angie]

Nice pictures Michael and Paul

Michael, I really like your Gladiolus × colvillei the Bride and your Gentiana 

Angie