Northern Hemisphere August 2010

[Lesley Cox]

I know just how he feels Angie.

May I have a small laugh please? At your post I mean? I'm sure you'll forgive me.
We have in our weekly "Listener" a column called "Life in New Zealand" and it's made up of small entries of misprints, bad construction and other odds and ends which appear in our daily papers and which, because of the way they've been written, are usually very funny. Two examples in this week's edition are:

"Council to hire rubbish consultant" from the Southland Times and

Pukera Bay resident Barry Anset, who lives on Muri Rd about one kilometre from the crash site, watched the wreckage get airlifted out with binoculars." from the Kapiti Observer.

So if you were here, I'd send in to the column ""He is nearly deaf, eyesight is going and he struggles to get up, from day one he has been the perfect dog."

There's a Lotto ticket sent to the first contributor of each item printed. Feel free to smack my hand Angie.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Gentians, my love. 

Very nice Olga ! Georgei and tizuensis are my favorites.
Do you keep them in a special peatbed or are they just growing in the rockery? I suppose they love acid conditions ?   

[Maggi Young]

Wow! An Ilex, eh.... I would never have guessed from that shot that it was a holly of any sort.... I was thinking birch because of the pale trunks.
Yes, as you know, I like "wild" too,( though in my case that translates as untidy!)  but highlights of that sort of Oriental neatness are fantastic in my opinion. I love the look!

[David Nicholson]

.......He is nearly deaf, eyesight is going and he struggles to get up,..........

I know the feeling!

Lovely garden Angie.

[zephirine]

Just a humble August contribution among so many beauties and rarities...  


Clematis flammula 08 10.jpg
Echinacea virgin 08 10.jpg
Eryngium yuccifolium 08 10.jpg
mlok 08 10.jpg : seeds of Paeonia "Molly the Witch"
Origanum fritz kummert 08 10.jpg
Sedum tatarinowii 20 08 10.jpg
Geranium soboliferum 'starman' 08 10.jpg

[Lvandelft]

Since 2008 in our garden and established well now, although it was looking rather bad this year until June after the long cold winter. But as you see this plant is remarkable strong and performing nice now in August.

Lysimachia pardiformis var stenophylla (Ogisu)

See also:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2007/190907/log.html

(My plant came from a Dutch friend of Roy Lancaster, who received a ‘Young’ plant from him)

[WimB]

Zephirine,

I love the Clematis and the colourful seeds of Paeonia mlokosewitschii.

Luit,

that's a nice plant. Didn't remember seeing that one in the bulblog.

[Maggi Young]

Luit,

that's a nice plant. Didn't remember seeing that one in the bulblog.

We call the plant Lysimachia paridiformis ssp stenophylla.... but I'm not sure if that is correct.... I'll check with Roy's article on the plant from the RHS Garden Magazine.....

Wim....  it was in a Bulb Log.... see here:

http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2007/190907/log.html

[Maggi Young]

 Have also a look in the Old Forum....Posted by Ian  on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 7:03 pm:   
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/283/16226.html ( pix about halfway down a long page!)

 These may be handy if you have these publications....
Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla
cited in The Plantsman 3 p. 83, 84P
Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla
cited in The Garden 124 p. 506-7

[Maggi Young]

What a fine selection, Zephirine....I have added the names in the text... I like the Origanum 'Fritz Kummert'

[WimB]

Have also a look in the Old Forum....Posted by Ian  on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 7:03 pm:   
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/283/16226.html ( pix about halfway down a long page!)

 These may be handy if you have these publications....
Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla
cited in The Plantsman 3 p. 83, 84P
Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla
cited in The Garden 124 p. 506-7

Very interesting plant. Thanks for the links Maggi.

[TheOnionMan]

Luit, a most interesting Lysimachia.  Had me thinking again about Lysimachia, a large number of these things in China.  I remember back in the 1980s I think, when American Don Jacobs collected Lysimachia congestiflora on a mountain in China, and it created quite a stir, a low growing creeping plant with large terminal clusters of yellow flowers.  He selected two forms I think, one called 'Eco Dark Satin' (Don named anything he introduced as "Eco this" and "Eco that", to associate his introductions with his nursery Eco Gardens   Since then, this plant has become a mainstay in large scale plant production, particular for specialty annuals (rated hardy to Zone 6), the nursery trade treats them as annuals.  It wintered over for me when I lived in Seattle, Washington, but not hardy here in Northeatern USA.

Here's some links:

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2009/07/lysimachia_congestiflora.php

Lysimachia congestiflora 'Eco Dark Satin'
http://www.goodnessgrows.com/id125.html
http://webhosting.web.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.goodnessgrows.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/LysimachiacongestifloraEcoDarkSatin89c.jpg&target=_self

Lysimachia congestiflora 'Walkabout Sunset™' previously 'Outback Sunset'
http://www.provenwinners.com/plants/detail.cfm?photoID=6789

Lysimachia congestiflora 'Persian Chocolate', a Darrell Probst hybrid, had no idea he was working with these too.
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Plants/Lysimachia-congestiflora-Persian-Chocolate.html

Not sure why this Chinese plant is getting branded with irrelevant geographical connotations, Australia and Persia?

[Graham Catlow]

Some pictures taken a couple of days ago when it was sunny, today not so good.

I have the name of the golden plant that is always sprawling all over the grass, its Benson my old doggie.
I have started to log all my garden plant names so hopefully I will get better at naming, sorry.

Angie

Loved the view of the garden and pond previously but this view is spectacular. Those trees are great and certainly don,t look out of place. Nice trough too.
Do you open your garden under the Scotlands Gardens Scheme?
Graham

[angie]

.......He is nearly deaf, eyesight is going and he struggles to get up,..........

I know the feeling!

David there is one thing for sure, your brain is still working perfectly...you are always witty and we wont go into how clever you are 

Angie

[angie]

Loved the view of the garden and pond previously but this view is spectacular. Those trees are great and certainly don,t look out of place. Nice trough too.
Do you open your garden under the Scotlands Gardens Scheme?
Graham

No Graham I dont open my garden, its not good enough.
Here are some more of my husbands good clipping.

Angie