Flowering now July 2007

[Peter Maguire]

A final selection from Copenhagen, and we're wandering further away from rock garden plants I'm afraid.

Actaea rubra ssp arguta
Some Nymphaeas from the lily pond (unnamed varietes).

Peter

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Peter,
the allium at Lund BG looks like it could be A. sphaerocephalum which is grown widely.
cheers
fermi

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks for an interesting thread Peter.  I grow Morina longifolia, could someone tell me how to distinguish it from Morina persica please?

[hadacekf]

In spite of the tropical temperatures ( 38° C in shade and 47° C in sun) flower some plants marvellously. I am afraid, that not all my alpine plants will survive this heat. During this heat one cannot do anything in garden - only bacon with eggs roast at the flat stones in the rock-garden.

Talinum brevifolium
Talinum calycinum
Oxalis depressa 

[David Nicholson]

Franz, I will trade you some rain for some of your sunshine. It appears that we shall not be having a Summer in England this year

[Peter Maguire]

Re the photos from Lund BG.

Fermi, thanks for the i.d. I enjoy many of the alliums in passing, but never really pay that much attention to them in detail (such as the species name!), so as this wasn't labelled it's nice to have a name to go with the photos.

Brian, many apologies; the plant in the picture is Morina longifolia. On reviewing my notes taken at the time I see that I got the name right then, I can only plead tiredness, posting the pictures late at night is not good for accuracy! I 'googled' the two species, and came up with the impression that M. persica looks very similar to M. longifolia, perhaps with paler pink in the flowers. Closer examination of the picture son the web, however, shows that the flowers of M. persica give the impression of one upright petal and third 'falls' - to borrow a term from the Iris world. The flowers are also more outward facing than M. longifolia (see: http://www.stridvall.se/flowers/gallery/Familiae_variae_1/337_22). In terms of distribution, M. persica seems to be a Grecian/Turkish/Middle eastern to Pakistan species, while M.longifolia is found in the Himalaya.

I will now go back and change the name of the picture (I have double-checked the others, they are correct).

Peter

[Peter Maguire]

It seems that I can change the text, but not the name of the picture without re-posting it. Oh well, I'm sure people will know the proper name after this.

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks for the link re Morina persica Peter.  It confirms that the plant I have bought (when it wasn't in flower) is in fact M.longifolia, no wonder I could see no difference to that which was in the garden.  I will continue to look for a valid M.persica. 

It took me several months to find the M.longifolia some years ago, eventually it was purchased at great expense and put in the garden.  I turned my back for a couple of days only to find out that the other half had "weeded the thistle out of the border!"  When I came across a plant labelled M.persica a few weeks ago I was delighted and pounced on that only to be perplexed when it flowered...now I know why!

The moral of this tale always escapes me as I never know when I might come across another plant again

[Lesley Cox]

I like your talinums Franz, much nicer than the tiny one I have, T. okanagonense, which grows to about 3cms across by 1cm high, has very small whiteish flowers then dies down for about 8 months. I don't know why I bother!

That lovely Lilium canadense. Such a graceful and elegant plant with long curving pedicels like those of Galanthus `Magnet.' The red form is even better I think.

[Carlo]

Ohhhhh, Lesley...

T. okanoganense is one of the BEST!

AND for those interested in nomenclatural issues, please see:  http://spectre.nmsu.edu/dept/docs/rsh/20.PDF

many of our Talinums are actually Phemeranthus.

Carlo

[Lesley Cox]

Ohhhhh, Lesley...

T. okanoganense is one of the BEST!
Carlo

Mine must have an extreme inferiority complex then

[gmoen]

A weekend in the Jotunheimen Mts.

I just spent a weekend in these mountains and here are some pictures.
(if someone would like some fresh collected seeds of the Pulsatilla below, please send me a PM or mail)

Magnar
Long time no see. Nice pictures, I believe it is my turn to go up north and pay YOU a visit now. And one more thing, could you please support me with some seeds of Centaurea bagadensis if it`s possilbe (I think I get some spare seeds of Lilium souliei if you are interested). Say hello to Toril from us 

So back to Jotunheimen:

1. Lake in the mountains
2. Cassiope hypnoides and Salix herbacea
3. Salix reticulata
4. Viscaria alpina syn. Lychnis alpina
5. Campanula latifolia
6. Pulsatilla vernalis (older flower in the corner)
7. Campanula latifolia (low form that can be found up on the peaks)

[Paul T]

WONDERFUL pics everyone.  Some abolute treasures in this thread, at least from my point of view.  A lot of things I've never heard of before too!! 

Too many to mention too many specifics...... the Dianthus 'Elisabethan' stood out, plus that Loasa (I think?.... the one with the nasty hairs) was just amazing.

THANK YOU everyone!!  A real joy.  I have a few things flowering here in the middle of our winter now, but these are all a real treat.

[Peter Maguire]

Brian,

If your other half weeds out your M longifolia again, you could grow it cheaply from seed. If you want to increase your stocks I will probably have some seed on my plants (grown from SRGC seed many years ago and assiduously protected from the chief thistle remover/weeder and pruner in the house  ), just let me know.

Peter

[Magnar]

gmoen wrote: Magnar
Long time no see. Nice pictures, I believe it is my turn to go up north and pay YOU a visit now. And one more thing, could you please support me with some seeds of Centaurea bagadensis if it`s possilbe (I think I get some spare seeds of Lilium souliei if you are interested). Say hello to Toril from us 

Of course, Geir, you will get seeds when they are ready. And I would very much like the L. souliei seeds. You will always be welcome here