February 2011 - Northern Hemisphere

[daveyp1970]

Are they cracking clumps of a yellow snowdrops(i'm colour blind)?what a sight John if you don't click to expand the pic they look like an impressionist painting,stunning.

[Maggi Young]

In John Gennard's pictures the yellow are Eranthis and Joseph showed us golden Adonis...... wonderful carpets of  cheery golden flowers.

[johngennard]

John, this is mind boggling. Incredible. How old are these plantings?

Thanks Joseph,I started the alpine lawn plantings about thirty-nine years ago and the aconites and snowdrops in the wood about eight years ago.The whole garden began in 1967 from an absolutely bare plot.The native trees forming the wood were planted as whips about thirty-two years ago.

Thanks Paddy,there aren't any cultivars included,the planting consists of tomasinianus,eranthis hyemalis,narcissus 'February Gold' and Fritillaria meleagris(just emerging)

[daveyp1970]

In John Gennard's pictures the yellow are Eranthis and Joseph showed us golden Adonis...... wonderful carpets of  cheery golden flowers.

Maggie i really am colour blind and sometimes get muddled when colours get close reds/browns...green/brown.....yellow/green

[Maggi Young]

In John Gennard's pictures the yellow are Eranthis and Joseph showed us golden Adonis...... wonderful carpets of  cheery golden flowers.

Maggie i really am colour blind and sometimes get muddled when colours get close reds/browns...green/brown.....yellow/green

 One of the most successful SRGC grower/ exhibitors is colour blind..... it doesn't hold him back. It's a problem that affects a lot of men, I understand.(more than women   )

[Hoy]

Red/green colour blindness is more common among men than women as it is sex-linked. The genes for red and green colour sight sit in tandem on the X-chromosome (It is because the red/green gene divergence is a relatively new trait of humans). A kind om deletion does that sometimes either the gene for red or the gene for green colour sight disappear. This affects about 8% of the X-chromosomes. It is hereditary of course and since men has only one X about 8% of the men are affected by colour blindness. As women have two X it is 0.08² = 0,0024 or 0.24% chance for women to be colour blind (One normal X i sufficient)
Calculation mistake: 0.0064 or 0.64% (or printing error )

[Paddy Tobin]

John,

We have started off planting crocus, snowdrops and fritillarias in one small grass area and intend planting daffodils next autumn. I hadn't thought of using 'February Gold', not thinking it would be suitable for grass but, on consideration, I can think of no reason why it should not do well. Daffodils are probably the most commonly planted bulb in grass.

I expect to have a similar effect as you have in your garden around 2050. If I manage to draw the pension in good health until then, I will be a very happy man.

Paddy

[johngennard]

I think a lot soner than that Paddy,My area has been looking like this for a good many years.In the case of the frits.don't forget to collect the seed when ripe and scatter sow it in Nov./Dec. otherwise you will mow it up when you mow after the bulbs have died down.You can also collect the crocus seed and do the same but the seed isn't as obvious as you know,it sits down at the base of the flower.

[Paddy Tobin]

Collecting the seed and scattering at the end of the year is an excellent tip.

Many thanks, Paddy

[Maggi Young]

Red/green colour blindness is more common among men than women as it is sex-linked. The genes for red and green colour sight sit in tandem on the X-chromosome (It is because the red/green gene divergence is a relatively new trait of humans). A kind om deletion does that sometimes either the gene for red or the gene for green colour sight disappear. This affects about 8% of the X-chromosomes. It is hereditary of course and since men has only one X about 8% of the men are affected by colour blindness. As women have two X it is 0.08² = 0,0024 or 0.24% chance for women to be colour blind (One normal X i sufficient)

Thankyou!

 I think we can find a forumist to answer just about any question.... what a delight it is to be amongst you!

[Lesley Cox]

I love that all these little bulbs flower before their overplanted trees come into leaf. Once the trees green up the bu;bs are gone having done their glorious best and it doesn't matter. Everything in its correct season.

[Pascal B]

Some Asarum in flower today. First 2 are from Taiwan and belong to the taxonomically rather complicated Asarum macranthum-group. The third is the Chinese Asarum campaniforme.

[Brian Ellis]

One or two things from the garden today, it has been a while since I had a chance to wander round and I have found a lot is going over.  
This corner has a Daphne mezereum album grown from seed and flowering well for the first time, behind it the tassels of Garrya elliptica and in front a miniature Forsythia 'Gold Tide'
Crocus in the sun
A double hellebore, I don't normally like them but this one appealed to me
Eranthis 'All Saints' a seedling of 'Noel Ayres' selected by John Foster and more vigorous than it's parent
Helionopsis orientalis Korean form from Desirable Plants
and Hacquettia 'Thor' which I thought I had lost

[ian mcenery]

Nice pics everyone here is Ypsilandra thibetica clumping up quite nicely. This is one tough plant it is evergreen and is showing virtually no damage

[fleurbleue]

Asarum have really amazing flowers !