Erythronium 2011

[Guff]

Nice pictures everyone.

I have White Splendour, but I thought it was a dens canis form? Haven't seen it flower yet.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Luc, that's a nice  one of Susan's Erys... but it is not  "Kingfaun's Pink" it is 'Kinfaun's Pink'.... there is no "G"

Oops, thank you Maggi, I'll try and remember that ! 

[PeterT]

Planted them in an area with unsuitable soil, lifted them, potted them, planted them again and other such nonsense, as far as I can gather.
 Massive losses and the ones not dead  not worth bothering about.
Not a happy circumstance for anyone involved.

Wisley have done this to Iris trials too, - mulching and irrigating bearded, planting water Iris on a well drained south facing slope, lifting and replanting Pacific Coast Iris. The trial ground gardeners don't seem to listen to the plantsmen

[Guff]

This makes me very happy.

1-Erythronium seedlings

[Knud]

Very nice, Guff, I can see why that makes you happy. I have sowed Erythroniums several times, but never had any sprout; and thanks, now I know what to look for if I'm luckier this year. The two Erythroniums that opened here today were bought as plants, the sibiricum about ten years ago, and the dens-canis more recently.

Knud

[udo]

Wonderful Erythronium Ian and Dirk !!! 

Here's a couple from me :

Erythronium citronella

and

Erythronium x "Kingfaun's Pink"

Thanks Luc,
here some pictures from this sunday:
Ery.oregonum
     oregonum ssp.leucandrum, young seedlings
     hendersonii from AGS seed
     hendersonii, possibly a hybrid ( a good grower, many flowers on the stem and set
                                              only very few seeds )

[Ed Alverson]

Dirk, can you post some close-up photos of your possible Erythronium hendersonii hybrid?  That way we can look to see if there is any evidence of hybrid influence in any of the morphological details.  My plants of E. hendersonii grown from wild collected seed are similarly upright, tall, vigorous, and multi-flowered, and they don't really seem to produce much good seed, so it certainly could be a good form of straight E. hendersonii.  Are the plants reproducing vegetatively from offsets?

About 4 or 5 years I manually pollinated the flowers of my E. revolutum patch with pollen from E. hendersonii.  I planted the resulting seeds and now I have about 20 plants, the first of which are flowering this year.  My goal was to produce a plant with the coloration of E. hendersonii but infused with a bit of the broader hardness and garden tolerance of E. revolutum.  You can clearly see the influence of E. hendersonii in the flowers of the hybrid, including the purple ovary and dark purple spot in the center of the flowers.  But, the flowers are a bit more pink than E. hendersonii, and there is a yellow fringe on the outer edge of the purple center.  Now, I am going to back-cross the hybrid with E. hendersonii, I'll let you know in 4 or 5 years what I get!

Ed

[Ed Alverson]

And for comparison purposes, here are photos of the two parent species, E. hendersonii and E. revolutum, the same patches from which the hybrids were produced.

Ed

[udo]

Dirk, can you post some close-up photos of your possible Erythronium hendersonii hybrid?  That way we can look to see if there is any evidence of hybrid influence in any of the morphological details.  My plants of E. hendersonii grown from wild collected seed are similarly upright, tall, vigorous, and multi-flowered, and they don't really seem to produce much good seed, so it certainly could be a good form of straight E. hendersonii.  Are the plants reproducing vegetatively from offsets?

About 4 or 5 years I manually pollinated the flowers of my E. revolutum patch with pollen from E. hendersonii.  I planted the resulting seeds and now I have about 20 plants, the first of which are flowering this year.  My goal was to produce a plant with the coloration of E. hendersonii but infused with a bit of the broader hardness and garden tolerance of E. revolutum.  You can clearly see the influence of E. hendersonii in the flowers of the hybrid, including the purple ovary and dark purple spot in the center of the flowers.  But, the flowers are a bit more pink than E. hendersonii, and there is a yellow fringe on the outer edge of the purple center.  Now, I am going to back-cross the hybrid with E. hendersonii, I'll let you know in 4 or 5 years what I get!

Ed

Dear Ed, many thanks for your fantastic pictures.
This form increases very well, in 7 years became from an bulb more than 20 pieces.
The last year some seed was attached for the first time.
I try to take some photos during the next days still for comparison.

[alpinelover]

This is one of te most famous: E. 'Pagode'.

[Susan Band]

Here are a few pictures from one pot of seedlings from E. hendersonii which must have hybridised in the garden. Which ones shall I name and bulk up too much of a choice
Also E. taylori and E. elegans?

[PeterT]

They are beautifull Susan. Of the hybreds the one on the left looks most distinctive with its colour blend, but there are so many species anyway that adding more to the swarm of named hybreds leaves me feeling overwhelmed.

[mark smyth]

How about these for one or two Erythroniums filmed by me today

part 1
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INPI8o1RU6U[/youtube]

part 2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RcC8Se5a_k[/youtube]

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Here are a few pictures from one pot of seedlings from E. hendersonii which must have hybridised in the garden. Which ones shall I name and bulk up too much of a choice
Also E. taylori and E. elegans?

Gorgeous flowers Susan !! 

[mark smyth]

The one on the right appeals to me more