Flowering Now October 2007

[Maggi Young]

Your "not many flowers" are rather good ones, though, Kenneth!
 I love Tricyrtis but they are not that happy in our Aberdeen garden and never seem to really thrive.

[ChrisB]

Glad I'm not alone then.  I've tried growing them several times without success.  They were wonderful at Crug when we went there in the summer....

[Kenneth K]

Tricyrtis is in swedish named, what could be translated as “Shadow Lily”. Most recommendations of cultivation says: Grow in moist but well-drained, humus rich soil in deep or partial shadow. I say that in colder areas it’s better to choose a warmer location. The important part of the recommendation is humus rich and moist. With a humus rich soil that holds the moist, you can place Tricyrtis in full sun and it will thrive and flower well.

[Maggi Young]

What you say makes perfect sense to me , Kenneth..... in Scotland "full sun" is very different to that position elswhere... I will move them to a sunnier spot... or try to....we have lots of trees making shade .

[ChrisB]

For 4 months of the year, starting now, I have practically no sun at all in most of my garden, shadow of the house largely to blame.  Add to that my very freely draining soil and we have the answer to why I cannot grow them - poor soil and almost no moisture in dry spells - like now....

[annew]

The slugs/snails won't leave my tricyrtis alone, just raze them to the ground every time. Aster horizontalis is one of my favourites and a really good plant.

[annew]

Here are a few nice things from today. The Larix kaempferi 'Nana' is just at its best on the rock garden right now. Also some autumn finery taken at a very busy Harlow Carr gardens this afternoon.

[Hans J]

Hi Anne ,

I'm glad to see that you grow Verbene bonariensis too !

[johanneshoeller]

Interesting foliage of Alpine plants (seedlings!) in winter (after 50cm snow)
Primula hirsuta hybrid
Androsace vandellii
Primula albenensis
?
Androsace hausmannii
Primula recubariensis

Hans

[Lesley Cox]

Hans, your ? No 4 pic looks like - dare I suggest it? - Saxifraga florulenta. Not that I've ever seen that fabled plant, just remember a black and white photo in an old AGS Bulletin. My memory is most likely at fault. But a lovely rosette.

[Lesley Cox]

Forget that! Now I've clicked on it and had a better look, it's nothing like. Idiot!

[annew]

AAARGH! Just realised our seed donations have to be in by Wednesday! Better get packeting!

[Anthony Darby]

Here's my Galanthus peshmenii starting to flower, as usual without leaves, in the greenhouse. My reginae-olgae which flowered several weeks ago, still has no leaves visible.

[David Nicholson]

Here's my Galanthus peshmenii starting to flower, as usual without leaves, in the greenhouse. Myreginae-olgae which flowered several weeks ago, still has no leaves visible.

The fevers started

[Maggi Young]

AAARGH! Just realised our seed donations have to be in by Wednesday! Better get packeting!

Best get a list of your donations off to Stuart Pawley as fast as you can, Anne, or you'll miss the listing process. I'll PM you with his email... it seems he is nervous of it appearing publically !