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Maggi Young

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #60 on: July 22, 2012, 11:01:19 AM »
Thank you Maggi, Lori, zvone and Kris!

Maggi it’s Clematis integrifolia 'Hakurei'. Honestly it looks better on pictures than in real life. I prefer species C. integrifolia.

Some lovely plants Olga et al, I agree with Olga that 'Hakurei' looks better in a picture, but it's not white Maggi, here's one in our garden, it has a lovely touch of blue.

 Thank you, Olga and Brian.


Wonderful plants in all your lovely gardens, Folks! 8)
« Last Edit: July 22, 2012, 11:03:27 AM by Maggi Young »
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #61 on: July 23, 2012, 01:47:23 PM »
A nice group of Verbascum yeaterday at East Carleton Manor, Norfolk.

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #62 on: July 24, 2012, 11:08:28 PM »
Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' - this is growing in deep shade under a magnolia and the fully expanded leaves are quite a spectacle! It came from Bob Brown's remarkable nursery, Cotswald Garden Flowers in Evesham. A perfect plant for dry shade.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #63 on: July 24, 2012, 11:20:43 PM »
What an extraordinary leaf, and just right in that deep shade.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #64 on: July 25, 2012, 06:07:06 AM »
but it's not white Maggi, here's one in our garden, it has a lovely touch of blue.
I was able to object to you Brian.  :) I've always thought it's pure white. But I look at my images and at the pictures in the Internet. Yes you are right! Mine is touched by blue too!
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #65 on: July 27, 2012, 10:57:18 PM »
Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' - this is growing in deep shade under a magnolia and the fully expanded leaves are quite a spectacle! It came from Bob Brown's remarkable nursery, Cotswald Garden Flowers in Evesham. A perfect plant for dry shade.

That's a nice one Tim! Don't think it is hardy here though :(

Some wildflowers, Rhodiola rosea and Sedum album:


Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #66 on: July 27, 2012, 11:05:24 PM »
Rather nice plants Trond - love the strength of colour in the Rhodiola, definitely one to try for the nursery.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #67 on: July 28, 2012, 04:04:54 AM »

That certainly is an eye-catcher fatsia, Tim!
Of course, the species is an uncommon houseplant here...

So spring growth is green and summer growth turns variegated?
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #68 on: July 28, 2012, 09:09:48 AM »
Last year SRGC member Kim very kindly sent me seeds for Fuchsia procumbens all the way from New Zealand. Here is the first flower on one of the resulting plants.................



I'm made up with this, so a big thanks to Kim!

Somewhat baffling is Tricyrtis "Taipei Silk" which is now in bloom..................



Finally, the first blooms on my seed grown Lobelia tupa..............

« Last Edit: July 28, 2012, 09:13:36 AM by meanie »
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #69 on: July 28, 2012, 05:05:33 PM »
two nice Echinacea from today :

Echinacea "Tangerine Dream"
Echinacea "Milk Shake"
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #70 on: July 28, 2012, 07:45:57 PM »
Two newcomers in my garden, planted last year and now folwering for the first time

Stellera chamaejasme
Iris acutiloba ssp.lineolata
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #71 on: July 28, 2012, 08:58:50 PM »
That Iris acutiloba is sublime Magnar!
West Oxon where it gets cold!

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #72 on: July 29, 2012, 01:27:01 PM »
Very nice indeed - I planted one in our sand bed last year, but it hasn't flowered and (I hope!) has now just gone dormant this summer.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #73 on: July 30, 2012, 04:29:54 PM »
Colleagues - what a wonderful July was in your gardens! Thanks for the photos!

Some flowers from my garden ... flowering of many plants I missed while I was in the expedition, but some continue to blossom.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #74 on: July 31, 2012, 09:22:42 AM »
Great pictures the whole month of July. I haven't been posting here for a long time ( just too busy with other chores ), but here is a picture of Phacelia campanularia whioch I took the other day. It had self seeded in one of the pots where I grew it last year. They stay low and compact and flower best if they are kept really dry.

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