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Lori S.

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #75 on: July 31, 2012, 04:55:36 PM »
Well, time for another installment before July is done!

Some from the rock gardens...
An unseasonal (even in our late, short season) flower on Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Pearl Bells', a new one just planted recently - nice to get a preview of the bloom colour.
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Cotula hispida, also purchased this year as an experiment - cute and tufty:
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Acantholimon kotschyi ssp. laxispicatum, from seed in 2010 - one plant from this batch bloomed last year and was dead this spring (a disturbing trend with several alpines this year) so it will be interesting to see what these plants do:
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Plantago urvillei, from seed this winter:
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Update on Jurinea cadmea, with seed, buds and flowers all at once:
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Oxytropis megalantha, blooming all season:
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Primula scotica - these are in a moist acid bed, but I'm surprised at how tolerant other plants have been of dry conditions in the tufa bed:
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Heterotheca jonesii:
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Lori
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Natalia

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #76 on: August 01, 2012, 07:32:29 PM »
Melampýrum nemorósum, as it is ...  In Russian, Ivan-da-Marya - was considered a talisman of thieves.




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Lori S.

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #77 on: August 01, 2012, 08:35:03 PM »
What a beautiful plant, Natalia - so colourful!
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #78 on: August 02, 2012, 06:23:00 AM »
Striking colour combination, Natalia.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #79 on: August 02, 2012, 06:31:31 AM »
Lori, Paul - I also never tire of admiring these colors! :)

This biennial plant of our flora, something akin to Castilleja. Still occurs and the white form. Here is a picture of my friend from Estonia Svetlana Polonskaya.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #80 on: August 02, 2012, 06:32:51 AM »
The two side by side are brilliant.  Great plants by the look of it.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #81 on: August 02, 2012, 09:12:25 AM »
Extraordinary colourful plant Natalia, I wonder if it is grown elsewhere.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #82 on: August 02, 2012, 09:21:47 AM »
Quote from: Brian Ellis on August 02, 2012, 09:12:25 AM
Extraordinary colourful plant Natalia, I wonder if it is grown elsewhere.
Brian we have a similar sp in Britian called the field cowwheat Melampyrum arvense and i would think Natalia's plant is semi parasitic like our plant.
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #83 on: August 02, 2012, 10:13:45 AM »
I have often seen it in the Alps walks, Brian  ;)
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Nicole, Sud Est France,  altitude 110 m    Zone 8

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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #84 on: August 02, 2012, 10:17:35 AM »
Yes, absolutely right - this plant is semi-parasite or a symbiote on grasses
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #85 on: August 02, 2012, 10:34:21 AM »
Quote from: Natalia on August 02, 2012, 06:31:31 AM
Lori, Paul - I also never tire of admiring these colors! :)

This biennial plant of our flora, something akin to Castilleja. Still occurs and the white form. Here is a picture of my friend from Estonia Svetlana Polonskaya.

Great pic... we have one growing in the wild here in North Norway, but it's by far not as colourful as these
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #86 on: August 02, 2012, 10:59:07 AM »
Thankyou Natalia, Nicole and Davey.  Amazing what you learn from this forum. :)
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #87 on: August 02, 2012, 11:24:02 AM »
Quote from: Natalia on August 01, 2012, 07:32:29 PM
Melampýrum nemorósum, as it is ...  In Russian, Ivan-da-Marya - was considered a talisman of thieves.

Beutiful pics, Natalia! I have never seen this species. However, two species are rather commonin Norway (M. pratense & sylvaticum), and one is very rare (M. cristatum).

Here are the common ones - and they don't stand up against yours, Natalia!


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If anybody has sed of Melampyrum nemorosum to offer, I would love to get some ;)
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #88 on: August 02, 2012, 12:18:46 PM »
What a beautiful plant, Natalia!
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Re: July 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #89 on: August 02, 2012, 12:24:55 PM »
Brian, annew -  is always happy to show something interesting fellow :)

  Hoy, thank you.  :) We also grow several different kinds, but this - the most expressive of growing in our area...
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