Eranthis 2013

[freddyvl]

Like every year is E. hyemalis 'Winterzauber' together with E. pinnatifida the first Eranthistype to bloom in the open garden.

[krisderaeymaeker]

What a great show Freddy ! I like those Eranthis very much, they are just perfect.

[mark smyth]

Good to see someone growing E. pinnatifida outside.

My Paulines and Schwefelglanz are up and looking great

[manicbotanic]

I bought a pinnatifida from edrom last year..it produced a sickly yellow leaf ..i thought it was dead .was in the greenhouse all summer no water..went in this morn and theres a perfect little stem of flower..anyone growing this outside??

[pehe]

Like every year is E. hyemalis 'Winterzauber' together with E. pinnatifida the first Eranthistype to bloom in the open garden.

Perfect pinnatifida, Freddy!
As they are comming so early, mine are often damaged by snow and frost.

Poul

[pehe]

I bought a pinnatifida from edrom last year..it produced a sickly yellow leaf ..i thought it was dead .was in the greenhouse all summer no water..went in this morn and theres a perfect little stem of flower..anyone growing this outside??

I have grown pinnatifida outside since 2005 in a rather moist woodland bed. They are hardy down to at least -20^oC without any cover. In the spring I do cover them sometimes  to avoid too much damage to the flowers and to improve pollination. They have flowered reliable every year, but they increase rather slowly. You can see them here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9910.15

Poul

[Alan_b]

My Paulines and Schwefelglanz are up and looking great

With me these named cultivars appear some time in February whereas there were a few of the standard Eranthis hyemalis out on 30th December and a good display now.  Do you not find that the named cultivars are late-flowering, Mark? 

[Darren]

I bought a pinnatifida from edrom last year..it produced a sickly yellow leaf ..i thought it was dead .was in the greenhouse all summer no water..went in this morn and theres a perfect little stem of flower..anyone growing this outside??

I grow it in pots which spend winter in the cold greenhouse until after flowering but then they are plunged in an open frame outside all summer as I find it does not tolerate drying out - you were lucky to keep yours!

The only reason I would not grow it outside here is that I don't have many of them and that the slugs we are plagued with would destroy it as it emerged.

[mark smyth]

Alan only the two mentioned are up and looking good. This morning I noticed an Orange Glow coming up.

Specials from Joe Sharman last year are not showing but should hopefully show next month.

E. cilicicus are just coming in to flower.

Last year I bought some Schwefleglanz from a Dutch supplier. Only one had a flower but it had aborted. I asked the supplier why he said flowering sized yet only one had a flower. He was rude. I'm very happy to have 5 flowers this year.

[Susan Owl]

E. 'Schwefelglanz' every year appears sooner than E. 'Grünling' or 'Schlyter's Orange'. But none of them shows flowers at the moment which is quite a good thing, as we have temperatures between - 3 to -7 C and only 3cm snow.

How do you manage Eranthis cilicica? Mine flowered two ore three years quite well and then disappeared. I have no idea, why.

[mark smyth]

How do you manage Eranthis cilicica? Mine flowered two ore three years quite well and then disappeared. I have no idea, why.

Mine also but seedlings flower in a few years

[Maggi Young]

How do you manage Eranthis cilicica? Mine flowered two ore three years quite well and then disappeared. I have no idea, why.

We have great problems with E. cilicica, Susan.  It does not seem hardy with us- but whether it is the winter cold or summer cold/wet that kills it, we are not sure.
The hybrids of it,   x tubergenia etc.,  are tougher.

[Susan Owl]

The hybrids of it,   x tubergenia etc.,  are tougher.

This is my observation too.

[hadacekf]

In my garden this plant grows only on a space of one square meter. On all other places I've lost it.

[Maggi Young]

Lovely flowers, Franz - is that area one where it is quite warm and dry?

 Ian wonders if planting in lattice pots and lifting for the summer to a warmer place would help here.