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Spring has sprung here at the bottom of New Zealand.
Scoliopus bigelovii .In previous years I've caught a slight whiff of it's disagreeable scent however this year the smell was almost unbearable as i tried to get in close with the 60mm macro lens.
Iris reticulata Katharine Hodgkin .The colouring seems more vibrant this season .I wonder if this is because the trough was emptied about 3 months ago and new mix added .
Narcissus tazetta ssp patulus needs a warm sunny spot hence i grow it in a pot .This one has a pleasant scent.
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Claire Cockcroft
Oh, my, Dave. You have
Tue, 08/13/2013 - 11:01amOh, my, Dave. You have really been bit by the hellebore bug, haven't you? <smile> It's a gorgeous display. Thanks for sharing.
Toole (not verified)
Thanks Claire
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 1:06amThanks Claire
Of course they are so great for providing colour in the garden at this time of the year .
Luckily there is a specialized Hellebore Nursery about an hour up the road.They have developed some stunning forms which have started to appear in some of the local nurseries in the last 2/3 years.It's so refreshing to see them as we are somewhat starved of new plant introductions that appear overseas on account of our strict Biosecurity regulations.
Fermi de Sousa
Some recent new flowerings:
Tue, 08/20/2013 - 12:31amSome recent new flowerings:
Bulbinella (came as B. cauda-felis but maybe) eburnifolia
Retic iris Edward
cheers
fermi
Richard T. Rodich
I remember drooling over that
Mon, 09/02/2013 - 3:49pmI remember drooling over that Trillium cultivar last season. So nice to see them again!
I didn't realize you had similar seedlings(?), too.
Scrumptious, all of them!
Trond Hoy
You do have a fine collection
Tue, 09/03/2013 - 12:03pmYou do have a fine collection of spring bulbs, Fermi!
Dave, that Trillium is really special ;-)
Toole (not verified)
Thanks all.
Thu, 09/05/2013 - 2:19amThanks all.
Rick here's a better pic i took in Vals garden back in 2011 of Trillium chloro.'Val Mulvihill'. (Warning to Mark --sunglasses suggested --smile).This shows how bright the yellow colour really is.
My pale yellow ,a chance seedling from mixed T.chloro is no competition at all.
At the other end of the scale --T.nivale .
A couple of Primulas .
Cheers Dave.
Mark McDonough
Thanks for the advance
Thu, 09/05/2013 - 4:39amThanks for the advance warning Dave, I must say 'Val Mulvihill' is the most fantastic Trillium selection ever, at least in my book. Does this selection set seed, and if so, do the seedlings vary much? Just curious as to what further generations might bring to the table. Thanks for showing that marvelous clump, excellent photo too.
Now, slowly taking my sunglasses off and averting my eyes ;-O and on to the delicate sweetness of Trillium nivale and cheerful Primula.
Toole (not verified)
Thanks for the comments Mark
Sun, 09/08/2013 - 1:34amThanks for the comments Mark and apologies for the delay in replying ,I need to get off Facebook ......
Yes T.chloro 'Val Mulvihill' sets seed however I understand that these don't come true and the colours vary considerably.
Margaret Young
Mark McD wrote:
Sun, 09/08/2013 - 8:21am[quote=Mark McD]
Thanks for the advance warning Dave, I must say 'Val Mulvihill' is the most fantastic Trillium selection ever, at least in my book. Does this selection set seed, and if so, do the seedlings vary much? Just curious as to what further generations might bring to the table. Thanks for showing that marvelous clump, excellent photo too.
Now, slowly taking my sunglasses off and averting my eyes ;-O and on to the delicate sweetness of Trillium nivale and cheerful Primula.
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cohan (not verified)
Nice to see the spring
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 11:40amNice to see the spring flowers (ahh- to grow Babianas etc in the ground!) - soon we will have a long white stretch ahead to wait for more flowers here... I need to get more Trilliums too- I finally planted out some several year old seedlings of erectum and grandiflorum.. no doubt stunted from their long stay in pots (though they were more like baskets and sunk in the soil full time) so who knows how long till I see flowers... I'll enjoy the photos till then and look for more seed!
Trond Hoy
Think I am longing for spring
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 2:46pmThink I am longing for spring! And looking for more Trilliums!!
Toole (not verified)
A few Fritillaria sps out at
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 3:53amA few Fritillaria sps out at the moment.
F.kotschyana
F.carica pale form
F.latifolia in one of the troughs
F.affinis
First flowering from NARGS seedex 2009 as F.euboeica which should be a bright clear yellow. Anyone have any ideas please.
Mark McDonough
Wonderful link Maggi, I lost
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 6:30amWonderful link Maggi, I lost at least an hour going there. ;-) , the trillium forms and colors shown are truly outstanding.
Dave, some choice Frit nuggets there, I particularly like latifolia. Not sure what the true identity of the mis-identified F. euboeica is, maybe Ron will know.
Longma (not verified)
Beautifully grown Fritillaria
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 3:30amBeautifully grown Fritillaria Dave. Hope there's more to come!
Sorry but I can't help with the 'mystery' Fritillaria. Seems to be parts of a number of species coming together! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the seedlings flowering in a year or two time,
Trond Hoy
I have no idea of the
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 12:01pmI have no idea of the identity of the Frit, but it could possibly be a hybrid?
Dave, I would love to grow more Fritillarias but slugs forbid! However your pictures make me want to try again and again!
Toole (not verified)
Hoy wrote:
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 3:19pm[quote=Hoy]
I have no idea of the identity of the Frit, but it could possibly be a hybrid?
Dave, I would love to grow more Fritillarias but slugs forbid! However your pictures make me want to try again and again!
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Hoy
Damn slugs have caused a few problems here as well and I'm still checking underneath pots every few days......
Cheers Dave.
Toole (not verified)
Longma wrote:
Sat, 09/14/2013 - 3:16pm[quote=Longma]
Beautifully grown Fritillaria Dave. Hope there's more to come!
Sorry but I can't help with the 'mystery' Fritillaria. Seems to be parts of a number of species coming together! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the seedlings flowering in a year or two time,
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A few other Frits have gone over Ron however I'm hopeful seed I received back 2003 !! as F.pyrenica var lutea will finally flower .......10 years in a pot is obviously far too long --they should have been planted out in the garden long ago...
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Cheers Dave.
Longma (not verified)
Toole wrote:
Sun, 09/15/2013 - 9:17am[quote=Toole]......... however I'm hopeful seed I received back 2003 !! as F.pyrenica var lutea will finally flower .......10 years in a pot is obviously far too long --they should have been planted out in the garden long ago...
.Cheers Dave.
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Looking forward to seeing that Dave, I hope you have better luck than I did. I carefully selfed this plant ( making sure there could be no contamination ) six years ago and got a good amount of seed. ( picture taken last year ) -
Dozens of its offspring flowered for me this year ( still searching for pictures ). Suffice to say, none of them were yellow!
Margaret Young
Thanks, Mark - there are some
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 7:25amThanks, Mark - there are some wonderful gardens in NZ and their Trillium Group has some very enthusiastic members.
Dave: a photo of the foliage and the inside of the flower might help. It's got a look of rhodocanakis about it or rhodocanakis subsp. argolica, (described in 1987) which is supposed to be a stable hybrid between rhodocanakis and graeca
Maggi
edit to add details of description:
Fritillaria rhodocanakis subsp. argolica (Liliaceae), a New Subspecies from Peloponnese, Greece: Eugenia Zaharof
Willdenowia
Bd. 16, H. 2 (Mar. 9, 1987), pp. 343-348
Published by: Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem
Toole (not verified)
Hello Maggi
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 2:40pmHello Maggi
Here's a foliage pic and one of the inside of the flower which was taken by use of the flash.Hope those help.
Yip i had considered F.rhodocanakis and also thought maybe F.crassifolia .....however must admit F.graeca never came to mind.
Cheers Dave.
Mark -These small Frit. sps appear tough --we've had fronts coming through the last couple days --strong wind and rain and they have stood up well.
Rick -The pale F.carica has a subtle charm however I much prefer the bright yellow forms.....smile.
Cohan - In my climatic conditions some of the Eastern Trillium sps take at least 6 years to flower from germination. I'm a bit 'slack' in getting seedlings into the garden generally not planting out until the 4 year ! .
Cheers Dave
cohan (not verified)
Thanks, Dave.. I'm probably
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 10:57pmThanks, Dave.. I'm probably around the 4 year mark for these- the date is on the tags, but forget now.. Plus I got them out very late in the year I sowed them (though they were moist packed from Kristl) so I don't know if that made any difference.. More to the point, I probably did not start fertilising nearly soon enough, so I'm sure they are tinier than they should be. I don't use fertiliser in ground, but I think pots just don't get the soil flora making fertilising essential. As long as they are alive and growing I don't mind too much- I find if you have enough projects going you are unlikely to hover over any one (no time!)..lol
Richard T. Rodich
Those frit images are so
Wed, 09/11/2013 - 11:00amThose frit images are so choice, it looks like the plants put on make-up for the photo op!
I am partial to the F. carica form, so graceful looking.
Richard T. Rodich
Ron, you have to get up
Sun, 09/15/2013 - 6:42pmRon, you have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat those pollinators to a freshly opened flower......
It's not uncommon for me to peel open a lily bud to protect the stigma from contamination for future hand pollination.
Which brings up a question, Ron....
Are frits generally self fertile? I am wondering because of their close relation to Lilium, which are usually self infertile.
Longma (not verified)
RickR wrote:
Mon, 09/16/2013 - 2:20am[quote=RickR]
Ron, you have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat those pollinators to a freshly opened flower......
Which brings up a question, Ron....
Are frits generally self fertile? I am wondering because of their close relation to Lilium, which are usually self infertile.
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I use paper bags over the chosen bud, tied around the stem. They stay in place until the capsule begins to form.
I wouldn't like to generalize either way Rick. Its works for some, ... others I've never had any joy.
Toole (not verified)
Spent the last 4 days up
Mon, 09/23/2013 - 1:54amSpent the last 4 days up country attending the NZAGS annual show in Christchurch ,some 8 hours traveling time from home.Here's a few images of yummy Trilliums i saw en route.
Cheers Dave.
cohan (not verified)
Nice ones! I think I really
Mon, 09/23/2013 - 11:13amNice ones! I think I really need to get some Trillium seeds
So these were just laying around by the road? 
Fermi de Sousa
No Trilliums where I am, but
Thu, 09/26/2013 - 10:17pmNo Trilliums where I am, but my friend Cathy grows this one at Macedon, which has a cooler, wetter climate,
she also grows the lovely South African Gladiolus liliaceus,
In our garden we have the evening scented Pelargonium triste now in bloom,
cheers
fermi
cohan (not verified)
Love the pelly, and that Glad
Sun, 09/29/2013 - 11:51amLove the pelly, and that Glad really is liliaceous!
Toole (not verified)
A few more Frits.
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 12:11amA few more Frits.
F.collina in one of the troughs.
F.ehrhartii in another.
Received as F.tenella ?.
F.graeca ssp. thessala in one of the beds.
F.messanensis ssp.gracilis in another bed.
A nice form of Erythronium oregonum from seed.
A couple of unknown Erythroniums .
Cheers Dave.
Fermi de Sousa
Dave, some lovely frits!
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 12:18amDave, some lovely frits!
We have Fritillaria messanensis ssp messanensis in bloom right now,
cheers
fermi
Toole (not verified)
Thanks Fermi
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 12:29amThanks Fermi
Longma (not verified)
More beautifully grown
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 10:02amMore beautifully grown Fritillaria Dave. They really do well for you.
The 'received as F. tenella ' looks good to me, although these days its more often called F. montana , with F. tenella as a synonym.
http://www.fritillariaicones.com/icones/ic600/Fritillaria_Icones613.pdf
F. tenella is also a synonym of F.orientalis according to Kew List.
I haven't changed the label on my plants yet either!
Lovely F. messanensis Fermi. So many forms grown under this name, and you seem to have a good one there.
Fermi de Sousa
Thanks, Ron,
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 6:10pmThanks, Ron,
I must check with Marcus Harvey http://hillviewrareplants.com/ about its origin - I got it from him about 10 years! I'm not sure if he collected the seed himself as he does visit Greece and Turkey collecting seed. Which reminds me he must be due to send out a new seed list soon!
cheers
fermi
Toole (not verified)
Longma wrote:
Sat, 10/05/2013 - 2:30am[quote=Longma]
More beautifully grown Fritillaria Dave. They really do well for you.
The 'received as F. tenella ' looks good to me, although these days its more often called F. montana , with F. tenella as a synonym.
http://www.fritillariaicones.com/icones/ic600/Fritillaria_Icones613.pdf
F. tenella is also a synonym of F.orientalis according to Kew List.
I haven't changed the label on my plants yet either!
Lovely F. messanensis Fermi. So many forms grown under this name, and you seem to have a good one there.
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Thanks for the comments and ID confirmation Ron
I'll leave it as F.tenella i think .Not enough hours in the day to keep up with all the name changes ........
Flowering in one of the troughs is one of the Synthyris species -a lovely little thing -maybe S.missurica .I'd grow it for the foliage alone.
The diminutive Primula clarkei - close up.
The unblemished blooms of Pleione alba 'cutie'.
Another Pleione ,(name forgotten sorry) ,growing outside year round in an unprotected trough.
Cheers Dave.
Mark McDonough
Some real gems there Dave,
Sat, 10/05/2013 - 6:30amSome real gems there Dave, but Synthyris missurica (mountain kittentails) is one that particularly resonates with me, not only for the good blue flowers, but as you say, for the excellent foliage. Here's a link to a US Forest Service plant profile:
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/synthyris_missurica.shtml
Toole (not verified)
Mark McD wrote:
Tue, 10/15/2013 - 12:30am[quote=Mark McD]
Some real gems there Dave, but Synthyris missurica (mountain kittentails) is one that particularly resonates with me, not only for the good blue flowers, but as you say, for the excellent foliage. Here's a link to a US Forest Service plant profile:
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/synthyris_missurica.s...
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Thanks a lot for the Link Mark
I might do some more investigation to find out what the mountain Kittentails companion plants are in the wild .It's such a good 'doer' here I'd be keen to try some other neighbourly genera .
Cheers Dave.
cohan (not verified)
Nice blue and yellow combo,
Fri, 10/18/2013 - 5:16pmNice blue and yellow combo, Fermi! Nice to see some Aus natives-- they tend to seem very exotic to me, more so even than South American and South African flora, since those have a fair representation in the north at least as houseplants, annuals, bedding out plants etc...
Dave- I just accidentally went back several pages to some stuff I missed- saw those nice Hellebores! Excellent selection! I planted out my first plants in late summer- rescues from the florist section at work, just plain whitish, but I'll still be very excited if they survive/flower..
Toole (not verified)
cohan wrote:
Wed, 10/23/2013 - 1:01am[quote=cohan]
Dave- I just accidentally went back several pages to some stuff I missed- saw those nice Hellebores! Excellent selection! I planted out my first plants in late summer- rescues from the florist section at work, just plain whitish, but I'll still be very excited if they survive/flower..
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Thanks Cohan -- apologies for the delay in replying ,I've been involved with the NZ Trillium Weekend that was held in the city and surrounding districts a few days back.
We had 84 attendees mostly from the South Island, a couple from the lower North Island as well and Thomas and Kirk from the USA ,owners of Sebright Gardens near Salem, Oregon.
Here's a few pics from our first stop --Queens Park Invercargill.
Cheers Dave.
cohan (not verified)
Some really nice plants-
Wed, 10/23/2013 - 10:54amSome really nice plants- including trees!- there. Looks a lot more interesting plant focussed than the average public park...
Toole (not verified)
cohan wrote:
Fri, 10/25/2013 - 12:32am[quote=cohan]
Some really nice plants- including trees!- there. Looks a lot more interesting plant focused than the average public park...
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Interesting you should say that Cohan as a number of the attendees made similar observations .
cohan (not verified)
Lots of pretties! Nice to see
Sat, 10/05/2013 - 11:46amLots of pretties! Nice to see as we wind down ever closer to the big white...
Fermi de Sousa
Some Aussie native plants to
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 12:33amSome Aussie native plants to show you:
Eremophila densifolia has deep purple flowers in terminal clusters - unlike most other emu-bushes
Leschenaultia biloba (light blue) is known as "wreath flower" in Western Australia because of its growth pattern, here's it's combined with a bright yellow Senna species which stays fairly prostrate (not sure if it is an Aussie but I've sent seed of it to the NARGS Seedex this year)
cheers
fermi
Mark McDonough
You know, Fermi, I had my
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 12:01pmYou know, Fermi, I had my Leschenaultia days, a short-lived phase where I bought seed from Australia and tried growing a number of wondrous Australian native plants, the intense blue on dwarf Leschenaultia shrubs beckoned big time. I know there are other colors of Lesch. too, but I'm still intrigued with Australian flora, plants that I'll probably never be able to grow, now content just to look at them. The Eremophila is attractive too.
Fermi de Sousa
Hi Mark,
Mon, 10/14/2013 - 7:00pmHi Mark,
funnily enough that's now my attitude to a lot of those lovely little woodlanders that I have no hope of growing in my climate
It did take a long time to achieve this attitude and it can easily be swayed by the thought of using the Shade house to protect them from our extreme heat (they still don't last long, though Mertensia virginica is holding on 3 years after I first got it!)
Another Aussie is this dwarf kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos "Bush gems series", in its second year - an achievement I feel as they often only last a season in our gardens - this one is planted in a raised bed with a small Senna artemesioides (and others);
cheers
fermi
Toole (not verified)
Fermi wrote:
Tue, 10/15/2013 - 12:20am[quote=Fermi]
Another Aussie is this dwarf kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos "Bush gems series", in its second year - an achievement I feel as they often only last a season in our gardens - this one is planted in a raised bed with a small Senna artemesioides (and others);
cheers fermi
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That's been my experience as well Fermi -- the dwarf 'Bush Gem Series ' never last the winter with me yet I have a large clump of Anigozanthos flavidus some 20 years of age that flowers reqularly each year after xmas..........
A few of the late Narcissus are coming into colour .Here's Narcissus poeticus 'Rondo'.
Followed by Omphalodes ........
Cheers Dave.
Fermi de Sousa
cohan wrote:
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 12:12am[quote=cohan]
Love the pelly, and that Glad really is liliaceous!
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Hi Cohan, glad you liked them
Here's an Aussie hybrid called 'Mallee Magic',
cheers
fermi
Richard T. Rodich
Great exemplary photos of the
Wed, 10/02/2013 - 9:07amGreat exemplary photos of the frits, Dave!
They bunch you show is a nice array.
And although the erythronium subjects are very cool on their own, your photography shows them off in an fantastic fashion!
Toole (not verified)
RickR wrote:
Sat, 10/05/2013 - 2:04am[quote=RickR]
Great exemplary photos of the frits, Dave!
They bunch you show is a nice array.
And although the erythronium subjects are very cool on their own, your photography shows them off in an fantastic fashion!
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Thanks a lot Rick
Here's another one you might like .
E.citrinum.
Cheers Dave.
Richard T. Rodich
The conifers, especially,
Wed, 10/23/2013 - 6:07pmThe conifers, especially, caught my eye. Quite a majestic ...Dacrydium(?) behind in the first pic.
And is that the Mysotidium (third pic) we recently saw a closer up of?
Toole (not verified)
RickR wrote:
Fri, 10/25/2013 - 12:45am[quote=RickR]
The conifers, especially, caught my eye. Quite a majestic ...Dacrydium(?) behind in the first pic.
And is that the Mysotidium (third pic) we recently saw a closer up of?
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Not sure about the majestic conifer Rick --To be honest I've taken many shots of the bog garden over the years without any thought to the large trees that grow on it's edge.
Yip that's the Chatham Island Forget me not --Myosotidium hortensium --mine here at home don't look that good having been ravaged by slugs this season.........
Ps --more conifers to come .....
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