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Gloriosa superba is now in flower!
It is superb, it is glorious but sadly considered a weed in northern parts of Australia! I've seen it running wild along the foreshore at Noosa in Queensland, but ours were procured from a commercial source in Victoria (where it is not a weed!).
We grow it in large pots so that it can be kept relatively dry during the winter. They also need water during the summer months so are at odds with our climate! The tubers do migrate to the bottom of the pots and out the drainage holes so re-potting is required on an annual or biennial basis. Escapees do not persist in our garden,
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Lori S. (not verified)
A pretty amazing weed, to be
Thu, 01/07/2016 - 6:26pmA pretty amazing weed (Gloriosa superba), to be sure. I find it really astounding how fragile and vulnerable warm climates are with respect to invasive species... an awfully pretty thing to look at though!
Aquilegia flavescens in Kananaskis Country, AB:
Richard T. Rodich
Lori, for a minute there, I
Fri, 01/08/2016 - 4:45pmLori, for a minute there, I thought you were talking about your Aquilegia picture. Boy was I perplexed!
What kind of rock are those beauties growing in?
Lori S. (not verified)
Ooops, I will clarify the
Fri, 01/08/2016 - 5:07pmOoops, I will go back and clarify the previous comments! :-) The Aquilegia flavescens is indeed native and non-invasive - it doesn't even seem to be much in cultivation. It's growing there among limestone boulders, Rick... lots of limestone in the Rockies here.
I wonder if this is Ranunculus nivalis, seen in Kananaskis Country, AB, at ~2500m elevation? The sepals are brown on the backsides, as for R. nivalis.
Richard T. Rodich
It's growing there among
Mon, 01/11/2016 - 7:00pmIt's growing there among limestone boulders
I wish we could get limestone that color here....
Lori S. (not verified)
RickR wrote:
Tue, 01/12/2016 - 9:51am[quote=RickR]
I wish we could get limestone that color here....
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The usual range seems to be grey to tan. What colours are available there, Rick?
Love this plant, Achillea ageratifolia:
Richard T. Rodich
While I do occasionally find
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 12:41amWhile I do occasionally find light gray tones of limestone in the wild here, they are never accessible, either on public environmentally sensitive lands or just too far from roads to make it at all practical. Limestone for sale is always a yellow-beige here.
Achillea ageratifolia is a hardy fellow. Back when we had cold winters, it always did well for me in a trough,.
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Lycoris incarnata started
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 5:41amLycoris incarnata started flowering a week or so ago
started to look good a few days later
A second clump had spikes up about then
and is now at peak bloom
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Richard T. Rodich
The only one I can get to
Mon, 02/08/2016 - 3:44pmThe only one I can get to bloom up here in Zone 4 is Lycoris squamigera. It wants to set seed every year, but of course it never does (being sterile).
My best clump:
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Rick,
Sun, 02/14/2016 - 11:53pmRick,
you do better with that one than I do! Even though it's called "Hardy Amaryllis" it has not persisted in our garden - either the frost hits it at a sensitive time or it doesn't like the watering regime!
Here's Rhodophiala bifida, a blood red clone which is quite eye-catching - I'm hoping it bulks up enough to make a spectacular display one year
For years I only had one clone (an orangey-red one) and never got any seed but got this a couple of years ago from a friend and have used it to set seed on the other clone - just waiting for the progeny to flower now!
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fermi
Richard T. Rodich
That L. squamigera is the
Mon, 02/15/2016 - 7:41amThat L. squamigera is the only plant I have that I semi regularly need to protect from spring frost (about every 3 years). Despite it's deep planting it comes up at the same time as the Corydalis solida! I have but one measely Rhodophiala seedling in a pot. I would be happy with any Rhodophiala, let alone with such a beautiful color! I wonder if mine will ever bloom....
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Rick,
Mon, 02/15/2016 - 10:59pmRick,
Rhodophiala baffle me as well! It took ages for the original clone I had to get to flowering size but since then they have flowered regularly - except last year! This one is in a bed which gets summer water and I wonder if that is why it is in flower already (the other one is usually in flower in March when the weather has started to cool down)
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This is one of the few native
Mon, 02/15/2016 - 11:10pmThis is one of the few native Australian bulbs, the Garland Lily, Calostemma purpureum
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This clematis came to us as
Thu, 02/18/2016 - 3:53amThis clematis came to us as the hybrid 'Golden Tiara'; it has persisted with a little supplementary water over the summers
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This variegated Yucca seemed
Tue, 03/08/2016 - 10:15pmThis variegated Yucca seemed to burst into bloom before I even noticed the spike forming!
Not sure of the specific - I think it was something strange like "Y. gloriosa variegata"
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fermi
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Lycoris elsae which started a
Fri, 03/11/2016 - 2:58amLycoris elsae which started a few days ago is now in full bloom,
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Richard T. Rodich
Scrumptious, and very
Fri, 03/11/2016 - 1:31pmScrumptious, and very fragrant-looking. Is it?
Lycorus squamigera is one of the first to emerge here, and they only plant I worry about in late frosts. All time record-breaking weather has stimulated them extra early:
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[quote=RickR]
Sat, 03/12/2016 - 10:44pm[quote=RickR]
Scrumptious, and very fragrant-looking. Is it?
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No scent that I've noticed, Rick. Must check it out later.
This morning this Commelina elegans looked spectacular with a great many flowers open at the same time,
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A most peculiar presentation
Sun, 03/20/2016 - 6:45amA most peculiar presentation of Rhodophiala bifida! A pic taken a week ago,
Today I saw that the scapes are now an inch or two above the gravel
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This week more scapes have
Wed, 03/23/2016 - 4:37amThis week more scapes have emerged with more normal lengths,
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Only one flower stem on
Fri, 04/01/2016 - 12:38amOnly one flower stem on Lycoris aurea this year
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tropicalgirl251... (not verified)
Spring is finally here.
Fri, 04/08/2016 - 12:24pmSpring is finally here.
Bulbacodium vernum from my garden
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Nice one, Krish!
Sun, 04/10/2016 - 4:35amNice one, Krish!
Here's Cyclamen graecum flowering in the rock garden,
It started just over 7 weeks ago and now the leaves are showing,
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fermi
tropicalgirl251... (not verified)
the weather is getting much
Thu, 04/21/2016 - 1:59pmthe weather is getting much warmer.
I managed to take some pictures yesterday at the garden.
The Pusatilla was closed by the time I wnt to take the pictures.
tropicalgirl251... (not verified)
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Thu, 04/21/2016 - 2:01pmtropicalgirl251... (not verified)
difficulty uploading more
Thu, 04/21/2016 - 2:03pmdifficulty uploading more pictures.
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This South American ipheion
Sat, 04/23/2016 - 6:10pmThis South American ipheion has had a few name changes!
First, I bought it as Ipheion hirtellum but was told it was actually Ipheion sellowianum which is now considered to be Nothoscordum felipponei and by some to be Tristagma sellowianum (Kunth) Traub!
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A nice pairing of a pale hoop
Fri, 08/12/2016 - 3:37amA nice pairing of a pale hoop petticoat daff , 'Jessamy' and a deep yellow, red-tipped Lachenalia aloides
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Tulip Season is starting!
Fri, 09/02/2016 - 4:59amTulip Season is starting!
Tulipa saxatilis Bakeri group 'Lilac Wonder' does well in our rock garden without "running" too much ( as opposed to the type species)
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Claire Cockcroft
Lovely, Fermi. Our summer
Fri, 09/02/2016 - 9:32amLovely, Fermi. Our summer seems to be ending early, with rain and cool temperatures. Spring is even farther away for us!
...Claire
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We got this peony years ago
Thu, 09/15/2016 - 4:08amWe got this peony years ago as Paeonia mascula ssp russii but then was told it was actually P.kesrouanensis, but no surety of that
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Tulipa clusiana 'Cynthia'
Mon, 10/03/2016 - 4:19amTulipa clusiana 'Cynthia'
In full flower while the sun was shining yesterday morning,
Also in bloom the tiny Tulipa aucheriana
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