I just have to share a few pictures from the Chelsea Flower show that I know folks in this forum will enjoy.
I thought this little display was great, to be honest I never thought about mushrooms and their root systems...
Pics from Chelsea Flower show
Another one...
How attractive....
Love the first pic. In the thumbnail it looks like mushrooms with legs dancing. lol.
Excellent! That stand must have been very difficult to set up. They are fascinating and the first photo is ingenious. I'd like to have a go at growing some now!
Never expected a Fungi display at Chelsea, The variety they had was amazing and each display was extremely well done.
Very interesting Shadyfolks!
About the first picture; where these real mushrooms or fake ?
If real, how did they do that ? It is not really the period of the year for these to grow?! I know some of them already come up in summer, but we are not summer yet.
bonitin,
I don't believe they were real.
Thank you ,Shadyfolks, for sharing pics with us, I really enjoyed them. I love fungi, it's so intriguing until it's on my roses!
Hi Shady
How was Chelsea?
formidable,
I really enjoyed it. the quality of the plant material was outstanding and the gardens look like they had been growing there for years. I don't know how they can put all those plants together and they look like they sprouted and grew together, not just placed together. We were there for about 7 hours and I would have loved to stayed longer, but I am recovering from a broken foot and I just couldn't stand to be on my feet any longer. I am so glad I had the chance to experience Chelsea.
Sorry to hear about your foot. What bad timing for it to happen. Hope its better soon. Was there anything you were desperate to bring back? Was it what you expected?
I got to see my first Paris in person and now I know I want some. I am a shade gardener and was impressed with how many gardens and displays had unusual shade plants in them: Arisaemas, Disporums, Paris, Podophyllums.... It seems that these types of plants are more mainstream in the UK than in the states.
Was it what I expected? actually better. It was huge (11 acres) The variety of plant material was amazing. From cactus to tropicals to veggies & fruit, Mushrooms and everything else and all very artistically displayed. the talent that oozed from the displays and gardens was really inspiring. The quality of the vendors was outstanding. I just had to remember that if it didn't fit in a suitcase I couldn't buy it.
I am finally able to post some of those pictures from the show in another thread if you are interested in looking.....http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/695456/
Shady
Shady, what is a Paris?
I was wondering that too about the paris.
Shady
Sumptuous piccys. I can virtually smell them. Oooh that Paris is lovely. If you go on the last day almost all the plants are for sale. Probably would have had a job getting it home though!
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Shady, what is a Paris?
Paris? . . . it's a place in France! Eiffel Towers, and all that . . ;-)
In this context, it is a genus of small herbaceous plants related to Lily-of-the-valley and Solomon's Seal. There are four species, the best known of which is Paris quadrifolia. It has a single whorl of four leaves about 5-10cm long, with a single four-petalled, star-shaped greenish-yellow flower at the centre. Not a very conspicuous plant, but certainly interesting to see. The other species are similar, but vary in the number of leaves in the whorl (up to 12 in Paris incompleta). The genus is native to Europe and northern and central Asia.
Resin
Resin,
I thought they were a relative to trillium?
This is a bad picture, but the only one I have of a Paris
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I thought they were a relative to trillium?
Yes, they are - that's another relative (I just forgot about it earlier ;-)
Resin
Paris are wonderful and if I could have one it would be Paris Japonica with gorgeous white flowers. I saw it at a specialist nursery in the show garden but it wasn't for sale. One nursery here does stock it for £27.50... I've lived in the UK all of my life and have never been to the Chelsea Flower show...
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I could have one it would be Paris japonica
Now split off in a separate genus, as Kinugasa japonica. Some other eastern Asian plants formerly included in Paris have also been moved into the genus Daiswa.
Resin
You are right - I knew they'd been classified as something else but couldn't remember the name!
I love that brown "color bowl." LOL
nice pics!
Galanthophile,
WOW, 27.5 pounds thats like $55 US Ouch! Well, I highly recommend going at least once! Well worth fighting the crowds.
Resin- So are you saying that Paris japonica is now called Daiswa japonica?
FOF, Glad you like the bowl Those are fresh mushrooms... how do they keep them looking so 'fresh' it was day three of the show. I wonder if they redo it every night?
Heres a good link for information on Paris http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/servlet/articleservlet?command=viewplantofthemonth&sitearea=plantportrait&category=plantofthemonth
This message was edited Jun 2, 2007 6:34 PM
we have lots of Paris in the plant files
http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher[common]=&searcher[family]=Trilliaceae&searcher[genus]=Paris&searcher[species]=&searcher[cultivar]=&searcher[hybridizer]=&Search=Search
Dick
Quoting:
we have lots of Paris in the plant files
Far too many, actually! Most of them need synonymising, or transferring to other genera.
Resin