Tammy - nice plants! I am only starting to attempt Daphne spp., so those are very interesting especially.
Might your last plant be Scutellaria alpina?
Rick, thanks for posting Pulsatilla turczaninovii - I was looking forward to that! (How many years do I have to wait for mine???)
By the way, my newly-ID'd Primula maximowiczii has 5-petalled flowers too... seems the 6-petalled ones were in the minority...(and I got a new camera that actually does macros):
Aubretia deltoides 'Blue Indigo' (with a few rain-spotted petals):
Veronica saturejoides:
Iris suaveolens... (yours are always nicer than mine, Rick - oh well, cute little things anyway).
Alta - definitely correct on the genus. And you probably got the species
right too but I'd have to check the label to be sure.
That primula is very nice and isn't it great to have it ID'd! I just got another
aubretia deltoides. They are such reliable bloomers.
Yes Tammy, that is mama, or maybe this other one below. Somehow last season in mid summer(long after it had seeded), it got a touch of Round-up drift. Until this spring, I was wondering if it might not make it through the winter since it hardly regrew after I removed the affected leaves. Of the two plants, this is the one that looked the best last year.
The silver foliaged, yellow flowered plant to the left is Fibigea clypeata (not alpine). While the flowers are tiny and uninteresting, the seed pods always spark interest from visitors.
I was going to say P. turczaninovii took three years from seed to the first puny bloom, but I checked my records, and it actually bloomed in the second season! This was the first bloom, taken very late in the day, which I am finding, gives it a very blue cast.
Oh! I almost forgot about the yellow form of Iris suaveolens. It has been super floriferous this spring. I have never gotten any seed off my single clone. Now that I have rubromarginata, I tried some crossing. Wish me luck!
P.S. Another nice article (Alliums), Todd!
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Iris attica:
Ah, only 2 years for P. turczaninovii - excellent!
Penstemon nitidus are starting to bloom, in a variety of shades, from sky blue to indigo:
... and even, oddly, some quite pinkish ones:
Rick, I love that Pulsatilla...I've tried that one with no germination results. Alta, you are killing me with the Pen. nitidus...I think its my favourite one but alas it is a heart-breaker for me.
Eventually I will get through all my Spain pics but I've been too busy at work and trying to get work done in the garden.
Todd.... very much looking forward to the tour of Spain but certainly
garden work comes first.
Here's a trough I bought at our chapter plant sale last year. Very
pretty right now. The azalea is scaring me in how long its taking to
leaf out though. I thought it was dead but there are leaves just emerging
now.
I had to share this picture of my Jeffersonia...it is really starting to take off this year. Since the flowers only last a week, I had to post now!
So beautiful! A week is enough!
Leftwood that Pulsatilla turczaninovii is a dream plant!
Love that Iris attica too. I bought a couple last year, no blooms this year though.
Tammy, never thought of an azalea being "scary", LOL. Love the P. nitida too. I tried it from seed last year, no luck. But I will have Penstemon virens blooming for the first time in a pot this season.
Very nice color on that Jeffersonia, Todd. I have two, and one has just so so color. Take your time with the Spain pics. We're all busy too. I am in charge of our Rock Garden Society sale June 7, and the major donor too. It's coming up way to quick!
I am getting smarter now with pulsatillas now. I'll be offering fresh seed this year. They germinate MUCH easier.
Perhaps someone can tell me what this is:
Rick
A diathus..?
Edit: I meant "dianthus", of course.
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I found 3 more seedlings of the pulsatilla turczaninovii so I am donating
them to the chapter plant sale. I bet they get snapped up fast!
Rick - I'm in charge of our chapter sale too. We moved ours up to tomorrow
so folks could attend the national meeting. (We normally have it the 2nd Sat
of June). Though I did have a good year seed starting, there are many
incredible donors for our sale. I sure hope the turn out is good tomorrow - its supposed to rain so maybe not so good.
Todd - that's a beauty!
Tammy, feel free to download and copy my photos of turczaninovii. If you have an auction table as we do, maybe you can really get some mula for them!
Interesting foliage color on Epimedium grandiflorum 'Queen Esta':
Primula polyneura:
Lovely!
I'm so excited - I got some really nice seedlings at the sale
yesterday. I have to take an accounting of my prizes and find
places for them.
Well, so what did you get?
Rick, your mystery is Silene acaulis
P. Marginata
Sax. Paniculata
P. Scotia
Gentiana Acaulis
Various Draba
Various Androsace
Various Dianthus
Edrainthus Graminifolius
Townsendia
Eriogonum
Since this thread is getting long, here is June's thread....http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/857028/
Nice haul, Tammy!
Aack, yes, Silene acaulis...
