Woodlanders

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a forum for woodland gardeners

Glaucidium

Submitted by ncole on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 10:20

I have had this for about 4 years and always comes up and blooms this time of year...this year I see it below the ground but not moving at all! I see a small green bud just below ground level and it just sits there. Anyone know what is going on?

Reineckia

Submitted by Mark McD on Sat, 04/28/2012 - 23:22

I attended a local NARGS New England Chapter meeting and annual "rare plant auction" today (a not-to-be-missed NARGS Chapter event that demands in-person attendance to meet with friends and engage in a lively and entertaining bid for one's plant lusts; I so enjoy such meetings. As usual our local plant wizard extraordinaire Darrell Probst (of Epimedium fame) donated a bounty of amazing plants, a number of one-of-a-kind plant acquisition opportunities, along with with most unusual and interesting plants that are enjoying some recent popularity.

Corydalis

Submitted by ncole on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 08:30

I am trying to figure out what the difference is between Corydalis ochroleuca and the WHITE form of C. lutea. I think I am correct in thinking they are two different plants. Someone gave me this white Corydalis which does acts like the lutea in its' reseeding habit.

Thalictrum 2012

Submitted by RickR on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 21:12

Sometimes I have the worst luck of the draw. Since childhood, I have been enamored by the dangling stamens of our native tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum). But every time I get a plant, and even the few I have grown from seed, have always been females. :( Now, FINALLY I have one! An orphan from our local Chapter sale, I don't even know what it is since it was labeled T. actaeifolium (which it is not), but I love it!

Hacquetia epipactis

Submitted by Lori S. on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 11:56

Hacquetia epipactis is an unusual little umbellifer that adds the charm of its odd, green ruffed flowers to the spring season. It begins emerging in mid-April in my garden, in this area of cold and long winters... though much, much earlier in mild winter areas! The foliage is very decorative throughout the season, and reaches a height of about 6" after the bloom season... in my garden, it may have to put on growth to reach above the dense bulb foliage around it. The attached photos show a bit of its development through the early season.