Re: Image of the day - 2013

[Hoy]

My intention too had been to plant Apocynum in my woodland. Maybe it could compete with the slugs!

It is a long time since I stopped regarding species (and plant species in particular)  as discrete entities. In my opinion life is better regarded as a more or less continuous gene pool with some individuals sharing more genes than others
 

[McDonough]

My intention too had been to plant Apocynum in my woodland. Maybe it could compete with the slugs!

Apocynum androsaemifolium is a sun lover; it'll persist at the shady fringes of woodlands, but it wants sun.

[cohan]

There are  two sites fairly nearby that I know the Apocynum from - one is on a modest roadside embankment facing more or less east, most of the plants being right at the edge of a wooded area, at the base of poplars etc, so I imagine they get direct sun only in the morning at most; the other site is another roadside- the one I showed above, and you can see those are mostly in sun, though surrounded with other vegetation.
Here are a few shots from the shadier location; the darkest view is a bit misleading, as the exposure was set for the light coloured flowers. You can see that most of the plants are in dappled sun at this time in mid-afternoon.. I haven't compared flowering in the two sites to see if there are more flowers in the sunnier location.. This is the first site I found (growing up, I knew them from the roadside by my family's farmstead, up the road, but they no longer grow there) and I quite like this little colony..
Also, since I mentioned it earlier, Aralia nudicaulis growing  a little farther down the road from this site, just inside a mostly poplar wood..

[Hoy]

My intention too had been to plant Apocynum in my woodland. Maybe it could compete with the slugs!

Apocynum androsaemifolium is a sun lover; it'll persist at the shady fringes of woodlands, but it wants sun.

Shouldn't be a nuisance then   Thanks Mark, I'll keep in mind if I ever get the chance!

[cohan]

1,2 Geranium richardsonii with a visitor (looks like maybe she's rolling up the petals, but not sure)..
3,4 Cornus canadensis
5 Galium triflorum (I think)

[cohan]

Gentianella amarella which we were recently discusssing here:
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=365.0

[Jandals]

Spent a lovely weekend in the Fiordland mountains with Dave , the Otago Alpine Garden Group field trip members and Harry and Hanni Jans . Unfortunately Dave damaged himself and could only walk at half speed . For the first time ever on a trip we chatted as we went along because normally I only see Dave when we leave , lunchtime and when we get back . The rest of the time he is but a rapidly accelerating figure in the distance .
I will post pictures later on the NZ thread .
Here are 3 from Mt.Burns yesterday

Harry Jans



and a similar image to the one he was after . His will be better



Ranunculus buchananii

[cohan]

Looks like great weather Ranunculus wouldn't have been my first thought at a quick glance- lovely plant!

[McDonough]

Mmmm, delicious photos of Ranunculus buchananii.  At first glance looking at the thumbnail images, I thought I was seeing Celmisia.

[Booker]

What a STUNNING plant, Steve ... please remember the location until October!!!   I flowered it once ... just once!!!

[Hoy]

Cliff, if you just flowered it once, it can't be of the easiest to grow? I don't know if I will try even if I got the chance
Steve it is lovely! Could have spent all day there

[Lori S.]

A dramatic photo from DH's backcountry ski trip yesterday - The Monarch in Banff N.P.:


(It's a fabulous summer plant destination too.  )

[cohan]

Beautiful! Hard to believe this time of year that there will be a plant season...

[Brian_W]

I'm still waiting for spring to arrive.  A photo I took yesterday moments before the snow storm moved in.  That's Eriogonum ovalifolium in the foreground.  


http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w362/townsendia/a4ddbc2b-4661-47f9-b36b-525002fd9288_zpsaa06bb9a.jpg

[Lori S.]

Stunning, Brian!