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« on: May 28, 2011, 12:03:17 PM »
How's this for a long shot?  Anisotome latifolia/imbricata?? - bought from Beaver Creek at the CRAGS Plant Sale - very interesting foliage!  If it survives, it will need to be moved... but I don't think I'll put any rush on that....  Grin EDIT:  And I guess it wouldn't need to be moved after all...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotome_latifolia
http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=365
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 12:34:57 PM »
That is one of the most stunning alpine umbels - very good luck with it! There is a fine grower down here in Kent, Nigel Fuller, famous for his skill with Dionysias. He also grows the Anisotome beautifully but only in a pot.
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2011, 03:39:02 PM »
You haven't been to Campbell Island to collect seed of the carrot yourself, Lori?

Campbell Island is a place well worth visiting I think. One of my dreams . . .
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2011, 03:43:02 PM »
Lori, I know it's a young plant.... but it bears an uncanny resemblence to Anisotome imbricata... which is a super rock garden subject and so would'n't need moving as it's not going to make 2m plus!   Undecided
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2011, 04:20:38 PM »
Quote from: IMYoung on May 28, 2011, 03:43:02 PM
Lori, I know it's a young plant.... but it bears an uncanny resemblence to Anisotome imbricata... which is a super rock garden subject and so would'n't need moving as it's not going to make 2m plus!   Undecided

I tend to agree with Maggi and Ian ... my only experience of growing Anisotome latifolia produced a plant larger in all it's parts ... a potential megaherb in the making, quite fitting of course for a plant from such a habitat.
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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2011, 05:10:23 PM »
Here's a couple of shots of Anisotome latifolia in the garden here Lori for comparison.
It hasn't flowered yet,probably needs more sun  Undecided .

The 2nd link you gave is of the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network website --a wonderful resource for IDing New Zealanders,(the plants that is ......  Wink  Grin ).

In one of the website's Anisotome pics there is a view also of Bulbinella rossii.
My plant is slowly clumping up in shade ---3 flowering stems last November plus a couple of immature ones.

Cheers Dave.  

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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2011, 06:32:06 PM »
No, Trond, I only travelled as far as the south-central end of the city to get it...  Grin ... though I certainly would have liked to pick it up from its native land.

 Thank you for posting the photos, Dave.  It sounds like an extraordinary plant!  The Bulbinella is exquisite!

Maggi and Cliff, this particular plant certainly does look like A. imbricata (despite the label)... Well, that's even more interesting!  Can anyone else comment on its ID from the photo?  How does one distinguish the two species as immature plants, I wonder?  (I can get better and additional photos if need be.)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYdLH-IM33w/ScCsNgYg4-I/AAAAAAAAGJA/IanwD7Y47EE/s1600-h/Blog+Anisotome

By the way, Maggi, you clearly have an encyclopedic memory!!  Amazing! Shocked Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2011, 09:46:48 AM »
That's interesting - I just looked at the photo and took no notice of the name! Oh well a rose by any other name should be so sweet!
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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2011, 11:15:16 AM »
Dave, that Bulbinella rossi is stunning! do you say it is shade tolerant? How hardy is it?
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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2011, 06:02:43 PM »
Quote from: Skulski on May 28, 2011, 12:03:17 PM
How's this for a long shot?  Anisotome latifolia - bought from Beaver Creek at the CRAGS Plant Sale - very interesting foliage!  If it survives, it will need to be moved... but I don't think I'll put any rush on that....  Grin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotome_latifolia
http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=365


Very interesting! Did Beavercreek give any guideline to hardiness?
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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2011, 06:08:20 PM »
I didn't ask, though I imagine advice would have been available.  (I'm used to just trying plants to see what happens - a lot more fun that way!  There is no discouragement from trying anything!)  If I remember, I will ask around.
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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2011, 06:14:47 PM »
Keeps life interesting...lol.. opposite to the local gardeners I mentioned in another thread...lol
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« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2011, 01:28:21 AM »
Quote from: Skulski on May 28, 2011, 06:32:06 PM
 The Bulbinella is exquisite!

Thanks Lori.It's a beauty all right.

Quote from: Hoy on May 29, 2011, 11:15:16 AM
Dave, that Bulbinella rossi is stunning! do you say it is shade tolerant? How hardy is it?

Hello Trond
 
Found in the Sub Antarctic islands ,(just up the road so to speak from permanent ice  Grin) it should be as tough as 'old boots'.

Has been moved around when smaller --i found that in full sun here ,quite a few hundred kilometres warmer than its natural setting ,the plant sulked.

Years ago i had an enquiry via the Uk for a few thousand seeds ---chance would be a fine thing as it has never set seed.  Cry Cry ( although i might have a dabble with a brush later this year).

Cheers Dave.
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« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2011, 02:31:17 AM »
I was given a couple of Anisotome when I visited the Tromsø Botanical Gardens a couple of years ago -  Anisotome hastii and A. aromatica; both survived the first winter but didn't flower, but hastii seems to have died during the winter. I just had a proper look at aromatica - it certainly is aromatic but seems to have metamorphosised into Meum athamanticum. Oh well.....
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« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2011, 08:55:30 AM »
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By the way, Maggi, you clearly have an encyclopedic memory!!  Amazing!
Sadly, Lori, my memory is like most of the leaves in my garden.... chewed full of holes! Roll Eyes

The photo by Jim Almond in that link is of A. imbricata var imbricata, I think... now, is "plain" A. imbricata just a little larger in all its parts? That's what I remember but I'm not sure.



 t00lie, the Bulbinella is yummy!

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