Wonderful, Anne! I'm sure we all wish we could be seeing that in person! Just a side note... the gentian appears to be Gentiana puncatata, rather than G. lutea... ?
Lori, you're absolutely right. Don't know how to change it, do you? Every day has been spectacular and the weather has been great except warmer than usual. Tonight we're expecting thunderstorms and by tomorrow the temperatures will drop 10 degrees (C not F). Will post more pictures in a few days. Wish everyone could see this place. We've been coming for twenty years, there must be a reason.
My eyes would be salivating, if they could do that, Anne. Such a wonderful trip!
I listed your photo subjects in the text part of your message so they will be searchable by the forum search program. The "Search" can't read photo file names.
Regarding the misnamed gentiana: apart from you modifying your message, unchecking the gentiana photo file and re-uploading it with the correct name, I'm not sure if there is a way to change an already uploaded file name.
Some scenes from the Dolomites to illustrate the type of location where Anne's lovely images were taken. We will be in the same resort as Anne and Joe (Corvara) from next Thursday leading our annual wildflower walks for Collett's Mountain Holidays.
We were hiking up high yesterday and surprised a small herd of goats. They disappeared up the rock, but as we came up the trail, their curiosity got the better of them, leading to this picture.
Some scenes from the Dolomites to illustrate the type of location where Anne's lovely images were taken. We will be in the same resort as Anne and Joe (Corvara) from next Thursday leading our annual wildflower walks for Collett's Mountain Holidays.
So you are actually paid to experience these nice mountains? Lucky man ;)
We were hiking up high yesterday and surprised a small herd of goats. They disappeared up the rock, but as we came up the trail, their curiosity got the better of them, leading to this picture.
They are occasionally on the look-out for English speaking wildflower walk leaders Trond.
What an idea ;D But I am not qualified to that - my English isn't good enough and I am not familiar with the Alpine flora of South Europe :( Better to join one of your groups to learn then, Cliff ;)
They are occasionally on the look-out for English speaking wildflower walk leaders Trond.
What an idea ;D But I am not qualified to that - my English isn't good enough and I am not familiar with the Alpine flora of South Europe :( Better to join one of your groups to learn then, Cliff ;)
It's OK Trond, Cliff's English leaves much to be desired too! ;D
They are occasionally on the look-out for English speaking wildflower walk leaders Trond.
What an idea ;D But I am not qualified to that - my English isn't good enough and I am not familiar with the Alpine flora of South Europe :( Better to join one of your groups to learn then, Cliff ;)
It's OK Trond, Cliff's English leaves much to be desired too! ;D
They are occasionally on the look-out for English speaking wildflower walk leaders Trond.
What an idea ;D But I am not qualified to that - my English isn't good enough and I am not familiar with the Alpine flora of South Europe :( Better to join one of your groups to learn then, Cliff ;)
It's OK Trond, Cliff's English leaves much to be desired too! ;D
Wot! Moi?
Then I need two teachers - one for the flora and one for the language! Any volunteers? :o
I admire the swarms of Cyclamen hederifolium in British gardens, but here in NE USA it spends much of the gardening season as a nearly bare spot. Cyclamen purpurascens; on the other hand on, July 2, just starting to flower. Charles Swanson MA USA z 6+/-
I admire the swarms of Cyclamen hederifolium in British gardens, but here in NE USA it spends much of the gardening season as a nearly bare spot. Cyclamen purpurascens; on the other hand on, July 2, just starting to flower. Charles Swanson MA USA z 6+/-
Excellent leaf form, Charles :) I have some small seedlings, yet to be seen if any will have fancy leaves, but not yet!
Cliff, I've really had it with name changes. I can't keep up with them. I learned Calamintha alpina first and it sounds more descriptive to me than the more recent acinos. Hymenoxys acaulis remains so in my mind and Tetraneuris sounds awful. How many times do I really need to learn the name of what is still the same plant. It seems important mostly to taxonomists, not gardeners. Hope I didn't open a can of worms. Glad you liked the white Silene acaulis. It was really my find of the day and I took many pictures because I'll probably never find another one. I once saw a white form of Linaria alpina and no matter how many years I went to the same place and searched for it, I never saw it again.
Cliff, I've really had it with name changes. I can't keep up with them. I learned Calamintha alpina first and it sounds more descriptive to me than the more recent acinos. Hymenoxys acaulis remains so in my mind and Tetraneuris sounds awful. How many times do I really need to learn the name of what is still the same plant. It seems important mostly to taxonomists, not gardeners. Hope I didn't open a can of worms.
I'm with you all the way on those comments Anne--no can of worms being opened here :)
But I do think that being aware of changes is important, because the reasons for them are what matters. Whether we need to learn them or not is a personal choice. :)
Echinocereus reichenbachii v. baileyi. Likely enjoying the Massachusetts hot season, from July into the second half of August. Hardy here for several years. Charles Swanson z6A 40+ inches rain. Flowers only last a couple of days, but limited repeat bloom.
Wow, Charles! That's a beaut, and reblooming yet too! It's also a lovely picture with the little delosperma(?) echoing the colour and form of the cactus flower.
Beautiful! My cacti have produced exactly one bloom this year, and it was a one-day wonder which I missed. For some reason the heavy snow we had this year seems to have had an adverse effect on all of them, as far as flowering is concerned. I wonder why?
Hi Lori, Peter, The Delosperma was bought as John Proffit. This is the first year that it's had a long period of bloom. Used a bit of Osmocote on the bed this year. Have to keep pulling up handfulls, to keep it from swamping the cactus. Does have a smattering of flowers into November. Mostly disappears during our 6A wet winters.
Have 4 or 5 Echinocereus, three flowered this year, next to a free-standng brick wall. This plant had 2 flowers earlier, at the same time as another species, with one flower. I'd guess the cool damp cloudy spring, could have been an issue for flowering?
Just got back from calgary and this Monday I'm off to the northern limestone barrens of Newfoundland. In the meantime, I returned home to see my Cremanthodium in full bloom...took 4 years from seed. I got the seed a C. delavayi but I am not convinced this is what I have. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
I couldn't resist adding this image of Gladiolus flanaganii (ex. Jim Archibald) flowering for the first time on the sand bed. What a glorious small species!
Gladiolus flanaganii is really easy to germinate too. I accidentally left the last batch outside last winter, and of course, they all died. But no matter - another batch on the way...
The Cremanthodium is stunning, Todd. I ordered one species and did not even get germination... though given that they would seem to like moist conditions(?), I doubt this would be a good area for them anyway.
Beautiful glad... the most arresting colour of all! I bought a couple at the spring CRAGS sale... given that I have not yet wintered over the more common hardy species (though others here have), the poor things are likely doomed.
Just back from we saw wonderful the Dolomites and jet-lagged. Our last day we saw some wonderful Saxifraga caesia growing in limestone cliff crevices. Some of the crevices were so narrow you would never have noticed them except for the presence of the saxes.
David, I just can't figure out their bloom time. Often we are there and see these fabulously tight cushions and budding has barely started. It blooms often at the same time as Physoplexis comosa and many of the later meadow plants. This year, we were fairly early in the season and we found it frequently in bloom. Certain plants seem to have minds of their own.
Wish I could take credit for these Androsace bulleyana...these were grown by that quintessential alpine grower Stephanie Ferguson in Calgary, Alberta. I'm so envious!
Me too! Here's another picture of same... one of the many scattered through the exquisite front crevice garden that Todd and I drooled over when we visited recently:
I didn't even know there were red androsace! What a treat!
A friend came over to see my yard today and brought another friend who works as an intern at the Green Bay Botanical Gardens (Wisconsin). It's really gratifying to see these young people (20 and 25 years my junior) so enthusiastic about plants. We then went to the Minnesota Arboretum, and look what we found, blooming in mid summer and in 90 degree heat!
Me too! Here's another picture of same... one of the many scattered through the exquisite front crevice garden that Todd and I drooled over when we visited recently: [attachthumb=1]
Rick, that is not R. chryseum...that species has yellow-green flowers. You have photographed an azalea....probably R. flammeum. beautiful nonetheless!
RickR wrote:
I didn't even know there were red androsace! What a treat!
A friend came over to see my yard today and brought another friend who works as an intern at the Green Bay Botanical Gardens (Wisconsin). It's really gratifying to see these young people (20 and 25 years my junior) so enthusiastic about plants. We then went to the Minnesota Arboretum, and look what we found, blooming in mid summer and in 90 degree heat!
Rick, that is not R. chryseum...that species has yellow-green flowers. You have photographed an azalea....probably R. flammeum. beautiful nonetheless!
Hah! Thanks Todd. Is it normal for R. flammeum to bloom so late? I am sorry to say that this is not the first time I've seen incorrect designations at the Minnesota Arboretum. But in their defense (sort of), there are many specimens that had no identification tags at all when I was in my twenties that do have have identification tags now (25 years later).
Rick, some of the American species are quite late...my arborescens and viscosum are just blooming now. Mind you, you are weeks ahead oif me so it is amazing that flammeum would be so late. It is certainly an azalea whatever the species/hybrid.
Here is a new one...Campanula zangezuri...I have the sinking feeling it is monocarpic.
Campanula zangezura was formerly Symphyandra zangezura... and don't worry, they bloom like mad and seed like mad, so you'll probably have them around for a long time! A nice plant though - I like it!
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Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 06/28/2011 - 11:31pmGlorious weather and plants here in the Dolomites. Here is some of what we see every day.
Polygala chamaebuxus
Nigritella rubra
Myosotis alpina
Sax. oppositifolia + Soldanella minima
Oxytropis sp.
Primula farinosa
Thlaspi rotundifolium
Thlaspi Rotundifolium habitat
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 06/28/2011 - 11:36pmAnd some more.....
Silene acaulis
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Soldanella alpina
Draba sp.
Oxytropis sp.
Primula farinosa
Gentiana punctata - NOT Gentiana lutea
Androsace carnea
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 06/29/2011 - 7:58amWow Anne...what a spectacular place!
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 06/29/2011 - 8:21amWonderful, Anne! I'm sure we all wish we could be seeing that in person!
Just a side note... the gentian appears to be Gentiana punc
atata, rather than G. lutea... ?cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 06/29/2011 - 1:26pmAnne--always great to see--such a beautiful place and flora :)
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 06/29/2011 - 2:01pmLori, you're absolutely right. Don't know how to change it, do you? Every day has been spectacular and the weather has been great except warmer than usual.
Tonight we're expecting thunderstorms and by tomorrow the temperatures will drop 10 degrees (C not F). Will post more pictures in a few days. Wish everyone could see this place. We've been coming for twenty years, there must be a reason.
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 06/29/2011 - 4:15pmMy eyes would be salivating, if they could do that, Anne. Such a wonderful trip!
I listed your photo subjects in the text part of your message so they will be searchable by the forum search program. The "Search" can't read photo file names.
Regarding the misnamed gentiana: apart from you modifying your message, unchecking the gentiana photo file and re-uploading it with the correct name, I'm not sure if there is a way to change an already uploaded file name.
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:20amAlthough I am enjoying the seaside I am also longing for the mountainous flowerfields :)
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:29amSome scenes from the Dolomites to illustrate the type of location where Anne's lovely images were taken. We will be in the same resort as Anne and Joe (Corvara) from next Thursday leading our annual wildflower walks for Collett's Mountain Holidays.
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 2:31amWe were hiking up high yesterday and surprised a small herd of goats. They disappeared up the rock, but as we came up the trail, their curiosity got the better of them, leading to this picture.
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 2:37amSo you are actually paid to experience these nice mountains? Lucky man ;)
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 3:48amThey are occasionally on the look-out for English speaking wildflower walk leaders Trond.
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:28amGreat shot :)
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 07/01/2011 - 11:28pmWhat an idea ;D But I am not qualified to that - my English isn't good enough and I am not familiar with the Alpine flora of South Europe :(
Better to join one of your groups to learn then, Cliff ;)
deesen (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 12:30pmIt's OK Trond, Cliff's English leaves much to be desired too! ;D
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 12:42pmWot! Moi?
deesen (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 12:47pm;D ;D ;D
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 12:54pmThen I need two teachers - one for the flora and one for the language! Any volunteers? :o
externmed (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 6:11pmI admire the swarms of Cyclamen hederifolium in British gardens, but here in NE USA it spends much of the gardening season as a nearly bare spot. Cyclamen purpurascens; on the other hand on, July 2, just starting to flower.
Charles Swanson MA USA z 6+/-
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 11:42pmExcellent leaf form, Charles :) I have some small seedlings, yet to be seen if any will have fancy leaves, but not yet!
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:29pmAnother great day in the mountains. Couldn't settle on one image so here are several.
White Silene acaulis (never saw one before)
Anthyllis vulneraria
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:32pmAnd these.
Valeriana supina (one of my favorites - fragrant, gorgeous and growable)
Calamintha alpina growing in a mat of Potentilla nitida
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:39pmFabulous silene Anne ... we have never seen a white one either.
Is it Acinos alpinus or Calamintha alpina these days?
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:02pmCliff, I've really had it with name changes. I can't keep up with them. I learned Calamintha alpina first and it sounds more descriptive to me than the more recent acinos. Hymenoxys acaulis remains so in my mind and Tetraneuris sounds awful. How many times do I really need to learn the name of what is still the same plant.
It seems important mostly to taxonomists, not gardeners. Hope I didn't open a can of worms.
Glad you liked the white Silene acaulis. It was really my find of the day and I took many pictures because I'll probably never find another one. I once saw a white form of Linaria alpina and no matter how many years I went to the same place and searched for it, I never saw it again.
Toole (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 1:53amI'm with you all the way on those comments Anne--no can of worms being opened here :)
Cheers Dave.
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 5:09amRight!
But I do think that being aware of changes is important, because the reasons for them are what matters. Whether we need to learn them or not is a personal choice. :)
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 7:34amI gues my next question would be: Does everyone who learns all the name changes also know the reasons for the changes? My guess is "no".
externmed (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:25pmEchinocereus reichenbachii v. baileyi. Likely enjoying the Massachusetts hot season, from July into the second half of August. Hardy here for several years.
Charles Swanson z6A 40+ inches rain. Flowers only last a couple of days, but limited repeat bloom.
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 9:43pmWow, Charles! That's a beaut, and reblooming yet too! It's also a lovely picture with the little delosperma(?) echoing the colour and form of the cactus flower.
Peter George
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 8:32amBeautiful! My cacti have produced exactly one bloom this year, and it was a one-day wonder which I missed. For some reason the heavy snow we had this year seems to have had an adverse effect on all of them, as far as flowering is concerned. I wonder why?
Michael J Campbell (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 10:27amPleiospilos Nelii
externmed (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 4:51pmHi Lori, Peter,
The Delosperma was bought as John Proffit. This is the first year that it's had a long period of bloom. Used a bit of Osmocote on the bed this year. Have to keep pulling up handfulls, to keep it from swamping the cactus. Does have a smattering of flowers into November. Mostly disappears during our 6A wet winters.
Have 4 or 5 Echinocereus, three flowered this year, next to a free-standng brick wall. This plant had 2 flowers earlier, at the same time as another species, with one flower. I'd guess the cool damp cloudy spring, could have been an issue for flowering?
Plants came from Beaver Creek in BC Canada.
Charles
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 6:43pmSymmetrically stunning (as most cacti flowers seem to be) Charles!
Michael, your Pleiospilos got a second take from me... It almost looked as if the flower emerged from the center of the leaf!
externmed (not verified)
Re: Image of the day--Echinocereus
Wed, 07/06/2011 - 3:41pmEchinocereus reichenbachii v. baileyi. Flowers only last a couple of days, but limited repeat bloom.
[color=limegreen]Had 2 flowers to start then one and one. This may be the finish.
Charles Swanson[color=limegreen]
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 07/07/2011 - 3:32pmJust got back from calgary and this Monday I'm off to the northern limestone barrens of Newfoundland. In the meantime, I returned home to see my Cremanthodium in full bloom...took 4 years from seed. I got the seed a C. delavayi but I am not convinced this is what I have. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
See the separate topic on this same plant started by Todd Boland :)
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=731.0
Tim Ingram (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 8:30amI couldn't resist adding this image of Gladiolus flanaganii (ex. Jim Archibald) flowering for the first time on the sand bed. What a glorious small species!
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 6:30pmGladiolus flanaganii is really easy to germinate too. I accidentally left the last batch outside last winter, and of course, they all died. But no matter - another batch on the way...
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 07/08/2011 - 7:03pmCommon name, "split rock" plant... how fitting!
The Cremanthodium is stunning, Todd. I ordered one species and did not even get germination... though given that they would seem to like moist conditions(?), I doubt this would be a good area for them anyway.
Beautiful glad... the most arresting colour of all! I bought a couple at the spring CRAGS sale... given that I have not yet wintered over the more common hardy species (though others here have), the poor things are likely doomed.
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 4:28amJust back from we saw wonderful the Dolomites and jet-lagged. Our last day we saw some wonderful Saxifraga caesia growing in limestone cliff crevices. Some of the crevices were so narrow you would never have noticed them except for the presence of the saxes.
Sellars (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 6:04amAnne:
Those are great shots of Saxifraga caesia. It is nice to see them in flower - all too often they are just an enticing lump on the cliffs.
Anne Spiegel
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 8:58amDavid, I just can't figure out their bloom time. Often we are there and see these fabulously tight cushions and budding has barely started. It blooms often at the same time as Physoplexis comosa and many of the later meadow plants. This year, we were fairly early in the season and we found it frequently in bloom. Certain plants seem to have minds of their own.
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 4:44pmWish I could take credit for these Androsace bulleyana...these were grown by that quintessential alpine grower Stephanie Ferguson in Calgary, Alberta. I'm so envious!
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 4:49pmMe too! Here's another picture of same... one of the many scattered through the exquisite front crevice garden that Todd and I drooled over when we visited recently:
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 07/10/2011 - 10:15pmI didn't even know there were red androsace! What a treat!
A friend came over to see my yard today and brought another friend who works as an intern at the Green Bay Botanical Gardens (Wisconsin). It's really gratifying to see these young people (20 and 25 years my junior) so enthusiastic about plants. We then went to the Minnesota Arboretum, and look what we found, blooming in mid summer and in 90 degree heat!
Rhododendron chryseum
Probably the only thing that saved it from dehydration was the 70 degree dew point today. Not that fun for us, though...
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 10:07pmWow--fantastic colour!
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 07/13/2011 - 4:18pmRick, that is not R. chryseum...that species has yellow-green flowers. You have photographed an azalea....probably R. flammeum. beautiful nonetheless!
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 07/13/2011 - 5:01pmHah! Thanks Todd. Is it normal for R. flammeum to bloom so late? I am sorry to say that this is not the first time I've seen incorrect designations at the Minnesota Arboretum. But in their defense (sort of), there are many specimens that had no identification tags at all when I was in my twenties that do have have identification tags now (25 years later).
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 07/14/2011 - 1:32pmfrom a short walk up the road a couple of days ago.. Castilleja.. very mixed looking populations around here (not in this shot, with Achillea)--variable miniata or hybrids?
more in the full album: https://picasaweb.google.com/cactuscactus/July102011Castilleja
and Alberta Wanderings thread
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=591.msg10286#new
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/18/2011 - 4:11pmRick, some of the American species are quite late...my arborescens and viscosum are just blooming now. Mind you, you are weeks ahead oif me so it is amazing that flammeum would be so late. It is certainly an azalea whatever the species/hybrid.
Here is a new one...Campanula zangezuri...I have the sinking feeling it is monocarpic.
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 07/18/2011 - 8:42pmCampanula zangezura was formerly Symphyandra zangezura... and don't worry, they bloom like mad and seed like mad, so you'll probably have them around for a long time! A nice plant though - I like it!
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