Wow Lori!! :o :o :o :o Absolutely spectacular! I was out to Yellowstone 2 years ago for the first time and was just blown away by the surroundings! You are lucky to live near such an amazing place as Banff!
The fall is inexorably upon us. We had 3 days with sun and warm weather with new warmth records for October several places yesterday. Today it is back to normal - rain, but still good temperatures. However the forecasts say snow in the mountains the next days.
At home some plants like the "mini-kiwi" (Actinidia arguta) get the fall colour and ripen fruits while its big cousin the kiwiplant (Actinidia deliciosa) still is green. The third cousin (Actinidia kolomikta) has completely coloured red. Hydrangea anomala petiolaris still bears spent flowers among the yellow leaves. A climbing Clematis (C. orientalis or some relative) still produces plenty of flower buds.
Hoy, do you have male and female of each of your kiwi species? If not, do you have females without males that still produce fruit? (Then cross pollination would be easy between species.)
Rick, the "minikiwi" is the strain 'Issai' which is self fertile. The kiwiplant (deliciosa) is from seed and is mostly a male plant but I have got some small fruits on it. (The plant suddenly appeared on the compost heap several years ago and is hardy, growing up to 4m each year.) Kolomicta is a male plant. Males have the best leaf colours. It is impossible to get female plants here!
The A. arguta at our BG finally produced some fruit this year. We had a female for years but no male. I bought us a male 4 years ago and it prodcued a single cluster of flowers this year. I was the 'bee' and hand-pollinated the feamle, managing to get 12 bertries. Unfortunately, our summer was so cold this year, the fruit will never ripen. Maybe next year will be better.
Fall bulbs are blooming...Cyclamen, Crocus and Colchicum.
Wow! Struck by lightning, I presume. So the heartwood of the living branch must still be part of the original (dead) trunk, or else it would have broken off long ago. I suppose it is not so amazing that a new structural trunk has not formed to the ground. It doesn't need structure with old mast there. Still, it does look a weird. Isn't nature grand!
Thought since you like that photo I'd post several of a natural Bonsai growing on a shear cliff face. The cliff is an ancient pyroclastic flow that is slowly crumbling on it's face. Most of these flows are quit acidic and nutrient poor.
Here is a Pinus jeffreyi, that is literally clinging life.
All these gnarly trees have prompted me to catch up a tad on image of the day: since many days have elapsed since there was an image...and since I haven't posted in ages....I shall post a flurry of pix I took 2 weeks ago on Mt. Goliath, the Alpine Unit of Denver Botanic Gardens on the slopes of Mt. Evans, one of Colorado's highest peaks (over14,000' and 4000m high). I have had the pleasure and privilege of leading many great horticulturists down this trail including quite a few attending NARGS conferences in 1982 and 1986. Two Britons stand out: some fifteen years ago I took Roy Lancaster down this trail, and two weeks ago I took Adrian Bloom and his wife down that rocky trail: it was a warm, windless day and the aspen (Populus tremuloides) were in golden glory. Needless to say, I was thrilled and I think the Blooms were too. I know this is shameless namedropping, but what the heck! You only live once (at a time anyway)...
You all haven't heard much from me because of a number of trips around the country (California, North Carolina and most recently SW Colorado)... but I am back (with a vengeance) so WATCH OUT...
I know you West Coasters are going to point out that Pinus longaeva is much older and gnarlier than P. aristata...I do not deny this! They were (incidentally) considered identical until some 40 years ago when Dana Bailey, a neighbor of mine in Boulder, distinguished them...I am content to admire our merely 2000 year old behemoths!
Lots of colour there, Charles. What's the brilliant fuchsia flower? (I thought of Callirhoe but not sure... ?)
Kelaidis wrote:
You all haven't heard much from me because of a number of trips around the country (California, North Carolina and most recently SW Colorado)... but I am back (with a vengeance) so WATCH OUT...
We're all very glad to hear that and can't wait to see some pix! :) :) Those are some very picturesque old bristlecones for sure.
Continuing on that theme, here are some gnarly old limber pines (Pinus flexilis) from a trip to Waterton N.P. in early September... or at least I assume the skeletal ones are the same species as the living ones that were nearby(?)
Lots of colour there, Charles. What's the brilliant fuchsia flower? (I thought of Callirhoe but not sure... ?)
From a couple of posts up. Yes Lori, bought as Calliroe involucrata. (one of the more cut-leaved forms) Much loved by my rodents, but now doing well. Charles Swanson MA USA
Speaking of old trees: Some Swedes declare that this spruce: http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2008/04/19/533050.html is 9550 years old (or at least its roots! It is growing near the Norwegian border and germinated soon after the last glacial period ended.
Not so old but fancier: The Chinese lanterns, Physalis alkeengi, have gottentheir bright colours.
I remember going to a tree nursery where another customer regularly visited looking for mis-shapen and badly grown specimens: he ran a nursery specialising in bonsai! There is hope for those of us who don't grow perfect plants yet.
Here are some pictures of a beautifully-silvery Eriogonum sp. seen in Waterton N.P. in early September, and a pic of the environs with Douglas fir forests in the valleys:
I saw the "Scots Wha Hae" below your avatar, and being both a culture and language buff, I had to investigate.
If any Americans are interested, the first video I clicked on of the song was quite good, at least to me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXh4b_jikqU Although, it was difficult for me to understand (no doubt).
... it is the first link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXh4b_jikqU that has a more authentic flavour, it has more power sung quietly. There are not too many Scots words to confuse in the written lyrics, I hope? The second link sounds as though sung by some pompous drunkard, trying not to sound drunk!! Great that Will is getting you looking at such things though... nothing like a Scot to broaden one's horizons! ;)
Todd (or anyone), would you say that the Eriogonum I showed is E. ovalifolium then? That's what I assumed it was.
It looks like what we grow as E. ovalifolium, Lori..... but from thousands of miles away, that's not saying much! :-\ I like the smaller leaved Eriogonum.... Ian likes them all. They don't flower very well here though..... not enough of those tall skies, I guess.
Your picture of the Eriogonum, Lori, does look like E. ovalifolium. But the much commoner caespitose alpine eriogonum in Alberta is Eriogonum androsaceum, and they can look very similar. Check out this link:
I have not seen either species on my trips to Banff and Jasper--but then I have not covered much territory in the Alpine zone there. Eriogonum androsaceum has been lumped with E. flavum var. piperi, which I have grown, but I believe they are quite distinct (botanists can be hasty and are often wrong). If indeed it is allied to the Eriogonum flavum/jamesii/arcuatum complex, it bodes very good for it: I find these to be the easiest, most adaptable, most long blooming and INDESTRUCTIBLE of buckwheats! Best of all, they bloom in July and August, when our gardens need a boost! So make sure you get a pinch of seed next time you get up there! I have never seen seed of E. androsaceum offered anyhwhere.
Re. the Eriogonum photo... Thanks, Maggi and Panayoti for your comments. Panayoti, I have been trying to ID the alpine Eriogonum spp. that I see on our hikes. The photo of E. androsaceum that you linked (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/321390/) is one of mine that I posted after an effort to ID them from the flower characteristics and whether or not a stipe is present: http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=738.msg10757#msg10757 I concluded that the linked Dave's Garden photo was E. androsaceum (vs. E. ovalifolium) from the "stipe-like base" - please correct me if I'm wrong (and I'll get that linked photo removed from the Dave's Garden site if necessary). If I'm right, E. androsaceum (in the Kananaskis area anyway) seems to have elongated leaves. Here's some of the discussion around leaf shape: http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=493.msg5230#msg5230 The plants I saw in Kananaskis that I concluded were E. ovalifolium (http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=738.msg10757#msg10757) had a similar leaf shape to the Waterton plants, but were not silvery. We plan to visit Waterton through the bloom season next year, so I hope I can examine the flowers of the silver plants there and see if they have stipes or not (expecting "not" if they are E. ovalifolium).
Boy, Lori! I should be embarrassed that I didn't follow the thread and see the picture was yours! Your picture is definitely NOT E. ovalifolium, based on my pretty extensive experience with that taxon. It looks uncannily like some forms of E. douglasii that I have grown, which of course does NOT occur in your area I am quite sure. I have never associated the flavum complex with the douglasii group, but this could be an intermediate! I wouldn't withdraw your picture at all: I have a hunch you are right on the ID...
Good heavens, no need for an apology. I don't think anyone could follow the twisted threads all through, or be be expected to know that the Dave's Garden photo was mine! :) Thank you for the confirmation that the Dave's Garden one is not E. ovalifolium... that helps!
Just now settling in for the winter. This last week I finally finished cleaning seed and sent in my seed donations the exchanges. So now I'll take a look at what I've been missing.
Lori nice Eriogonum shots I'm always interested in seeing good photos of the species.
Here are a couple of shots of Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. oxynotus taken in late August.
Comments
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 09/25/2011 - 1:36pmLovely pix, everyone.
Here are some fall larch scenes from Panorama Ridge in Banff N.P.:
Amy Olmsted
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 09/25/2011 - 4:27pmWow Lori!! :o :o :o :o Absolutely spectacular! I was out to Yellowstone 2 years ago for the first time and was just blown away by the surroundings! You are lucky to live near such an amazing place as Banff!
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 09/28/2011 - 2:34pmSempervivum arachnoides 'Minus'
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 09/29/2011 - 12:30pmLori, yellow larches are better than green rhododendrons!
Rick, are you sure you haven't helped with some Xmas decoration? ;)
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 09/30/2011 - 5:55pmSpectacular scenery Lori...I'll see it for myself this coming weekend! I'll be in calgary for Thanksgiving.
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/02/2011 - 4:19amThe fall is inexorably upon us. We had 3 days with sun and warm weather with new warmth records for October several places yesterday. Today it is back to normal - rain, but still good temperatures. However the forecasts say snow in the mountains the next days.
At home some plants like the "mini-kiwi" (Actinidia arguta) get the fall colour and ripen fruits while its big cousin the kiwiplant (Actinidia deliciosa) still is green. The third cousin (Actinidia kolomikta) has completely coloured red. Hydrangea anomala petiolaris still bears spent flowers among the yellow leaves. A climbing Clematis (C. orientalis or some relative) still produces plenty of flower buds.
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/02/2011 - 7:35amHoy, do you have male and female of each of your kiwi species? If not, do you have females without males that still produce fruit? (Then cross pollination would be easy between species.)
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/02/2011 - 7:54amRick, the "minikiwi" is the strain 'Issai' which is self fertile. The kiwiplant (deliciosa) is from seed and is mostly a male plant but I have got some small fruits on it. (The plant suddenly appeared on the compost heap several years ago and is hardy, growing up to 4m each year.) Kolomicta is a male plant. Males have the best leaf colours. It is impossible to get female plants here!
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/02/2011 - 5:36pmThe A. arguta at our BG finally produced some fruit this year. We had a female for years but no male. I bought us a male 4 years ago and it prodcued a single cluster of flowers this year. I was the 'bee' and hand-pollinated the feamle, managing to get 12 bertries. Unfortunately, our summer was so cold this year, the fruit will never ripen. Maybe next year will be better.
Fall bulbs are blooming...Cyclamen, Crocus and Colchicum.
John P. Weiser
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/07/2011 - 9:14amTenaciously clinging to life.
Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana - Lodgepole Pine
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/07/2011 - 1:16pmI've always been fond of pines. They tolerate almost everything!
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/07/2011 - 2:28pmWow! Struck by lightning, I presume. So the heartwood of the living branch must still be part of the original (dead) trunk, or else it would have broken off long ago. I suppose it is not so amazing that a new structural trunk has not formed to the ground. It doesn't need structure with old mast there. Still, it does look a weird. Isn't nature grand!
Margaret Young
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 10/08/2011 - 11:09amFantastic! Shows exactly what the Bonsai masters are trying to recreate with their "jin" technique 8)
John P. Weiser
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/09/2011 - 7:25amThought since you like that photo I'd post several of a natural Bonsai growing on a shear cliff face. The cliff is an ancient pyroclastic flow that is slowly crumbling on it's face. Most of these flows are quit acidic and nutrient poor.
Here is a Pinus jeffreyi, that is literally clinging life.
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/09/2011 - 6:41pmSome amazing photos of an amazing tree!
Thanks, John!
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 1:14amPines are happy with less, it seems. Did you climb, John?
John P. Weiser
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 5:54amNo Hoy. The surface face is almost vertical and crumbles easily.
Panayoti Kelaidis
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 10/13/2011 - 7:06pmAll these gnarly trees have prompted me to catch up a tad on image of the day: since many days have elapsed since there was an image...and since I haven't posted in ages....I shall post a flurry of pix I took 2 weeks ago on Mt. Goliath, the Alpine Unit of Denver Botanic Gardens on the slopes of Mt. Evans, one of Colorado's highest peaks (over14,000' and 4000m high). I have had the pleasure and privilege of leading many great horticulturists down this trail including quite a few attending NARGS conferences in 1982 and 1986. Two Britons stand out: some fifteen years ago I took Roy Lancaster down this trail, and two weeks ago I took Adrian Bloom and his wife down that rocky trail: it was a warm, windless day and the aspen (Populus tremuloides) were in golden glory. Needless to say, I was thrilled and I think the Blooms were too. I know this is shameless namedropping, but what the heck! You only live once (at a time anyway)...
You all haven't heard much from me because of a number of trips around the country (California, North Carolina and most recently SW Colorado)... but I am back (with a vengeance) so WATCH OUT...
I know you West Coasters are going to point out that Pinus longaeva is much older and gnarlier than P. aristata...I do not deny this! They were (incidentally) considered identical until some 40 years ago when Dana Bailey, a neighbor of mine in Boulder, distinguished them...I am content to admire our merely 2000 year old behemoths!
externmed (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/16/2011 - 5:49pmSeason winding down for many. Photos from Oct 9
Charles Swanson NE MAssachusetts USA
Mark McDonough
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/16/2011 - 6:16pmCharles, that's an awesome patch of Allium thunbergii alba!
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/16/2011 - 6:24pmLots of colour there, Charles. What's the brilliant fuchsia flower? (I thought of Callirhoe but not sure... ?)
We're all very glad to hear that and can't wait to see some pix! :) :)
Those are some very picturesque old bristlecones for sure.
Continuing on that theme, here are some gnarly old limber pines (Pinus flexilis) from a trip to Waterton N.P. in early September... or at least I assume the skeletal ones are the same species as the living ones that were nearby(?)
externmed (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/16/2011 - 8:48pmLots of colour there, Charles. What's the brilliant fuchsia flower? (I thought of Callirhoe but not sure... ?)
From a couple of posts up. Yes Lori, bought as Calliroe involucrata. (one of the more cut-leaved forms) Much loved by my rodents, but now doing well.
Charles Swanson
MA USA
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 2:15pmSpeaking of old trees: Some Swedes declare that this spruce: http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2008/04/19/533050.html is 9550 years old (or at least its roots! It is growing near the Norwegian border and germinated soon after the last glacial period ended.
Not so old but fancier: The Chinese lanterns, Physalis alkeengi, have gottentheir bright colours.
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/21/2011 - 4:24amJust going through some initially rejected Dolomite images and found these two ...
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/21/2011 - 7:42amI never tire of those Dolomites, rejects or not.
The crags in these pictures look like they have particularly sharp edges!
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/21/2011 - 9:12amBoot rippers, Rick!
So pleased you like the images.
Two images of trees now.
Steve Newall (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/21/2011 - 10:08amA banana tree ?
Tim Ingram (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/21/2011 - 10:45amI remember going to a tree nursery where another customer regularly visited looking for mis-shapen and badly grown specimens: he ran a nursery specialising in bonsai! There is hope for those of us who don't grow perfect plants yet.
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 10/21/2011 - 11:44amGrown specifically for the manufacture of boomerangs? :D
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 10/22/2011 - 11:16pmDidn't know they used boomerangs in the Dolomites? ;D
Here such trees were traditionally used in boats as frames or bows!
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/23/2011 - 2:09amThe Italians have tried repeatedly to get rid of them, but they keep coming back! ;)
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/23/2011 - 5:38pm- - Giggle - -
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:16pmJust like slugs.
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 10/30/2011 - 3:03pm;D
Here are some pictures of a beautifully-silvery Eriogonum sp. seen in Waterton N.P. in early September, and a pic of the environs with Douglas fir forests in the valleys:
Cliff Booker
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 11/01/2011 - 6:41amLovely images everyone ...
"Artistree"
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 11/03/2011 - 4:36pmLori, I have never managed to time a trip to Alberta to see the E. ovalifolium in bloom...here's a pic taken in June.
youngman54 (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 11/05/2011 - 1:00amFantastic Image
I have grown more common lilac/purple form but this paler form is stunning.
Will
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:33amWelcome to the forum, Will!
I saw the "Scots Wha Hae" below your avatar, and being both a culture and language buff, I had to investigate.
If any Americans are interested, the first video I clicked on of the song was quite good, at least to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXh4b_jikqU
Although, it was difficult for me to understand (no doubt).
So I found the words, and perhaps a version closer to its original style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMRRQvXXxik&feature=related
We can relate.
Thanks for that!
Margaret Young
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 11/05/2011 - 2:49pm... it is the first link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXh4b_jikqU that has a more authentic flavour, it has more power sung quietly. There are not too many Scots words to confuse in the written lyrics, I hope?
The second link sounds as though sung by some pompous drunkard, trying not to sound drunk!!
Great that Will is getting you looking at such things though... nothing like a Scot to broaden one's horizons! ;)
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 11/05/2011 - 5:42pmWelcome to the forum, Will! Rousing stuff from Robbie Burns there!
Todd (or anyone), would you say that the Eriogonum I showed is E. ovalifolium then? That's what I assumed it was.
Here's a scene from the longer, warmer days when the sun was still high in the sky...
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:23pmOnce I saw the words, it was easy to understand.
A strong and resolute message. (What else would one expect from a Scotsman?)
Thanks for the primer.
Margaret Young
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 1:19amIt looks like what we grow as E. ovalifolium, Lori..... but from thousands of miles away, that's not saying much! :-\
I like the smaller leaved Eriogonum.... Ian likes them all. They don't flower very well here though..... not enough of those tall skies, I guess.
Sellars (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 6:24amThat's a beautiful picture Lori. Just the kind of place I like to hike. It looks like the Kananaskis area but where exactly was the image taken?
Panayoti Kelaidis
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 9:29amYour picture of the Eriogonum, Lori, does look like E. ovalifolium. But the much commoner caespitose alpine eriogonum in Alberta is Eriogonum androsaceum, and they can look very similar. Check out this link:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/321390/
I have not seen either species on my trips to Banff and Jasper--but then I have not covered much territory in the Alpine zone there. Eriogonum androsaceum has been lumped with E. flavum var. piperi, which I have grown, but I believe they are quite distinct (botanists can be hasty and are often wrong). If indeed it is allied to the Eriogonum flavum/jamesii/arcuatum complex, it bodes very good for it: I find these to be the easiest, most adaptable, most long blooming and INDESTRUCTIBLE of buckwheats! Best of all, they bloom in July and August, when our gardens need a boost! So make sure you get a pinch of seed next time you get up there! I have never seen seed of E. androsaceum offered anyhwhere.
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:32amDavid, the photo is indeed from Kananaskis... it's Sparrowhawk Tarns in Peter Lougheed Park, one of our favourite places :
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=746.0
Re. the Eriogonum photo... Thanks, Maggi and Panayoti for your comments.
Panayoti, I have been trying to ID the alpine Eriogonum spp. that I see on our hikes. The photo of E. androsaceum that you linked (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/321390/) is one of mine that I posted after an effort to ID them from the flower characteristics and whether or not a stipe is present:
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=738.msg10757#msg10757
I concluded that the linked Dave's Garden photo was E. androsaceum (vs. E. ovalifolium) from the "stipe-like base" - please correct me if I'm wrong (and I'll get that linked photo removed from the Dave's Garden site if necessary).
If I'm right, E. androsaceum (in the Kananaskis area anyway) seems to have elongated leaves. Here's some of the discussion around leaf shape:
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=493.msg5230#msg5230
The plants I saw in Kananaskis that I concluded were E. ovalifolium (http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=738.msg10757#msg10757) had a similar leaf shape to the Waterton plants, but were not silvery. We plan to visit Waterton through the bloom season next year, so I hope I can examine the flowers of the silver plants there and see if they have stipes or not (expecting "not" if they are E. ovalifolium).
Thanks for any help you can give me with this.
Panayoti Kelaidis
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 3:41pmBoy, Lori! I should be embarrassed that I didn't follow the thread and see the picture was yours! Your picture is definitely NOT E. ovalifolium, based on my pretty extensive experience with that taxon. It looks uncannily like some forms of E. douglasii that I have grown, which of course does NOT occur in your area I am quite sure. I have never associated the flavum complex with the douglasii group, but this could be an intermediate! I wouldn't withdraw your picture at all: I have a hunch you are right on the ID...
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 4:09pmGood heavens, no need for an apology. I don't think anyone could follow the twisted threads all through, or be be expected to know that the Dave's Garden photo was mine! :)
Thank you for the confirmation that the Dave's Garden one is not E. ovalifolium... that helps!
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 5:38pmThis mosaic of moss, Salix, Petasites, Castilleja, etc. growing in the outflow from melting snow gives a jolt of colour!
John P. Weiser
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 9:12amJust now settling in for the winter. This last week I finally finished cleaning seed and sent in my seed donations the exchanges. So now I'll take a look at what I've been missing.
Lori nice Eriogonum shots I'm always interested in seeing good photos of the species.
Here are a couple of shots of Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. oxynotus taken in late August.
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 1:27pmAlways nice to see Eriogonums! I sowed some this spring and have planted out a few plants at my summerhouse. Now I am looking forward to spring :D
Very nice Ranunculus, John. Is it a desert or a mountain species?
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