Maianthemum and relatives.
I have several very nice Maianthemums. On most the flowers are not very showy but the stem and leaves are decorative and they get coloured berries in fall. Here are two - nameless (as usual).
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I have several very nice Maianthemums. On most the flowers are not very showy but the stem and leaves are decorative and they get coloured berries in fall. Here are two - nameless (as usual).
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?
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.
Anemone nemorosa is one of my favorite species in a favorite genus! (Yes this one too ;) ) The common wild wood anemone grows almost everywhere in Norway. However, although the white form dominates, more or less pink forms exists too. Also forms with flowers in shades of blue can be found but not in Norway.
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!
I'm very interested in the various forms of bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis. I don't have much in the way of bloodroot in my garden, but I hope to remedy this situation. A couple years ago I went in "halfsies" (slang for splitting the cost) with a friend for a great pot full of Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'.
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.