Woodlanders

The Trailing Arbutus

I wandered lonely where the pine-trees made
Against the bitter East their barricade,
And, guided by its sweet
Perfume, I found, within a narrow dell,
The trailing spring flower tinted like a shell
Amid dry leaves and mosses at my feet.

I start out with a couple web links I found, showing Epimedium in the wild in China. This particular site has 5 species listed; I'm featuring two of their links. The first is to Epimedium brevicornu, with some nice photos:

E. brevicornu:
http://www.gaolongxiao.com/chinese/product/product_view.asp?productid=1083

Just digging around my 2011 digital photos, I came across photos of Mukdenia rossii 'Crimson Fans' (also known as M. rossii 'Karasuba'). I took the photos in a garden in Acworth, New Hamphsire in July, this garden included in a multi-garden tour (I forget the garden owner's name). I like the earlier name for Mukdenia better; Aceriphyllum, which is more descriptive for this monospecific genus in the Saxifragaceae, with its bold maple-like leaves.

Raised from seed many many moons ago :rolleyes:--Chionographis japonica .

Growing in woodland areas in the mountainous regions of Japan ---very small basal leaves (compare with the primula shown in the shot),with flowering stems reaching about 15cms in height.

In the Melanthiaceae family ---Only one flowering stem this season i suspect as a result of the disturbance in dividing it late.

Cheers Dave.

I have Cimicifuga racemosa which is in flower now, C. americana, C. japonica which is about to flower. I have a third plant (actually dozens of them) which grows as tall as C. racemosa and starting to flower. The obvious difference is that the leaves are huge, as much as 9-10 in (20-25 cm) wide.

There are so many garden-worthy Thalictrum that they probably deserve a thread of their own.

Seed was collected in the hills near Gasquet, CA. This is the fourth year from sowing of seed.

Clematis alpina "stolwijk gold" flowering away. This is one of my favorite Clematis (well besides all the others bell shaped ones that I like :))

Here is my Cardiocrinum giganteum "red veined" it has put on a lot of growth this week.

Nice sturdy plants this year, in spite of the cold, wet weather so far. Growing on a raised bed in the shade of a honey locust tree. They get full morning sun.

Flower detail: