Bulbs: Lets honour all our other spring treasures...Part II, 1 by bonitin

bonitin wrote:
I actually wanted to get Podophyllum veitchii 'Marbled Leaves' and Syneilesis aconitifolium. I only found the last, the first one which was only grown by one grower said he stopped with the cultivation of them, because he found them too difficult. I had bought one from him two years ago and it thrives very well in my place although a slow grower. But last year it got a severe blow from that horrible hail attack in July last year. It's leaves were almost completely destroyed. I feared it wouldn't come back this year, but luckily it did, although with a stunted growth that could also be caused by the late freeze in April. I don't know.. But it is alive and even makes flowers, also a bit distorted. As I really am passionated with this plant I wanted to buy more for in case I might lose my original. I would be very happy if it makes seeds but am not sure if it would come true. It's really a gorgeous plant!!
You can see a pict. of it in the thread I started some time ago;
Then it was in its second year.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/722269/

and here is the list of what I got;

Meum athamonticum (2x)
Saxifraga stolonifera ‘Kinki Purple’
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Yellow Spring’
Polystichum setiferum ‘Plumosum densum’
Ranunculus acris ‘sulphureum’
Podophyllum hexandrum
Syneilesis aconitifolium (2x)
Epimedium youngiannum ‘Rosea’
Lupinus nanus (annual with fragrant blue-white flowers)
Salvia carduacea (annual)
4 Aquilegia’s
The blue white one I bought because I thought it looked so much like the wild one from America (Rocky Mountains ?) and perhaps it is.
This one and the white came without a label and the man who was selling it didn't know anything about names of plants ; he was not the grower. They were very pricey, but I fell for the long spores..
The pink one I bought in another stand and these were very cheap, so I got two of them. I liked the pink-mauve colour on them. These had a label ; Aquilegia caerulea 'Spring Magic Rose White'.

When I bought the Meum althamonticum I thought i could find all necessary information on Internet, but nope! Nothing except a pdf- file I cannot open on my pc. I only know by the information on the label that it grows to 40 cm tall. I fell for its foliage that looks soo finely divided and fluffy. I'm glad I bought two, so I can a least try them in different locations...

I know I'll have a big problem now to find a suitable place for all of them, lol! But now I'm still in the euphoria of having got them..
I'm becoming more and more inventive in creating more planting space; apart from the new stone constructions I made last winter, I also use large pots made dark looking with all kinds of tricks like using mixed techniques of cement earth and pigments, paint in it whatever comes in my mind at the moment , so they don't call attention and specially with time won't be visible any longer. I put them in difficult spots where nothing will grow, like under my bamboo's and at the very foot of the walls etc..

This is the Podophyllum hexandrum that reminded me a bit of the Podophullum veitchii 'marbled leaves'.










This message was edited May 10, 2008 11:07 PM