Sinocalycanthus Aphrodite(don't remember common name need to look it up). Common name sweetshrub
Tanecetum and a spirea. Is the tall green plant in the left foreground a weed?
Elizabeth. And Itea Little Henry in the background. Plus other stuff. I really like the Hakone grass.
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Lookin' good Jan!
Ah, ok. Well, this one is loving it!
Another new-to-me plant from Mamajack's. Echium amoenum 'Red Feathers'. Info I've found says sun to part shade, drought tolerant once established, "survives on almost total neglect" -- my kind of plant!
I believe the flower spikes will be much taller later in the season as the plant matures.
If it opens red, I missed it, but it does seem to fade to a paler pinkish color.
Wow, Muddy, that rate of growth is really impressive!
So clustered bluebells and Virginia bluebells are different?
SSG - We go through this on an annual basis. What Gita posts as VA clustered bluebells are Campanula glomerata 'Superba'.
Jan, red flowers, first photo - Calycanthus floridus - aka Carolina Allspice
Jill - Next time I pass through Frederick I'll leave a pot of Campanula 'Elizabeth' on your doorstep.
Ah, mystery solved! Thanks, GT!
David, so Carolina allspice and sweet shrub are the same thing? I just copied what the tag said. Maybe it wasn't correct. I like this shrub. It is a little airy. Can I prune it back a bit to make it a bit fuller?
Sweetshrub= Carolina allspice= bubby bush.
About Sinocalycanthus? I know we saw a x Calycanthus of some kind in the Asian collection at Nat'l arboretum. But it was not in bloom. Perhaps I remember Sinocalycanthus having white bloom?
http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1991-51-1-presenting-sinocalycanthus-chinensis-chinese-wax-shrub.pdf
Sorry about the misnomer, David...I DO know you have properlu ID'd it before...
but where I have that slip of paper--I do not know.
I just wrote the "Campanula glomerata 'Superba'" on a new slip of paper....
I have this little pile of slips of paper with true names of things.
One of these days--I will catalog all these slips of papers and know the real names
of everything.
Those of you who remember"hart"--who held the first ever Swap (2008?)-she gave these to me
and others. And--SHE called them "VA Clustered Bluebells"---so it stuck, and
that is what I know them as. Please excuse my horticultural ignorance...to me it all
is a losing battle.
I know some people try to remember the common names of things as a favor to me--
but then--slowly--it all reverts back to only horticultural names. As it is now....again.
As much as I love to share all kinds of plant conversations with yo all--I am totally
in the dark what you all are talking about. I feel really left out about it all....
Imagine all the conversations we ll have here about plants on DG--but the names would
all be in Romanian. I bet you would feel a bit lost too.....
Glad we have David--who has really tried to always include the common names as well.
Thank you for that..... Gita
My 'Elizabeth' from David and Pat has spread into a nice big clump and has started to bloom. Imagine my surprise when I went around the back corner of the house by the steps that go into the conservatory basement and saw another big patch of 'Elizabeth' blooming away!!! How the heck did it get way over there? It is so cool to see a plant like 'Elizabeth' popping up in the photos of all of our gardens. I can't say enough how much I love the pass along plants. Jill, I can bring you some of the 'Elizabeth' too so you won't be without. They spread like crazy and I can't believe yours actually disappeared LOL. I think David warns us somewhat apologetically about the 'Elizabeth' when he passes it along he he he. It sure is one of my favorites though, so I don't mind that it self seeds shamelessly.
That is why I have always grown it in a big container.
Right now--in the picture I posted-that container is solid jammed-full of Elizabeth.
Don't think the deep innards of that container have thriving plants there....
But--the outermost layers are blooming. Very pretty!
I left it that way from last year as I wanted to see a container-full of them.
SO--I got it! Now what? Dig and divide? Not too many takers any more.
Most of us already have it...
Same as with all the odd plants I have, Most of you that were interested already have them.
Anyone want some starts of Pregnant Onions? I have a lg. pot full of them.
I can't say this plant has any particular, redeeming qualities. It is just a curiosity.
Something you have never had....
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=pregnant%20onion%20plants&clk_rvr_id=843134492525&adpos=1o2&MT_ID=69&crlp=43489387774_2416792&device=c&geo_id=10232&keyword=pregnant+onion+plants&crdt=0
Thanks, David, but no need to leave it on the doorstep and run away... at least stop in for a drink and maybe a start of something in return (do I still owe you a piece of Lamium?) Terri, I'll take you up on your offer also... and I have those two miniature hostas for you (from the Green Springs sale pots I said I'd split with you).
Gita, I'm not sure leaving the C. 'Elizabeth' in the pot will stop it from spreading, as it can self-sow freely. I really don't know how mine disappeared, although I'm inclined to blame the bunnies, as they are causing a good bit of damage this spring -- I planted a lovely patch of wave petunias in front last week, and now they are stubs! I brought half a bag of melorganite back from my dad's basement, and I'm going to put some in the back perennial bed.
Jan, one of my bubby bushes got "pruned" by a groundhog this winter and came back fuller this spring, so I'd say go for it. Just take a few branches back to shape it a little... if it doesn't respond the way you hoped, no harm done.
I brought some of the Elizabeth plants to my folks a few years ago and they were put in a raised planter. There are now several plants thriving in the ground below the planter. They are hardy and do spread randomly, but are not thugs.
oh Jan, on the Carolina allspice, mine grows vigorously with many new suckers when grown in a moist location. I'd say water well if you have any concern.
Up until just recently, my pot of Elizabeth has always sat on a brick landing
in front of my shed.
Just recently--I put the pot in an open spot in my bed by the shed to get more light.
I can always move it back to where it was....not interested to have it spread.
If the stems were more upright--I may consider having it grow in the bed,
but they are a bit droopy. Maybe b/c it IS so root bound...
I guess I can remove the whole root-ball and replant the better clumps.
I could always sneak a couple into Olga's bed....:o)
Campanulas in bloom do have arching stems, but to me that adds to their grace in a mixed border.
I did a lot of pots by the front porch this year... so bright and pretty, and easy to water them all at once. The centerpiece of the blue pot in the first pic is a $1 new guinea impatiens.
The corner of the walkway by the front porch has become our "fairy garden," with several new mini hostas that I couldn't resist at the Green Springs sale.
I'm using my hypertufa pots for mini hostas and mini heucheras. I need to do a hypertufa-ing session!
I put more hostas under the bench by the front walk, too, and that's also where I put a piece of an epimedium called 'Fairy Wings'. 3 new leadworts are planted by the stones where I rest my feet as I sit on the bench.
I planted my last bargain annuals in a self-watering pot and perched it on top of the tall stump in the center of the front garden. I had a different pot there this spring, but it blew off, flipped over, and didn't get watered... oops. This one has been bunji-corded to cup hooks that I screwed into the stump! Can't wait for the wave petunias to cascade...
I have a few new bloom to share. Some of t he Lilies are now starting to open.
1-- Pink Lily and Rose campion
2--Tiny Ghost Asiatic Lily
3--Estonian Clematis "Piilu" from behind--where the light source is....
4--First blooms on Clematis "Lady betty Balfour".
5--My favorite Rose---"Sweet Surrender"....an oldie....
I am also seeing the Campanula glomerata 'Superba'. (just for you David)
blooming in a couple of other places. Myst be coming back from the past.....
G.
Jill--we cross-posted....LOVE your faerie garden!
A couple more pictures...
I may reconsider and leave Elizabeth where it is now. This is the spot where
I have tried, 3 times, to grow David's yellow Foxglove. NO GO!
Maybe Elizabeth will look good there.....Let it spread!!! It will be in part shade.
1--A Clustered bell flower emerging in front of the N.E. Aster.
Geez! It may be a remnant of my first ever one as I think it was in this location!
2--Perennial geranium. What is the name of this one?
3--His Royal Highness--the "Kopper King Hibiscus" emerging.
Like clockwork--ever spring--at the end of May.
Wow, that's a nice large clump of hibiscus. Mine is so wimpy in comparison.
There's a definitely lull in blooms in my yard right now.
I gotta say the biggest disappointment this season has been the sundrops. My neighbor's sundrops are blooming profusely, and mine are looking quite wimpy (both the ones in the sun and shade).
The roses are looking pretty sad as well, except for the red Knockout, which is a workhorse.
And the thalictrum we got from greenthumb's contact hasn't come back fully. It leafed out with a couple of leaves and then stopped growing.
Some current bloomers:
1 - Astilbe 'Rheinland'
2 - Astilbe 'Peach Blossom'
3 - Snapdragon 'Twinny Appleblossom' - first blooms from seed
4 - Lacecap Hydrangea - Thanks Sally
5 - Silene coronaria - Rose Campion, and Silene armera - Sweet William Catchfly
More
1 - Gumpo Azalea
2 - Digitalis parviflora - a perennial species
3 - Scutellaria ovata - Heartleaf Skullcap
4 - Echinacea pallida - Pale Coneflower
5 - Zinnia elegans 'Queen Red Lime' - seeds shared by Aspenhill
Gita, I believe that geranium is 'Max Frei'. Very nice show you have there.
Nice fairy garden Jill. It's interesting how the fairy garden plants are just as much as larger plants at the nursery; I never quite understood that.
I like that snap dragon GT, very nice.
Thanks for the ideas about pruning the allspice.
We cross posted GT. That echinacea pallida is awesome! I bought an E. pallida 'Hula Dancer from HCG this spring. I'm excited to see it bloom.
Campanula Birch Hybrid
Hymenoxys acaulis v. ivesiana
Rose Campion in the middle of vegetation overload
Pat and David's Digitalis grandiflora
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red'
Beautiful pictures!
David your Hydrangea is a little ahead of mine. Great plant, still don't know who brought it to Ric and Holly's first swap.
Linaria purpurea 'Canon J. Went'
Silene virginiana
Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
Lychnis chalcedonica
Blephilia ciliata
Delightful, Jeff!
Mother of Thyme Pic 1 & 2
Lilium philadelphicum
Lemon thyme
SS--
I have had this perennial "Kopper King" Hibiscus for ages.
It gets bigger and bigger....It's roots fill the bed it is in.
It IS spectacular when it blooms. Wait and see....
Jeff--
Thanks for the Geranium ID. This has been here for many years as well...
I planted the seedlings of the Red Rose Campion. Many came up.
Not sure I will see anything of it this year. Maybe next.
Oh, I like that Johnson's Blue geranium, Seq. I'd never heard of Mother of Thyme before. That's a really thick mat.
I love seeing pictures GT's blooms, because mine will be blooming exactly 5-7 days after his. :) My astilbes have fat buds on them right now.
I didn't know Gumpos bloomed this late in the year. Hm...
Yeah, nice to see the Hydrangea blooms from GT. Mine are just loading up with buds and I'm anxious to see what the previous owners planted and if I'm going to see pink or blue flowers. If they come out pink, I might add some aluminum sulfate to the soil to see if I can turn them to blue.
SSG - I am surprised that our plants bloom ahead of yours. We are about 20 miles further north, probably 200 feet higher in elevation, shadier, and cooler than your location.
Sequoia, your garden is amazing and so filled with such a variety of goodies. Love how the lemon thyme spills over the big rock. Great term - vegetation overload!
What a beautiful garden, Jeff!!! Wow! Thank you for sharing all the photos. I feel like I am touring a botanical garden sitting right at my PC :o)
GT, I don't remember this from last year, but this year, I'm seeing that my blooms are always a few days behind yours. I wonder why? I'd think my backyard is warmer than yours by a few degrees.
One possible explanation is that everything in my garden is newly planted, especially since I keep moving my darn perennials around. I moved about 6-7 hostas and asters yesterday. I keep playing this round-and-round-do-si-do with my perennials. I wonder when/if I'll ever stop!
Oh Donner, what kind words! Thank you and Pat :-)
My Mother of Thyme is pretty sweet. It is a tight mat for sure; about 1" tall. Unfortunately, my lemon thyme took quite a hit over the winter. Over half of it died :-(
Evening primrose. This patch keeps getting larger and larger. It looks WAY better in person than in a photo. I transplanted a bunch of it along the chokeberry hedge this spring (2nd photo).
CAM, I would add the aluminum sulfate now; I don't think it has much impact after hydrangeas bloom. If they're already blue, you'll just be making them a richer blue.
1 - Penstemon tubaeflorus, shot from my patio with Coreopsis in the background
2 - When greenthumb posted his Echinacea pallida photo, I wondered what had happened to mine. I found them flattened by a combination of the rain and an unruly Carex grayii. I propped them up and corralled the Carex. Only one of them is blooming already.
3 - I've been wondering where to plant 3 Aruncus dioicus (Goat's Beard), and then it came to me: I planted them at the top of the hill to hide the gap between the big old yews and the little new yew. Hopefully, next year I'll be looking at this instead of at my fence: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/64001/
I think the Evening Primrose looks wonderful; your entire yard looks wonderful as a matter of fact. It must stop people in their tracks!
The Evening Primrose you gave me are blooming nicely. I'm looking forward to having them spread into a nice patch like yours.
