This week in the bulb frame

Well most of the crocus in the Memorial University Botanical Garden bulb frame are past but a few other plants are taking their place. This week the following plants have opened:

Scilla bifolia 'Rosea'

Puschkinia scilloides

Muscari azureum

and the first daffs are open..this is a mini called Topolino

The first plants are opening in the alpine house. This is Saxifraga sancta 'Macedonica'

Nice lookin plants there Todd
The last one Saxifraga sancta 'Macedonica I've never seen it befor
it lookes something like stonecrop but its not a sedium is it.

Todd
As usual your photo's are fabulous!
My tulips have just started to poke out of the ground so its great to be teased a bit with your flowers.
Ann

No Dig-D the Saxifrage its not even remotely related to sedums although in habit, it may be similar.

Thanks for the info Todd.
I think its a nice looking plant im going to have to try and get it for my garden.
I'm not fond of yellow but that yellow looks nice.
Todd i have a question thats been naging me for a wile.
Last year i bought some Himalayan blue poppy seeds now the zone for them i was told was 7, and as you know we are in a 5b,another buddy in this site lives in a zone 3.
My poppies have come back this year and I hope will flower ,YES, and the zone 3 guy has had them come back and flower as will.
How can a plant be so zoned wrong .

This message was edited Apr 21, 2006 2:27 PM

Depends on the books...many give improper zones for plants. Meconopsis grow in Edmonton...zone 3 so they are certainly hardier than zone 7! As a rule, UK books give much higher zone ratings than American or Canadian (by higher I mean they think plants are more tender than they really are). Try to find Canadian gardening books to get the best representation for hardiness zones.

Just lovely!
:) Donna

Thanks Todd.
I will do that and come to think of it .It was a uk site i read it on.
I think it is fun to push the envlope with gardening you never know what will happen some happy surprizes happen.