Rannveig - I think I have sacrificed more than 20 seedlings before I got this one to survive
and bloom! I always get seed from the NARGS exchange (been trying for about 3-4 yrs now)
I planted this one 2 years ago - it was a fairly mature bulb. I have had a few leaves the second
year but this is the first time I got bloom!
Tam
What's blooming in your rock garden?
Rannveig, do you want some Cyclamen hederifolium seeds? I have some I collected off mine a month or so ago. They were collected off a white one but there are pink ones nearby so you could get either colour.
Thanks for the seed Todd!
Here's what's blooming at the moment - my Gentiana sino-ornata!
And my colchicum:
Rann, not bad for Oct in Iceland!
gram
Very nice.
No gram, not bad at all :-) Feels more like September!
Thanks Tammy!
You are a little behind me...my Colchicums are faded now but the real autumn crocus have started. This is Crocus kotchyanus
Todd, that one is pretty. The autumn crocuses don't do well here, they are too late. I planted some a few years back and they've managed to put out blooms but then they usually freeze without ever opening.
Crocus speciosus can often have that problem here as well but in the last few falls, they manage to open in mid-November. Mine are just breaking the surface now.
Mine are Crocus pulchellus. Haven't seen any sign of them yet. I always think I've lost them and then they pop up much to late to do anything other than freeze .... I guess I'll have to wait and see whether they'll show up this year.
My pulchellus have not appeared yet either...now if I could only remember where I planted them!
LOL - same problem here! I have no idea where they are!
I didn't want to clutter up this thread with it as there is certainly nothing blooming, but I have been working on my new rock garden and here is a link to the thread, if anyone is interested
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/660367/
gram ~a girl~
Thanks for the link gram! I'm looking forward to following your progress with your rock garden :-)
My Colchicum 'Water Lily' just opened it's first bloom! Technically it's not in my rock garden bed, but I decided to post it here anyway :-) It's the first time it's flowered properly, the Colchicum seem to need about 2 years to settle in here before they start flowering. My autumn flowering crocuses (Crocus pulchellum) are starting to peek up so they're not dead, but they probably won't flower since it's starting to get cold here.
Of my Colchicum, Waterlily was the last to flower. Remind me next summer to send some Colchicum agrippinum Rannveig.....its the first to bloom for me in mid Sept. so should do well for you. It's a mini and perfectly suited to the rock garden.
My Crocus speciosus are just breaking the ground. It's the last of my hardy fall crocus to bloom for me.
To finish off my rock garden season, here is Allium thunbergii. Among my Alliums, I have blooms from May till November..can't complain with that!
Ooooooh Todd thanks - I'd love to try the C. agrippinum - it's sooo pretty :-) I'll be sure to remind you ;-) That is a nice Allium. Pretty impressive to have alliums flowering for such a long time!
Todd, you have really learned to stretch your season to the fullest. again, i'm taking notes. so much to learn.
Rann, so glad your C. 'Waterlily' flowered for you this year. they are so pretty.
general question. do you plant fall blooming bulbs in the spring?
gram
Thanks gram! I plant them in autumn. Just bought a white Colchicum. The flowers had already shriveled so it won't flower until next year or the year after .......... seems an awfully long time to wait ! Patience is not one of my virtues :-)
Petrohagia saxifraga, still going at it. (It's that little bun just above and left of Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurries'.)
