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woodland wildflowers
Gardenlady, speaking of dutchman's breeches, I ran across the most amazing photo of dutchman's breeches while browsing another forum. You should check it out. It's really fascinating.
It's in Photos forum under thread 'Macros - page 19'.
A post by Echinops about 3/4 down the thread.
Really beautiful photo.
Picabo, I love the foliage on your yellow trillium.
I have lots of native red ones (though mine are different from yours, since mine have flowers sitting right on top of the foliage, not nodding like yours).
I've planted white and yellow ones to try to get them established, but no flowers yet.
I may have missed them, since it's been so rainy lately...
Are yours native or did you plant them? If you planted them, do they naturalize well?
They're lovely.
Robin, Thank you. The Trillums are all native, I moved most of them from the woods around our house. The Yellow came from Erwin TN where my Mother lived as a teenager. There are a few others that haven't bloomed yet.
A neighbor had a beautiful collection before she moved. The new neighbors aren't plant lovers and have bulldozed the area where they were planted. I hate to walk by there. I was going to ask for the Trillum and a few other wild things when they came up this Spring but they beat me too it. Oh Well, I have too many plants now.
Here is a flower on a little native Ginger.
This message was edited Apr 21, 2009 4:45 PM
I moved white Trilliums (Trillium ovatum) from the woods next to my property (literally 10' away under the brush) last weekend. There were literally 40 plants in a stand.
I tried to get as much soil as I could, but it was so light and loamy that it fell away. I replanted them immediately and have been watering during our brief warm and dry spell. The small ones have done well; the large ones are still exhibiting histrionics.
It turns out that the neighbor has several mature clumps with 25 stems each on them and it seems like each of the neighbors (acre lots) has a clump somewhere on their property.
I will post the pictures I took soon. I had no idea that a stand would get so big or that the Trilliums could get so tall (14-16" it appears). The mature ones start to go pink at the ends of the petals.
I'm thrilled to have a few of my own, but would certainly like to complement them with a few of other colors!
Love your trilliums picabo. Mine haven't blossomed yet but I can see the buds! This is the first year for them here in the garden they are so pretty. I have three different colors I think I can not remember. Ronna
A great thread. I love woodland plants. I have many plants for shady areas in my small garden including trilliums, double sanguinaria, epimedium, hepatica, anemone and anemonella, erythronium. I'm thrilled to say a lady's slipper I bought last year and still in a pot has survived and is starting to grow. Must hunt out some pictures..
Galant, as luck would have it, my VERY FIRST lady slipper blossom occurred TODAY!!
Here it is!
It's a cross between cypripedium parviflorum x kentuckiense.
Cultivar name is 'Rascal'.
Note the bizarre twisted tendrils. I think it's very cool.
I feel like handing out cigars.
Other woodlanders blooming now include shooting star (dodecathon meadia).
Paris quadrifolia.
Cortusa matthioli
This message was edited May 3, 2009 4:59 PM
Close up of mattiola's flowers
Double bloodroots are about done for the season.
Close up of double bloodroot flower. They're really pretty.
Polygonatum. This one has a nice red stem to contrast with both foliage / flowers.
(Polygonatum odoratum Chollipo).
Oh, man. I think you should hand out a cigar, too!! Beautiful. I bought Bloodroot this weekend.
Just recently I asked my elderly mother (who is 89) if she knew what a Trillium was. She said, "Oh yes, when I was a child, we'd walk down to the creek and pick Trilliums. And if you were really lucky, you'd find a Lady's Slipper." That would have been about 1927 in Newberg, Oregon.
So, weerobin, it looks like every time you post a picture, I end up putting the plant on my list of "wants".
This message was edited May 4, 2009 11:11 AM
Gorgeous lady's slipper! The double bloodroot is a joy too, one of the highlights of the spring garden. I remember walking through bluebell woods as a child but the landscape has changed so much since then.
I have celadine poppies blossoming right now. Should have seeds to trade soon;) I have quit a few babies coming up also. Tiny. Ronna
This message was edited May 4, 2009 9:19 AM
white blleding heart... surprise I forgot that was even there! Along with solomon seals. Ronna
I have several color of trilliums this year also! So pretty, do not know the sci-name sorry. Ronna
