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#1
General Discussion / Re: Plants in the News
Last post by Ron - Today at 09:57:39 PMVery nice to hear of the rosy saxifrage success story. What a bit of good luck the way it was saved!
#2
General Discussion / Re: Plants in the News
Last post by David Pilling - Today at 05:32:48 PMRHS Plant of the Year 2024 second place: Cosmos Cherry Chocolate
...the first chocolate cosmos with flowers in a completely new cherry-red colour, which still retain that much-loved chocolate fragrance
Cherry Chocolate plants are more compact than those of other varieties, resisting the tendency to become tall and leggy.
...the tuberous roots are hardier than other cosmos, with a hardiness rating of H4
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/graham-rice/new-plants/cosmos-cherry-chocolate
...the first chocolate cosmos with flowers in a completely new cherry-red colour, which still retain that much-loved chocolate fragrance
Cherry Chocolate plants are more compact than those of other varieties, resisting the tendency to become tall and leggy.
...the tuberous roots are hardier than other cosmos, with a hardiness rating of H4
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/articles/graham-rice/new-plants/cosmos-cherry-chocolate
#3
Current Photographs / Re: May 2024
Last post by Mikent - Today at 11:56:33 AMThe flowers look a bit large for plain Habranthus robustus. Probably Habranthus robustus 'Russell Manning.'
Mike
In Z6 Finger Lakes where it is currently raining torrentially.
Mike
In Z6 Finger Lakes where it is currently raining torrentially.
#4
Current Photographs / Re: May 2024
Last post by Too Many Plants! - Today at 10:28:51 AMQuote from: Carlos on Today at 12:17:26 AMHi, as Rimmer recently taught me, the pink flower could be Zephyranthes x floryi 'Green Base'.Hi Carlos.
The lizard is amazing, is this that one that shoots blood from the eyes?
Yes, that's them. The California Horned lizard. There are different locale types (species maybe?). I'm born and lived my whole life here, always been a reptile fan, caught and released so many snakes and lizards I couldn't count. Caught many of these guys over the years too, and never once seen one squirt blood, but they're said to do that.
I bought the pink flowered bulb as Habranthus Robustus. I think the flower is quit nice, and bigger than my other Habranthus for sure.
#5
General Discussion / Re: Plants in the News
Last post by David Pilling - Today at 03:33:36 AMExtinct 'mountain jewel' plant returned to wild - in secret location
A plant that went extinct in the wild has been re-introduced to the UK mainland. We were there the moment pioneering horticulturist Robbie Blackhall-Miles returned it to its native soil.
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I first met Robbie at his nursery for threatened plants - tucked away in a quiet part of North Wales.
He asks me to be careful how much we reveal - there is still a lucrative market for rare and special plants, often picked illegally, often fetching thousands of pounds.
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The last time the rosy saxifrage was seen in the wild in the UK was in 1962, somewhere in the Cwm Idwal nature reserve in Eryri.
It is part of a family of mountain plants that thrived when northern Britain was frozen over during the Ice Age. When the glaciers melted, the saxifrages stayed, thriving in the mountain environment.
But their delicate appearance and beautiful flowers eventually made them a magnet for plant collectors - particularly Victorians who picked them for private collections.
The next part of the story has the quality of folklore - in 1962 a teacher and conservationist called Dick Roberts was in Cwm Idawl on a school trip.
He picked up a piece of a plant that had washed down a path, and put it in his pocket. Unsure of what it was, he took it home and grew it in his garden.
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Some scientists talk about "plant blindness" - the idea that people don't see plants around them as important living things - instead, they're more like wallpaper in our natural environment, despite everything they do for our eco-systems and their role in producing medicine.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjkkm4re518o
A plant that went extinct in the wild has been re-introduced to the UK mainland. We were there the moment pioneering horticulturist Robbie Blackhall-Miles returned it to its native soil.
...
I first met Robbie at his nursery for threatened plants - tucked away in a quiet part of North Wales.
He asks me to be careful how much we reveal - there is still a lucrative market for rare and special plants, often picked illegally, often fetching thousands of pounds.
...
The last time the rosy saxifrage was seen in the wild in the UK was in 1962, somewhere in the Cwm Idwal nature reserve in Eryri.
It is part of a family of mountain plants that thrived when northern Britain was frozen over during the Ice Age. When the glaciers melted, the saxifrages stayed, thriving in the mountain environment.
But their delicate appearance and beautiful flowers eventually made them a magnet for plant collectors - particularly Victorians who picked them for private collections.
The next part of the story has the quality of folklore - in 1962 a teacher and conservationist called Dick Roberts was in Cwm Idawl on a school trip.
He picked up a piece of a plant that had washed down a path, and put it in his pocket. Unsure of what it was, he took it home and grew it in his garden.
...
Some scientists talk about "plant blindness" - the idea that people don't see plants around them as important living things - instead, they're more like wallpaper in our natural environment, despite everything they do for our eco-systems and their role in producing medicine.
...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjkkm4re518o
#6
Current Photographs / Re: May 2024
Last post by Carlos - Today at 12:17:26 AMHi, as Rimmer recently taught me, the pink flower could be Zephyranthes x floryi 'Green Base'.
The lizard is amazing, is this that one that shoots blood from the eyes?
The lizard is amazing, is this that one that shoots blood from the eyes?
#7
Current Photographs / Re: May 2024
Last post by Too Many Plants! - Yesterday at 06:25:17 PMThis will about wrap it up for May...I have a Gladiolus that may flower in May. We'll see...
1- Watsonia Meriana
2- And, I'll have to find my info on the pink flower...Ok, bought it as Habranthus Robustus.
3- well...not a bulb, or a flower. But, a wonderful Garden encounter today right near that pink flower! Cali Horny Toad!! This is a young little guy, that was SO DARN CUTE! Like a tiny Dinosaur 🦖...
1- Watsonia Meriana
2- And, I'll have to find my info on the pink flower...Ok, bought it as Habranthus Robustus.
3- well...not a bulb, or a flower. But, a wonderful Garden encounter today right near that pink flower! Cali Horny Toad!! This is a young little guy, that was SO DARN CUTE! Like a tiny Dinosaur 🦖...
#8
Current Photographs / Re: May 2024
Last post by Arnold - May 23, 2024, 04:07:09 AMA mysterious appearance.
Ornithogalum magnum
Ornithogalum magnum
#9
General Discussion / Re: Cameron McMaster's Farmer'...
Last post by David Pilling - May 22, 2024, 03:52:30 AMThese latest additions are valuable because they're good material that is not available anywhere else.
As a child I would have run bare foot through fields of corn, these days I worry why is it "Farmer's Weekly" but "Gardeners' World" (apostrophe position).
As a child I would have run bare foot through fields of corn, these days I worry why is it "Farmer's Weekly" but "Gardeners' World" (apostrophe position).
#10
General Discussion / Re: Cameron McMaster's Farmer'...
Last post by Uli - May 21, 2024, 11:56:29 PMHello Mary Sue,
Thank you very much for this work. I have corresponded in the past with Cameron and am growing bulbs which I received from him as seed or seedling bulbs, all of them of outstanding beauty and quality. I have no time right now to read through his articles but I looked at two of them: excellent.
Another valuable addition to the WIKI
Thank you very much for this work. I have corresponded in the past with Cameron and am growing bulbs which I received from him as seed or seedling bulbs, all of them of outstanding beauty and quality. I have no time right now to read through his articles but I looked at two of them: excellent.
Another valuable addition to the WIKI