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| Primula denticulata |
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| Pulsatilla vulgaris |
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| Narcissus (perhaps 'Jetfire'?) |
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| Helleborus 'Heronswood double' |
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| Erica carnea |
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| Chionodoxa 'Pink Giant' |
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| Iris reticulata 'Harmony' |
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| Helleborus niger has been blooming since January! |
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| New sculpture exhibit |
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| Tulipa kaufmanniana in thye Steppe Garden |
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| Iris x reticulata cv. |
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| Fritillaria eduardii |
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| Rheum nanum |
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| Ornithogalum sp. |
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| Anemone nemorosa (probably not 'Wyatt's Pink' |
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| Viburnum farreri 'Nanum' |
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| Helleborus foetidus and Ophiopogon nigrescens |
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| MORE Chionodoxa |
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| Opuntia engelmannii and Yucca faxoniana |
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| Anemone blanda |
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| Galanthus nivalis 'White Dream' |
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| Erica carnea |
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| Galanthus plicatus ssp. byzantinus |
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| Tussilago fanfara (worth growing for the name alone) |
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| Primula elatior and Corydalis solida fms. |
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| Helleborus multifidus red form |
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| Galanthus elwesii Giant |
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| Corydalis sp. (not sure which!) |
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| Corydalis malkensis |
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| Pulsatilla halleri |
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| Helleborus multifidus ssp. hercegovinus |
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| Galanthus nivalis 'Lady Beatrix Stanley' |
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| Arbutus xalapensis |
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| MORE Chionodoxa |
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| Sweet peas |
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| You wouldn't BELIEVE the fragrance |
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| I'm afraid our Echiums have been sampling McDonalds a tad too much? |
The Erica carnea between the boulders must be in one of the most inhospitable looking sites I could imagine for that plant, but it is growing excellently. I would think the sun would cook such a maritime climate loving plant in a dry climate between huge rocks. I would have grown it in a bog so it could benefit from evaporative cooling. You must know something I am missing.
ReplyDeleteOff topic, has anyone made a ranking of Rocky Mountain plants with a value assigned for the difficulty of maintaining them in the garden?
I don't know of any ranking such as you suggest: it would be fun to try doing one--but everyone's list would be different, I suspect!
ReplyDeleteErica carnea isn't a bog plant at all--it grows on turfy areas in nature, although I saw it making an almost impenetrable carpet under pines at the Swiss National Park. We find it very easy to grow in Denver in almost any fairly decent soil (good loam, or even somewhat gravely rock garden soil amended with some humus). It does not want overly rich soils, or fertilization. It thrives in sun provided it isn't dried out too much. The plant in the picture IS growing in full sun--but on a slope facing northward (which makes a big difference i our climate). Erica carnea is indifferent to soil acidity--and does quite well on soils of higher pH.
If people ranked the difficulty of growing alpines in gardens, I would bet the differences wouldn't be that far apart.
ReplyDeleteWhen I said bog before, what I really meant was peat garden. I know Erica does not like to be saturated, but would do well in sandy soil amended with peat.
Thank you for the beautiful pictures and identification. I will make a list for the DBG Spring and Fall sales to add to my gardens.
ReplyDeleteIn my garden, Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’ just started blooming a few days ago. Some of my other reticulated iris hybrids have already finished blooming. I have other things to do, but I just want to look at the reticulated iris blooms again and again. I know these irises will soon be gone.
ReplyDeleteLess than half the Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’ bulbs I planted still remain. My clumps are neither as large or have as many flowers as the ones in your photos. I probably need to dig them up this summer and replant them with some bone meal mixed in the hole.