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| Fritillaria korolkowii |
I finally shelled out the King's ransom for this honker: grew it a decade before it was wiped out by a late season Polar Vortex. Let's hope that doesn't ever happen again!
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| Rabiea albipuncta |
Started blooming late January. Would love to see this in the wild!
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| Prunus dulcis |
At peak bloom on a toasty winter day,,,
Same tree from another angle three days later, after 8" of wet snow and a low of 22F overnight...
And here a few hours later: miraculously the flowers came through!
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| Iris x histrioides 'Polar Ice' |
One of the myriad Iriodyction section irises I've planted. Impossible to have too many: cheapest thrill on the planet.
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Narcissus hispanica ssp. bujei
One of countless treasures I've obtained from Ilbabe Rare Plant Nursery in Oregon.
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| Colchicum filifolium |
A gift (at least 30 years ago) from the one and only Lee Raden who had a magnificent alpine house and garden in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It persists and spreads and reminds me each spring of that dynamo.
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| Colchicum soboliferum |
A gift of John Baumfalk of Newton, Kansas this is almost as vigorous as the last species.
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| Colchicum soboliferum |
Another view
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| Iris reticulata 'Painted Lady' |
One of several colonies of this gem. It is wonderful close up: Check out
this blog post and scroll down to see a much better closeup.
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| Erythronium caucasicum |
Always the first to bloom. We collected seed of this in Imereti, Georgia. Hope something came of it: I yearned for this forever...
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| Claytonia megarhiza |
I have a long story about a plant of this I brought back from Pikes Peak (it bad fallen onto the highway--didn't collect it, honest!) planted at Eudora and dug up again so the Museum of Nature and Science could make a plaster cast for an exhibit. It did not recover so it's good to have it back from Michael Barbour (seed grown this time.
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| Primula sibthorpii |
From seed collected in Georgia (Caucasus)
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| Narcissus bulbocodium 'Citrinus' |
My similar 'Arctic Bells' bloom much later.
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| Arctostaphylos patula |
Deer have devastated a new plant of this elsewhere in the garden.
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| Fritillaria korolkowii |
A glimpse of my second plant of this fritillary. Way too early, alas...
I cover some of my hostas (plantaginea?) about a foot deep in chopped leaves each fall. I get the chopped leaves from a neighborhood landscaper. This saves him from needing to drive to a compost facility and paying to dump these chopped leaves.
ReplyDeleteBy doing the above, the ground stays insulated and frozen much longer. Consequently, my hostas emerge later. This keeps these hostas from emerging so early their leaves are killed by frost. This is something you might consider doing for your treasured Fritillaria.
The above comment was from James McGee. Blogger will only let me post anonymously.
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DeleteGreat to hear from you, James: I've been planting this in gravel: I'll try a bed I mulch with leaves next: great idea!
The snowfall threw me, it's hard to believe the change. I guess that's spring! The Erythronium caucasicum is gorgeous, so many great plants.
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