tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post9047899855198903816..comments2024-03-27T01:51:38.754-07:00Comments on Prairiebreak: A few more treasures from GothenburgPanayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-70291179834172328132013-05-08T21:06:02.151-07:002013-05-08T21:06:02.151-07:00Some amazing plants there, what a trip this must h...Some amazing plants there, what a trip this must have been. Isn't it irksome that one must travel half way around the globe to find fantastic American plants being grown so well, absent from American horticulture, why is that? It's a bit strange that Kit Strange at RBG Kew grows the lovely Mertensia macdougalii from New Mexico, a plant I've never heard of, and I bet most other North American gardeners never heard of, but why not?<br /><br />The yellow Androsace lehmanniana 'Natalia' is to die for; at first I thought it was a cultivar called 'Goteborg Yellow' recently showed on NARGS Forum (remember that place? ;-) ), but then I saw the next photo with a plant label. Here again, a North American plant, in fabulous forms, that nary a North American has heard of let alone grows, and there it is growing happily half way around the globe. By the way, ITIS and other sources (except The Plant List) consider this as Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana.<br />Androsace lehmanniana 'Goteborg Yellow' on NARGS Forum:<br /><br />http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=1299.msg23260#msg23260<br /><br />I agree with Bob who posted first, that the frit identified as stenanthera is not, F. stenanthera is a light pink-flowered species from Central Asia, now I'm curious to know what frit it is.<br /><br />Thanks for bringing this brief synopsis of your travels to us, some spectacular plants to be sure, I don't even want to think about all of the Corydalis treasures I'm not growing and have no access to.<br /><br />Mark McDonough<br />antennaria at charter.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-64290175152359504162013-05-08T13:37:20.306-07:002013-05-08T13:37:20.306-07:00I've been thinking a lot about you Bob, as we ...I've been thinking a lot about you Bob, as we careen through the absolutely gorgeous German countryside, hosted by the most thoughtful, wonderful German hosts, drinking fabulous beer, schnapps, aqua vit, Rheinwein and visiting garden after garden full of astonishing treasures, and did I mention the gorgeous German countryside where every glimpse is velvety and glowing with light this time of years: chequered fields full of glaring yellow "Rap" (Canola in blinding bloom) and melting vistas with castles in the distance. Prunus blooming everywhere--wild and cultivated, not to mention pears, apples, rhododendrons galore, and lilacs (remember lilacs?) and so much more, and every crisp cottage seems to have a garden to match. Wunderbar!Panayoti Kelaidishttp://www.prairiebreak.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-75746347192293906322013-05-08T11:20:30.553-07:002013-05-08T11:20:30.553-07:00I am moderately jealous....
Not Frit. stenanthera...I am moderately jealous.... <br />Not Frit. stenanthera, but something else; eastwoodiae, maybe. <br />I might need an alpine house. Bob /the miserable gardenerhttp://paridevita.comnoreply@blogger.com