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Delosperma lavisiae |
A picture taken at RBG Edinburgh last June. In an article a few decades ago, Bruce Hargreaves once proclaimed that there were only two or three species of
Delosperma in all the Drakensberg. I don't think so. We grow a dozen or so magenta flowered
Delosperma, several came labeled as
lavisiae, and none quite match up with this.
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Aciphylla subflabellata |
A feisty Spaniard from New Zealand, looking quite at home in Scotland. I am featuring just the Southern Hemisphere plants here (hence "Antipodal") and should segregate the New Zealanders from the South Americans and South Africans. Only since we're reassembling Gondwanaland here, why bother?
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Parahebe catarractae |
There were several wild patches of this
Veronica cousin making showy masses at Botanics.
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Celmisia ramulosa |
One very good reason to visit Scotland and Ireland is to see
Celmisia: I love these silver leaved daisies!
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Bulbinella hookeri |
I have admired this in California as well as Scotland. And I'm convinced it might do in Denver--if I can ever find plants or seed!
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Parahebe catarractae |
MORE veronica cousin putting on a show...
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Alchemilla sp. |
An African lady's mantle I find quite fetching: I do love little things...
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Ursinia montana and Zaluzianskya ovata |
A medly of south Africans--the ursinia is charming (I grew it too once!) and the
Zaluzianskya has passed through my hands as well...
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Felicia uliginosa |
This doesn't quite match up with what I have grown under this name. But all felicia are felicitous!
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Delosperma nubigenum |
What you cannot see is that this is still labeled "
Mesembryanthemum sp. Basutoland"--as if the last three decades of my life had not transpired.
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Moraea cf. spathulata |
This looks like the real McCoy: in America we mostly have the similar
M. huttonii.
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Macowania sororis |
We have grown a
Macowania--probably the similar
pulvinaris. There were spectacular specimens of this everywhere at Botanics.
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Cotula cf lineariloba |
This cotula has gone under the name "
hispida" for some time now: I searched herbaria all over South Africa for verification--perhaps this name is closer to the truth?
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Glekia krebsiana |
I was amazed with this, that so resembles a
Sutera or perhaps
Jamesbrittenia...
Glekia is a new one for me.
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Eumorphia prostrata with Helichrysum trilineatum in the upper right. |
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Helichrysum sp. (possibly a prostrate form of Helichrysum trilineatum) |
This may actually be
Helichrysum montanum or a close cousin--which was also labeled elsewhere (see below)
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Senecio candicans |
What a treat to see this silky leaved Patagonian groundsel looking perfect on a slope!
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Ignore the penstemon in the foreground: Tropaeolum speciosum is the real star here (above) |
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Calceolaria cavanillesii |
I saw many calceolarias in the Andes, but never one quite like this.
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Helichrysum montanum |
We grew this for many years...suddenly notice it's missing.
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This is labeled "Delosperma" but looks like Ruschia putterilii to me. |
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Leucogenes grandiceps |
An enviable clump of the New Zealand Eidelweiss in the foreground, with a wonderful mass of
Veronica (once
Hebe) 'Carl Teschner' behind [unless I am mistaken...].
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Helichrysum ecklonis |
There are few plants I would rather grow
than this....There are forms that are even a darker red. The foliage is scrumptious. I once collected several thousand seeds that never germinated. Nuff said.
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Helichrysum retortoides |
This is unspeakably desirable for certain people...
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Macowania sororis |
Another spectacular clump of the yellow South African daisy shrub, with a mass of Zaluzianskya in front that will be dazzling at dusk.
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More Calceolaria... |
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Haplopappus "aff." glutinosus |
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One of dozens of wonderful Geraniums from South Africa |
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A restio a tad worse for wear (but it made it through the winter) |
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Geranium brycei |
Another breathtraking blue South African geranium not well distributed to gardens yet...
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Two antipodal treasures: the blue in the foreground is Perezia recurvata, and the white flowered mat behind is Helichrysum marginatum--a treasure I grew for years in a larger form but have lost. |
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Cotula paludosa |
I would like to try growing THIS cotula--I think it will be a winner!
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This is SO Edinburgh: good old Erinus alpinus and Asplenium trichomanes in the foreground...behind, a week earlier there would have been twenty or more fresh flowers on Cypripedium calceolus, and oh yes, a mass of Epipactis gigantea 'Serpentine Night' next to the dark leaved Geranium sessiliflorum and seedling dactylorhizas...treasure compounded with treasure! |
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A frontal view of the Helichrysum marginatum mentioned above... |
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My hosts for the day: Carole Bainbridge on the left and John Mitchell--of RBG--on the right. Thank you for an unforgettable visit! |
I heard that Tropaeolum was a spreader and considered to be almost weedy in the right climate; I can see why. But what a nice weed to have.
ReplyDeleteThe Andes are full of crazy tropaeolums that should be hardy: we've tried this several times. I think it is quite spready where it's established--I wish I had that problem!
ReplyDelete"The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul.” - Thomas More
ReplyDeleteJames
Really nice pics of some wonderful plants, like those hardy S Africans especially :)
ReplyDeleteErnie