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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 25, 2017 7:24:46 GMT
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Apr 25, 2017 8:58:44 GMT
Gorgeous Mick...I love trilliums altho I don't seem to be able to keep them  |
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Post by bjd on Apr 25, 2017 10:47:21 GMT
Trilliums are the provincial flower symbol of Ontario, Canada. They used to grow in the wild but I think they have become an endangered species. (I'm open to correction on that.)
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Post by fumobici on Apr 25, 2017 15:40:43 GMT
Looks like a lovely display garden. Trilliums (trillia?) are certainly not endangered hereabouts. Our local woods are full of them right now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 4:58:21 GMT
I'm always interested in seeing how each place arranges its mountain/rocky zone since it is such a contradictory challenge: "Let's plant these things in places where plants don't want to grow." It makes you wonder if they would completely turn their little green noses up at fertile soft soil if offered a choice.
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Post by bjd on Apr 26, 2017 5:23:42 GMT
Some plants do turn their little green noses up at fertile soil. Years ago I bought some fancy irises for my garden. The clerk at the nursery said to put them in good soil. I did so and they did nothing at all, wouldn't grow, a couple just withered away.
Then one day a neighbour went by and we chatted about gardening. I told her about my irises and she said, "Have a look around. They grow where there is concrete, lousy soil." So I moved them to where my driveway was crumbling into the flower beds and the irises took off. Over the years I have given away tons of them since they multiplied so much.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 26, 2017 6:04:55 GMT
Wow ~ what a place! Super pictures and so many interesting plants, although once I saw the Bukiniczia cabulica the adoring stars in my eyes made it hard to look at other stuff. What IS that? It's a succulent, right? desire desire desire desire
I didn't know that about irises, Bjd. However, after reading your account I realized that the last time I had really nice, hard-blooming irises was when I had to plant them in a little strip between the concrete patio and the cement block wall.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 26, 2017 7:21:19 GMT
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Post by fumobici on Apr 27, 2017 2:18:11 GMT
I first encountered the Lewisia cotyledon hiking in the high mountains of northern California as a youngster. They're pretty spectacular in their wild species form but since I first saw them the breeders have done a lot of work and the cultivated varieties have become a lot larger and showier. Back in the '70s, in the unlikely event you found one in a nursery, it'd be the same as the wild ones. There's also a slightly plainer variety that grows along the Columbia River in eastern Washington State--well two actually a white one and a pink and white type. They both make a wonderful surprise to find in bloom when desert hiking.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 27, 2017 4:04:28 GMT
That's a lovely Aeonium, Mick. What's the second part of its name? I have Aeonium undulatum.
Fumobici, I was going to ask Mick what the Cotyledons were, but now I don't have to. Imagine seeing them in the wild - wow!
Trilliums I only think of as a wild plant. The idea of growing them at home is lovely.
Beautiful stuff, Mick. Am I right in thinking that Wisley is a horticultural training &/or research center too?
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 27, 2017 7:26:05 GMT
It's Aeonium nobile.
They also carry out plant trials.
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 27, 2017 8:13:46 GMT
Plant trials?
What have they ever done wrong? Poor things. They can't help it.
Stinging nettles are nasty though, and vicious. Decapitating is the best sentence passed on them.
Cactuseses cacti are forgiven because they are only defending themselves but poison ivy?, well, the name says it all. Locked up for life, they should be.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 2, 2017 12:20:12 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on May 8, 2017 12:15:38 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 8, 2017 20:10:53 GMT
Ooo ~ the most exquisite bonsai! ❤
I love that snaky Euphorbia and desperately want to see the Japanese garden. The low growing maples are so lovely.
Is that plant growing on the wooden bridge a wisteria in the early stages of budding?
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Post by bjd on May 9, 2017 4:52:48 GMT
That plant on the wooden bridge indeed looks like a wisteria. Ours has already pretty much finished. It was in full bloom about a month ago.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2017 11:46:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2017 6:02:15 GMT
And once again we are left with one of those questions -- "Is it a flower? Is it a leaf? Is it something in between?" Ever since plants like bougainvillea started tricking people, I am wary.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2017 15:00:33 GMT
Absolutely beautiful, Mick and gorgeous captures of Spring in all her glory.
I love the anal-retentive mower patterns in the grass. However I must report that I saw that being done in one or two of the Grand Gardens and it's no charming scene of a shirt-sleeved man pushing a spinning unmotorized mower. No, it's a man in safety glasses and giant yellow ear protectors making very loud mechanical noise echo between the mossy stones of a castle and yon densely clipped yew hedge. One did wonder why that couldn't be done in the off hours.
That first picture in #16, the blooming tree next to the rill, is delightful. What is the blooming tree, please?
Also please identify the last one.
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Post by spindrift1 on Jun 28, 2017 15:52:45 GMT
There are some great pictures up here. It's a long time since I visted Wisley. If I happened to be on the A3 I would pop into the Wisley shop which contains books on every plant subject. I loved browsing in there.
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