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Going a little stir crazy last week I had to get out of the house. Since I hadn’t visited the Chinese Garden after the plant sale in March that was destination #1. I didn’t intend to take pictures but when I saw this Rhododendron I instinctively reached for the camera.
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Of course I couldn’t let this colony of Syneilesis go unappreciated.
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The same for the Lysimachia Paridiformis.
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And this pretty plant…and I’m sure somebody can tell me what it is?
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These next two images are each half of the whole.
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The much adored Impatiens omeiana.
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And now I get to correct a past error of ignorance.
Last Bloomday I shared a picture of what I thought were flower buds appearing on my Poncirus trifoliata, well they were not. They were leaves!
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Here’s what a bloom looks like.
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And this entire glorious plant.
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I’ve looked at these odd black rhizomes/roots in the past, now I see what comes out of them! Is it a Rodgersia?
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Daphniphyllum humile.
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And new monster shoots from the bamboo!
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Joy Creek Nursery was also on my hit-list, I wanted more Saxifraga macnabiana and they are the only place I’ve seen them, the drive to get there sounded like a good thing. Once there I only took a couple of pictures, one of this wonderful Muscari macrocarpum ‘Golden Fragrance’ (identification from Ricki’s recent post on
her trip to Joy Creek. It seems a few of the same things caught our eye).
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Rodgersia podophylla…
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Sexy!
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Paris quadrifolia…
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And it was a simple successful trip, as I returned home with three Saxifraga macnabiana…
Lovely post, Loree! You know I'm a sucker for the Rodgersia! I think the mystery plant with the maroon chevrons on its leaves is Persicaria 'Lance Corporal'. If you want some, I have about a billion seedlings this year ;-)
ReplyDeleteLeaves are good. So are gardens and nurseries and taking pictures of the lovey plants in them!
ReplyDeleteI know your mystery plant as Tovara, but I think it is a type of Persicaria. I have LOTS, if you're interested: it likes some shade.
Doi, that would be "lovely plants".
ReplyDeleteGorgeous plants! The sort that I go for and agree the Rodgersia is sexy ;)
ReplyDeleteBig (and bigger) leafed Rhododendrons are underrated me thinks so it was nice to see you feature it first.
So many good-looking plants. I can't get past the bamboo that you are actually growing. Amazing!
ReplyDeletescott, I hop we are both going to be responsible for a spike in Rodgersia sales! "a billion seedlings" sounds a bit scary...is this plant a thug?
ReplyDeleteMulchMaid, glad I'm not the only one to occasionally have a funny comment typo. I like the name Tovara, it sounds so exotic. Between your LOTS and Scott's billions I am starting to wonder if I should stay away from this one?
Mark and Gaz, there are so many fabulous big leafed Rhododendrons aren't there!?
Bom, oh it's not mine! I wouldn't be brave enough to introduce that monster into my garden, it's in our local Chinese Garden.
When I bought one little Tovara from Barbara Blossom Ashmun some years ago, she warned me of its profligate ways. It now blankets my woodland, but who am I to complain? It develops wands of teensy bright red flowers in late summer. It has since been reclassified as Persicaria.
ReplyDeletePersicaria is a bit thuggish, but yanks out easily enough. I always have spares, if you need any...
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