Flowers 2021

[Carol 83]

You want me to root a cutting for you? Is it dark enough

That would be awesome, I could trade you some cork bark jade cuttings, or just pay for it. I'll have some Dwarf Barbados Cherry cuttings later on this summer also. You don't really see any much darker, mine is a pale purple.

 

[Housguy]

I will get working on it and keep you posted Carol. Probably trade you for the Cherry cuttings

 

[Mikecheck123]

I know it's a repeat, sorry, but this never gets old.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I know it's a repeat, sorry, but this never gets old.

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That is not "The Devil's Claw tree", the species Chiranthodendron has red flowers and longer "fingers". What you have is the intergeneric hybrid x Chiranthofremontia lenzii

Parentage is Chiranthodendron pentadactylon x Fremontodendron species, either Fremontodendron mexicanum or F. californiacum. Both Fremontodendron species have yellow flowers, so either one could be the parent of the hybrid form. It is cool none the less. It captured my attention enough I had to look it up.

 

[Mikecheck123]

That is not "The Devil's Claw tree", the species Chiranthodendron has red flowers and longer "fingers". What you have is the intergeneric hybrid x Chiranthofremontia lenzii

Parentage is Chiranthodendron pentadactylon x Fremontodendron species, either Fremontodendron mexicanum or F. californiacum. Both Fremontodendron species have yellow flowers, so either one could be the parent of the hybrid form. It is cool none the less. It captured my attention enough I had to look it up.

Impressive sleuthing! I am guilty as charged at eliding the details for our less dedicated readers.

 

[Carol 83]

Landscape Cherry

 

[Underdog]

 

[Clorgan]

Osteospermum... Not sure which variety

 

[Carol 83]

Osteospermum... Not sure which variety

I usually plant some of those in the spring, but have never seen such a fancy one.

 

[Clorgan]

I usually plant some of those in the spring, but have never seen such a fancy one.

I got this one and a plainer white one, just from a local garden centre! I've put them in a crate with a few others... Was going to wait till I'd trimmed the lining and taken a better photo but here it is!

 

[parhamr]

WOO! These are the first flowers I’ve ever seen on this cherry pre-bonsai:


Its mother tree (from a house where I lived 8 years ago) appeared to be a sour pie cherry, but it’s possible that tree was “only” showing stress and poor growing conditions.

There’s a good chance it will turn out to be the same “Bing” cherry type (dark and sweet) that I have in my yard:

 

[atlarsenal]

 

[Carol 83]

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I love iris's. I had beautiful purple ones at our old house, they smelled lemony. I wish I had dug them up and brought them to the new house.

 

[Underdog]

I love iris's. I had beautiful purple ones at our old house, they smelled lemony. I wish I had dug them up and brought them to the new house.

I'll ship you some if you want. I have purple.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Azalea, negari style, I think it is "amelia rose" or "amy lee", I always get those two confused.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Satsuki Chojuho:

 

[Carol 83]

New little orchid

 

[atlarsenal]

First peony of the year.

 

[Underdog]

 

[River's Edge]

Satsuki Azalea coming into full bloom soon. Please ignore the thread grafting, unwise to take them off just for a photo! Working on developing additional pads lower down on the trunk, then reducing crown.