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Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 07:35 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Cheating a bit, since I bought this in flower and it was grown in a poly tunnel. I'll leave the identification to someone else, as a little challenge (I know which it is).

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Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 09:19 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Oh, no, you are starting the Epimedium thread. I love them, but never got around to ordering any new ones last year.

I don't know the name but love it. I am trying to be good this season and get things in order in the garden, you are teasing us again Mara as usual with your purchases!

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Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 11:25 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Yahoooo! This year I get to add my little Orange Queen that is blooming for the first time since I planted it a couple of years ago. I nearly missed it because there was another plant crowding her and I removed it..only to find these cute little blossoms. I really enjoyed this thread last year and was encouraged by all of you that one day I would see blooms!!

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Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 06:09 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Yes, I think the thread last year (or the year before) inspired a number of Probst purchases. This one you have is charming, if a little psychedelic. No clue, but I'll be interested to know.

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Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 06:17 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

A hint: it is the eponymous flower of a Garden Buddy.

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Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 05:00 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Gardenfiend wrote on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 06:17 am:

A hint: it is the eponymous flower of a Garden Buddy.


Epimedium gardenfiendus?

No?

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Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 03:45 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Oh. Wouldn't that be nice...

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Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 03:55 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

I love these gems. Your specimens are divine.

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Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 05:58 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Beautiful! I do not know how you ladies get down to get such perfect shots! ;) Mara, the foliage is stunning! Kaguyahime.

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Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 10:00 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Malgorzata wins!
As for your other point: It was still in its pot - on a table ;)

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Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 10:34 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Many of the flower stalks of my epimedium have been burnt by repeated (though not long lasting) snow falls lately, with morning frosts in between...
Fortunately, this one started its cycle later, I guess, and look at what I found this morning!
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I had bought this epimedium for its laaaarge foliage (individual leaves reach 3" in length, and some 2" in width!), and was surprised and delighted to discover these lovely flowers, which are very large too!
For comparison purposes, I took a picture with its flower close to Frohnleiten, to give you an idea of its size!
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Its name is Epimedium brachyrrhizum, and this particular one bears the origin number : CP 94 447.
Isn't it lovely, with its long, thin petals like a clematis?

Mara, do the leaves of your epimedium stay with those colours all the time????
I like its dainty flowers very much, but the foliage, hum... not really sure I like it!

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Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 11:36 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

PS : just to illustrate the leaf size, here is the leaf of E. brachyrrhizum, together with those of an E. youngianum!
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Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 03:40 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Those certainly are two extremes of leaf-size!

I agree the new foliage on Kaguyahime takes some getting used to. Since I've only had the plant for a week or so, I haven't seen mature leaves on it, but from photos I gather the foliage calms down to dull brownish with dull green.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 10:47 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Gardenfiend wrote on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 03:40 pm:

I gather the foliage calms down to dull brownish with dull green.

Ooooohhh...that certainly sounds...hum..."fascinating", Mara!

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Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 01:37 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

I'll be sure to show lots of pictures

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Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 11:47 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Oh, sure! Please do!
By the way, what does 'Kaguyahime' mean?
Is it something like "Muddy Combat Uniform'?

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Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 02:44 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

..... Sounds reasonable.

The only part I recognise is Hime, which is Japanese for princess. So Kaguyahime would appear to mean Princess in Muddy Combat Uniform.

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Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 05:18 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Ladies! "Radiant Princess of the Slender Bamboos" as translated by some but more often just called "The Moon Princess".
And the story (10 Century Japanese folk tale, one of the oldest) as told to the children:

http://www.e-hon.jp/ekaguya/kage0.htm

and

http://www.stmoroky.com/reviews/books/bamboo.htm

Wonder what can you expect Mara in the future from your Kaguyahime... ;)

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Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 09:33 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

Malgorzata wrote on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 05:18 pm:

often just called "The Moon Princess"

Wow! Thank you for the translation, and for the tale, Malgorzata!
I guess one can see the "lunatic" side in Mara's plant!

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Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 04:14 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosPrint Post

The Kaguyahime tale is charming! With some good will it could even be related to the plant: the pale, ethereal flowers and the earthy (muddy ) leaves.

I've since discovered that I can expect something exceptionally lovely from my plant. All winter the leaves will look like this (click) I'm glad I planted mine so I can see it from the kitchen window.

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