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Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 01:58 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I have found ths plants perfect for a woodland garden, most of those that settle in well are related to E. revolutum.

The leaves can be good too in anticipation of the flowers.
Erythronium 'John Brook'

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Erythronium tuolumnense

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Erythronium dens-canis as viewed from below!

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Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 02:45 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh my goodness! Look at the leaves on Erythronium 'John Brook'. Your right Melvyn, they are wonderful, please post when it flowers.

You have a nice selection of Erythronium. They are on my list of things to add to the garden. Can you tell me the soil/moisture conditions yours are growing in?

Terryk - NY, Zone "6"
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Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 02:56 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Melvyn, you have such beautiful plants in your garden.

Apart from the John Brook, are the others grown in the garden or kept in pots? I bought a Erythronium tuolumnense recently, and it's still in it's pot....I'm afraid of losing it in the garden.

Is there any chance of you taking a few pictures of your garden sometime, I, and I'm sure many others would love to see it....please.

Dee_b - West Midlands, Zone "7"
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Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 05:21 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Is 'John Brook' a particularly rare one Melvyn? I have never come across it before. It is not the kind of thing you would forget in a hurry. Those leaves are stunning!
Love the white form too. I have one garden with Erythroniums in but his are not out yet.

Hellenophile wrote on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 01:58 pm:

Erythronium dens-canis as viewed from below!

So were you lying down and putting your life at risk for that photo?!

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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 02:56 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

This is erythronium japonica - the only one I have in flower just now although there are others to come. I really like these alot. I agree with everyone else that John Brook is pretty special.
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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 05:52 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Dee_b wrote on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 02:56 pm:

Is there any chance of you taking a few pictures of your garden sometime,


My immediate reaction when I read this Dee was Oh dear! that will dispel a few illusions!and when I told my wife she laughed and said 'will you show them how messy the patio is and will they see how long you have left the hose on the lawn which hasnt been cut yet?!
Its really a case of having a garden full of interesting plants squeezed in wherever there is space, you will also see from the two photos attached that I also love celandines which I know some people think is madness.............
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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 06:27 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

A ggod description of my garden would be what you describe as "a garden full of interesting plants squeezed in wherever there is space". Anyone else identify with that? I like the celandines as they provide perfect colour and cover at this time of year.

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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 07:00 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hellenophile wrote on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 05:52 am:

'will you show them how messy the patio is and will they see how long you have left the hose on the lawn which hasnt been cut yet?!



How strange.....I could almost hear my husband saying those very words. ha ha!

When I buy plants now he says 'and where are you going to put that....left on he patio in the pot I expect!
We plant lovers don't worry about minor things like that.

Ann, I would suspect most of would quote the same.....makes it look more natural I would say.

I love those celandines Melvyn, as my favourite colours in the garden are yellow and purple (good colours to attract insects)...love the foliage on 'Brazen Hussey' too, and as Ann says, what great ground cover at this time of year.

Thanks for a glimpse of your lovely garden Melvyn.

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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 09:23 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Erythronium dens canis is a native in some of the woods around my home. I always long for these very first signs of spring, playing hide and seek with scilla bifolia, wood primulas, anemone sylvestris, tiny eyphorbias and giant helleborus foetidus, and corydalis solida :
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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 09:34 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wonderful photos of beautiful plants and the leaves look gorgeous too!

Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"
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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 09:52 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

What beautiful plants....and how lucky to have them growing near your home.
I didn't even realise these were European plants.

Are these photos taken in the wild or are they growing in your garden?

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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 11:47 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Anne-Marie, thankyou for posting these superb pictures,the erythroniums look in excellent condition. A walk in the woods near your home sounds wonderful, all of the plants listed must look great together.

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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 12:23 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Zephi it is so good to see you posting again! How lucky you are to have such treasures growing wild near your home. Apart from Corydalis solida and some anemones, all that grow "wild" here are garden escapees.
Still, E. dens canis is currently flowering in my garden, but the Americans aren't there yet. With the sudden change in weather I don't think we'll be seeing much progress for a while :(

Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"
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Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 07:14 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thank you for your nice comments. The erythroniums are "true" wild plants here, yes...but for how long? Some people cut them by the handful when they pass by, even though they definitely are NOT cut flowers, and die immediately...
I know 2 large wild colonies at least, and it is quite a sight in spring! I don't take people there unless I'm sure they will respect them.
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Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 02:24 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Unthinkable that people would cut these as flowers. We must respect wild colonies like this!

Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"
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Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 11:14 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I love Erythroniums. I keep trying to grow E. oreganum, which is native to the area where I live. The first time I grew it, workman fixing the foundation of our house dug it up, along with some other plants in the woodland garden. The next few times I tried, the dogs dug them up. Sigh. Now our foundation is fixed, there is a dog-proof fence around the foundation, and I am trying again.

They should be coming up by now . . . I'll have to see if any survived.

Garden_spider - Washington, Zone "USDA z7"
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Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 08:32 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I have been lusting after the beauty E. revolutum for some time but have only seen him advertised in catalogues - with a cautionary note that the corms cannot dry out during shipping or between receipt and planting, and thus I have been afraid to try mail-order.
I did come across a local nursery who lists E. dens canis on their web catalogue, so am anxious to try this coming season.
Are there any specifics I should know beforehand? Thanks

Tezalizard - Ontario, Zone "5"
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Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 08:38 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Do give dens canis a try - it is definitely the easiest!

Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"
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Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 09:20 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

E. revolutum shouldn't present any problems either. I've had some by mail-order and they were fine.

Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"

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