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Jgwoodard
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 07:33 am EST : |   
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A long holiday at school made for a a nice weekend trip to Odae-san, a historic mountain area famous for wildflowers such as epimediums and irises. I was surprised to find so many interesting late-blooming plants. The climate in summer is quite wet in much of Korea which makes for lush growth despite high temperatures.
It is always interesting to see familiar garden plants in their wild habitats. Here are a few photos. I also saw many other wonderful plants in bloom including aconitums, delphiniums, etc...And everywhere other plants like trilliums and arisaemas were present though of course long past flower.
Ligularia
Corydalis
Sedum rotundifolium. This plant is very similar in overall appearance to S. spectabilis but grows along the ground rather than upright.
Viola variegata. No blooms but very interesting foliage for a violet. The blooms of these area a deep pink and the plant in bloom is reminiscent of cyclamen at a glance.
A meadow dominated by Aster koraiensis and a species of chrysanthemum.
Allium taquetii
Sedum
Lychnis cognata
A large mountain stream rich with horticultural quality plants.
Jgwoodard
- TN,
Zone "6b"
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Terryk
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 08:48 am EST : |
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Thanks for sharing Joseph.
Terryk
- NY,
Zone "6"
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Sunnyday2day
My Favorite Photo
My Weather
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 09:32 am EST : |
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Enjoyed the tour Joseph...it's all very lush and healthy looking. What was the temp there?
Sunnyday2day
- Michigan,
Zone "5"
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Mother_nature
My Garden
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 11:23 am EST : |
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I love your wildflower tour, Joseph.
Mother_nature
- TN,
Zone "6"
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Goswimmin
My Weather
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 08:59 pm EST : |
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Joseph, I especially liked the viola. I wouldn't mind a big patch of that in my yard.
What lovely wild flowers that you found. It was great that you took the time to take those pictures to share with us. The ligularia was really big looking.
Here in Georgia we are getting our Hearts a bustin plant putting on it's fall show and our American Beautyberry is showing off it's wonderful purple berries.
Mary
Goswimmin
- Georgia,
Zone "7b"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 09:36 pm EST : |
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Yikes, those violas are EVERYWHERE in my garden. I think they piggy backed with another plant from a nursery. No hope of eliminating the extras...I try anyway.
Wonderful trip! Wherabouts are you located? We took a long weekend trip from Seoul to the very south, by bus many years ago. There's some mighty wonderful viewing to be seen! Perhaps things have changed since the 80s though.
Gardenbug
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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Susanq
My Favorite Photo
My Garden Journal
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 01:12 am EST : |
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What beautiful scenes, Joseph! Thanks for bringing us back to our garden 'roots'.
SusanQ - Zone 4b-5b Wisconsin |
Gardenfiend
My Weather
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 03:52 am EST : |
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Jgwoodard wrote on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 02:33 am:It is always interesting to see familiar garden plants in their wild habitats.
I agree! Thanks for posting these pictures. Sometimes we forget that plants don't come from garden centres (food from supermarkets, electricity from the wall etc. etc.  )
Gardenfiend
- Germany,
Zone "7a"
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Jgwoodard
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 11:11 pm EST : |
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Thanks for the nice comments. Sunnyday, It was a warm and sunny day. I'm guessing it was in the mid 80's F, but the sun felt really hot, maybe because of its angle and the altitude. The previous day was cool and rainy. I stayed at a great place with a nice garden of vegetables and various annuals called 'Edelweiss'. It was Korean thanksgiving so the area was like a ghost town.... very nice. And they served traditional thanksgiving snacks made from things in the garden, fresh chestnuts, etc...The area is a popular ski destination in winter, so there are plenty of places to stay. Also visited an herb farm in the area that sold yummy homemade ice cream using herbs from the gardens.
GB, I'm in Seoul but this is about 2.5 hours east near the coastal ranges of South Korea's northeastern-most province. My goal is to go out at least twice a month in spring. Last year I couldn't get away as much, and there are some specific plants I'm interested in finding.
Jgwoodard
- TN,
Zone "6b"
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