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| Here are the pictures to go with the seeds I posted on this year’s Seed Exchange! See that thread for additional information!
Skybird
Hardy Perennials: ~ Acanthus hungaricus (balcanicus), Bear’s Breeches
~ Agastache foeniculum, Anise Hyssop, Licorice Mint
~ Alcea rosea - mixed colors, single hollyhock
~ Alcea rosea ‘Nigra’, single black hollyhock
~ Aquilegia chrysantha, Columbine
~ Belamcanda chinensis, Blackberry Lily
~ Callirhoe involucrata, Wine cup, Poppy mallow
~ Cyclamen hederifolium, Hardy cyclamen
~ Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
~ Dianthus barbatus, Sweet William, mixed colors
~ Echinacea purpurea, Purple Coneflower
~ Gypsophila paniculata, Pink, tall baby’s breath
~ Heracluim lehmannianum, Mongolian Cow Parsnip
~ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Disco Belle Pink’
~ Lavandula angustifolia, English Lavender (with pink Gaura mixed in!)
~ Penstemon strictus, Rocky Mountain Penstemon
~ Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’, Black Eyed Susan
~ Rudbeckia hirta ‘ Rustic Colors’, Black Eyed Susan
~ Thalictrum aquilegifolium ‘Purpureum’, Lavender Meadow Rue
Miscellaneous: ~ Nicandra
~ Snapdragons
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Here is a link that might be useful: 2nd Annual RMG Seed Exchange
Follow-Up Postings:
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| Wow, those are some lovely flowers! Thanks for sharing. :) |
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| Also, what's the story behind that super-sized cow parsnip? Is it really from Mongolia? |
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| The Heracleum very likely IS actually from Mongolia or at least that region. You’d be amazed how many of the perennial "new introductions" come from all over the world. A lot come from China and other areas in Asia! There are people that travel all over just looking for possible new perennials to grow—and sell—over here! Panayoti Kelaidis from DBG does it—here’s a link to his blog from his most recent trip, and Kelly Grummons from Timberline used to do it sometimes too. Don’t know if he still does. Re: the "cow parsnip," I found this in the Encyclopedia Britannica: ".....the giant hogweed, is native to the Caucasus but is grown elsewhere as an ornamental." That reference is to a different species (H. maximum) that gets even BIGGER, and I found another species specifically linked to Mongolia, and I found this at another site: "Heracleum lehmannianum, originally from Tajikistan. A thumping furry thing with huge cut leaves and big plates of umbels. The seeds in particular have a weird slightly indian spicy but not quite pleasant scent." There are apparently at least 60 different species of Heracleum—some called hogweed. As near as I can tell, the lehmannianum is pretty unusual, and I wish I had an appropriate place to grow it. There’s another reference to the H.l. being from Tajikistan in the article I’ve linked below. It’s mentioned in the paragraph by the white flowers! It’s all kind of interesting when you start to research it! Ain’t the web a great thing! :-) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ornamental Plants From Russia
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- Posted by greenbean08 5 CO (My Page) on Sun, Nov 23, 08 at 13:18
| I don't know if your variety of cow parsnip has the same qualities of the wild kind in Alaska Poisonous Plants: Might want to be careful -just in case.... I think I had seen it growing in MT at Glacier Natl Park, but I'm not positive. I had never heard warnings about it until I lived in AK. Obviously not the same variety as yours, but just in case it has the same irritation potential, you might want to know... |
Here is a link that might be useful: wikipedia - Cow Parsnip
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| Thanks, GB, but the H. lehmannianum is a species that isn’t toxic to the touch as I posted over on the seed exchange thread. I react to lantana and my pregnant onion, so I wouldn’t have anything around that makes me photo sensitive—especially with as much as I’m out in the sun. And I’ve been crawling around, under, and in this thing for a few years now, and definitely not a problem. So no worries if somebody decides they want to try one of these. If anybody wants seed for any of the things I’ve pictured here, go to the Seed Exchange thread! Skybird |
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- Posted by greenbean08 5 CO (My Page) on Sun, Nov 23, 08 at 23:14
| Ooops... Guess I didn't read it all... Glad they're not the same kind! |
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| Better safe than sorry! :-) |
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- Posted by greenbean08 5 CO (My Page) on Fri, Nov 28, 08 at 23:41
| I just wanted to bump this up to keep it near the seed exchange thread... |
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This getting bumped back up reminded me that I was gonna post a picture of the Aruncus dioicus I added to my list over on the Exchange thread. See my November 23 post over there for more info.  |
Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Exchange thread
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