2011-07-22 Around the yard

First time the Crassula coccinea is blooming from seed from Silverhill in 2009.Well drained rocky mix. Fertilizer seems to help. Haven't tried this one outside over the winter yet, but I hope it will survive the cold if it's in the rock garden.


Clarkia rhomboidea. Seed from Mt Hood in 2010. Cute little flowers.


The Castilleja miniata, Indian Paintbrush, did survive outside over the winter and are blooming presently.


A rare serpentine endemic from Southern Oregon, Castilleja miniata var elata. Germinates and grows better than any other species I've tried. Pretty little pinkish purple flowers all summer. These are the first blooms I've ever had.


The Dicentra formosa oregana, Oregon Bleeding Heart, is Still blooming... since March or April.


Echinacea tennesseensis is just starting. From seed in 2006, I think. If anyone wants one, just let me know.


The pygmy Sundews like it when they finally get out of the GH and into the real sun. Here is Drosera barbigera turning a lovely red.



Lobelia laxiflora angustifolia. Got this one at the Hardy Plant Sale. I really thought this thing was dead after the 12F in November last year and then the never ending rain... but it popped up ok. Easy, but not as showy as something like Lobelia cardinalis. Different though.


Mimulus cardinalis. One of my all time favorites. Collected seed from Southern Oregon. Spreads by seed if the ground is wet. Does well with a major cutback midsummer after it gets floppy. Hummingbirds Love it! Super easy from seed. Needs wet soil and does great next to a pond. Let me know if you want seeds.


Epilobium rigidum from seed from Southern Oregon. Nice little pink flowers late in the summer. Does well in dry areas and will take a little shade.


Lewisia cotyledon alba from Bovees Nursery. Still blooming.


Dianthus petraeus ssp noeanus. A compact mound of spiny leaves during the winter opens with a lax spray of very fragrant little white frilly flowers. Good for a rock garden, which is where this one is going. Got it at a Hardy Plant Sale. I also like the subspecies name.


Haemanthus humilis subsp. hirsutus. Sometimes called Shaving Brush Plant, this is a big bulb with basal succulent-ish leaves native to the eastern South Africa in the summer rainfall area. Dormant and dry during Winter. It is wonderfully fragrant. Hirsute means fuzzy: the leaves have lots of little hairy fuzz.


Stacked flats of dormant bulbs! This picture should only be exciting to those of you who grow lots of bulbs that are dry during the summer. Come winter, they'll pop up in the GH and bloom. Tons of South African bulbs: some Oxalis, Geissorhiza, Moraea, Veltheimia, Spiloxene, Romulea, Babiana, Hesperantha, Haemanthus, Lachenalia, Ferraria, etc... as well as all my native Oregon bulbs and rhizomes like Erythronium, Triteleia, Allium, Calochortus, Toxicoscordion, Camissa, Hastingsia, Dichelostemma, etc...