Re: What is in bloom now?

Trevor Nottle wrote:
> 
> At the end, almost, of a long hot summer and a drought already
> stretching behind us three months what is there to see? 

Hi Trevor
Many thanks for this delightful tour of your garden. I had great
pleasure waLking round with you in imagination. I would love to comment
in detail, but time constrains, however, there are a few questions which
you may be able to answer for me.

I notice you highly recommending Sedum 'Bertram Anderson'. As my  garden
space (unlike yours, obviously) is pretty limited I am particularly
interested in the smaller Sedums and already have Vera Jameson. Is BA,
in your opinion, sufficiently different/better to be worth getting as
well?

I was most interested to see that you have several standard Camellias. I
have just decided I have  good place for some of these and would like if
possible to do the training myself. Did you in fact train your own, or
purchase them "fully-fledged"? I would also be interested in the
varieties used. I presume small-flowered cultivars would be most
appropriately in scale.

Something else  you, or someone else on the list (or on the OG list to
which I am copying this), might be able to help me with. I have just
been asked to give a talk next spring by a local Rhododendron Society on
bulbs to grow with Rhodos. The real problem with this, as far as I can
see is that the plants being evergreen will not allow the bulbs to be
exposed to sun when in growth, which I understand in amny cases is
essential for successful flowering. I am presuming that plantings will
only flower well on the perimeter of  beds where reasoable amounts of
light can penetrate at the appropriate time. 

I would welcome any suggestions of suitable species), particularly those
that can take a fair amount of gloom and still perform well. How much
shade can Trilliums, for instance, survive successfuklly? 

Finally, one small comment on the  "garden tour". I love Colchicums 
myself and grow whatever species I can find. To me they are the first
sign of Autumn. I had my first one come into flower almost two weeks
ago. It came to me as bowleseanum, which it is certainly not, being too
small of flower and lacking tessilations, but, whatever it is, it has
put on a great show with flowers distinctly pink, rather than the more
common mauve. Now in another bed Mr Bowles himself has just made his
appearence, the first bloom coming out yesesterday.

Cheers

Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand
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