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Tag: Daily Awesomes

It came from Mars ( or Tibet )

April 23, 2011

The Tibetan Rhubarb, ( Rheum palmatum) has a most amazing emergence in the spring garden. Sure, it’s palmate leaves are impressive enough, once they…

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Two rarities currently in bloom

April 18, 2011

Here is a Daphne most people rarely see, even in collections. Rarely seen in gardens except in those of collectors, is Daphne calcicola, a…

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In the greenhouse – the last species Gladiolus

April 16, 2011

GLADIOLUS ALATUS  The last of my winter-rainfall ( i.e. winter greenhouse growing) Gladiolus species are blooming now, and it seems as if the best…

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Wild Narcissus triandrus or Angel’s Tears

April 14, 2011

Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus ‘alba’ , a challenging wild form of Narcissus, as shown in a book by Alex Gray, MINIATURE DAFFODILS. I’ve tried,…

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A Giant Australian Orchid Blooms

April 6, 2011

Dendrobium speciosum, an impressive specimen plant even with one spike in bloom. This magnificent orchid plant, a true giant in the broad genus of…

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Daily Awesome – Gladiolus virescens

April 5, 2011

Gladiolus virescens  These transitional months, those between the grand season of summer and winter, or summer and winter, mainly, spring and autumn, are times…

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The lone bulb species, Melasphaerula ramosa

April 2, 2011

Melasphaerula ramosa Here is a rarely seen bulb plant from South Africa which happens to be the only species in the genus Melasphaerula; meet…

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Iris attica – Daily Awesome

March 30, 2011

Iris attica blooming in a bonsai pot, I keep this marginally hardy rare species in the cold greenhouse. This is the first year it…

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Daily Awesome – Geissorhiza or Hesperantha

March 28, 2011

OK, to be honest, this is another one of those lost tag seedling pots, which I know is at the very least, an Irid,…

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Daily Awesome – Fritillaria meleagris

March 24, 2011

A pot of forced Fritillaria meleagris, or Snakes Head Lilies is neither a lily nor the ‘snakey head’ form of F, meleagris,for  without the…

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