the miserable gardener

still more slides

Posted on January 3, 2013 by paridevita

More of Cindy’s slides, in no particular order.

Papaver orientale ‘Victoria Dreyfus’

Pulsatilla montana

Ruschia pulvinaris

Silene echinus

Crinum x powellii photographed in an abandoned garden in Boulder

a seedling hellebore

Helleborus niger, a self sown seedling.

Salvia involucrata ‘Bethelii’ in the rain. semi hardy here.

crocosmia, I forget which one, in the rain.

Acanthus spinosus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

field of owl’s clover (Orthocarpus) at the summit of Guanella Pass

owl’s clover

Stachys nivea

an acantholimon, possibly A. halophilum, in seed

pitcher plants (Sarracenia) at the Berry Botanic Garden in Portland

pitcher plants. there was a lot of whining about wanting a garden of pitcher plants all the way home from Portland.

Eryngium spinalba, grown from Archibald seed

Iris reichenbachii

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one day closer to spring

Posted on January 2, 2013 by paridevita

See how optimistic I can be?

Back in the old days, in the last century, spring used to start right about now, with alpine plants blooming, but then a curse fell over the garden, a curse that apparently can only be lifted by installing heating cables under the ground. I’m not exactly sure what’s happened to winters here, but those long spells of temperatures in the 60s seem to be a thing of the past.

Oh well. I scanned some more of Cindy’s slides. Their original purpose was to have plenty of slides to show when the occasion arose. It took about five rolls of film to produce one “acceptable” slide, a process I never really understood.